Victoria Harrison

Being able to provide a safe, loving home for a child is one of the most important criteria for becoming an adoptive parent.

When you are deciding whether you’re ready to start the process of adopting a child ask yourself:

If you answered yes to these questions, then you’re ready to learn more about adoption and your role as a potential adoptive parent. Contact the Centralized Adoption Intake Service to learn about adoption,  to decide if adoption is right for you and, if you wish, to get help in completing the adoption application for public adoption.

It takes time to match the child's needs with the right family. The adoption process is complex and can take at least a year and sometimes longer to complete.

Work is underway to build an adoption system that provides a more consistent, responsive adoption experience for children, youth and prospective adoptive families.

There are four main types of adoption: public, private, international and adoption of a stepchild or relative.

Learn about services and supports to help you through your adoption journey as a prospective adoptive parent. If you adopt through the public adoption process, prospective adoptive parents and adoptive parents can learn about:

For private or intercountry adoption, your adoption licensee and/or adoption practitioner may provide parent post-adoption resources and supports.

Adopted children and youth can learn about:

The Centralized Adoption Intake Service is the central point of information and support for people who are interested in adopting a child. Contact the information service to begin your adoption learning journey and, if you are interested in public adoption, get help with the public adoption process.

Children’s aid societies facilitate the adoption of a child or youth in their care. Contact your local society to learn about the children available for adoption and to begin the public adoption application process.

Learn more about private adoption licensees (licensed agencies and individuals) and licensed international adoption agencies in Ontario. Contact an adoption licensee to start the private adoption process.

Learn about adoption practitioners and contact an adoption practitioner to help you with the adoption process, including the homestudy and mandatory training.

We are reviewing the law about child, youth and family services.

The Child, Youth and Family Services Act came into force on April 30, 2018, to help children, youth and families thrive and reach their full potential. We are reviewing the legislation this year to make sure it continues to promote the best interests, protection and well-being of children, youth and families.

As part of the review, we would like to hear your feedback and about your experiences. Stay tuned to this page and @ChildrenON this spring for more details about how to participate. In the meantime, we encourage you to read about this legislation.

Every new era of the Pokémon TCG tends to introduce new card mechanics that heavily shift the gameplay style. From a collector’s perspective, it’s all about aesthetics, but from a competitive player’s perspective, it’s all strategy. Therefore, these new card designs must satisfy both worlds, and this results in some truly amazing cards. Two recent examples would be Pokémon EX cards and Pokémon GX cards. Let’s take a deep dive and see what the real difference is between the two.

The main difference between EX and GX cards is the design of the card itself, and that GX cards have a special GX move that may only be used once per game. Also, EX Pokémon have the ability to Mega-evolve, unlike GX Pokémon.

The Pokémon TCG started over 25 years ago and is constantly evolving in order to stay fresh. EX cards (not to be confused with ‘ex’ cards) were first introduced in the 2012 expansion Black & White- Next Destinies. EXcards are powerful Pokémon with high HP and high attack stats. All EX cards are treated as Basic Pokémon. For example, a Blastoise must be evolved from a Wartortle, but a Blastoise EX does not. An exception is Mega Evolved Pokémon. M Blastoise EX must be evolved from Blastoise EX.

GX cards were first introduced in the Sun & Moon expansion, and phased out EX cards, being similar in nature. There are some differences, however. GX Pokémon are treated as their regular stage of evolution. Blastoise GX must be evolved from Wartortle, unlike Blastoise EX.

Another difference is that GXcards have special GX attacks that are only allowed to be used once per game. When a GX attack is used, a special GX marker must be placed to indicate that the player has used their only permitted GX attack.

Aesthetically, GX cards have some differences from EX cards. A GX card has artwork that covers almost all of the card, whereas EX cards allowed the Pokémon to break through the illustration box borders only.  There is no illustration box on a GX card. Also, GX cards have a silver border with a black line running through it.

GX cards can also be found as Rainbow Rares or Full Art cards. There are no Rainbow rare EX cards.

Tag Team Pokémon GX cards were introduced with the Team Up expansion in 2019. Tag Team cards feature more than one Pokémon and are always GX cards. There are no Tag Team EX cards.

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