Program Category: Diabetes Support

Diabetes Education Programs

Diabetes Education Programs (Toronto Region)

For individuals over 18 years of age living with or at risk of type 2 diabetes (some programs are able to support those with type 1 diabetes). Family, friends, & caregivers may attend.

What to Expect

  • Programs are FREE (OHIP is not required) and are offered in many languages
  • TTC fare and childcare may be available upon request
  • Programs offer individual counselling and/or group workshops that support people living with or at risk of type 2 diabetes (e.g. those with prediabetes) by:
    • Helping to set individualized reachable goals to improve their health;
    • Minimizing their barriers to health (e.g. mental health, low income, housing, addictions, immigration status, etc.)
    • Teaching them how to manage their diabetes and overall health through:
      • healthy eating
      • physical activity
      • stress management
      • foot care (all programs offer annual foot screenings & some programs offer ongoing foot care services)
      • self-monitoring
      • proper medication use (including support for starting and adjusting insulin)
    • Collaborating with other members of the healthcare team (e.g. doctors, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, social workers, etc.) when needed
  • Program staff include registered dietitians, registered nurses and may include outreach workers, program assistants, community members living with diabetes (i.e. peers) and other healthcare providers (e.g. chiropodists, social workers, registered kinesiologists, and physiotherapists)

Specific Program Details

There are a number of different diabetes education programs within this region. Unique information about each specific program can be found in the table below.

Where are programs located?

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Diabetes Education Program (DEP) Available Appointment TimesPopulation(s) of FocusLanguage(s) of serviceSpecific support availableConnect
More InformationAnishnawabe Health Toronto DEP
  • Weekdays
  • Evenings (Mondays & Wednesdays)
  • Aboriginal
  • Mental Health
  • English
  • Individual counselling (using traditional teachings)
  • Foot care (Chiropodist)
  • Group programs (expand for details)
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More InformationBlack Creek Community Health Centre DEP
  • Monday-Friday 9-5
  • Wednesday Evenings 9-8:30
  • Saturdays 11:30-4
  • 18+ with T2DM, prediabetes and / or high risk
  • Non-insured
  • Non-insured GDM
  • English
  • Farsi
  • Mandarin
  • Individual counselling (in person, phone, virtual)
  • Foot care (chiropodist)
  • Therapy (social worker)
  • Exercise program / services (RKin)
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More InformationBridgepoint Family Health Team DEP
  • Weekdays
  • Adults 18+
  • English
  • Individual counselling - offering phone, virtual & in-person visits (when necessary)
  • Group programs currently on hold due to pandemic (expand for details)
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More InformationCarefirst Family Health Team DEP
  • Monday, Wednesday to Friday 9 am-5 pm
  • Tuesday 12-8 pm
  • Saturdays 9 am -1 pm (Education group sessions only
  • Adults 18 years and older with Type 2 diabetes, prediabetes and undiagnosed at risk
  • English
  • Cantonese
  • Mandarin
  • Individual counselling
  • Group education
  • Other resources:

  • Endocrinologist
  • Nephrologist
  • Cardiologist
  • Pharmacist
  • Kinesiologist
  • Optometrist
  • Chiropodist
  • Carefirst Seniors and Community Services
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More InformationCentre Francophone de Toronto DEP
(French program)
  • Weekdays
  • Evenings (occasionally for groups only)
  • Saturdays (occasionally for groups only)
  • Francophones
  • French
  • Individual counselling
  • Group programs (expand for details)
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More InformationDiabetes Education Community Network of East Toronto (DECNET)
South Riverdale Community Health Center
  • Weekdays
  • Evenings (Tuesdays)
  • Saturdays (once a month)
  • Low income
  • Medically complex
  • Mental health
  • Newcomers(South Asian and Asian focus)
  • Non-insured
  • Substance use
  • English
  • Cantonese
  • Mandarin
  • Hindi
  • Punjabi
  • Urdu
  • Maranthi
  • French

Interpretation services available.

  • Individual counselling
  • Foot care (registered nurse)
  • Group programs (expand for details)
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More InformationDon Mills Diabetes Education Program
Flemingdon Health Centre (FHC) main site & FHC - Fairview site
  • Weekdays: 9 am to 5 pm
  • Evenings: 12 pm to 8 pm

    Tuesdays - main site

    Wednesdays - Fairview site

  • 18+ with T2DM, prediabetes and/or at very high risk
  • English
  • Farsi
  • Mandarin

**Interpretation services available

  • Individual counselling
  • Group programs (expand for details)
  • In person and/or Virtual (via Zoom Healthcare)

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More InformationLMC Diabetes & Endocrinology
(Mid-Toronto)
  • Weekdays
  • Evenings (as required)
  • Adults 18 years and older (including T1DM, GDM, Pump, Pregnancy)
  • English
  • Individual counselling
  • Group programs (expand for details)
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More InformationMid-Toronto Diabetes Program
Vibrant Healthcare Alliance
  • Weekdays
  • Seniors (55+)
  • Youth (13-29)
  • People with physical disabilities
  • English
  • Individual counselling
  • Foot care (registered nurse)
  • Group programs (expand for details)
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More InformationMount Sinai Academic Family Health Team DEP
  • Weekdays
  • Evenings (groups only)
  • None specified
  • English

Interpretation services available

  • Individual counselling - Virtual appointments available (telephone & video)
  • Group programs (expand for details)
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More InformationParkdale Queen West Community Health Center
Parkdale Site DEP
  • Weekdays
  • Type 1 DM - uninsured/determinants of health impacted
  • Type 2 DM
  • GDM - uninsured
  • Harm reduction/substance use
  • Low income
  • Mental health/those with severe mental illness
  • Homeless/under-housed, those living in boarding homes
  • Newcomers
  • Seniors
  • English

Interpretation services available

  • Individual counselling
  • Home visits/case coordination and management for those with severe mental illness receiving third party care with insulin injection
  • Foot care (Chiropodist)
  • Group programs (expand for details)
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More InformationParkdale Queen West Community Health Center DEP
Queen West site
  • Weekdays
  • Evenings (Thursdays)
  • Seniors (55+)
  • Homeless/Under-housed
  • Aboriginal
  • Mental Illness
  • Non-insured
  • Newcomers
  • English

 

Interpretation services available.

  • Individual counselling
  • Group programs (expand for details)
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More InformationRegent Park Community Health Center DEP
  • Weekdays 9AM-5PM
  • *Due to pandemic appointments are held virtually and over the telephone
  • Harm reduction
  • Homeless/under-housed
  • Low income
  • Mental health
  • Newcomers
  • Non-insured
  • Seniors
  • English
  • Spanish
  • Tamil
  • Bengali
  • Vietnamese
  • Somali

Interpretation services available

  • Individual counselling
  • Group programs (expand for details)
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More InformationRexdale Community Health Centre DEP
  • Weekdays: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
  • Weekends as needed
  • Adults 18+ with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM), prediabetes, and/or high risk
  • Non-insured individuals
  • Non-insured individuals with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM)
  • Low-income individuals, new immigrants and refugees,
  • Seniors 55+
  • English
  • Somali
  • Farsi
  • Twi
  • Italian

Interpretation services available

Individual Counseling with Diabetes Educators (Registered Nurses and Registered Dietitians):
  • In-person, phone, and virtual appointments

Topics include:

  • Lifestyle modification counseling
  • Diabetes medications
  • Insulin initiation and titration
  • Glucometer teaching and provision of supplies
  • Foot assessments
  • Stress management

Diabetes Eye Screening (Teleophthalmology) – free retinal screening for those living with Diabetes ( Type 1 or Type 2) and pregnant women with pre-existing diabetes

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More InformationSherbourne Health Centre DEP
  • Weekdays
  • Evenings (Mondays)
  • Homeless/under-housed
  • LGBTQ
  • Low income
  • Mental health
  • Newcomers
  • English
  • Spanish

Interpretation services available

  • Individual counselling
  • Group programs (expand for details)
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More InformationSUNDEC
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre & Sunnybrook Academic Family Health Team Diabetes Program
  • Weekdays
  • Adults 18 years and older (including type 1 DM, pumps, T2DM, prediabetes, prevention and postpartum GDM)
  • Medically complex
  • Mental health
  • Seniors & frail elderly
  • English
  • Individual counselling RN & RD
  • Group programs (expand for details)
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More InformationTaddle Creek Family Health Team DEP
  • Weekdays
  • Evenings (Thursdays)
  • Adults with prediabetes, T2DM or T1DM (not on insulin pump)
  • English

Interpretation services available

  • Individual counselling
  • Group programs (expand for details)
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More InformationUnison Health and Community Services DEP
  • Weekdays
  • Evenings (Mondays & Tuesdays)
  • Adults 18+ with pre-diabetes and Type 2 diabetes including:
  • Low income
  • Medically complex
  • Newcomers
  • Non-insured
  • English
  • French
  • Hindi
  • Urdu
  • Punjabi
  • Gujarati
  • Kutchi
  • Hebrew
  • Farsi
  • Russian
  • Cantonese
  • Mandarin
  • Tagalog
  • Akan
  • Twi
  • Amharic
  • Spanish
  • Portuguese

Interpretation services available

  • Individual counselling - Virtual (telephone and video) appointments available (Expand for details)
  • Group programs (Expand for details)
  • Foot assessments
  • Eye screening program
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More InformationWest Toronto Diabetes Education Program (WTDEP)
Program of LAMP Community Health Centre
  • Weekdays
  • Evenings (Mondays at Access Alliance CHC College, Tuesdays at Four Villages CHC, & Wednesdays at LAMP CHC and Davenport Perth CHC)
  • Low Income
  • Non-insured
  • Seniors
  • English
  • French
  • Portuguese

Interpretation services available

  • Individual counselling
  • Group programs (expand for details)
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More InformationWomen’s Health in Women’s Hands Community Health Centre DEP
(Women only)
  • Weekdays
  • Evenings (Mondays with RD only & Tuesdays)
  • *Currently our clinic is open from 9am-5pm except on Wednesdays (open until 8pm) as these are our new COVID-19 accommodated hours
  • Racialized Women from Caribeean, African, Latin American, and South Asian Communities
  • Female shift workers
  • Female working poor
  • English

Interpretation services available

  • Individual counselling
  • Group programs (expand for details)
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