211 Alberta

211 Calgary

January 2004 -- 211 launched in Calgary by United Way of Calgary and Area, the Distress Centre and The City of Calgary. Calgary Health Region, through its work with the City of Calgary in maintaining the InformCalgary/InformAlberta database is also an important partner.

For more information, visit www.211calgary.ca.
To view the database, visit www.informalberta.ca

Contact: Barbara Schleifer, United Way of Calgary and Area (403) 231-6284, email: barbaras@calgaryunitedway.org

Edmonton 211

September 2004 -- Edmonton was the first city in western Canada to officially launch 211. 211 Edmonton is joint community initiative of The Support Network, The City of Edmonton, The Government of Alberta – Children’s Services, and the United Way of The Alberta Capital Region.
Contact: The Support Network, (780) 482-0198.