Midwifery services

About midwifery services

Midwives are health professionals who provide care during pregnancy, delivery and for up to 6 weeks after birth.

Eligibility to midwifery services

Healthy women with a normal pregnancy are eligible to receive care from a midwife.

Cost of midwifery services

Any woman who has a Québec health insurance card can receive midwifery services free of charge.

Procedure to receive care from a midwife

Appointment, information session, pregnancy follow-up, birth and postnatal follow-up.

Birth settings where midwives may attend deliveries

Midwives can attend deliveries in a birth centre, the mother’s home or in a hospital centre.

List of midwifery services

Consult the list of midwifery services to find the service nearest to you.

Last update: April 18, 2018