CLSC

CLSCs ("centre local de services communautaires", local community service centre) in Quebec are free clinics which are run and maintained by the provincial government. The service was launched in the early 1970s after major reforms were made in the health and social services system were made following the Castonguay-Nepveu Commission during the Quiet Revolution era in the 1960s. Prior to the commission, health and social services were generally under jurisdiction of the Church. Following the Commission, the Quebec government, with several measures made by the Quebec Liberal Party of Jean Lesage, took full control of the health and social services jurisdiction and later created the CLSC network. The province would also give access to a wide variety of services for free for most citizens.

The network offers a wide variety of services including psychological and health services. There are 147 CLSCs spread throughout the province. In Montreal and in the Outaouais, the health services are provided by the Centre de santé et de services sociaux (CSSS).

Montreal's CLSCs

NOT UP TO DATE
* [http://www.clsc-ahuntsic.qc.ca/ CLSC d'Ahuntsic] - territory includes postal codes starting with: H2B - H2C - H2M - H2N - H3L (in part)
* CLSC des Faubourgs - territory includes postal codes starting with: H2K, H2L, H2X, H2Y, H2Z, H3B and H5B
* [http://www.clscmetro.qc.ca/ CLSC Métro] - Montreal / territory includes postal codes starting with: H2X, H3A, H3G, H3H, H3Y and H3Z
* [http://www.clsc-mercier-est-anjou.qc.ca/ CLSC Mercier-Est/Anjou] - territory includes postal codes starting with: H1B, H1E, H1J, H1M, H1K and H1L
* [http://www.clsc-hochelaga-maisonneuve.qc.ca/ CLSC Hochelaga-Maisonneuve] - territory includes postal codes starting with: H1V and H1W
* [http://www.clsc-sthenri.qc.ca/ CLSC St-Henri] - territory includes postal codes starting with: H3C, H3J, H4C, H4Z and H5A
* [http://www.clsclacsaintlouis.qc.ca/ CLSC Lac-Saint-Louis] - Pointe-Claire / territory includes postal codes starting with: H9H, H9J, H9P, H9R, H9S, H9T, H9W and H9X
* [http://www.clsc-ndg.qc.ca/ CLSC Notre-Dame-de-Grâce/Montréal-Ouest (CLSC NDG/MTL-O)]
*CLSC Verdun/Cote-St-Paul postal codes starting with H4H
*CLSC Plateau Mont-Royal postal codes H2H and H2J north of rue Rachel and H2K and H2L between rues Rachel and Sherbrooke.

Outaouais's CLSCs

City of Gatineau

* CLSC Grande-Riviere ( Aylmer sector)
* [http://www.clscetchslddegatineau.qc.ca/CLSC-CHSLD-gatineau/accueil/index_f.aspx?articleid=268 CLSC of Gatineau sector]
* CLSC of Hull sector
* CLSC de la Vallee de la Lievre ( Buckingham sector)

Outside of Gatineau

* CLSC des Collines in Masham
* CLSC de la Petite Nation in Saint-Andre Avellin
* CLSC du Pontiac - Pontiac health center in Mansfield
* CLSC Vallee de la Gatineau in Maniwaki

External links

* [http://www.santemontreal.qc.ca/csss/ List of CSSS sectors] NOT UP TO DATE
* [http://www.clscetchslddegatineau.qc.ca/CLSC-CHSLD-gatineau/accueil/index_f.aspx?articleid=268 Website of CLSC of Gatineau sector]
* [http://www.pavillonduparc.qc.ca/Partenaires/CLSC.html Lise of CLSC's in the Outaouais] Dead link|date=May 2008