Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit

Site: Angus

Service: Prenatal Classes

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Record #: BAR4536
Last Modified: 25 Jul 2025
Last Full Update: 23 Jul 2025

Contact Information

Office Phone Cookstown Office: 705-458-1103, 705-721-7520
Toll Free Phone 1-877-721-7520
Website www.simcoemuskokahealth.org/Topics/PP2B/PregnancyBirthPostpartum/PrenatalClasses
Social Media Facebook Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Simcoe.Muskoka

Site Information

Description (Site)

Classes held at Essa Public Library: cross streets County Rd 10 and Cambrai Rd, Angus.
Located In Community Angus
Address & Map Classes held at Essa Public Library, Angus Branch
8505 County Rd 10, Unit 1
Angus, ON
Canada L3W 0A7
Intersection County Rd 10 and Cambrai Rd
Mailing Address Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit - Cookstown Branch 
25 King St S 
Innisfil, ON 
Canada L0L 1L0
Physical Access Fully Accessible

Description and Service Details

Description (Service)

Free in-person, live virtual and self-guided online prenatal classes


In-Person Classes:

  • Labour and Birth (labour, comfort techniques, medical procedures)
  • After Baby is Born (breastfeeding, newborn care, postpartum)
  • Meet other pregnant people and families
  • Talk about pregnancy, birth, and newborns
  • Get answers to your questions and concerns from a public health nurse

Live Virtual Prenatal Class

  • Labour and Birth (labour, comfort techniques, medical procedures)
  • After Baby is Born (breastfeeding, newborn care, postpartum)
  • Talk about pregnancy, birth, and newborns
  • Get answers to your questions and concerns from a public health nurse
  • Participate remotely

Self-Guided Online Prenatal Class with audio (include pregnancy modules)

  • Pregnancy (prenatal care and tests, baby's growth, body changes, mental health, eating & weight gain, physical activity, sex, preterm labour, alcohol, drugs and smoking, safety, and special pregnancy considerations)
  • Labour and Birth (labour, comfort techniques, medical procedures, caesarean birth, relaxation exercises)
  • After Baby is Born (breastfeeding, newborn care, postpartum)
  • Choose the information that interests you
  • Learn at your own pace
  • Learn when and where you are most comfortable
Hours
  • Office and Telephone Health Connection: Mon-Fri 8:30 am-4:30 pm
  • Classes: call or check website for dates
Areas Served Angus ; Muskoka District ; Simcoe County
Eligibility Parents, caregivers, expectant parents who are residents of County of Simcoe or District of Muskoka
Application
  • register early in pregnancy as classes fill quickly
  • see website to register for prenatal classes
  • see website for dates, times and locations
Languages English
Fees None

Agency Information

Parent Agency Name Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit
Legal Status (50) Non Profit ; (51) Registered Charity
Funding Provincial - Ministry of Health and Long Term Care

Taxonomy and Classification

Service Categories Breastfeeding Support Programs ; Childbirth Education ; General Expectant/New Parent Assistance