About Us
Vision
A strong community where mental health and wellness are prioritized, supporting empowered and resilient children, youth and families
Mission
Supporting the wellbeing of children and youth through exceptional mental health services that are accessible, responsive, and family-centered.
Values
Resilience: We celebrate the ability to address challenges, remain adaptable, learn along the way and emerge as stronger individuals and a community as a whole.
Honesty: We believe that meaningful relationships and progress require integrity, transparency, and open engagement.
Collaboration: We work together with our partners, our families, and our communities to build capacity for wellbeing.
Equity: We actively seek out ways to ensure that our services are diverse, accessible, and responsive to individual needs.
Innovation: We strive to deliver quality professional services through creative means that meet children, youth, and families where they are.
The meaning of Chimo
An Inuit word meaning "Are you friendly?" On the Arctic tundra, when two people met, one would rub his chest and say "chimo". The reply was to rub your chest and repeat "chimo". It was also used as an exclusive Canadian greeting around the time of the Centennial. Over time the meaning of the word “chimo” has been shorten to mean friend or friendship.
Chimo (greeting), a greeting from the Inuktitut language of northern Canada, also used in some parts of Southern Ontario and Western Canada.
Chimo is located on the traditional lands of Mississauga of the Williams Treaties.
Strategic Plan
Chimo Youth & Family Services is an accredited Children’s mental health agency that is funded by the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care. We are a voluntary program that provides a variety of services to meet the needs of children, youth and their families in the community.
Trilliam, Wintergreen & Sprucehill 1982
Lakeside 2003
Chimo is a not for profit agency incorporated under provisions of the Ontario Not for Profit Corporations Act and is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors who represent the community served.
Becoming a Board Member:
Check out our Opportunities page if you’re interested in more information on becoming a Board Member.