Let's Talk About Your Surrogacy Journey

Overall, a surrogacy journey tends to cost over $100,000 and can be significantly more depending on how the journey unfolds

Surrogacy is definitely legal in Canada. It follows an altruistic model in which surrogates are reimbursed for pregnancy related expenses.

The surrogate has no genetic connection to the baby she carries. The genetic material comes from the intended parents and/or egg/sperm donors.

As a surrogate, you do not need to work with an agency. However, working with a reputable agency will provide you support through the process, including, but not limited to someone to talk to on those difficult pregnancy days, helping you navigate the appointments at the beginning of the journey, someone to chat with about the financial reimbursement component, which can be a bit uncomfortable to chat with your intended parents about and many other other areas

Generally, the wait time is between 18 and 24 months in Canada to find a surrogate for intended parents. The demand is very high and there is not enough education about surrogacy in Canada.

Lawyers are used to make sure everyone’s rights are considered. The intended parents will have their own lawyer, and the surrogate will have her own independent legal council as well to make sure that there is somebody that understands the laws looking out for both parties.

A surrogate as a person, a human being, and as people and human beings, we change our minds. However, in Canada, when a woman becomes a surrogate, she goes into the journey, knowing that she’s helping somebody else, knowing that she’s helping somebody else’s dream come true, so the chances of her changing her mind are very slim.

Women choose to become surrogates for many reasons, including, but not limited to the love of the pregnancy experience, wanting to help somebody else realize the dream of parenthood, support for the gay community, support for the growing infertility that’s happening in Canada, to be part of a community of amazing women, to become belly buddies with a friend of theirs, to try something new while giving back, and just wanting to give back 

This depends on the clinic and the protocol, but on average it usually takes 2+ transfers for successful pregnancy in Canada. That doesn’t mean it can’t happen the first time, because it definitely can, but the average is just over two.

In Canada in 2023 there were between 400  and 500 babies born through surrogacy in Canada