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Name it
A name, a short description, and a category — location, interest, parenting style or wellness.
A Mother's Village
Small, local, verified groups where people know your name and help can actually arrive. Join one near you, or start the one your neighbourhood is missing.
For most of human history a mother was surrounded. Grandmothers, aunts, neighbours, older children — a village that noticed when she was struggling and stepped in without being asked.
That village didn't disappear because anyone stopped caring. It disappeared because families moved cities, households got smaller, and everyone got busier.
Haven rebuilds it deliberately — small enough that people know your name, close enough that help can actually arrive.
Every village has a name, a neighbourhood, guidelines its members agreed to, and admins who moderate.
The most useful village is usually the closest one. Location villages are built around a neighbourhood, so an offer of help is a five-minute walk rather than a nice thought.
You can see who's in a village before you join, and every member is verified.
Homeschooling, baby-led weaning, twins, cloth nappies, running with a stroller. Interest villages gather the people who actually want that conversation.
Say hi, ask for advice, or plan a meetup — then take it offline.
There is no single right way to raise a child, and a village shouldn't pretend otherwise. Parenting-style villages mean advice arrives from people who share your approach.
Guidelines are agreed at creation and enforced by admins.
Wellness villages sit closest to the Wellness Hub — physical support, mental health, movement, sleep. Quieter rooms, for the harder weeks.
Every practitioner who publishes has their credentials verified first.
If the village you need doesn't exist yet, start it. It takes a few minutes.
A name, a short description, and a category — location, interest, parenting style or wellness.
Choose your neighbourhood, and decide whether the village is public or private.
Start with people you already know, or share an invite link to anyone nearby.
Agree the guidelines your members will be held to. Four defaults, fully editable.
Check the details, see exactly how it will look to others, then launch.
Host an event or invite more parents nearby. A village needs a reason to meet.
Every village agrees its own guidelines at creation. These four are the defaults, and admins enforce them.
Nobody comes here to be judged. Advice is offered, not imposed.
If you can help, help. If you can't, say so kindly and move on.
Villages work because the people in them can actually reach each other.
What's shared in a village stays in the village. No screenshots, no forwarding.
Haven opens community by community, because a local network only works once enough people nearby have joined. Tell us where you are and it helps us choose what's next.
Fernwood, Oak Bay, James Bay, Saanich and Esquimalt. The first village opens here.
Join the Victoria list
Departure Bay, North Nanaimo, Harewood and Cedar, covering the mid-island.
Join the Nanaimo list
Courtenay, Comox and Cumberland, with Campbell River and Parksville close behind.
Join the Comox listHaven will be partnering with many Canadian small organizations to help provide support and foster maternal and familial wellness. This high engagement platform is bringing together families, local volunteers and businesses for real life support.
The trusted Canadian partners on the app provide resources and services for Canadians for caregiver wellness support or family support.
Every Canadian business we partner with is vetted and verified, before their resources and services are provided on Haven.
Behind the scenes of building Haven — the community, the mothers, and the road to launch in Ontario.
Add your email and we'll write once — the day your village opens. Tell us where you are and it helps us choose the next community.
Thank you — you're on the list. We'll be in touch.
