Our Story
The Gabriel Fugère Centre (CGF) is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting adults with intellectual disabilities by offering a safe, supportive, and stimulating environment. We also strive to provide essential respite for caregivers.
Our Mission
Our mission is to maintain and strengthen the skills of adults with intellectual disabilities while offering indispensable support to families. Through educational, social, and therapeutic activities, we foster inclusion and individual fulfillment.
Our Vision
We aim to transform the Gabriel Fugère Centre into a non-profit social economy organization, where each entity contributes to the organization’s self-financing, thereby ensuring the ongoing development and expansion of our services
The Centre’s History
On October 7, 1996, Gabriel was born with Down syndrome and ASD. His educational journey began in 2004 at École des Érables, an exemplary environment that inspired his parents and sparked the dream of creating a similar place for adults like him.
Between 2010 and 2015, the idea of a day centre began to take shape: a model inspired by École des Érables, combined with a self-financing concept through the rental of commercial spaces. In August 2015, an initial official meeting was held to move the project forward.
The 2020 pandemic put everything on hold, but on February 10, 2021, Pascale, Carole, and Daniel founded the non-profit organization Centre Gabriel Fugère. Starting in 2022, the project resumed and accelerated.
On July 4, 2023, a visit to École des Érables with elected officials and partners marked a turning point: the constituencies of Groulx and Sainte-Anne committed themselves actively.
From July 2023 to November 2025, an impressive series of developments took place, leading to the architectural details presented below (you can view the full process in the Archives section).
In November 2025, following the most recent elections, the CGF decided to relocate to another city.
The story continues. More to come…
Contact
Daniel Fugère,
General Manager
Head Office:
212-B boul. Labelle Rosemère
(Québec) J7A 2H4
Centre Gabriel Fugère
Foundations for Life
Registered charity: 712102946 RR0001
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