Ontario Resource Directory

Vaughan/Maple site of CMHA York and South Simcoe (parent record odx-912 at Aurora left in place unmerged). Phone is the branch central line shared across offices. Programs at this site: Community Connections drop-in hub (peer-led social/recreational), CMHA College of Health & Well-Being recovery courses, Vaughan Drop-In, and Mental Health & Justice youth case management. Address confirmed in the branch annual report (cmha-yr.on.ca) and on official program calendars.

York Region Community and Health Services adult day programs in Maple: The Meeting Place (cognitive impairment/physical frailty) and a communication-disorders stream (aphasia, Wed 8:30am-4:30pm). $26.49/day (subsidy available; extra for transportation). Referral via Ontario Health atHome 1-888-470-2222. Phone is the centre's main line (program extensions vary). 211 record updated 2025-09-18.

Program of CHATS (parent record odr-118, Aurora, left in place unmerged). Paid service connecting older adults with pre-approved snow-clearing contractors (driveway and walkway); subsidies available after financial assessment; max 150 residents per season. Register via 1-866-677-9048 ext. 7669 (SNOW) or [email protected]. Phone is the program registration line.

Phone 1-877-311-0117 is CMHA Fort Frances's shared regional line (also used by its Kenora and Dryden offices and the Safe Bed Program record odn-20261003-SW-08). Distinct program and address from the Safe Bed Program record.

Private counselling practice with a team of therapists (individual, couples, family, assessments). Therapists include NIHB providers so eligible Indigenous clients can receive fully covered sessions; partners with Métis Nation of Ontario for funded support. Phone and address verified on the official website.

Phone 807-274-8541 is the United Native Friendship Centre's shared main line (same as the org record odr-415). Distinct program with drop-in centre, street outreach (blankets/food), food bank, emergency shelter assistance (up to 3 days), emergency transportation and discretionary funds. Verified on 211 Ontario (northwesthealthline) and the org's official site page.

Program of YWCA Hamilton (based at YWCA MacNab main location). Phone 905-522-9922 is the YWCA Hamilton shared main line, listed on the program's own official site footer; direct email [email protected]. Runs 2SLGBTQIA+ newcomer program, weekly check-ins, and social workshops.

Not-for-profit charitable organization operating The Seniors Centre plus satellite locations (West at Frontenac Mall, North at Rideau Heights); fitness, recreation, arts, and social programs. Phone 613-548-7810 is the organization's own main line, confirmed on official site documents and Ontario Health service directory.

Flagship project of Variety – the Children’s Charity (Ontario): 168,000 sq ft accessible fitness/recreation hub — inclusive recreation and fitness, adaptive and competitive sports, camps, life skills, respite, and community services. Phone 416-699-7167 verified via the Ontario Health service directory (211-family) and the organization’s own job postings listing this number at the same Scarborough address.

Youth drop-in centre in downtown Fergus offering a safe venue for youth to interact with peers, volunteers, and staff; drop-in evenings Mon–Wed 7:00–10:30pm plus other programs. Own main phone 519-787-0925 and website thedoorcw.org confirmed via the County of Wellington business directory and the owner-published GuelphDirect page. (Thedoorcw.org site itself did not render for direct fetch; website cited from County + owner sources.)

Nonprofit established 1996 offering information, education and supportive services: Friendly Visitor program, Active Living Program, and Senior’s Centre Without Walls (phone-based programs Mon–Fri 10:30–11:15am). Own main phone 905-457-6055 confirmed via Ontario Health atHome service directory (updated 9-15-2026) and matching places listings; website elderhelppeel.org is the organization’s own site.

Catalyst non-profit serving Simcoe County’s francophone community: French-language skills training, employment services, youth mental health services, licensed childcare/before-and-after-school, camps, parent-child centres, cultural activities, CFRH community radio, healthy catering. Main line 705-549-3116 as published by the organization itself in its public materials (Penetanguishene council presentation, francophone business directory); the org’s JS-heavy official site (lacle.ca, opened and confirmed) did not render contact details via text fetch, so phone is cited from org-published materials. A second location at 2 Marsellus Dr #5, Barrie uses a separate line (705-725-9755).

Alcohol and drug residential treatment centre operated as a partnership between management and unionized members of Ontario’s construction trades; 35-day residential program plus aftercare. Free assessment, referral, residential treatment and recovery support to men at the Sundridge facility; women needing residential treatment are served via a trusted partner agency in the Toronto area. Toll-free 1-800-933-6686 confirmed on the organization’s own Contact page (admin office 87 Forbes Hill Dr, Huntsville; also lists local 705-787-0247).

Non-profit affordable seniors housing in Ayr (North Dumfries); Kirkwood Apartments offer RGI + market units. Association also operates AyrBus, a free volunteer-driven Wednesday shuttle for local seniors (1:00pm from Kirkwood Apartments). Not a crisis/homelessness service.

Non-profit thrift shop; 100% of proceeds fund Mennonite Central Committee relief, development and peace programs locally and globally. Low-cost clothing, housewares, books, toys, furniture; scheduled furniture pick-ups and donation drop-offs. Not a crisis service.

Developmental services program of Tri-County Mennonite Homes (New Hamburg): residential homes, supported independent living, community participation, wellness, employment search, volunteering, arts/social activities. Distinct program record from Nithview Community (ods-40, the TCM seniors campus, also New Hamburg). Program number 519-662-5174 is published on the program's own page on tcmhomes.com ('please call 519-662-5174'), meeting the branch-program precedent.

Branch site of Woolwich Community Health Centre (St. Jacobs main site already in DB as waterloo-woolwich-community-health-centre). This Wellesley site publishes its own phone (519) 656-9025 on the org's official homepage under its own site heading, meeting the branch-program precedent (not a shared co-located partner line). WCHC is also opening a New Hamburg site (145 Peel St, temporary) and a Linwood site, but no phone is published for those sites on the official site, so they are not added.

EarlyON Child and Family Centre: Early Years programming, Community Action Program for Children (CAPC), Baby's Day Out, early literacy, programs for pregnant women and new mothers. Branch-specific phone published on the org's own website (brassbell.org/locations) — not a shared central line. 211 listing (northwesthealthline, updated Mar 12, 2026) confirms phone, address, website.

Distinct DRHC program with its own page and own numbers (not the hospital's 807-223-8200 main line): counselling incl. grief counselling, mobile crisis, case management, psychiatric consultation, OTN telehealth, residential non-medical withdrawal/addictions treatment. Parent hospital is in DB (odx-518) but this program has dedicated numbers published on its own official page. Also serves Ignace via (807) 934-2834. Bimaadiziwin Ashangewinini Indigenous advocacy/case-management position on site. 211 listing confirms numbers.

Seniors Active Living Centre: weekly card games (euchre, cribbage), coffee drop-ins, monthly potluck suppers, recreational/educational programs. Phone and details verified on 211 Ontario North listing (updated Jan 30, 2026). Centre has no standalone website; website is the Township of Manitouwadge page associated with the centre in the Ontario.ca Seniors Active Living Centre directory (provincial source). Note: Ontario.ca lists address as '40-100 Manitou Road West'; 211 lists '40 Manitou Rd E Unit 100' — used the 211 address (matches phone record).

Municipal Seniors Active Living Centre: bridge, euchre, carpet bowling, exercise programs, guest speakers, crafts, special events — all free. Phone is the municipal main line published on the program's own official page (greenstone.ca seniors-centres page) — branch-of-parent keepable per branch rule. Longlac SALC site (121 Nishnabe Miikena) NOT added as a separate record: phone sources conflict (211: 807-876-2316 vs Ontario.ca: 807-876-2307) and greenstone.ca publishes no Longlac-site phone. Independent groups on the same page (La Joie de Vivre, Nakina Sunrise Club, Beardmore Evergreens) have no verifiable standalone contact/website — not added.

Seniors centre: cards, darts, shuffleboard, computer access, guest speakers, socials, occasional trips. Phone 807-372-0243 verified on both the official Township of Nipigon club listing page and the 211 listing (updated May 6, 2026). Note: Ontario.ca SALC directory lists a different number ((807) 887-1229) — treated as outdated; used the number confirmed by both nipigon.net and 211.

Community seniors centre in the Vermilion Bay/Machin area: weekly cribbage/cards, coffee socials, monthly potluck suppers, soup-and-sandwich luncheons, bus trips. Phone 807-227-2818 verified on 211 listing (updated Dec 22, 2025) and on the Municipality of Machin's official service-groups page (visitmachin.com, listed as 'Happy-Go-Lucky Seniors — Seniors Center 227-2818'). No standalone club website; website is the official municipal page listing the club.

EarlyON Child and Family Centre: Early Years programming, CAPC, Baby's Day Out, early literacy, programs for pregnant women and new mothers. Separate site from the Schreiber record (odr48-b-01) with its own phone and address; branch-specific phone published on the org's own website (brassbell.org/locations). 211 listing (northwesthealthline, updated Mar 12, 2026) confirms phone, address, website.

Francophone seniors' centre in Chelmsford offering social, recreational and wellness programming, meals, dances and events. Phone and website verified on the club's official website (club50chelmsford.com) on 2026-10-10. Not found in DB under 'rayside', 'club 50', 'club50' or phone digits 7058556839.

Community-run youth centre at Côté Park, Chelmsford (opened 1998, own volunteer board); supervised drop-in programming, leisure activities, outings, referrals to community services. Phone and website verified on the org's official website (raysidebalfouryouthcentre.com) on 2026-10-10; also listed on City of Greater Sudbury youth-centres page as a partner site. Not found in DB under 'rayside' or phone digits 7058555230.

Not-for-profit seniors' centre in Lively (Walden) offering social, recreational and wellness programs: card games, exercise classes, craft classes, hot lunches, bingo, woodworking, bus trips. Phone and website verified on the centre's official website (waldenseniorscentre.com) on 2026-10-10. Not found in DB under 'walden' or phone digits 7056925591 (DB has Walden Food Bank and City of Lakes FHT Walden Site only).

Culturally appropriate health centre of Wahnapitae First Nation combining traditional health and Western medical practices; programs include home and community care, Meals on Wheels, congregate dining, diabetes education, senior transportation, community wellness. Phone 705-858-7700 verified on the First Nation's official website (wahnapitaefirstnation.com) on 2026-10-10 (listed for Norman Recollet Health Centre events). Not found in DB under 'wahnapitae', 'recollet', 'norman' or phone digits 7058587700.

Food bank run by the Bath and District Lions Club. Phone and food bank service published on the club's official Lions e-Clubhouse site and confirmed on Loyalist Township's local food programs page.

Branch office of PELASS; branch's own number 613-389-2820 published on Loyalist Township's official health-services page and the 211-family directory (southeasthealthline). Same category/name pattern as the existing Picton, Napanee and Northbrook PELASS branch records.

Primary health care clinic operated by the Township of Pickle Lake; resident nurse plus visiting physicians. Building also houses a dental office, fitness centre and office for visiting health providers. Mental health counselling offered through a visiting counsellor from Sioux Lookout. crisis_phone is the clinic's after-hours medical emergency line.

Distinct mental-health and addictions program of Red Lake Margaret Cochenour Memorial Hospital (the general hospital is listed separately with main line 807-727-3815); phone 807-727-1100 is the program's own intake line. Adult mental health counselling (18-65), case management (18+), substance abuse and problem gambling services (12+), mobile crisis response (all ages). Ear Falls satellite at 25 Spruce St, Ear Falls Health Center. Self-referrals accepted; all services confidential.

Partner Assault Response (PAR) counselling program for people who have used violence, abuse or coercion toward a spouse/partner; now under the umbrella of Lake of the Woods District Hospital. Program publishes no independent website; website field is its 211 Ontario listing.

Short-term emergency shelter for abused women and their children (max 10 residents); confidential intake assessment required; 24-hour crisis line. Individual counselling and help accessing housing, legal and community services. Program publishes no independent website; website field is its 211 Ontario listing.

Kenora branch of Nishnawbe-Aski Legal Services Corporation (head office listed separately with 807-622-1413); phone 1-800-465-5581 is the org's published toll-free central line. Also delivers the Victim Quick Response Program+ (VQRP+) from this office. Languages: English, Cree, Ojibwe.

Community wellness program of the Eagle Lake Health and Resource Centre: family/community violence prevention, victim service referrals and emergency support for family violence, one-on-one family action plans, referrals to counselling, legal services and treatment centres, Aboriginal culture-based healing and crisis intervention workshops. Toll-free 1-888-755-1157 also published. Languages: English, Ojibway on request.

20-bed live-in addictions recovery home (pre- and post-treatment), operating since 1965; voluntarily joined St. Joseph's Care Group Apr 2024. Distinct from Sister Margaret Smith Centre (SJCG) which is already listed. Methadone/suboxone allowed (administered off-site).

Food Cupboard ministry of food distribution (90-150 people served per distribution); emergency food bags available through the church office during the week.

Not-for-profit charitable organization founded 1972/1975 by and for persons with disabilities; provides barrier-free housing applications, community services for independence, and disability-rights advocacy in Northwestern Ontario.

Home to 211 Ontario North (information & referral for Northern Ontario). Operates Good Food Box, free income tax clinics, LEAP emergency financial assistance (up to $650/$780 paid to utility), and OESP intake. Conducts social research and community development.

Partners with low-income families to build affordable homes; operates ReStore retail outlet (660 Squier St, 807-346-4884) selling donated building materials/furniture, proceeds fund home builds. Since 1994, 27 homes built in Thunder Bay.

Independent not-for-profit since 2009 (working since 1986); coordinates community response to woman abuse: public awareness, systemic advocacy, Domestic Violence Court advisory, high-risk navigation. Maintains directory of local/regional GBV supports. Office c/o Faye Peterson Transition House. Note: this number is also published for Faye Peterson House (DB tby-faye-peterson, odx-283); TBECC is a separate organization and this is the contact number published on its official site (endwomanabuse.com).

Westfort-area food bank offering food hampers; distinct from the Minden, North Bay and Atikokan orgs of similar name already in the directory (verified: DB 'The Gathering Place' is the Minden one, 705-286-2541).

Information, referral and support for women gaining economic independence: workshops, one-on-one support, rural outreach (ROPE), business services centre and resource lending library. Listed crisis line is VCARS (Victim Crisis Assistance and Referral Services) referral number.

Faith-based charitable pregnancy care centre; not a medical facility. Free and confidential: pregnancy tests, pregnancy options information, pre-natal and post-natal support, parenting support, after-abortion and after-adoption care, community referrals, practical supplies as available. Does not provide or assist in arranging abortions.

Community-based services for people with intellectual/developmental disabilities: group homes (2 in Powassan), supported independent living, respite (adult and child), community participation supports, transitional aged youth (TAY) and family supports, Passport funding supports. Serves East Parry Sound and area. Toll-free 1-888-293-2425.

Branch record: South River/Almaguin site of Karis Disability Services (formerly Christian Horizons); phone is the branch's own published line on karis.org. Community participation supports: skills development, community involvement, employment and volunteer opportunities, recreational activities. Parent org record in DB is Waterloo (ods-99); Northern Ontario/Huntsville branch not separately listed.

Non-profit charity serving North Muskoka seniors for 35+ years (850+ active clients). Community support services to help seniors stay in their homes: hot and frozen Meals on Wheels, local transportation and out-of-town medical transportation, social connection group programs, friendly visiting and telephone reassurance.