Ontario Resource Directory

On Parkwood Institute grounds. Announced July 2025 with expected opening spring 2026 (press release). Phone is the Foundation's national line.

Intake via City of London Coordinated

Located at LHSC Victoria Hospital.

Shelter address is published on daso.ca itself.

Shelter address is published on optimismplace.com itself.

Access via First Connect: 519-624-9133. Operates from the lower level of Grace Bible Church as a temporary site while a permanent location is sought.

Self-referral line: 519-749-1450.

Youth emergency shelter, street outreach and drop-in.

Shelter location is not published; address shown is the organization's admin office. Call for intake.

Operates Anselma House (Kitchener) and Haven House (Cambridge). Shelter street addresses are not published by the organization, so locations are kept confidential.

Access via Regional Shelter Services: 519-624-9133. Phone shown is the organization's office line.

24-hr crisis line 519-836-5710 or 1-800-265-7233.

Emergency shelter, drop-in and meals. Diversion line 226-821-3345.

Operating-status data conflict: a business-directory location page flagged the 305 B West St location as permanently closed, while a third-party directory (mid-2026) lists the Out of the Cold program operating at Yes Church, Brantford. Call 226-250-0120 to confirm current location.

Shelter location confidential. Crisis line accepts calls and texts.

Listed as 'Salvation Army Hostel for Males' (housing & homeless shelter).

Transitional housing program of Good Shepherd Youth Services for young mothers.

Listed by the City under emergency shelters for men and gender-diverse individuals.

Largest family shelter in Hamilton.

Address confidential — call for intake.

Phone conflict between sources: hamiltonpolice.on.ca lists 905-540-8000 for crisis and business lines; hamilton.ca lists 905-523-6277 crisis / 905-540-8000 business. Both numbers recorded — call to confirm. Address confidential — call for intake.

Co-ed youth shelter; 26 beds in the City's CHPI review (2022).

Overflow facility — population served varies with system demand; not one of the fixed-population per-diem shelters in the City's CHPI review.

First-stage VAW shelter. Address confidential — call for intake.

Low-barrier overnight shelter for women and gender-diverse people 18+.

Address confidential — call for intake.

Indigenous-led organization. Shelter beds plus transitional housing and cultural supports.

Shelter for Muslim women, including asylum seekers. Address confidential.

Listed on the City of Hamilton's emergency shelters page. Primarily a women's addiction withdrawal-management residence that also offers emergency shelter beds for women who are homeless.

Transitional (not emergency) program at the same address as the YWCA 24/7 shelter.

Refugee house listed by the Ontario Coalition of Service Providers for Refugee Claimants.