Ontario Resource Directory

Free legal clinic: ODSP/OW, tenancy (tenants only), CPP-D, child benefit, debt/consumer; toll-free 1-800-403-4757

Programs for urban Indigenous people in Kenora; open to all

Support and counselling for women affected by sexual violence and human trafficking

Main office of the Northwest Community Legal Clinic; toll-free 1-800-799-2485

Urban Indigenous programs, drop-in and food bank in Fort Frances

Food bank by appointment plus thrift store

Haven House VAW shelter, 24-hour crisis line, food bank and thrift store serving Manitoulin Island

Holistic Indigenous health centre on Manitoulin Island

14-bed emergency shelter operated by the Kenora District Services Board; meals provided; call or drop in

VAW shelter and crisis line serving Red Lake, Ear Falls and northern communities

Urban Indigenous programs with a community food bank

Mental health and addictions services, healing and wellness, after-hours domestic violence support, crisis intervention and youth centre; toll-free 1-800-619-9519

OFIFC member centre running cultural programs, an elders aging-at-home program with group meals and friendly visiting, and Indigenous employment supports.

OFIFC member centre with courtworker, addictions, youth employment, and elder/disability support programs; satellite office in Longlac.

Satellite of the Geraldton OFIFC member centre delivering Indigenous programs to Greenstone communities.

OFIFC member centre with prenatal health and parenting programs, Akwe:go youth supports, congregate dining, and a life-long-care program for elders and people with disabilities.

Grassroots language-and-culture hub ratified as an OFIFC Friendship Centre; runs language circles and closed women's programming.

New OFIFC member centre (partnership with the North Shore Tribal Council) with youth drop-ins, peer counselling, crisis outreach, and health system navigation.

New Indigenous Friendship Centre in downtown Sault Ste. Marie operating a health clinic, justice services, employment programs and seniors life-long care. Call or visit.

Native friendship centre in Sarnia offering community programs and services to Indigenous members.

Inuit-focused family health team in Vanier offering primary care plus mental health services including psychiatry and psychology. Free for the Inuit community; call for an appointment.

Indigenous community health centre in Timmins: primary care, diabetes education, traditional healing, and child/youth mental health and addiction counselling. Call for services.

Indigenous support centre in Brantford assisting with housing applications and access to community supports. Listed on the Brantford-Brant crisis care pathway.

North Shore Indigenous health service offering traditional and contemporary mental health counselling and addiction treatment, including the Minobimaadizing Recovery Program for adults 18+.

Urban Indigenous hub run by the Temiskaming Native Women's Support Group: Mino M'shki-ki health clinics, family learning centre and childcare, pre-employment training, and cultural programming. Centres in New Liskeard and Kirkland Lake.

Off-reserve Indigenous alliance in Cochrane with community wellness, peer counselling, family programs, healthy-babies supports and advocacy across the northeast. Call or walk in.

Non-profit Indigenous housing provider with multiple GTA locations; safe, secure rent-geared-to-income housing for Native homeless and under-housed in Toronto.

Toronto's Indigenous employment and training agency offering career services, skills training and job supports for urban Indigenous people. Call or drop in.

Indigenous peer-led outreach team fostering holistic healing, empowerment and cultural reconnection; supports people facing addiction and mental health challenges in North Bay and Nipissing First Nation.

Garden River First Nation healing lodge with residential and non-residential trauma healing using contemporary and traditional therapies: one-on-one traditional healer sessions, grief and family violence groups, and cultural teachings. Free for North Shore First Nations members.

Moosonee satellite of the Timmins Native Friendship Centre: Aboriginal support, prenatal, court and life-long-care workers, youth Wasa-Nabin programs and homelessness outreach. Call or walk in; no referral needed.

Advocates for Indigenous people living with HIV/AIDS; provides HIV/AIDS education and training to Indigenous organizations, health promotion and outreach services. Offices in Toronto, Sudbury, Thunder Bay, Sault Ste. Marie, London and Ottawa.

Diabetes education, prevention and management programs for First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities across southern Ontario, with traditional wellness education, coaching and workshops.

Aboriginal Health Access Centre combining traditional healing and western medicine; primary care, immunization, wholistic healing, prenatal support, FASD project and traditional wellness programs with Elders and knowledge keepers.

Team-based primary care with doctors, nurses, social worker, dietitian, pharmacist and a traditional healer; health information clinics and MedsCheck appointments.

Family medical care and community-based health programs with family doctors and nurse practitioners combining traditional health and western medical practices; diabetes education, home and community care and a loan cupboard.

Family medical care and community health programs combining traditional health and western practices; diabetes education, home and community care, health promotion, mental health and addictions programs.

Métis Nation of Ontario community-based healing and wellness programs: healthy parenting, early childhood development, chronic disease management, healthy aging, addictions prevention and mental wellness; on-site video conferencing connects clients with psychiatry and specialists.

Culturally appropriate health programs combining traditional health and western medical practices; home and community care and the NNADAP addictions program.

Family medical care and community-based health programs combining traditional health and western practices; home and community care, Healthy Babies Healthy Children, Meals on Wheels and a loan cupboard.

Long-standing Indigenous community cultural centre offering cultural teachings and language classes, youth drop-in with housing and case-management support, and seniors in-home support services.

Newcomer and immigrant settlement services; free.

Settlement, employment and LINC programs; multilingual staff.

Asylum Seeker Assistance Program: 24/7 transitional housing for refugee claimants (85 beds, City partnership); RAP for government-assisted refugees.

Settlement and employment services for newcomers.

Settlement services at 8 locations across Toronto and York Region.

Settlement and employment services; Bathurst-Finch Hub location.

Sector-specific employment programs for internationally trained newcomers.