Ontario Resource Directory

Indigenous women's centre founded 1976 with VAW emergency shelter open to all women; Healing Our Sisters anti-human-trafficking program with emergency beds; Honouring the Circle transitional housing; Breaking Free from Family Violence and cultural healing programs.

Good Shepherd Centres shelter for women and children who are homeless and/or fleeing domestic violence; 24-hour crisis line and residential support in downtown Hamilton. (Website listed under Good Shepherd Centres.)

Free legal information, advocacy and court accompaniment for survivors navigating family, criminal, child-welfare and immigration systems; free DV Legal Aid vouchers and links to lawyers; legal advocate is not a lawyer and gives information not advice.

Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte shelter on Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory; safe shelter plus one-on-one counselling, advocacy, court support, referrals and traditional teachings/circles; serves area north to Bancroft, south to Picton.

Quinte region VAW agency since 1983: 16-bed emergency shelter, second-stage housing, 24-hour crisis line, outreach and children's counselling, family court support and transitional housing support; free and confidential.

The only women's shelter in Halton Region (Burlington/Oakville and Milton/Halton Hills sites); emergency safe shelter, community outreach and 24/7 crisis lines plus confidential crisis chat.

Merger of Women's Community House and Sexual Assault Centre London; Ontario's largest shelter + sexual assault centre: 2 high-security shelters, second-stage apartments, 24-hour crisis line (all genders), sexual assault counselling, family court support, children's program, outreach and public education.

Formerly Interim Place (since 1981); two 24-hour emergency shelters, 24-hour crisis line, sexual violence counselling, community support and outreach, transitional housing supports and legal/housing/immigration advocacy in Peel Region.

Elliot Lake Women's Group shelter (renamed Maplegate House in 2006); 24-hour crisis line, emergency shelter, emergency transportation, transitional/outreach support, housing advocacy, legal advocacy and counselling; on-site pet shelter and pet therapy.

Feminist community centre with 24-hour support line, individual/group counselling, diverse-communities outreach, sex-trafficking survivor counselling and services for male survivors; accompaniment to hospital/police and transportation help. Funded by the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services.

24-hour crisis and support line for female and male survivors; counselling for ages 14+, emergency accompaniment through hospital, police and court procedures, and prevention education in Brant County high schools. Serves Brantford, Brant County, Six Nations, New Credit.

Free confidential support for people 12+ across Nipissing District; works from feminist, intersectional, anti-racist and anti-oppressive frameworks.

Free community-based service for self-identified women and 2SLGBTQ+/BIPOC survivors; in-person and virtual individual/group counselling, case management and drop-in; staff trained in Indigenous cultural safety.

Feminist organization supporting recent, historical and childhood survivors of sexual violence; 24/7 crisis and support line (toll-free 1-866-905-1919), individual and group counselling, advocacy and accompaniment to hospital, police and court, plus community education and prevention.

Toronto Rape Crisis Centre / Multicultural Women Against Rape, the city’s only rape crisis centre; 24-hour peer crisis line plus web and text chat, free one-to-one counselling and support groups, advocacy, activism and public education. TTY line 416-597-1214.

Community women’s centre in Scarborough offering free short-term goal-oriented counselling for women 18+ who are dealing with abuse, planning to leave, or recovering from abuse, plus volunteer mentoring and webinars on family law, financial planning and healthy relationships.

YWCA Sudbury’s 32-bed emergency shelter for women escaping intimate partner abuse and older women abused by a live-in caregiver; 24-hour shelter line (toll-free 1-800-461-0133), crisis intervention, counselling, safety planning, free transportation and transitional housing support.

14-bed shelter in Orillia for women and their dependents fleeing violence; 24-hour crisis line (toll-free 1-888-285-6958), one-on-one and group counselling, child and youth program, court and legal support, transitional housing services and safety planning, plus a community outreach program.

Women-led centre offering VAW counselling and crisis intervention, family law and immigration legal clinic, settlement help and job support; multilingual staff.

Free confidential French-language counselling and support for francophone women affected by sexual assault, harassment and partner violence; serves Greater Sudbury and Algoma with satellite offices.

Free confidential French-language counselling, transitional and housing support, family court accompaniment and legal information for francophone women affected by domestic or sexual violence.

Emergency shelter for women and children fleeing violence with front-line counselling, transition and housing support, child and youth programs and in-school violence prevention.

Feminist centre offering 24/7 crisis line, sexual violence counselling, anti-human-trafficking counselling and case management, support groups and public education across York Region.

24-hour crisis line plus counselling for survivors of sexual assault, abuse and incest of any age, family and community education; serves Windsor and Essex County in English and French.

Nonprofit offering 24/7 crisis support line, individual and group counselling, hospital response program and prevention education for survivors of sexual violence across Niagara.

National advocacy centre for crime victims; offers information, referrals and support navigating the justice system; toll-free line 1-877-232-2610.

Provincial non-profit network with 40 local member locations; 24/7 confidential emotional and practical support and referrals after crime or tragedy; find the local service through the website.

Operates the Canadian Human Trafficking Hotline: 24/7 referrals, safety planning and crisis help for trafficking victims and those who support them.

Co-located family-violence hub with 31 partner agencies in one place; counselling, legal information, safety planning and referrals; second site in Mississauga (25 Capston Dr).

Psychotherapy practice for men, including trauma recovery from childhood sexual or physical abuse and anger management; services now delivered online across Ontario.

Peer grief support for bereaved people; groups for losses including homicide, suicide and overdose; online intake through the website.

Peer grief support led by trained facilitators with lived experience; weekly drop-in plus monthly groups for specific losses incl. suicide; closed 8-week groups each spring and fall.

Up to 8 hours of free legal advice by phone or video, delivered by the Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic; helps victims understand their options and plan next steps; no court representation.

Grief and bereavement support, court accompaniment, information on victims' rights and referrals for people harmed by impaired driving.

Victim/survivor services including emotional support, grief support and court accompaniment for impaired-driving victims; contact [email protected].

Active chapter supporting victims of impaired driving; mission includes victim support alongside awareness and prevention work.

Victim/survivor services for impaired-driving victims; email [email protected].

Victim/survivor services and tributes/memorials for impaired-driving victims; email [email protected].

Victim/survivor services for impaired-driving victims across Simcoe County.

Program of the Women's Centre of Hamilton; free legal information, advocacy and court accompaniment for abused women (advocate is not a lawyer); works with a Legal Aid consultant and provides DV legal aid vouchers.

Victim/survivor services including emotional support and court accompaniment for impaired-driving victims; office at York Regional Police Traffic Bureau; email [email protected].

Low-barrier support, one-to-one appointments and group programs for women and gender-diverse people, including GBV survivors.

Culturally sensitive services for newcomer and immigrant women: counselling, crisis intervention, employment and career support.

Settlement, language, employment and counselling services helping immigrant women and their families settle and thrive.

Multi-service centre for pregnant teens and young parents: counselling, prenatal classes, high school, health services, housing help.

Live-in treatment and support for young mothers and their babies, with parenting education and life-skills programming.

Live-in treatment, transitional housing and infant mental-health supports for pregnant and parenting adolescents aged 13-25.

Substance-use treatment, counselling and housing support for women in Toronto's west end.