Barrie Food Bank
42 Anne St S, Barrie, ON
Emergency food hampers; book online or by phone.
Who it serves: Residents of Barrie and Springwater/Oro-Medonte.
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Listings — Barrie
Showing 6 of 6 matching listings (page 1 of 1). Source: Ontario Resource Directory export, 2026-10-20. Listings are shown in city, then name order.
Busby Centre (Barrie)
88 Mulcaster St, Barrie, ON
50-bed emergency shelter, meals and outreach.
Who it serves: Adults experiencing homelessness in Simcoe County.
Canadian Red Cross — Simcoe Muskoka Meals on Wheels
65 Cedar Pointe Dr, Unit 809B, Barrie, ON
Branch-run hot and frozen meal delivery program; active volunteer recruitment confirmed on recent 211/CIOC volunteer listings. Hot-meal ext. 5254 / cold-meal ext. 5267 published in the Town of Penetanguishene seniors directory (may be dated — main line verified current via Red Cross branch listing). No Red Cross Simcoe Muskoka MOW record in DB (only a Burlington-branch MOW entry exists).
Who it serves: Seniors and adults unable to prepare meals safely; serves Barrie, Innisfil, Angus, Wasaga Beach, Collingwood, Midland, Penetanguishene, Bracebridge and Gravenhurst
No More Starving Artists (Food Rescue)
80 Bradford St, Suite 601, Barrie, ON L4N 6S7
Volunteer-run food rescue program of the Canadian Musicians Co-operative redirecting pre-consumer surplus food via the Second Harvest platform; serves 1200+ households/month. Orders placed online by cut-off time, pick up in person. Verified via 211 record and official site nomorestarvingartists.ca (live).
Salvation Army Barrie Bayside Mission Centre
16 Bayfield St, Barrie, ON L4M 3A4
Men's emergency shelter (28 beds) plus 10 transitional rooms, daily community meals, family services with clothing vouchers, ID clinic, showers and laundry, case management and addiction referrals.
Who it serves: Men 21+ homeless for shelter; low-income families for family services
The Salvation Army Barrie (Bayfield)
16 Bayfield Street, Barrie, ON
28-bed men's emergency shelter and meal programs.
Who it serves: Men 18+ experiencing homelessness.
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A note on completeness: these listings come from the Ontario Resource Directory, which is maintained from provider websites and 211 Ontario. A program can move, change hours, or close between updates — call ahead, and if a listing here is wrong, tell EmergencyHousing.ca so it can be corrected. Ottawa-specific programs from the Ottawa Food Bank lookup are being merged next, city by city, as that research returns.