Elliot Lake, ON, P5A 1E3
Operates an emergency shelter for abused women and their children
- Provides a 24-hour crisis line
- Offers short-term support counselling and transitional housing
- Provides advocacy and referrals to appropriate community supports and resources
- Provides outreach services such as understanding options in making life choices and offering assistance in accessing housing, legal and other community services
Also provides the following programs and services:
- Larry's Place Fresh Start Shelter for Men
- Something More Lawrence House (second-stage housing)
Elliot Lake, ON, P5A 1E3
Operates an emergency men's shelter
- Offers a seven-bed home for displaced men and their children
- Includes a garage, two common rooms, a full kitchen and private backyard
- Provides access to the programs/services (such as advocacy and counselling) offered through the Women's Shelter
- Provides a warm, clean, and safe environment for those who are homeless
- Offers support through life skills programming including:
- cooking, budgeting, shopping
- tax return completion
- vaccine education
- cleaning and healthy communication
- housing advocacy
- developmental support services
- social system navigation
- medical appointment and transportation
- connection with AA support groups
- referrals to counselling and mental health support
- resume building and employment support
- addressing food insecurities
Mississauga First Nation, ON, P0R 1B0
- Provides public education workshops and seminars to raise awareness about the issues and impacts of violence against women and children
- Gratefully accepts donations of money, furniture, lightly used clothing or any household items or appliances
Services provided include:
- 24-hour crisis line
- Advocacy
- Child Support Worker
- Counselling support
- Court accompaniment and referrals
- Emergency transportation
- Referral to community services
- Transition and safety planning
Transitional Support Services include:
- Counselling
- Educational upgrading
- Health and wellness services
- Housing
- Income support
- Job training
- Legal assistance/legal aid
- Parental support
Provides women with access to:
- Advocacy
- Crisis management
- Safety planning
- Short term counselling
- Rights information
- Transitional support which includes help with housing, employment, financial aid, and court support
- Violence prevention strategies
Wikwemikong First Nation, ON, P0P 2J0
Provides a residential shelter for individuals experiencing family violence
Offers the following services:
- Safety, protection and shelter in a supportive healing environment
- Accommodations consist of 13 bedrooms (includes two family suites) with a total of 15 beds for women, men, children, youth and families
- Intervention and group or individual crisis counselling
- Traditional teaching circles including Elders Circle
- Education about the cycle of violence
- Promotion of health/personal self care
- Advocacy and referrals to other supports
- Aftercare family support services
Operates an emergency shelter for abused women and their children in a crisis situation
- Offers overnight shelter and the basic essentials required to be safe during a crisis time
- Provides a 24-hour crisis line
Greater Sudbury, ON, P3B 4K7
- Operates a 32-bed emergency shelter for women and children escaping intimate partner abuse, and older women 55+ who are being abused by their live-in caregiver
Services include:
- 24/7 crisis line
- Transitional and housing support
- Brief counselling
- Child and youth program
- Family court support
- Educational outreach programs and services
Sault Ste Marie, ON, P6A 2T2
Operates a 24-bed emergency shelter for women and children who have been affected by abuse and violence
Offers the following services:
- Advocacy
- Assistance in finding housing
- In-House Child Care
- Parenting Skills
- Short and Long-Term Counselling
Sexual Assault Centre
Crisis intervention and culturally sensitive counselling, supports and referrals
- a 24 hour telephone crisis line
- individual counselling and support groups
- legal support, advocacy, information, and referrals
- court support, accompaniment and advocacy program
- information on alternatives to legal justice system
- public education and training to end gender based violence in our community
- all services confidential
- Trans/ gender diverse positive environment
Sault Ste Marie, ON, P6A 2T2
- Operates a 24-bed emergency shelter for women who have been victims of physical, emotional, or sexual abuse, and their children
- Offers long-term and crisis counselling for women who have been victims of sexual assault or abuse both current and historic
- Offers educational groups on topics such as self-esteem, self worth, exploring the cycle of violence, healthy relationships, safety planning, housing, and advocacy
- Offers client referrals for counselling and to government services
- Provides community education and awareness on the issues of abuse
- Provides on site child care for women who are residents of the shelter for court dates, doctors appointments, group sessions
- Offers on site child care for non-resident women during group sessions, Call for information on programs offering this service
- Offers parenting support and counselling sessions
- Offers a Family Court Support Worker Program
- Offers a Transitional and Housing Support Program
Note: A woman does not have to be a resident of the centre to access these services
- Provides a short-term emergency shelter for women, with or without children, who are leaving an abusive situation, who are in a housing emergency, or other crisis situation
- Assists with crisis intervention
- Provides information and help with legal aid, financial assistance, and apartment searching
- Assists in making a safety plan
- Outreach program offers assistance with the judicial system
Chippewas Of Saugeen First Nation, ON, N0H 2L0
Provides a 24-hour crisis line and emergency shelter. The shelter houses up to 12 women and provides food, clothing and practical needs to support with safety and healing.
Staff assist in-house clients with finding housing, social assistance, medical and legal help.
Shelter works with other community agencies who provide counselling and interpretation services.
Length of stay depends on situation.
Also provide walk in supportive services (formula, clothing) to assist women in need.
Parry Sound, ON, P2A 1J2
Offers emergency shelter and assistance for women in crisis, abused women and their children. Services and programs are voluntary, free of charge and confidential.
Residential Services include:
- emergency Shelter for women
Non-Residential Services include:
- 24 hours crisis phone line
- crisis intervention
- supportive counselling
- safety planning
- information and referrals
- legal advocacy and accompaniment to court and legal and Crown appointments
Programs and groups include:
- Community Outreach
- Transitional and Housing Support Program
- Children's Voices (a program for children who have been exposed to domestic violence)
North Bay, ON, P1B 8G5
Services include:
- Assistance with crisis intervention
- Assistance in making a safety plan
- Child care for women attending appointments
- Home visits for those who are unwilling or unable to visit the shelter
- Individual counselling
- Information and help with legal aid, financial assistance, and apartment searching
- Outreach
- Referral to other community agencies
- Transitional support
- Transportation to access the shelter
- Provides a 24-hour support line
- Provides emergency transportation to women living outside the community who need to come to the shelter
- Provides accompaniment to appointments
- Provides access and referral to available community resources
- Supports women in obtaining clothing, furniture and household items when in need
- Provides an emergency food cupboard for women accessing shelter services
- Offers women's support groups
- Offers a resource library
- Provides public education and presentations on abuse
Owen Sound, ON, N4K 3H2
Violence Against Women Services:
- Crisis Lines: Crisis telephone lines, and text line are available 24/7
- Emergency Shelter: The 24/7 emergency shelter services are open for women and children fleeing partner abuse
- Housing: The Transitional Housing Worker supports clients to find long term housing
- Counselling: Supportive Counselling services are available to shelter clients
- Second Stage Residential Housing Program: Available to families and single women
- Child and Youth Programs: Available to shelter and second stage clients
- Outreach Services: Workshops, and Educational Groups are available weekly
- Women's Legal Advocate: Clients who separate from their partners are assisted with the family an criminal court process
- Studio Blue (The Anti-Human Trafficking Program For Youth): Shelter, counselling and court support services (see separate listing)
North Bay, ON, P1B 2M9
- Offers a 20 bed shelter for women and their children fleeing all forms of abuse, including emotional, financial, psychological, sexual etc
- Maintains 11 bedrooms including two larger bedrooms and an accessible bedroom
- Offers a laundry room, a kitchen, a playroom, and a dining room
- Provides support and crisis counselling as well as safety planning
- Assists women with searching for housing
- Provides emergency transportation if needed to get an individual safely to the shelter for admission (call the 24 hour crisis line to make arrangements)
- Operates a 10-bed shelter for abused women and their children who have been victims of physical, emotional, sexual or financial abuse
- Offers a 24 hour crisis line
- Provides confidential counseling, court accompaniment and safety planning
- Provides advocacy services if needed
Timmins, ON, P4N 2T7
- Operates an emergency shelter for women and their children
- Manages a 24-hour crisis support line
Women are provided with:
- Crisis intervention support
- Ceremony/healing room
- 2SLGBTQ+ supports for women, trans, two-spirit, non-binary and gender diverse individuals
- Individual counselling offered in person, by phone or by zoom
- Group Support
- Accompaniments, advocacy and referrals to other agencies
- Risk assessment and safety planning
- Assistance with custody and child support issues
- Assistance with finding housing
- Assistance with financial support
- Assistance with technical support that includes texting and facebook messenger
Timmins, ON, P4N 8A4
Crisis intervention and culturally responsive counselling support and guidance
- 24/7 crisis line
- individual and group counselling
- legal support, rights advocacy, information, and referrals
- court accompaniment and advocacy program
- information on alternatives to formal justice system
- public education and training to help end gender-based violence in our community
- all services are confidential
- positive, inclusive environment for transgender and gender-diverse individuals
Program services include the following:
- Emergency intervention
- Emergency Shelter
- Anti-human Trafficking Program
- Individual and group counselling
- Safety planning
- Support groups
- Transitional and housing support
- Child-witness Program
- Operates a Short-Term Emergency Shelter for women and their children who are experiencing violence
- Manages a 24-hour crisis line for emotional support and assistance to women and their children
- Offers crisis support, sexual assault and transitional support counselling for women over 16
- Child witness counselling for children 4-15 who have experienced or witnessed violence in their home
- Provides support for female victims of elder abuse
- Provides advocacy and accompaniment to women 16 years of age and older
- Holds public education and information sessions
Offers free support, education and crisis intervention to women experiencing abuse or are at risk.
Services include:
Shelter Services
- providing support to women experiencing abuse or facing a housing crisis
- 13 short term emergency beds for women and children
- 24 hour secure and supportive environment
- individual and/or group counselling, meals provided, harm reduction
24 Hour Crisis Lines
- confidential, 24 hours, 7 days a week support for women, children, and youth who are experiencing abuse, sexual assault, human trafficking or other forms of violence
- anti-human trafficking support line 519-396-9655
- violence against women toll-free support line 1-800-265-3026
- sexual assault support line 1-866-578-5566
Child Witness Program
- individual and group counselling for children ages 4 to 18. Helps children heal from the experience of witnessing woman abuse and meet other children who have also experienced family violence. Gives mothers the chance to be supported as they help their children heal.
Violence Against Women Counselling
- individual counselling for women 16 years and over who are experiencing abuse or healing from abuse in Bruce and Grey counties.
Transitional Support Program
- helping women build independence, navigating community resources: housing, education, wellness, income support, legal aid and representation, transportation and child care
Second Stage Housing
- safe, secure, and supportive housing for survivors of abuse and their children.
- Participation based closely with Transition staff to establish plans for safety, stability and independence
BIRTCH Transitional Housing Program
- offering women safe, long term and supportive housing units embedded in community to bridge the gap between emergency shelter and independent living.
Family Court Support
- support to women navigating family law proceedings, offering guidance and practical assistance understanding documentation, debriefing appointments, and accompanying women to family court proceedings note: this program does not provide legal advice or replace the guidance of a lawyer
MARAM
- Multi-Agency Risk Assessment and Management, a collaborative approach that brings together community organizations to share information and develop safety plans for women at high risk of serious harm
Sexual Assault Centre of Bruce & Grey by Women's House Serving Bruce & Grey: Sexual Assault Counselling
- confidential one-to-one support for women aged 16 and over, accompaniment to appointments with police, courts and hospitals and connection with other community supports
Youth Sexual Assault and Anti-Human Trafficking Program
- works collaboratively alongside youth throughout Bruce/Grey County who have experienced, or been exposed to, sexual violence or human trafficking.
A women and children's shelter that provides support in many areas including Therapeutic Counselling, Housing, Legal Advocacy, and programming for Children and Youth.
Services include:
- Therapeutic Counselling
- Transitional Housing and Legal Support Program
- Children's Program
- Youth Program
- 24 hour Crisis Line for support
- Shelter Program
All services can be provide as an outreach as well.
An emergency shelter providing in-house and community-based supports to women and their children fleeing violence and/or experiencing homelessness.
The shelter provides services en francais to women whose first or preferred language is French.
Counselors provide crisis counselling both in person and via the telephone for women who have experienced intimate partner violence or sexual abuse 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Child residents receive counselling and support as well as age-appropriate activities through our Child Support Program.
Counselling, legal advocacy and accompaniment, assistance with finding and maintaining housing, assistance with subsidized housing and income support programs such as Ontario Works are available to shelter residents and on an outreach basis to women living in the community.
This is a pet-friendly shelter with accommodations available for pets on site.
All services maintain confidentiality of client information.
Chrysalis is one of two shelters in Muskoka for abused women (with or without children).
Safe, short-term shelter, 24 hour phone support/ 24 hour staffing, child and youth programming, outreach support, support groups, assistance with navigating the legal system, accompaniment and advocacy, safety planning, risk assessment, practical needs assistance.
Also offers 10 supportive transitional apartments for vulnerable women and children. See separate record 92201930.
Second shelter location is Muskoka Interval House (MIH) in Bracebridge, 1-800-461-1740 or 705-645-4461. See separate record 71103815.
Shelter for abused women (with or without children)
Provides:
- Safe, short-term shelter
- 24 hour phone support/ 24 hour staffing
- Child and youth programming
- Outreach support
- Educational support groups for women
- Assistance with navigating the legal system
- Accompaniment and advocacy
- Safety planning
- Risk assessment
- Practical needs assistance
Muskoka Interval House is one of two shelters in Muskoka for abused women (with or without children).
Chrysalis in Huntsville is the second location. 1-866-789-8488 or 705-789-8488. See separate program 71103812.
Chrysalis also offers 10 transitional apartments for women and their children. See separate program 92201930.
