Community and Social Services
360°kids (Regional: Richmond Hill, ON)
360°kids has been providing support services to at-risk and homeless youth in York Region for the past 27 years. Our primary focus is providing aid and support to at-risk and homeless youth. 360°kids is a one-stop agency where young people at-risk can access safe, supportive housing for the day, the night or as long as a year. We offer a full range of support services —clothing and food, personal support, outreach, counselling, life skills training, education upgrading and job searching—designed to help youth get back on their feet.
4 Korners Family Resource Center (Regional: Deux-Montagnes, QC)
In a spirit of respect, support and empowerment, the 4 Korners Family Resource Center is a nonprofit community organization dedicated to assisting youth, adults, seniors and their families in the Laurentian region to access information, resources and services in English.
519 Church Street Community Centre
The 519 is a meeting place and focus for its vital and varied downtown community. Within a supportive environment it responds to community issues and needs by supplying the resources and opportunities to foster self-determination. It is committed to principles of accessibility, voluntarism, individual dignity and value, participation and celebration.
2nd Chance Employment Counselling (Local: Guelph, ON)
Second Chance provides personal, customized services for people who want to find employment or explore their training and career options. They offer specialized services for youth ages 16 – 24, adults over the age of 25, and students with disabilities.
5 Days for the Homeless (Local: Regina, SK)
5 Days is a national campaign run by the Canadian Association of Business Students that strives to raise awareness and donations for members of society that are at risk of or experiencing homelessness. Donations raised are given to shelters and programs to support their services within the community.
A Place Called Home (Local: Lindsay, ON)
Provides shelter and support for the homeless and disadvantaged. The organization serves single adults, couples, families and children. They provide 24-7 access in an empathetic and non-judgmental environment.
Ability First Ottawa (Local: Ottawa, ON)
Ability First Ottawa works to assist persons with disabilities to reach their goals in employment skills, recreation, social skills and art. To encourage and inspire persons with disabilities to reach their full potential and dreams.
Aboriginal Centre of Winnipeg Inc. (ACWI) (Local: Winnipeg, MB)
A gathering place for people and a centre to foster new ideas in education, economic development, social service delivery and training.
ABOVAS (Local: Pointe-Claire, QC)
ABOVAS offers an accompanied-transport service to vulnerable people living in the West Island on the island of Montreal, Québec. Our volunteer companions drive them, stay with them and bring them back home. We prioritize recurring treatments, cancer for example.
Access Pro Bono Society of BC (APB) (Regional: Vancouver, BC)
The Access Pro Bono Society of BC (APB) is a charitable organization whose mission is to promote access to justice in British Columbia by providing and fostering quality pro bono (free) legal services for people and nonprofit organizations of limited means. APB operates over 100 free legal advice clinics in communities throughout BC. APB also offers legal assistance and representation through its BC-wide Roster Program, the Civil Chambers Program in Vancouver and the Children’s Lawyer Program in Victoria.
Access Pro Bono – Mental Health Program (Regional: Vancouver, BC)
Access Pro Bono (APB), a nonprofit organization, administers the Mental Health Program. This program enables lawyers and law students work together to represent involuntarily detained persons at tribunals who are unable to represent themselves.
Acclaim Health (Regional: Oakville, ON)
A charitable organization that offers a variety of health and care programs, including community support services. Our volunteers enrich the lives of frail or isolated seniors and/or adults, through support and friendship, during friendly visits or telephone conversations.
Achēv (Local: Mississauga, ON)
Achēv is a leading community-based charitable organization that delivers employment, newcomer, language and youth services. We offer comprehensive and personalized programs of the highest quality to help people achieve their full potential.
Active Career Advancement Project (ACAP) (Local: Toronto, ON & Vancouver, BC)
A national pilot project that works towards helping internationally trained professionals (ITPs) use some or all of their previously acquired skills in a profession relevant to their trained field. ACAP also assists employers in better engaging ITPs. ACAP offers integrated services to support underutilized ITPs to re-position themselves in alternative careers related to their expertise and to assist employers in hiring, developing and retaining ITPs who are highly qualified but underutilized within their workforce.
Addressing Domestic Violence in the Workplace through Collaboration (National)
The main goal of this project is to ensure that workers, unions and employers are able to respond effectively to harassment and violence associated with domestic violence that finds its way into the workplace by providing tools to help everyone do what they can to support those who are in these terrible situations. The project will contribute to the physical and psychological health and safety of employees in federally regulated workplaces and beyond and is headed by the Centre for Research and Education on Violence Against Women & Children at Western University.
Africa Great Lakes Networking Foundation (International: Vancouver, BC)
This organization’s work is mainly carried out in the Greater Vancouver, supporting newcomers, refugees and immigrants for services and referrals connecting them to other agencies. They focus on families particularly women, children and youth, with educational programs that address the root causes of social and economic inequity.
African Sudanese Association of Calgary (ASAC) (Local: Calgary, AB)
Dedicated to assisting Sudanese immigrants who are resettling in Alberta. ASAC provides services and education that facilitate integration into Canadian society, such as interpretation, ESL training, citizenship classes, employment assistance and social events.
Afro Canadian Positive Network of BC (Local: Surrey, BC)
This organization provides support to refugees, immigrants and all Canadians of African origins infected with and affected by HIV/AIDS without regard to colour, race or ethnicity. Their aim is to empower, educate, advocate, house and promote dignity for social intergration.
AFS Interculture Canada
An educational movement that promotes global education and intercultural understanding through quality exchange programs for youth and adults. We offer school base programs for youth and volunteer work/internship opportunities abroad for young adults.
Agincourt Community Services Association (Local: Toronto, ON)
A nonprofit, multi-service agency at the heart of Agincourt addressing needs and empowering children, youth, newcomers, homeless and underserved communities. to build a better tomorrow
Ailsa Craig & Area Food Bank & Thrift Store (Local: Ailsa Craig, ON)
Ailsa Craig & Area Food Bank & Thrift Store is dedicated to providing a monthly food hamper to those facing financial hardship in our area, maintaining and enhancing recipient comfort and self-esteem, and offering quality, affordable, gently used clothing & household items.
AiMHi – Prince George Association for Community Living (Local: Prince George, BC)
AiMHi is a nonprofit association started by families in 1957, but has grown to provide essential services to the community. These services include supported living options, employment services, family support services, life skills, and community access programs.
Alberta Food Bank Network Association (Regional: Edmonton, AB)
Our mission is to provide a means whereby Alberta food banks share relevant information and resources.
Alberta Food Matters (AFM) (Regional: Edmonton, AB)
AFM’s vision is to have all people in Alberta have access to healthy food, as close to home as possible. AFM fosters leadership, relationships, and actions that reconnect people, land, food. They grow through community development, evidence, policy development, building skills and understanding, programs/ workshops.
Alliance to End Violence (Local: Calgary, AB)
The Alliance to End Violence is Calgary’s resource centre for family and sexual violence. They work with more than fifty community partners to enhance services for victims of interpersonal violence.
Alternative Residences Alternatives Inc. (Local: Moncton, NB)
Alternative Residences Alternatives Inc. (since 1984) is the largest charitable organization in Moncton, NB providing shelter, support services and amenities for individuals dealing with mental illness. The organization works collaboratively, with individualized assessment, and is recovery-oriented.
Alternative Youth Centre for Employment (A.Y.C.E.)
A North York, Ontario based non-profit agency that offers a range of employment related services targeted to meet the needs of both youth and adults. A.Y.C.E. delivers programs that help young people, ages 16 to 29 years, find work.
Altruvest Charitable Services (National: Toronto, ON)
Altruvest is committed to strengthening Canadian communities by fostering performance improvement in the charitable sector. They work with corporations, government, individuals and charities.
Ambrose Place (Local: Edmonton, AB)
Ambrose Place provides housing and support services to homeless individuals of Indigenous descent who have not been successfully housed in existing facilities. It provides safe affordable housing within a culturally sensitive environment and is a governed by an Indigenous world view of Natural Law.
Ancaster Community Services & Information (Local: Ancaster, ON)
This organization provides supportive services to the Ancaster area through programs such as meals on wheels, assisted volunteer driving, counselling and referral, food support, home support, Christmas hampers, youth employment services, volunteer services and summer babysitting courses.
Anduhyaun Inc. (Local: Toronto, ON)
Anduhyaun Inc. strives to support Aboriginal women and their children in their efforts to maintain their cultural identity, their self-esteem, and their economic, physical and spiritual well-being. They run an emergency shelter, second stage housing, and a children’s daycare.
Angels Anonymous Connection (National: Edmonton, AB)
Our purpose is to fulfill dreams for terminally ill adults. Our mission is to provide the means to grant the dream. Our vision is that no adult die without their dream being realized.
Angel in the Attic (National)
Angel in the Attic not only seeks to raise awareness of human sex trafficking in Canada but also to take it further by developing and maintaining a safe house for rescued victims so that they may find peace and life again.
Art With A Heart Inc. (Local: Whitby, ON)
Canadian charity empowering people from special interest groups through arts-based programs with a therapeutic focus using multiple art modalities. Programs build life skills, give individuals a point of expression, a place of acceptance, and helps them make meaning from their lives.
Artists Without Barriers (Regional: Toronto, ON)
This organization works to stablish fully-access/able studio spaces for artists living with mobility and communication dis/Abilities and to provide formal and informal art instruction through Individualized Portfolio Development Consultations, Group Critiques, Visiting Artists, and Outings to Arts and Cultural Events.
Association Lesomalanga/Arasco of Canada (International: Edmonton, AB)
Inspire immigrant and refugee strains, as well as the general population, to contribute in combating climate change, protection of natural resources, and promote the valuation of human well-being by helping on their activities relating to the environment, agriculture, social, culture, arts, education, community health, in Alberta, Canada, as well in developing countries.
Association of Neighbourhood Houses of Greater Vancouver
The Association, made up of 9 neighbourhood houses and units, is a non-profit, non-government, community-based organization devoted to the enhancement of neighbourhoods. The association provides hundreds of programs and services to enhance family and neighbourhood life throughout Greater Vancouver.
Atira Women’s Resource Society (Local: Vancouver, BC
Atira Women’s Resource Society is dedicated to supporting women and children affected by violence by offering safe and supportive housing and by delivering education and advocacy aimed at ending all forms of gendered violence.
Ausable Community Centre
A multi-purpose facility providing free employment services, computer training, visual and performing arts, tourist information, community research, small business development, and social/educational programs for all-aged residents and visitors of Lucan Biddulph, Ontario.
AVP-Canada
(International)
AVP-Canada empowers people to lead non-violent lives through respect for everyone, including respect for self, community building, co-operation and conflict resolution. AVP encourages every person’s innate power to positively transform themselves individually, thereby changing the world around them.
Awo Taan (Local: Calgary, AB)
Awo Taan provides shelter and community services, guided by Native cultural traditions, to anyone affected by family violence. Awo Taan has a broad continuum of services and seeks to promote peace and end family violence and bullying in our society.
Battlefords and Area Sexual Assault Centre (Regional: North Battleford, SK)
A nonprofit, charitable organization offering crisis intervention, one-on-one counselling, groups, prevention and education, hospital support, court orientations and support, and a 24-hour crisis line. Services are available for victims of sexual assault, their family and significant others, professionals and human service organizations or groups, as well as the community at large.
The BeFAIR Service (Building an Elder Financial Abuse Response) (Regional: St. Catharines, ON )
The BeFAIR Service (Building an Elder Financial Abuse Response) is a registered charitable not-for-profit organization devoted to developing a response to senior financial abuse in the Niagara Region of Ontario, Canada.
Bella Coola Community Support Society (Local: Bella Coola, BC)
The Bella Coola Community Support Society offers counselling and family enhancement programs, including a food bank. Their mission is to enhance the wellbeing of all residents of the Bella Cola Valley who are affected by, or are at risk of developing, personal problems. Their programs are collaborative with the other services in their community and compliment the aboriginal services provided by the local native band
Bereaved Families of Ontario – Halton/Peel (Local: Mississagua, ON)
A compassionate, nonprofit, peer support organization providing programs and services for people who are dealing with the death of a loved one and coping with grief. They are community-based and devoted to assisting families and children in need.
Best Buddies Canada (National: Toronto, ON)
Best Buddies Canada is a national charitable organization dedicated to enhancing our communities through one-to-one friendships between individuals with intellectual disabilities and students.
Bethlehem Centre (Local: Nanaimo, BC)
Bethlehem Centre exists to serve both spiritual and practical needs of groups and individuals locally and internationally through positive, diverse programs to support healing, wellness and personal growth. We collaborate to offer workshops, programs and host events, conferences and meetings.
Bethlehem Housing and Support Services (Local: Niagara Region, ON)
This organization offers affordable housing, targeted programs and support services for individuals and families who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.
Birchmount Bluffs Neighbourhood Centre (Local: Toronto, ON)
BBNC is a charitable, multi-service organization that offers a broad range of recreational, social and learning programs. Its mission is to provide programs and supports and foster social inclusion within the community, with a focus on individuals that face a barrier to service.
B!ke: The Peterborough Community Bike Shop (Local: Peterborough, ON)
B!KE is a nonprofit organization that teaches bicycle repair and maintenance We provide community members with access to the tools, parts, and expertise needed to keep bicycles on the road.
Blackburn Community Association (Local: Prince George, BC)
A nonprofit organization striving to promote fraternal feelings and civic pride to the community. We offer community programs to our membership, actively fundraise to build up services in our community as well as deliver a preschool and after-school program.
Blue Wave Foundation (National: Langley, BC)
The goal of Blue Wave is to bring mental health issues to the forefront, talk about them, understand them, and change them. Their website was created as a media/portal where youth and parents can learn about the challenges surrounding mental health issues, specifically depression.
Bob Rumball Centre for the Deaf
Located in Toronto, the mission of the centre is to provide opportunities for a higher quality of life for deaf people while preserving and promoting their language and culture. Many services and programs are offered: Sign Language Services which provides classes in American Sign Language to the hearing community; Happy Hands Preschool; Adult Residential Services; Supportive Independent Living Program; Seniors Services; Adult Education and Training; Vocational Training and Volunteer Services.
Boyle Street Community Services (Local: Edmonton, AB)
The mission of the Boyle Street Community Services is to build and provide community support for people with multiple barriers to community inclusion. They provide a range of services such as a drop-in centre, meals, housing, a health clinic, group homes for youth and children, outreach and parenting help.
BPD Connects (Local: Mississauga, ON)
We are a support group dedicated to those who suffer directly or indirectly with Borderline Personality Disorder, anxiety and depression. Our mission is to raise awareness and educate our community about mental illness.
Brain Injury Community Re-entry (Niagara) Inc. (BICR) (Regional: St. Catharines, ON)
BICR is a nonprofit organization that provides support services and rehabilitation to individuals living with the effects of an acquired brain injury. It provides support and leadership to individuals, their families and/or caregivers within the Niagara Region.
Breakaway (Local: Toronto, ON)
This organization works to provide seamless, comprehensive, and effective harm reduction services, and a full range of addiction treatment services that are amenable to individuals’ needs and goals. Their services are offered through community-based facilities with a focus on street and community outreach.
British Columbia Aboriginal Network on Disability Society (BCANDS) (Regional: Victoria, BC)
The British Columbia Aboriginal Network on Disability Society (BCANDS) is an award-winning, provincial, not-for-profit, charitable society serving the unique and diverse health, disability and health information, resource and support service needs of the Aboriginal population of British Columbia. BCANDS is a “stand alone” organization and the only organization of its type in Canada.
BC Pets and Friends (Regional: North Vancouver, BC)
Pets and Friends is a registered nonprofit society run by a volunteer Board of Directors. Founded on the belief that people benefit emotionally and physically from regular interactions with loving companion animals, our highly successful pet visitation program brings animal companionship to residents of hospitals and long-term care facilities all over the Lower Mainland.
British Columbia Society for Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse (BCSMSSA) (Regional: Vancouver, BC)
The BCSMSSA is a nonprofit society established to provide therapeutic services for males ranging in all ages who have been sexually abused at some time in their lives. They offer treatment and support services that include individual, group, and couples therapy, as well as victims services on issues related to trauma, sexual abuse/assualt, and partner abuse.
The Brock Student Sexual Violence Support Centre (A Safer Brock) (Local: St. Catharines, ON)
This organization strives to make Brock and its community a safer place by providing non-judgemental support to anyone affected by sexual violence. They offer anonymous, confidential, and free support services, public education, resources, training, drop-in support, youth programs, workshops, and more.
Bridge to Care (Local: Spruce Grove, AB)
Bridge to Care is an operational member of New Hope Mission and is involved in service activities that include healthcare and community support services in Canada assisting seniors, families and people with disabilities.
Buddy Services Centre for Seniors
Buddy Services Centre for Seniors is a customer service organization providing fun and reliable in-home care to our clients. We deliver the best in service with excellence, adding value to their everyday lives.
BUILT Network (Local: Calgary, AB)
This organization works to empower individuals by providing them with personal and professional skills, in a supportive environment, which leads to increased self-esteem, confidence, and self-reliance. BUILT Network is an employment program aimed at providing participants with skills they will need to be successful in today’s marketplace.
Burnaby Family Life (BFL) (Local: Burnaby, BC)
BFL is an accredited agency, with highly trained, caring, and trusted professionals who provide quality services and opportunities for families and individuals, in all their diversity, to enable them reaching their full potential.
Burnaby Mental Wealth Society
The society was started in 1993 by a group of mental health consumers who wanted to help themselves, and others like them in the community, move towards health and wellness.
Caledon Community Services (Regional: Bolton, ON)
Helps create a healthy, engaged, compassionate community together with residents through a range of programs and services that positively impact people all ages in health, jobs and life. Seniors Services, Transportation, In-home PSW & Respite care, Short Stay Transitional &, Respite care, Caledon Specialist Clinic, Health and Wellness Programs, employment and career assistance, employer incentives, online job bank, youth opportunities, food support, community resource coordination, newcomer’s welcome and English language classes, and a variety of fun and exciting volunteer activities both group and individual.
Calgary Alternative Support Services (CASS) (Local: Calgary, AB)
C.A.S.S. is a not-for-profit agency that offers community support services to people with disabilities in the Calgary area.
Calgary Association of Self Help (Local: Calgary, AB)
A community mental health rehabilitation centre that provides client-centered, flexible services promoting the abilities of adults with mental illness. This is accomplished through our rehabilitation, counselling and social/leisure programs.
Calgary Counselling Centre (Local: Calgary, AB)
Calgary Counselling Centre provide high quality counselling with no waitlist and fees are assessed on a sliding scale. Counselling is available for individuals, couples, families, children, and youth.
Calgary Food Bank (Local: Calgary, AB)
We are the first line of emergency food support for families and individuals facing crisis. Once the food emergency is addressed, we refer clients to our partner agencies and programs to help address the root cause of their food insecurity.
Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association (CIWA) (Local: Calgary, AB)
Promotes and supports the integration of immigrant women into the community and the larger Canadian society. Programs include: skills training and employment services; cross-cultural parenting; English as a second language; and family conflict and integration.
Calgary Learning Centre (Local: Calgary, AB)
The Calgary Learning Centre provides diagnosis and support services for individuals with learning difficulties, low literacy skills, and attention difficulties such as Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD). The web site also offers easily accessible, free, online seminars.
Calgary Urban Project Society (CUPS) (Local: Calgary, AB)
Through integrated health care, education and housing services, CUPS empowers people to overcome the challenges of poverty and reach their full potential. CUPS helps individuals, families and communities thrive.
Camphill Communities Ontario
Family life imbued with the feeling of commitment and belonging is the cornerstone of life at Camphill Communities Ontario, which includes adults with developmental disabilities. Offering cultural, vocational and creative outlets, Camphill creates a balanced life for its residents.
Canadian Alliance for Development Initiatives and Projects (CADIP) (International: Vancouver, BC)
CADIP runs youth volunteer projects in Canada and overseas focusing on: charity work; environmental protection; restoration and conservation work; archaeological excavations; festivities and any other volunteer work with social impact. The organization promotes peace, cooperation, tolerance and understanding in international, multi-ethnic, multi-cultural surroundings. It also promotes patterns and examples of civil activities focused on serving others, building social ties and strengthening communities, and supporting civil society development.
Canadian Centre for Abuse Awareness (National: Newmarket, ON)
Exists to provide accessible support, healing and individual empowerment for survivors, children, families and caregivers and to eliminate child abuse through advocacy, education, public awareness, and prevention programs by creating community and corporate partnerships.
Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture (CCVT) (National: Scarborough, ON)
The Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture (CCVT) aids survivors of torture, war, genocide and crimes against humanity to overcome the lasting effects of torture and war. Working with the community, the Centre supports survivors in the process of successful integration into Canadian society, works for their protection and integrity, and raises awareness of the continuing effects of torture and war on survivors and their families. The CCVT gives hope after the horror.
The Canadian Foundation for Animal-Assisted Support Services
The Canadian Alliance for Animal-Assisted Services endeavors to advance the current system of providing Canadians with animal-assisted services to promote abilities while improving health, quality of life, well-being, and autonomy.
Canadian Friends of Somalia (National: Ottawa, ON)
Canadian Friends of Somalia is a federally registered non-governmental organization that focuses on making a difference for ethnic minority communities. It develops, coordinates and delivers effective social, community, health, settlement and integration services.
Canadian Hearing Society (National: Toronto, ON)
The Canadian Hearing Society is the leading provider of services, products and information that remove barriers to communication; advance hearing health; and promote equity for people who are culturally Deaf, oral deaf, deafened, and hard of hearing.
Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) – Edmonton Region (Local: Edmonton, AB)
CMHA-Edmonton region is a nonprofit volunteer agency. It functions as a community centre promoting mental health and works in partnership with other community agencies to educate about mental health and illness, to advocate for better conditions in the community and to help people build strong supports for community life.
Canadian Mental Health Association Wellington/Dufferin & Waterloo Regional Branch (Regional: Guelph, ON)
Our mission is to work with the community to provide opportunities for all individuals to enhance their mental health and the quality of their lives and eliminate bigotry, prejudice and the resulting stigmas.
Canadian Mental Health Association – Vancouver/Burnaby Branch (Local: Vancouver, BC)
The Canadian Mental Health Association is a national, voluntary organization committed to promoting mental health through education, prevention, and advocacy.
Care BC (Regional: Vancouver, BC)
Care BC is an independent, not-for-profit organization. Our charitable services include Meals on Wheels (Vancouver and Richmond), the Family Respite Centre and the Community Integration Project. Our supportive health services keep seniors and others at risk healthy in their own homes.
Carya Society of Calgary (Local: Calgary, AB)
With 40 program offerings for individuals and families, we provide a full spectrum of interactive counselling and development services for people of all ages — from babies to youth to older adults — and their support network.
Catholic Community Services of Montreal
CCS is a community organization that has been providing a wide range of services to families, seniors, youth, and adults, since 1932. Our services and programs are available to anyone in need, regardless of religious affiliation.
Catholic Family Services of Simcoe County (Regional: Simcoe County, ON)
Catholic Family Services of Simcoe County is a non-profit organization offering professional counseling services and education. Our services are available to everyone living in Simcoe County regardless of age, ability, cultural or religious background, race, sexual orientation or gender identity.
Central Alberta Sexual Assault Support Centre (Regional: Red Deer, AB)
The Central Alberta Sexual Assault Support Centre (CASASC) is committed to ending the culture of sexual violence and helping to build safer communities for all Central Albertans through promoting awareness and healing, education, empowerment and renewal.
Central Eglinton Community Centre
This neighbourhood community centre is located in central Toronto and provides a wide variety of services and programs including tax and legal clinics, housing registries, and a community bulletin board.
Central Neighbourhood House (Local: Toronto, ON)
CNH provides essential and innovative services to young people, seniors, new Canadians and all members of Toronto’s downtown east community. It provides spaces, services and opportunities that engage all community members in enhancing their quality of life and in building healthy, inclusive neighbourhoods.
Central Saanich Community Association (CSCA) (Local: Saanich, BC)
The CSCA will serve to strengthen and unify community members interested in common goals in order to make the Central Saanich region a better, more vibrant, and healthier place to live, learn, work and play. CSCA will support members to become engaged, informed and empowered in community affairs. We will cultivate an environment to help members actively seek out ways to share their voice.
Centre Greene (Westmount, QC)
Centre Greene is an independent, nonprofit organization with a strong commitment to its community and dedicated to providing quality social, cultural, and recreational services. We are open to the community at large regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, ability or socio-economic status.
COPA (Centre ontarien de prévention des agressions) (Regional: Toronto, ON)
COPA is a provincial non-profit whose goal is to prevent child abuse and promote positive social change. Since being founded in 1995, over 135,000 students and adults have received our whole-school educational programs in both French- and English-language schools in Ontario.
Centre for Treatment of Sexual Abuse & Childhood Trauma (Local: Ottawa, ON)
We provide individual, family and couples therapy for individuals who have been sexually abused or otherwise traumatized or stressed by life experiences. We also participate in advocacy for survivors of trauma and abuse and offer training and education to professionals.
Challenged Kids International (CKi) (International: Toronto, ON)
Challenged Kids International (CKi) is a nonprofit international organization assisting children facing economical, social, health, physical, and mental challenges. They support challenged kids to utilize their strengths through educative, cultural and innovative activities to enable them to build and develop their own capabilities.
Champions Career Centre (Local: Calgary, AB)
Champions Career Centre is a leader in shifting the perceptions of disabilities in the workplace through employment supports, education, and advocacy. They are committed to creating more inclusive diverse workplaces where all individuals are respected, valued and appreciated.
Changing Ways (Regional: London, ON)
Changing Ways helps men to eliminate their abusive and violent behaviour in their primary and intimate relationships, offering group counselling for men who either have been referred to come here or who join voluntarily. The organization also takes on a large correctional population of clients who have been convicted of domestic violence and have been court ordered to attend the program.
Charityworks (Regional: Vancouver Island, BC)
Charityworks provides grant application editing and support for nonprofits in the Capital Region of Vancouver Island. They also organize workshops and send updates to keep their members informed.
Child and Family Services of Western Manitoba (CFS Western) (Regional: Brandon, MB)
CFS Western is a nonprofit, community-based charity led by a volunteer Board of Directors. They exist so that children are safe and nurtured in strong, loving families within a community of caring people. They provide mandated protection services and non-mandated family strengthening care and support services.
Children’s Cancer Recovery Project (National: Markham, ON)
Children’s Cancer Recovery Project assists children under age 18 and their families who are facing the hardships of a cancer diagnosis. The Foundation focuses on improving the mental, social and emotional well-being of these families while helping to minimize the devastation that cancer can cause. A national footprint allows them to make a difference in communities, large and small, providing a helping hand wherever needed.
Chilliwack Community Services (Local: Chilliwack, BC)
This nonprofit accredited multi-service agency provides support-focused programming to people of all ages. Their service streams include early years, youth, families, seniors, immigrants, and employment.
Chilliwack Restorative Justice and Youth Advocacy Association (Local: Chilliwack, BC)
Chilliwack Restorative Justice and Youth Advocacy Association is a volunteer based, community organization focused on delivering programs and services in the areas of crime prevention and public safety and fostering a safe and caring community through restorative approaches.
Chimo Helpline
A non-profit organization dedicated to helping people in emotional crisis. We are provincially based and our number — 1-800-667-5005 –can be found in the front cover of any New Brunswick phonebook.
Christmas Bureau of Edmonton (Local: Edmonton, AB)
Non-denominational and accessible to all Edmontonians in need, the Christmas Bureau raises funds to provide a festive meal to Edmonton families, seniors and individuals. We also administer the Adopt-A-Teen program which provides teens aged 13 to 17 years of age a Christmas gift card. The Christmas Bureau coordinates with other Christmas charities to ensure the reduction of duplication of service.
Christmas Exchange of Ottawa-Carleton
Since 1915, Christmas Exchange of Ottawa-Carleton has been delivering food hampers and vouchers to eligible families referred each year by local organizations. The Exchange also cross-references clients to avoid duplication and ensure that every dollar raised is distributed evenly and fairly.
Christy’s Integration (Local: Ottawa, ON)
This organization works to assist persons with disabilities to reach their goals in employment skills, recreation, social skills and art, as well as to encourage and inspire persons with disabilities to reach their full potential and dreams
Circle Community LandTrust
Circle Community LandTrust (“Circle”) is a non-profit organization founded to protect and invest in some of the last affordable family-sized homes in Toronto. In June 2021, the City of Toronto chose Circle as the successful proponent to take ownership and manage 561 homes previously part of Toronto Community Housing Corporation. For tenants, the benefits will be improved services, well-maintained houses, and the assurance that they can raise their families without the fear of losing their homes. For Toronto, the benefits are the preservation and regeneration of hundreds of affordable houses – houses that would be impossible to replace in today’s market – in mixed-income neighbourhoods.
Circle of Care
A home support agency in Metropolitan Toronto providing services to individuals living in their own home. Services include: homemaking, personal care support, respite and palliative care, kosher meals on wheels, volunteer visiting and transportation.
Circle of Healing
Through the primary use of First Nations healing and counseling techniques we assist those who are suffering take the necessary steps to reclaim their lives and gain a sense of self worth, direction and purpose. We address individuals’ physical, emotional, pscho-social and spiritual needs while providing them with safe places to heal, pray and find the answers they are seeking through connecting to the Great Spirit.
Citizens for the Advancement of Community Development (CACD) (Regional: Mississauga, ON)
Citizens for the Advancement of Community Development (CACD) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to transforming the lives of at-risk youth through their unique programs and events. Their vision is that youth in the community are empowered to develop to their full potential, and lead healthy and fruitful lives, becoming safe, self-reliant, spiritual, and active in their community as citizens and leaders.
The City Youth Council of Toronto (CYCTO) (Local: Toronto, ON)
The City Youth Council of Toronto (CYCTO) gives young people in Toronto a voice, empowering them and giving them the opportunity to learn more about politics, reach out to their community, and influence how the city works!
Coast Foundation Society (Local: Vancouver, BC)
Coast is a co-operative community that provides high quality supported housing, employment programs, social opportunities and other community mental health services for people with a serious and persistent mental illness.
Community Care Durham
Community Care Durham (CCD), established in 1977, is a multi-service registered charitable organization. They provide home support, respite (caregiver relief), COPE mental health and specialized geriatrics services for adults and their caregivers who have needs related to aging, physical and/or mental health. Their services are provided free of charge or for a minimal fee and are administered through various service locations across Durham Region.
Community Care City of Kawartha Lakes (Regional: Bobcaygeon, ON)
Community Care City of Kawartha Lakes is a health and community support agency which provides a range of services designed to promote health for all ages and independence of seniors, special needs clients including low income dental care and Hospice Services. Their team of caring staff and volunteers is dedicated to providing assistance and support whenever you need it.
Common Concerns Association
A non-profit society set up by Strathcona/DTES residents of Vancouver to assist with opportunities for greater local sustainability. It helps organize residents who are interested in community economic development projects within our community.
Communities Advancing Valued Environments (CAVE) (Local: Toronto, ON)
We are committed to creating and sustaining a process, which will promote, improve, and sustain the well being of our urban environment and communities.
Community Conflict Resolution Services of Halton (CCRS) (Local: Burlington, ON)
Community Conflict Resolution Services of Halton (CCRS) is a not-for-profit organization that offers free mediation services and conflict resolution training workshops to the residents of Halton. CCRS strives to increase awareness in the community of the benefits of resolving conflict both quickly and peacefully.
Community Information Centre of Ottawa-Carleton
A charitable not-for-profit agency that exists since 1974. Our mission is to offer Information and Referral services to the citizens of Ottawa-Carleton, in a bilingual format, to help them find the health or social services that best respond to their needs.
Community Information Service Hamilton-Wentworth
We are a community information centre providing free information and referral for the Hamilton Region. We are an incorporated charitable organization and a member of the Association of Information and Referral Services in Ontario.
Community Information Toronto
A wide range of information about community services and programs available in Toronto.
Community Justice Initiatives (Local: Kitchener, ON)
CJI strives to build a safer, more connected community through supporting creative, peaceful solutions in situations of conflict or harm. It is known worldwide as having started the first restorative justice program.
Community Legal Education Association Manitoba (CLEA)
CLEA is a non-profit organization that provides public legal education services to Manitobans. We believe people must understand the law and the legal system to participate equally in a democratic society.
Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO) (Regional: Toronto, ON)
CLEO strives to provide the information needed by low-income and disadvantaged people to understand and exercise their legal rights. It works with other community legal clinics and agencies to develop and distribute legal information that is accurate and accessible to communities across Ontario.
Community Links (Regional: Airdrie, AB)
Community Links is a nonprofit, charitable organization which provides support and services to individuals and families in Airdrie and surrounding areas, including the North Rocky View Region.
Community Living Kincardine and District (Regional: Kincardine , ON)
This organization envisions an inclusive, caring community where all people belong and have equal opportunity. Using a person-centred approach, Community Living Kincardine and District assists individuals to participate fully in the life of the community while exploring their personal goals, dreams and ambitions. They have a strong community presence and strive to offer innovative and high-quality supports to individuals and their families.
Community Mediation Calgary Society (CMCS) (Local: Calgary, AB)
A nonprofit organization organization of volunteers available to assist in resolving conflicts between neighbors and within community associations and non-profit organizations.
Community MicroSkills Development Centre (Regional: Etobicoke, ON)
A nonprofit organization that provides training, settlement, employment and self-employment services to individuals, with priority to the needs of immigrants, visible minority, low-income people with a specific focus on services to women in Toronto and surrounding areas.
Community Outreach (Regional: Ontario)
This organizations objective is to identify community needs, bridge the gaps using best practices; network with Service Providers and Employers to showcase products and services/programs to strengthen communities; and launch new initiatives using state of the art technology. They believe in diversity without borders.
Community-Police Liaison Committee – No. 41 Division (Local: Toronto, ON)
The Community-Police Liaison Committee is made up of representatives from the community, business, and police. We are dedicated to increasing safety and security for the public by identifying community and policing concerns.
Community Sector Council NL (Regional: St. John’s, NL)
This organization works to create a prosperous and inclusive society that supports individuals, families and communities. Their mission is to encourage citizen engagement, to promote the integration of social and economic development, and to provide leadership in shaping public policies.
Community Support Services of Niagara (Regional: Niagara, ON)
A nonprofit agency that helps seniors and disabled adults stay in their own homes. Programs include: friendly visiting, Talk-a-Bit, home help, Meals On Wheels, Lunch Out, and transportation.
Connecting Circles (Regional: Toronto, ON)
Connecting Circles aims to be an elite organization which provides guidance and assistance to individuals who identify with developmental disabilities. Connecting Circles provides services that build a strong social skills foundation via online social channels and group outings, while teaching organization and public transportation skills through the use of free, easily-accessible technology.
Connections Youth Resource Centre (Local: Courtenay, BC)
A one-stop access point where young people can find information or be referred to available community services that assist young people in achieving independence and personal growth.
Consolidated Credit Counseling Services of Canada (National: Toronto, ON)
Consolidated Credit Counseling Services of Canada’s mission is to assist individuals and families throughout Canada in ending financial crises and debt management problems through education and professional counseling. Consolidated Credit is also dedicated to assisting organizations develop and champion financial literacy programs across Canada.
Constance & Bucham’s Bay Community Association
Located in Ottawa, Ontario, we are a volunteer run, not for profit, corporation that provides athletic and meeting facilities and, operates sports, community and social programs.
CONTACT Community Services (Local: South Simcoe, ON)
CONTACT Community Services is a charity serving South Simcoe (Ontario) with a Housing Resource Office, Employment Services, Seniors Wellness programs, The Clothes Line Thrift Store, and Income Tax Clinics for Low Income Families.
Co-ordinated Access for Child Care
The official site for child care and day care services in the new City of Hamilton. This site includes comprehensive data on licensed and home-based services, map-based searching and child/family related information including advice on how to choose child care.
COSTI
Founded by the Italian Canadian community to meet a shortage of services for immigrants in the post war era, it is a multicultural agency that provides educational, social and employment services to help all immigrants in the greater Toronto area attain self-sufficiency in Canadian society.
Cottage Dreams (Regional: Wilberforce, ON)
A nonprofit organization that provides a one-week vacation at a donated cottage to cancer survivors to enhance recovery.
Covenant House Toronto (Local: Toronto, ON)
As Canada’s largest agency serving at-risk, homeless and trafficked youth, Covenant House Toronto changes lives by providing the widest range of services and support to as many as 250 youth a day.
Covenant House Vancouver
Provides food, shelter, clothing and counselling to the estimated 500 – 1,000 street youth in Vancouver.
CRC Self-Help (Local: Toronto, ON)
The purpose of CRC Self Help is to provide stable, affordable, high quality housing, based on the principles of self-determination, dignity, full partnership and access to the wealth of resources and supports in the community.
Creative Alternatives of Montreal
A nonprofit women’s centre that uses the vitality of expressive arts to promote growth and well being within families, individuals, and communities.
Credit Canada Debt Solutions (National)
Credit Canada Debt Solutions provides personal debt consolidation and credit counselling services for people experiencing debt problems and financial distress. We are a non-profit organization that provides service to over 60,000 people annually across Canada.
Credit Counselling Canada (CCC) (National)
Credit Counselling Canada is a national association of not-for-profit credit counselling agencies and Orderly Payment of Debt programs from all across Canada. They work together to increase consumer awareness of the available assistance programs and to develop a national standard in not-for-profit credit counselling.
Credit Counselling Society (Regional: Western Canada)
The Credit Counselling Society is a nonprofit debt solutions service. Their confidential and professional counselling programs are available throughout British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, either in person at their offices located in major city centres, or by telephone.
Crime Stoppers of Halton (Regional: Halton, ON)
A citizen and media co-operative organized to involve the public living in Burlington, Oakville, Milton and Halton Hills in the fight against crime. Offers anonymous reporting for theft, violence, bullying, and abuse.
Crisis Centre
The Crisis Centre provides immediate, confidential and non-judgmental support, resources and prevention through the 24 hour Distress Line (604) 872-3311 to people in crisis or distress in the Lower Mainland of BC. Also provides community education, awareness and prevention skills to high school students.
Crisis Prevention, Intervention & Information Centre for Northern BC (Regional: Prince George, BC)
Provides anonymous, confidential and free para-professional telephone counselling. Our 24-Hour line and our Youth Support Line are available 24-hours a day, and are staffed by highly trained volunteers.
CSEPR (Employment Services Centre) (Local: Hawkesbury, ON)
CSEPR (Employment Services Centre) offers a complete line of free services and programs in the Prescott-Russell region to job seekers, workers needing to reintegrate the workforce and employers requiring support with their staffing needs and employee management.
Cultural Interpretation Services for Our Communities (CISOC) (Local: Ottawa, ON)
CISOC offers the highest standards of cultural interpretation and translation services to the Ottawa and surrounding community. They offer consecutive interpretation (on-site/by phone) in 60+ languages and translation into-and-from 30+ languages using skilled and qualified interpreters and translators.
CultureLink (Local: Toronto, ON)
Dedicated to facilitating the independence and full participation of newcomers in Toronto’s diverse community. This is done by enhancing and building skills to promote newcomer self-sufficiency, promoting positive interaction and understanding between the HOST and newcomer communities, and providing innovative programming to meet the changing settlement needs of newcomers and volunteer participants.
Dawn House (Local: Kingston, ON)
Dawn House is a 24-hour emergency shelter offering temporary accommodation for women and children who are experiencing a housing crisis. They offer a safe, non-judgmental, caring environment, counselling and support to help women find suitable accommodation.
DeafBlind Ontario Services (Regional: Newmarket, ON)
Founded in 1989, DeafBlind Ontario Services is the largest not-for-profit organization providing residential and other specialized services to adults who are deafblind across the province. The organization provides its clients, who are congenitally deafblind, with community-based housing, Intervenor services, independent living skills and work experience, which enables them to live more independently.
The Depot Community Food Centre (Local: Montreal, QC)
The Depot Community Food Centre, formerly the NDG Food Depot, is a community-based nonprofit organization that works collaboratively with other community partners to address issues of food security in NDG and the surrounding areas.
Le Dépôt centre communautaire d’alimentation (Montreal, QC)
Le Dépôt centre communautaire d’alimentation, anciennement Dépôt alimentaire NDG, est un organisme communautaire à but non-lucratif qui travaille en collaboration avec d’autres partenaires communautaires pour s’attaquer aux enjeux de la sécurité alimentaire et réduire les difficultés de la pauvreté.
Distinctive Employment Counselling Services of Alberta (DECSA) (Local: Edmonton, AB)
DECSA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to removing barriers to employment, education, and entrepreneurship. DECSA assists those with disabilities, victims of sexual exploitation, and those affected by domestic violence, addictions and concurrent disorders.
Distress Centre Calgary (Local: Calgary, AB)
Distress Centre Calgary works to improve lives of people in our community by ensuring that anyone in crisis has a place to turn, in the moment they need it. They offer 24 hour crisis lines, an information and referral line, as well as professional short term counselling.
Distress Centre Oakville
Distress Centre Oakville supports people in our community to better cope with crisis, loneliness, and emotional stress. We provide telephone support on our Distress Line every day of the year. We also provide online support with Crisis Chat/Text. Our services are free & confidential and staffed by volunteers who receive extensive training in communication, sensitivity, crisis management, active listening, and referrals.
Distress Centres of Toronto (Local: Toronto, ON)
The mission of the Distress Centres of Toronto is to provide emotional support, crisis intervention, and suicide prevention to those who request our services.
Distress Centre of Wellington/Dufferin
The Distress Centre of Wellington/Dufferin is committed to providing a 24 hour telephone support line 7 days a week. Anyone can call for non-judgemental emotional support, exploration of options and referrals.
Doane House Hospice (Local: Newmarket, ON)
Doane House Hospices programs and services are designed to support individuals and families coping with a life threatening illness. From diagnosis, the hospice supports their emotional, spiritual and physical needs, as well as helps support family and friends through caregiver relief and bereavement.
Dress for Success Regina (Local: Regina, SK)
The mission of Dress for Success Regina is to promote the economic independence of disadvantaged women by providing professional attire, a network of support, and career development tools to help women thrive in work and in life.
Dress Your Best (Local: Toronto, ON)
Dress Your Best’s mission is to contribute to the relief of poverty in the Greater Toronto Area. We see employment as the only permanent solution and we focus on helping individuals who are seeking jobs but cannot afford the appropriate work attire. In outfitting our clients with professional clothing, we help restore their sense of pride and establish themselves as contributing members of society.
Durham Region Unemployed Help Centre
A non-profit agency that provides interview, resume writing, and job search workshops as well as Internet training and computer access to the unemployed and underemployed.
Durham Region’s Intimate-Relationship Violence Empowerment Network (DRIVEN) (Regional: Oshawa, ON)
DRIVEN is a community initiative to serve clients of intimate-relationship violence through co-located services and a network of collaborating agencies and partners. This approach is to facilitate the victim’s access to needed supports and to enhance service quality.
Eagle Harbour Service Association (Local: West Vancouver, BC)
This organization’s mission is to become the dominant regional figure in community development, through public good and service provision. If a resident in Eagle Harbour demands a public good or service, EHSA is the first point of contact!
East Metro Youth Services (Local: Scarborough, ON)
A community resource helping troubled youth and their families build a better future.
Eastside Movement for Business & Economic Renewal Society (EMBERS) (Local: Vancouver, BC)
EMBERS is a unique charity that assists in the revitalization of Vancouver by facilitating business and employment development. They offer employment services through EMBERS Staffing Solutions, renovation and weatherization services through EMBERS Green Renovations and small business training through EMBERS Ventures.
East Wellington Community Services
A community-based, nonprofit corporation whose mission is to improve the quality of life through the provision of a multi-service centre support of individuals in need; co-ordination of available services; liaison with related organizations; initiation of new programs; and encouragement of community involvement.
Economic Developers Alberta (EDA) (Regional: Calgary, AB)
Economic Developers Alberta (EDA) is Alberta’s economic development network. Their mission is to enhance Alberta’s economic development profession by providing effective training, communication and networking opportunities.
Edmonton City Centre Church Corporation (ECCCC) (Local: Edmonton, AB)
E4C is a charitable human services organization providing a diverse range of services to alleviate poverty. E4C is committed to enhancing positive individual, family and community life through building on strength, capacity and understanding. Services provided include: sheltering the homeless, providing affordable and supportive housing, feeding the hungry, and building family strength and child success through parenting and early education.
Edmonton Community Legal Centre (Local: Edmonton, AB)
The Edmonton Community Legal Centre is a nonprofit organization that offers free legal information, advice and representation for people living with low income in the Edmonton area.
Edmonton Federation of Community Leagues
The largest volunteer recreation organization in North America, the Edmonton Federation of Community Leagues is the umbrella organization for 142 communities and 12 districts within the City of Edmonton, Alberta.
Edmonton Meals on Wheels (Local: Edmonton, AB)
Edmonton Meals on Wheels is a local nonprofit and registered charitable organization that provides home-delivered meal and food services to a diverse mix of people.
Edmonton Mennonite Centre for Newcomers (EMCN) (Local: Edmonton, AB)
The EMCN is a community agency that seeks to assist immigrants and refugees coming to the Edmonton area in achieving full participation in the community as well as contributing their experiences and skills to strengthen and enrich the lives of all Canadians. This vision is pursued through a wide range of programs and services that include English as a Second Language (ESL), employment services, settlement counselling, personal counselling, community development and community economic development, advocacy, and education.
Elim Counselling Services (Local: Ottawa, ON)
This organization is a Christian nonprofit organization that provides counselling at a subsidized rate to assist those who may not be able to afford standard rates.
Emmanuel Foundation (International: Sherwood Park, AB)
Emmanuel Foundation is a charity that exists to serve the poor in tangible ways. We desire to demonstrate God’s love by sharing our resources for individuals, families, and communities of developing countries in the areas of their physical, social and spiritual wellbeing.
Empower Simcoe (Regional: Simcoe County, ON)
Empower Simcoe is a regional multi-service agency responding to community needs through inclusive programming that improves the quality of all lives. Empower Simcoe Foundation is an affiliated charity, raising funds to support the agency’s programs and respond to community needs.
English Language Tutoring for the Ottawa Community (ELTOC) (Local: Ottawa, ON)
ELTOC provides home tutoring for adult immigrants who cannot attend regular English programs. Once a week, students receive free, one-on-one instruction in their homes by volunteer tutors. Emphasis is given to practical English skills that allow newcomers to integrate into Canadian life.
Ephraim’s Place Community Centre (Local: Downsview, ON)
This organization’s mission iis to work with the Jane-Finch and Jane-Sheppard communities to provide programs that give children, youth and families the skills and tools they need to build a successful future and bring about positive personal and community transformation.
Errington Volunteer Fire Department (Local: Errington, BC)
The Errington Volunteer Fire Department provides forest and structural fire suppression, First Responder medical assistance, rescue services and fire prevention education to Errington and District (population 4000). While general operations are funded by the Regional District of Nanaimo, strategic funds aimed at providing training/equipment specific to our community needs are generated through fund-raising efforts
Espoir Society (Local: Surrey, BC)
Espoir For All Society (Espoir Society) is designed to help the less fortunate and the more vulnerable individuals in our community. The services support children from low income families/ refugees, youths, and people living with mental illness/ autism.
Estevan Family Resource Centre Inc. (Local: Estevan, SK)
The Estevan Family Resource Centre Inc. is a prevention model of service delivery, offering a comprehensive range of programs aimed at enhancing child and family wellbeing by reducing family isolation, supporting healthy child development, family support and referrals.
Evangel Hall Mission (Local: Toronto)
This organization is an inner-city mission whose purpose is to build community with poor, homeless and socially isolated people in Toronto through support, housing, services and advocacy.
Evergreen Hospice
Evergreen Hospice is a non-profit agency providing supportive care to people of all ages in the Markham and Whitchurch-Stouffville area who are dealing with a life-threatening illness, and bereavement care for family and friends.
Family Caregivers’ Network Society (Regional: Victoria, BC)
Provides support, education and information to individuals who are caregivers of adult family members or friends, who live at home or in a facility, and are frail, elderly, disabled or ill. Services include support groups, resource library, workshops, and newsletter.
Family Counselling and Support Services for Guelph-Wellington
Family Counselling and Support Services is a non-profit, community based organization dedicated to enriching, supporting and strengthening couple, family and individual life. We offer counselling, advocacy, support and a wide variety of other services.
Family Law Education for Women (Regional: Toronto, ON)
FLEW is a public legal education project funded by the government of Ontario to assist women in understanding their family law rights. They provide a variety of resources including recorded webinars, legal education booklets, and specialized resources for women.
Family Life Foundation (Local: Cambridge, ON)
Family Life Foundation’s projects focus on areas of primary concern to the integrity of the family including: money matters, the environment, health, and spirituality. Their methodology is broad based and inclusive and they believe in working hand in hand with all community groups and individuals regardless of their gender, personal lifestyle choices, ethnicity, socio-economic situation, or religious affiliation.
Family Mediation Resource Centre (FMRC) (Local: Durham, ON)
FMRC is a nonprofit organization with a mission to to serve, inform and empower community members to resolve their family matters in their communities and out of court. Included in our services are free educational workshops, legal information sessions, single-parent support groups and other resources to better equip those families undergoing separation/divorce with necessary tools to make informed decisions.
Family Services of Greater Vancouver (Local: Vancouver, BC)
Family Services of Greater Vancouver works to inspire and support those in the community who need help to reach their full potential: children are nurtured, youth find optimism, adults feel empowered, and parents make choices that build strong families.
Family Services of Peel (Regional: Mississauga, ON)
Family Services of Peel is a community based not-for-profit agency serving the Region of Peel. Our mission is to strengthen families and individuals while striving for a supportive and responsive community. Providing services to the citizens of Peel since 1971.
Family Service Toronto (Local: Toronto, ON)
Strengthens individuals, families and communities through counselling, education, social action, advocacy and community development. Expertise in LGBTQ issues; family violence; separation, divorce and remarriage; parenting; immigration challenges; intellectual disabilities and the challenges of getting older. Committed to equity and inclusion.
Family Support Institute (Regional: New Westminster, BC)
A province-wide organization whose purpose is to strengthen and support families faced with the extraordinary circumstances that come with having a family member who has a disability. Directed by families, the Family Support Institute provides information, training and province-wide networking to assist families and their communities to build upon and share their strengths.
FEDERATION CJA (International: Montreal, PQ)
FEDERATION CJA is the heart and soul of Montreal’s Jewish community and has tended to the health, welfare, social, cultural, educational, and recreational needs of the community for more than 80 years.
Feeding Nunavut
A not-for-profit organization committed to improving the well-being of people in the Canadian North, specifically Nunavut. They work to address issues contributing to food insecurity and provide emergency food relief to northern food banks, soup kitchens etc.
Filipino-Canadian Association of Vaughan (FCAV) (Local: Vaughan, ON)
The FCAV was created in 1990 to promote community spirit among Filipinos; stay united and achieve common goals both to members of the association and to the community; assimilate Filipino culture and values into Canadian society; help newly landed immigrants; and participate in civic and social events within the community.
First Work (National: Toronto, ON)
First Work supports and advocates for a sustainable youth employment delivery network in Ontario. Through supporting the work of local youth employment centres across Ontario, First Work aims to help young people find and maintain meaningful employment that will help improve the quality of their lives.
FOCUS Community Development Corporation (Regional: Alliston, ON)
FOCUS Community Development Corporation is a community based, not for profit organization whose purpose is to enhance employment opportunities in the South Simcoe area. FOCUS has always been committed to ensuring the health of the community. Economic health through employment is a key factor in a healthy community and it is in this area that FOCUS continues to concentrate its efforts.
Foodpath, Mississauga ON
Foodpath collects and distributes over 225,000 kilograms of food each month, through the food bank, their outreach programs and to over 40 agencies in Peel and the surrounding areas. It started the first Healthy Start Program in the Peel Region and now supplies food to all Healthy Start Programs in Peel. It also provides food to numerous children’s breakfast programs in Peel.
Forest and the Femme (Local: Vancouver, BC)
Forest and the Femme is an outdoor recreation program for highly marginalized women living in Vancouver, BC. They provide access to nature for the city’s most vulnerable and isolated women.
Fort Nelson Community Literacy Society (Local: Fort Nelson, BC)
The Fort Nelson Community Literacy Society offers one to one, group and drop in literacy services for free to the Northern Rockies area. Programs include Adult Literacy, Family Literacy and English as a Second Language & Settlement Assistance.
Fort York Food Bank
We relieve poverty by: providing emergency food supplies; providing counselling services; providing other charitable programs as needed and determined by our community. We are an agency of the Daily Bread Food Bank and a registered charity.
Foundation for Life Centre (Local: Toronto, ON)
Situated in the inner city in Toronto, Foundation For Life Centre’s mission is to transform communities by helping people to build a healthy foundation for their lives and families. They teach individuals and families, train youth and tangibly serve communities.
fourinfo.com
An information network located in Ontario Canada serving Haliburton County, Northumberland County, Peterborough County and the City of Kawartha Lakes.
Fraser Region Community Justice Initiatives Association (Regional: Langley, BC)
The agency has more than 20 years of experience providing conflict resolution services within a restorative justice framework in such settings as the criminal justice system, workplace, community, institutions, organizations, churches, schools and businesses, and for private individuals. Its mission is to foster peacemaking and the resolution of conflict in the community through the development and application of restorative justice values, principles, and processes.
Fraserside Community Services Society (Local: New Westminister, BC)
Fraserside offers structured programs that inform, motivate and facilitate self-help. Our programs in the areas of counselling, mental health services, community living, and advocacy promote personal development and direct individuals to resources that can help them overcome difficulties.
Free Geek Vancouver (Local: Vancouver, BC)
Free Geek is a nonprofit organization that reduces the environmental impact of waste electronics by reusing and recycling donated technology. Through community engagement we provide education, job skills training, Internet access and free or low cost computers to the public.
Friends & Advocates Peel
A non-profit, non-medical, community based, adult mental health organization offering social and recreational support to those who have experienced mental/emotional distress resulting in social isolation. Provides opportunities to develop strong communication, interpersonal and leadership skills.
Friends for Mental Health (Local: Beaconsfield QC)
Friends for Mental Health is a not-for-profit organization helping family members, friends and caregivers deal with the mental illness of a loved one. We strengthen families and support caregivers. We provide counseling, support, information and training. We also offer conferences/webinars and respite.
Furniture Bank (Local: Toronto, ON)
Collects and distributes donated furniture and other household items to assist a wide variety of people in Toronto who are in need. Our clients are referred to us by registered agencies such as shelters and community centres.
Gandhian Initiative for Development of Support Services (GIDSS) (Regional: Ontario)
Helping victims of violence, working for the rights of women, children and marginalized sections. We believe in Gandhian Principles of truth and nonviolence and want to create a global network system to eradicate poverty.
The Gatehouse
The Gatehouse is a safe place for people to tell their stories of childhood sexual abuse. The Gatehouse is a charitable organization located in Etobicoke on Lake Shore Blvd. West. The Gatehouse offers two free programs to the public. (1) The Gatehouse provides facilities for Toronto Police Services and Children’s Aid workers to interview children and their families in reported cases of abuse. (2) The other program is free support groups for adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse. This is a 15 week psychoeducational program available for both men and for women. Groups are run four times per year.
Gentle Path Counselling Services (Regional: Saint John, NB)
Gentle Path Counselling Services is a nonprofit, charitable agency that was established in 1998. Our mission is to provide residents of Saint John and southern New Brunswick with hope and healing opportunities through professional counselling, support groups and educational programs.
Gillian’s Place (Local: St. Catharines, ON)
As one of Ontario’s first shelters for abused women and children, Gillian’s Place has been providing safe refuge and non-residential programs that enable women and children to break the cycle of violence since 1977. They provide 24-hour telephone counselling, one-on-one and group counselling, a 24 bed shelter, meals and emergency clothing, children’s counselling, and recreation programs. They also provide outreach programs for women living in the community, advocacy with the criminal justice system and family court legal system, and a school-based violence prevention program.
Glanbrook Community Services (Local: Binbrook, ON)
Glanbrook Community Services is a registered, charitable agency (since 1991) that provides services and programs to seniors and other individuals who may have an acute or chronic illness and wish to remain healthy and independent in their own home.
Global Gathering Place (Local: Saskatoon, SK)
Gobal Gathering Place is a nonprofit drop-in centre that provides services for immigrants and refugees in Saskatoon. They help newcomers adapt to life in Canada by offering support, skill development, acceptance, and a welcoming environment.
Gloucester Emergency Food Cupboard (Local: Ottawa, ON)
The Mission of the Gloucester Emergency Food Cupboard is to collect and distribute food products and other necessities of life for needy persons in Gloucester, to support and encourage reform and social change that would eliminate the need for emergency food assistance, and to treat all persons involved with the Food Cupboard with due respect and dignity regardless of gender, race, age, religion or sexual orientation.
Gloucester Recreation Development Organization (GRDO) (Local: Ottawa, ON)
GRDO develops and delivers recreational sport skill development programs to children who may not have had the benefit of participation in mainstream programs because of financial, cultural or social barriers.
GoNeighbour.org (National: Mississauga, ON)
This Neighbourhood Social Network works over the web and telephone where people can either lend a hand, ask for help, get together, vote, buy and aell or just connect with neighbours. The organization’s mission is to take virtual relationships and build vibrant real world communities. They believe that true connection and participation amongst people, has the power to invigorate and motivate us as individuals – and enact lasting change.
Good Shepherd (Local: Hamilton, ON)
We are called to Never Stop Loving. Inspired by the Hospitality of St. John of God and rooted in Catholic teachings, Good Shepherd provides person-centres health, housing and human services.
Good To Be Good
Established in 2016, our vision for an equitable, peaceful, and sustainable world for all continues to be guided by a feminist, anti-oppressive, anti-racist, trauma-informed interconnected framework. Our human rights-based efforts are rooted in a commitment to gender equality, equity, and peacebuilding and ensure a gender-responsive focus that addresses issues impacting women and girls, gender-diverse folks, and other marginalized communities. We provide hands-on, restorative, empowering support for women and folks in our communities who have felt the marginalizing effects of gender-based violence, structural poverty, and social isolation.
Goodwill Industries of Alberta
Has a mission to assist Albertans with disabilities and disadvantages attain greater independence through vocational training and employment. This mission is predicated on the belief that the power and dignity of work serves as a cornerstone that enhances virtually all aspects of one’s life.
Gordon Neighbourhood House
Vancouver’s Gordon Neighbourhood House offers more than 40 programs for wide segments of the community. Activities include: low-cost clothing, inexpensive meals, pre-teen programs, parenting sessions, English language courses, job skills training, and day trips and programs for seniors.
Got Bannock, Inc. (Local: Winnipeg, MB)
A grassroots cause to feed the hungry, the homeless, the less fortunate on the cold streets of Winnipeg.
Grandview-Woodland Community Policing Centre (Local: Vancouver, BC)
Grandview-Woodland Community Policing Centre is dedicated to crime prevention through community engagement in the Commercial Drive corridor and surrounding area. Information and Referral Services invite Community Drop-In while Outreach initiatives encourage the public to become active participants in their community.
Greater Vancouver Community Services Society
The goals of the society are to offer and operate a comprehensive program of assistance to the elderly, the physically and developmentally disabled, and other socially disadvantaged people in the community, and to promote community involvement and cooperation.
Greater Victoria Housing Society (GVHS) (Local: Victoria, BC)
Greater Victoria Housing Society (GVHS) is a registered charitable organisation that provides affordable rental housing for low to moderate income level seniors, adults with disabilities, families, working singles, and couples in our community.
GriefStories.org (National)
griefstories.org is a video platform through which we curate real stories and information about grief, filmed by professional filmmakers and vetted by healthcare experts. Accessible anywhere, anytime, this library is a community health resource for people facing grief and loneliness, and can be used for personal comfort or facilitation of group therapy.
Grieving Children at Seasons Centre (Local: Barrie, ON)
This nonprofit organization provides child-directed support within a peer-to-peer group in a safe, home-like atmosphere for children, teens and their families grieving the death of a loved-one. There are no fees for their services.
Griffin Centre (Local: North York, ON)
The Griffin Centre provides a range of responsive community mental health services to youth and adults with complex needs. We have served the community for 30 years and are committed to building better futures for those we serve.
The Guild of the 13th Step: Skills Development (Local: Toronto, ON)
The Guild is a peer-to-peer support network whose objective is to empower its members who have overcome personal obstacles and are now ready for the 13th step – regaining financial independence. We are a provincially incorporated not-for-profit organization.
G.V. Counselling and Education Society (Local: Vancouver, BC)
G.V. Counselling and Education Society is the first registered nonprofit society in British Columbia and likely in Canada that offers clinical counseling, psycho-educational programs and support services to Farsi-speaking communities throughout the Lower Mainland.
Habitat for Humanity
A non-profit organization that builds simple affordable housing. All homes are sold to families in need of adequate shelter, using no profit, interest free mortgages. Our mission is simple: to eliminate poverty housing and make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action.
Hamilton Victory Gardens (Local: Hamilton, ON)
The Hamilton Victory Gardens is a volunteer fuelled organization fighting to improve food insecurity. We convert donated, vacant land into flourishing organic vegetable gardens. All of the harvest is donated to local food banks to help improve access to healthy food in Hamilton, Ontario.
Harvest Project (Local: North Vancouver, BC)
Since 1993, Harvest Project has been reaching out to people on the North Shore to help them cope with difficult life circumstances. Through client care programs, counseling, resource services, clothing and groceries, we provide the safety net between temporary setbacks and crises.
Haven on the Queensway (Local: Toronto, ON)
Haven on the Queensway offers weekly programs that lessens the effects of poverty and homelessness, distributing food and clothing as well as providing support services for individuals, families, children, seniors, newcomers and the homeless in the community.
HeartWood Centre for Community Youth Engagement (Regional: Halifax, NS)
Our mission is to work with youth to develop their skills and confidence as community builders. We train and support adults, young adults and agencies in the skills and tools they require to support meaningful youth participation in communities.
Heartwood House (Local: Ottawa, ON)
Heartwood House is a community of nonprofit member organizations that strives to be a safe, supportive, and dynamic community, with each achieving their respective missions and serving their clients more creatively, efficiently, and cost-effectively than they could separately.
Heartwood Place (Local: Kitchener, ON)
A charitable organization committed to making a change in the local housing crisis in the Kitchener-Waterloo region by creating safe, affordable, and adequate housing.
HFG Happy Families Support Network Inc. (HFG) (Local: Toronto, ON)
HFG Happy Families Support Network Inc. (HFG), is a not-for-profit organization located in Toronto that provides free, ongoing support to women and children who have experienced abuse.
Home and Community Support Services of Grey Bruce
A team of caring staff and volunteers who provide community based services that support independence and enhance the quality of daily life for seniors, adults and their families.
HomeStart Foundation (Local: Vancouver, BC)
Furnishing homes to rebuild lives; a Christian humanitarian foundation providing furniture to people in need from all faiths, social and cultural backgrounds. We work with over 35 frontline organizations.
Honour House (Regional: Vancouver, BC)
Honour House provides a free, temporary home away from home for our Canadian Forces, Veterans, Emergency Services Personnel and their families while they travel to receive medical care and treatment in the Metro Vancouver Area.
Hoofbeats and Heartbeats Equine Therapy (Local: Ottawa, ON)
Our goal is to improve lives in the community through joyful Interactions with our Equine Therapy Miniature Horses. We work with Seniors, special needs, first responders, military, ptsd, abuse, depression sufferers essentially anyone needing support in difficult times.
Hope Air (National: Toronto, ON)
Hope Air is a Canadian nonprofit whose mission is to arrange free flights for Canadians who are in financial need and must travel to health care. They provide flights for people of all ages and all illnesses and diseases.
Hope for Men (Local: Hamilton & Niagara, ON)
Hope For Men is a not-for-profit organization that is committed to healing men who have been sexually abused as children. It is their belief that by healing the men that have suffered childhood trauma this will in turn improve society as a whole.
Hope Foundation of Alberta (Regional: Edmonton, AB)
The mission of the Hope Foundation is to increase understanding of the role of hope in human life, so that people can be intentional in using hope to enhance quality of life, particularly in relation to health, learning, and community.
HopeSpring Cancer Support Centre (Regional: Waterloo, ON)
HopeSpring helps people cope with the emotional stress of cancer, including their family and friends. As a charitable organization, they offer a variety of programs and services including personal and group support. All services are free and confidential.
Hospice Caledon (Local: Bolton, ON)
Provides support and comfort to those with life-threatening illnesses, as well as their families, and helps them face a difficult time with strength and dignity.
Hospice Georgina (Local: Sutton, ON)
Hospice Georgina is a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving the residents of the Town of Georgina and Georgina Island. It provides caring, trained volunteers dedicated to providing non-medical, physical, emotional, and spiritual support to people in Georgina coping with life-threatening or terminal illness. It also provides respite care for caregivers who are looking after a loved one at home, as well as grief and bereavement programs.
Hospice Kawartha Lakes (Regional: Lindsay, ON)
The mission of Hospice Kawartha Lakes is to enhance the quality of life for individuals and families facing life-threatening illness and grief.
Hospice Renfrew (Regional: Renfrew, ON)
Hospice Renfrew provides end-of-life care to people who are experiencing life-threatening or terminal illness. Its focus is to manage the pain and symptoms of these illnesses to maximize quality of life.
Hospice of Waterloo Region (Regional: Kitchener, ON)
Hospice of Waterloo Region is a charitable organization whose specially trained volunteers provide emotional, practical and spiritual support to those affected by a life threatening illness. Hospice helps individuals living with a life threatening illness, their caregivers and the recently bereaved. Hospice’s programs include: a Volunteer Visiting Program, a Children’s Support Group, a Bereavement Walking Group and a Day Respite Program.
House of Friendship (Regional: Kitchener, ON)
The mission of House of Friendship is to serve low income adults, youth and children in need of support and to promote opportunities for personal growth, wholesome relationships and community development through the application of holistic Christian principles.
Human Development Council (Saint John, NB)
Social planning promotes a quality of life that creates a balanced community. The Human Development Council (HDC) promotes and co-ordinates social development in the Greater Saint John Area.
Huron (ON) Community Service Network
A network for community, health and social service agencies, promoting coordination and cooperation of community services in Huron County ON.
Huron Respite Network
Provides the opportunity for a caregiver to arrange a regular or occasional break in order to maintain balance in their lives and prevent family breakdown or crisis.
Ikwe Safe Rides (Women Helping Women) (Local: Winnipeg, MB)
We provide a safe means of transportation for female members of Winnipeg through a volunteer run initiative. We are an alternative to taking a taxi. We embrace diversity and promote equality in our community. Safety is our number one priority.
Immigrant Access Fund (IAF) (Regional: Calgary, AB)
This organization works to relieve poverty by providing micro-loans to needy immigrants in order to assist them in obtaining Canadian accreditation, upgrading, or training that will allow them to obtain employment in their specified field.
Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization of Manitoba (IRCOM) (Regional: Winnipeg, MB)
IRCOM is committed to empowering newcomer families through Proactive Post-initial Settlement Services (PPSS) in order to facilitate their transition into the larger Winnipeg community. IRCOM provides transitional housing as well as social services, such as recreation, family and literacy programming, to newly arrived refugees in the City of Winnipeg.
Immigrant Services Calgary
Dedicated to assuring immigrants the opportunity to participate fully, both as contributors to and beneficiaries of the Canadian community.
Immigrant Services Society of British Columbia (ISS) (Regional: Vancouver, BC)
Provides settlement, community, English-language training, and employment services to immigrants, refugees, and students in Canada.
Immigrant Direct (National)
Immigration Direct believes that the process of preparing Canadian immigration applications should be easy to understand, simple to complete, and accessible to every qualified person. The purpose of their site is to meet all of those goals.
Immigrants Working Centre (Local: Hamilton, ON)
IWC is a leader in providing settlement services in Hamilton, welcoming new Canadians and supporting their full social, civic and economic participation in their new city.
Indus Community Services (Local: Mississauga, ON)
Indus Community Services is an accredited, not-for-profit community benefit organization that has served local communities for over 32 years. Originally founded as India Rainbow Community Services, this registered charity is supported by its donors and by all three levels of government. Indus Community Services, through its professional staff, is a leader in the provision of culturally appropriate services to newcomers, families, women and seniors.
Information Niagara
Provides information and referral to a wide range of programs and volunteer opportunities in the Niagara Region.
provide quality programs and services including information, assessment and referral to members of our community, for the purpose of improving their quality of life.
Information Windsor
Provides information on local community and government services to residents in the Windsor area.
InKind Exchange (Regional: Edmonton, AB)
United Way of the Alberta Capital Region’s InKind Exchange is a community-based retail initiative offering a cost effective way for charities to acquire technology, personal care products, and toys. Members are Alberta charities and qualifying not-for-profit organizations.
Inner City Youth Alive
ICYA provides a safe, active and nurturing environment for children and youth many of whom experience poverty, abuse and neglect. They are located in the North End of Winnipeg, which is one of the poorest areas in Winnipeg and Canada.
Insight Counselling and Therapy Centre (Local: Calgary, AB)
Insight Counselling and Therapy Centre is a not-for-profit organization that provides sliding scale counselling to those in the Calgary area. Insight therapists can conduct individual, couples, and group counselling and offers two programs for parents and young children.
Inspire (Local: Mississauga, ON)
Inspire is a nonprofit organization that empowers & assists communities through the provision of low-cost social, financial and youth programs.
Inspire Community Outreach Inc. (Local: Winnipeg, MB)
Inspire Community Outreach is a nonprofit social services agency creating exceptional programs for exceptional youth. Their strength-based approach focuses on mental health and skill building for youth in Winnipeg who are marginalized or needing support.
Inter-Cultural Association of Greater Victoria (ICA) (Local: Victoria, BC)
For almost 50 years, the Inter-Cultural Association of Greater Victoria (ICA) has helped individuals and organizations to connect across cultures. We provide information, support and tools to help immigrants and refugees reach their goals. By engaging people through networks, education, employment, and arts programming we create a welcoming community.
International Institute on Special Needs Offenders and Policy Research (Canada)
IISNO Canada was established to meet the needs of governmental and non-governmental organizations, service providers and service users on behalf of those who are mentally ill and/or developmentally disabled or persons with special needs who are in conflict with the law.
Inuvik Youth Centre (Local: Inuvik, NT)
The Inuvik Youth Centre serves at-risk youth in Inuvik, NWT, working to help them gain the confidence, skills, awareness necessary to effectively address the social issues they are facing, while encouraging them to become active, contributing members of their communities.
Islamic Family and Social Services Association
A nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting and providing human services and activities in response to the needs and interests of the disadvantaged members of the Edmonton community while specializing in serving Muslim needs.
Island Christian Care Society (Regional: Nanaimo, BC)
Provides shelter and care for those in need, reflecting the love of God in loving one another. On Vancouver Island we operate four houses, an online church directory, and Cars for Care – a program that restores donated cars for those in need.
Island Community Mental Health (Regional: Victoria, BC)
Established in 1956, Island Community Mental Health offers recovery-oriented day programs, Supported Education, Supported Employment, Supported Housing, Licensed Care, and manages 202 units of subsided housing for individuals experiencing mental illness and/or substance use issues in the Greater Victoria area.
Island Counselling Society (Local: Nanaimo, BC)
Island Integrated Counselling Society is a registered charity providing the Nanaimo community with professional, affordable counselling services that support personal growth, emotional and relational wellbeing while improving the quality of life of clients. The Society aims to remove financial barriers that prevent individuals, couples and families from seeking out professional psychotherapy services.
Jean Tweed Centre (Local: Toronto, ON)
A non-medical, community-based substance abuse and problem-gambling treatment facility for women in Ontario. The centre is a charitable organization that aims to provide counseling and care to assist each woman to restore herself to a meaningful life within her community.
Jewish Russian Community Center of Ontario (JRCC) (Local: Toronto, ON)
Our mission at the JRCC is to achieve Jewish identity, continuity and integrity among the Jews from the Former Soviet Union and their families by providing educational, spiritual, religious and cultural community services, bringing us closer to a redeemed and perfect world.
Job Skills
A non-profit, community-based agency that has been providing a variety of employment and business services to residents of York Region / Bradford for over 10 years. Services offered at Job Skills range from on-site employment resource rooms to more customized, one-to-one supports in resume development, job search skills and the development of a return-to-work action plan.
JobStart
A nonprofit community agency in south Etobicoke, Ontario that provides individuals with barriers to employment with the necessary counselling, education and training, so they can create or find and keep jobs. We serve: Youth, at risk youth, newcomers to Canada, experienced workers and people with disabilities. Services Options: – Counselling, job placement, workshops, skills training, job matching, seminars and information and referral.
John Howard Society of Durham Region
A social service organization that provides many types of services to individuals and families, including employment, counselling, literacy, anger management, active parenting, needle exchange, and more.
John Howard Society of Edmonton
The Edmonton John Howard Society serves young people without support systems, people impacted by family violence, and men and women at risk or involved with the justice system. All find a warm welcome and the help they need to discover hope in their lives. They also work to build understanding about the causes and consequences of crime and to prevent crime in our communities through public education.
JunCtian Community Initiatives (JCI) (Regional: Ontario)
JunCtian Community Initiatives Inc. (JCI) is a dynamic not for profit organization dedicated to empowering our community by delivering positive economic and social programs for success. JCI was created in 2014, as a Community Association with the objectives to foster and develop community spirit, promote organized arts, education, social & justice services, employment services, health and wellness, and other community endeavors.
The Just Energy Foundation (International: Mississauga, ON)
The Just Energy Foundation is committed to enhancing the livelihood of the communities in which we live, work and play. Through corporate giving, we strive to help charitable organizations secure the resources required to promote the health and well-being of communities throughout Canada and the United States.
JVS Toronto
JVS provides leadership in the development and delivery of educational and vocational services in order to assist its clients to identify educational and vocational goals, to develop the skills and knowledge necessary to achieve those goals, and to deal effectively with educational and vocational barriers.
K3C Counselling Centres (Local: Kingston, ON)
K3C Counselling Centres aims to improve social and emotional wellbeing through quality counselling and support. They offer comprehensive counselling services, such as personal counselling, family counselling and credit counselling, as well as programs and groups.
Kanata Food Cupboard (Local: Kanata, ON)
Our primary mission is to collect and distribute food products to self-identifying individuals (living in the former city of Kanata) requiring emergency food service.
Kars4Kids (International)
Kars4kids has decades of experience with helping people get unwanted cars off the streets (and unused boats out of the water). Our quick process makes it very convenient for donors and local governments, as cars are towed within 48 hours of contacting us. Our donors are very pleased with the easy and smooth experience we provide and with the opportunity to help children around the country.
Kerry’s Place Autism Services
Kerry’s place autism services is a voluntary, not-for-profit organization dedicated to serving people with autism/pdd. Incorporated since 1974, Kerry’s place has grown to encompass six residential divisions and four community outreach programmes. The mission of kerry’s place is to offer unique and specialized services of personalized support, advocacy, research, education and collaboration to enable individuals in Ontario with autism/pdd to achieve their optimal opportunities in life.
Kettle Friendship Society (Local: Vancouver, BC)
The Kettle Friendship Society began 25 years ago, providing support and services to mental health consumers in Vancouver. Since then The Kettle has grown into a registered charity, offering a cost-effective alternative to over-burdened hospital/mental health facilities.
Kids’n’Dad (Regional: Kitchener, ON)
Our mission is to ensure that children of separated or divorced families have both parents, as well as their extended families actively involved in their daily lives.
Kids On Track (Local: Edmonton, AB)
Kids On Track offers a unique blend of social, recreational, and spiritual programs. They are committed to providing support and opportunities for children, youth, and their families. They assist children in developing the life skills and character needed for positive citizenship and involvement in their communites.
Kingston Crisis Pregnancy Centre (Local: Kingston, ON)
A Christian nonprofit agency dedicated to empowering, educating and encouraging women who find themselves in a crisis pregnancy. They offer free confidential services that include pregnancy testing, peer counselling, and material support.
Kitchener-Waterloo (ON) Multicultural Centre
Knights Table (Local: Brampton, ON)
Serving Peel Region, Knights Table is a multi-service food bank and soup kitchen that works to alleviate hunger, homelessness and poverty. It is their mission to serve and empower vulnerable members of our community by providing food and access to resources in a safe environment.
L’Arche Daybreak (Regional: Richmond Hill, ON)
L’Arche Daybreak is centered on the gifts of people with developmental disabilities and serves families from across York Region. Today L’Arche Daybreak includes eight homes and several dynamic places of work and creativity.
L’Arche Toronto (Local: Toronto, ON)
Comprising of four homes and one creative arts program located in the city’s Danforth and Riverdale neighbourhoods, L’Arche Toronto is a community of persons with and without developmental disabilities sharing life together, creating mutually transforming relationships.
La Mosaïque (Regional: Montreal, QC)
A nonprofit volunteer and community-based organization devoted to enhancing the life of the people it helps. It provides more than 30 services such as community kitchens for families and the handicapped, a cooking class for young people, transport services for the elderly and the sick, and emergency food and clothing.
Lake Ridge Community Support Services (Regional: Whitby, ON)
Here at Lake Ridge Community Support Services, we use evidence-based, individualized behaviour therapy services to help children, youth and adults with autism spectrum disorder and/or intellectual disabilities maximize their potential in the community.
Langley Meals on Wheels Services Society (Local: Langley, BC)
Langley Meals on Wheels Services Society supports residents of the City and Township of Langley who are unable to prepare their own nutritional meals. They serve seniors and others whose lives have changed making them dependent on our volunteers to help them maintain a healthy lifestyle.
Langs Farm Village Association (Local: Cambridge, ON)
A neighbourhood organization that promotes the enrichment and well-being of residents by providing high quality, supportive, and accessible programs and services for all ages.
Leaders of Tomorrow (Local: Vancouver, BC)
A mentorship and leadership program that brings together students in their last year of post-secondary education with members of the business community to bridge the gap between school and the business world.
Lean On Me (Regional: Ontario)
Lean On Me works toward creating peaceful communities and supporting individuals who have had their lives transformed by violence. LOM provides practical and emotional support, education, group support, and counselling for the families and friends of murder victims.
Legacy Place Society (Local: Calgary, AB)
Legacy Place Society exists to build family resiliency and legacies to withstand the unique challenges faced by Peace Officers, Fire Fighters, Emergency Medical Services, 911 Dispatch and Military Personnel.
LIFE*SPIN (Local: London, ON)
LIFE*SPIN provides information and support for individuals surviving on low-income and supports the empowerment of these individuals in their efforts to attain self-sufficiency. In addition to front line services for mediation, referrals for services, homelessness prevention programs and the publication of plain language resources, LIFE*SPIN also runs a CED affordable housing initiative.
The LifeLine Canada Foundation (National: British Columbia)
The LifeLine Canada Foundation (TLC) is a registered nonprofit committed to the prevention of suicide and positive mental health in Canada and Worldwide and has made work in this area a top priority.
LINKages Society (Local: Calgary, AB)
This organization’s mission is to foster friendships between youth and seniors to enhance their personal strengths and quality of life by providing intergenerational programs and services.
Links2Care (Regional: Georgetown, ON)
Links2Care is a non-profit, charitable, community support organization delivering services to enhance the health and wellbeing of Halton and Mississauga Seniors and Adults with Disabilities (in-home services), Children (drop-ins and before/after-school care), Youth (drop-ins and support) and Adults (financial/emotional/practical support and referrals).
Little Blue Schoolhouse for Autism (Local: Barrie, ON)
This organization’s mission is to provide individualized education that promotes the best possible quality of life for teens and adults with Autism. Their focus on meaningful skills helps our learners acquire the skills needed to live a more fulfilling life.
Little Mountain Neighbourhood House Society (LMNHS) (Local: Vancouver, BC)
LMNHS is a nonprofit society established in 1978 that believes in neighbours helping neighbours, their motto since the organization began. Today, LMNHS focuses on several distinct community-driven program areas: children and youth; special services (special needs children); settlement (including ESL and employment); family support resource; community; and childcare.
Loisirs Arundel (Local: Arundel, QC)
This organization is a community-based non-profit consisting of citizens representing the municipality of Arundel for the purpose of promoting recreational, cultural, educational, and social interaction within their community.
London Housing Registry (Local: London, ON)
The London Housing Registry (LHR) is registered nonprofit charitable organization that provide a direct link to landlords and property management companies in the private market sector. LHR provides direct support to those households that are in housing crisis: homeless or at-risk of being homeless. The agency also provides educational workshops and advocacy
Lookout Emergency Aid Society
A non-profit, charitable organization, providing sectarian lay services to adult men and women who suffer from a wide variety of problems including mental illness, mental handicaps, medical problems, physical disabilities, social dysfunctions, substance abuse or – more frequently – a combination of problems.
M-Bridge Culture Integration Society for Professionals (Regional: North York, ON)
This organization is dedicated to supporting internationally educated professional immigrants. They assist with integration by bridging the gaps of culture and language through educational training on Canadian social and workplace culture and etiquette, well-being awareness, social networking, and employment opportunities.
Mainstream Association for Proactive Community Living
Mainstream provides forty-plus residential programs, and over 28 day programs to 450-plus mentally and/or physically challenged children, youth, adults, seniors and their families in BC. Mainstream’s Board, membership and staff believe in our clients, rights to rich, productive lives. We aim to assist clients in achieving the substance of this belief.
Main Street Community Services (Local: Stittsville, ON)
Main Street Community Services is a registered not-for-profit agency providing programs and services to children and youth with special needs and exceptionalities. Main Street also runs five therapeutic respite homes in the Ottawa area. They are committed to the vision of empowering children, youth, individuals, families, and communities to achieve whole health, social well-being, and community collectiveness.
Maison d’amitié (Local: Ottawa, ON)
Maison d’amitié is a not for profit francophone shelter located in the Ottawa, ON area. Founded in 1976, they aim to assist women victims of violence and their children and provide services enabling these women to start a new life free of violence.
Maison d’amitié est une maison d’hébergement francophone à but non lucratif, situé dans la région d’Ottawa, fondée en 1976 dans le but de venir en aide aux femmes victimes de violence et à leurs enfants. Le centre offre des services permettant aux femmes un nouveau départ sans violence.
Malton Neighbourhood Services (Local: Malton, ON)
A nonprofit, community organization offering a variety of programs including job search assistance, computer classes, a dental clinic for children, legal advice, language classes, and a seniors’ group. They also operate extensive programming for children newborn to age six.
Manitoba Association of Women’s Shelters (MAWS) (Regional: Manitoba)
MAWS is dedicated to providing a unified voice for women and children who experience violence through providing members support; increased negotiating abilities with funders; shared information and resources; increased public awareness, training of staff and improved services for clients.
Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows Community Services (Local: Maple Ridge, BC)
An accredited, multi-service charity dedicated to providing quality programs and services to Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows since 1971.
Marianhill Inc. (Local: Pembroke, ON)
A full-service provider, specializing in geriatric care. Marianhill offers a full range of specialty services including the Dr. L.U. McCluskey Centre (dedicated to the needs of people with Alzheimer’s disease or related dementias), geriatric assessments, geriatrics mental health outreach, palliative care, respite care, audiology, and adult day services.
MCIS Language Services (Regional: North York, ON)
MCIS is a social service enterprise which provides services in language interpretation, translation, skills testing and training under grant and fee based programs.
McMan Youth, Family & Community Services Association (Regional: Alberta)
Provides quality care and services across Alberta. Offering foster care, group care, supported independent living, family services, counselling and support for people with DisABILITIES. McMan works with children, youth, adults & families.
The Meadow Rose Society (Local: Chilliwack, BC)
This organization works within the community to ease hunger plus other needs of impoverished children under the age of three by acquiring and supplying the basics for these children. They supply diapers, wipes, food, formula and other baby essentials.
Meal Exchange
Exists to eradicate hunger in Canada by identifying and implementing student solutions.
Meals on Wheels
Men’s Project (The) (Regional: Ottawa, ON)
A counselling centre created for supporting men in a process of change with integrity. We offer bilingual, professional, group, and individual counselling services for men and their families on such issues as childhood trauma recovery, recent sexual assault, depression and loss, anger and conflict, etc. We offer services to straight, gay and bisexual men.
Men’s Trauma Centre (The) (Local: Victoria, BC)
We provide counselling services to men who have experienced emotional, physical or sexual trauma. We offer a victim services program for men who were sexually or physically abused as children or sexually assaulted as an adult.
Mennonite New Life Centre of Toronto (MNLCT) (Local: Toronto, ON)
The MNLCT is a community-based settlement agency that facilitates newcomer integration. Their services focus on settlement support, language instruction, mental health counselling, and community engagement. They serve Toronto’s diverse population from 3 offices across the city, walking together with immigrants and refugees to support them in pursuing their goals and dreams.
Mental Health and Addictions Access Line (Regional: Niagara, ON)
The Mental Health and Addictions Access Line is the first point of access to mental health and addiction services for adult residents of Niagara. Responders provide immediate support, exploration of needs, and direct connection to local services.
Minerva Foundation for BC Women (Regional: Vancouver, BC)
The Minerva Foundation is changing the face of leadership in BC by elevating the visibility, influence and contribution of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women leaders by offering Programs and Initiatives in the areas of economic security, education and leadership.
Mission Butterfly (Regional: Ontario)
Mission Butterfly is a not for profit organization delivering programs for Post Traumatic Stress, PTSD, and related conditions such as depression and anxiety. We have programs for the individual, couples and families. For civilians, first responders and veterans. Peer support is offered as a followup to our programs.
Mission du Grand Berger/Mission of the Great Shepherd
Organisation humanitaire sans but lucratif dont l’action vise à soulager les besoins des personnes démunies dans la région de Montréal et de Pointe St-Charles.
A mission serving the Montreal and Point St. Charles region of Quebec.
Mission in Ottawa, The
Since 1906, the Mission in Ottawa has been giving material and spiritual assistance to homeless people in the Ottawa area.
Mission Services of London
A social and welfare agency, with a Christ-like orientation, endeavouring through the diversified ministries of its branches to care for needy people. Mission Services of London strives to serve the disadvantaged and/or homeless, whether man, woman or child, by the provision of food, clothing, shelter and rehabilitation where appropriate.
Mississauga Furniture Bank (MFB) (Local: Mississauga, ON)
The Mississauga Furniture Bank (MFB) collects new and gently used furniture and distributes it to those in need. By acting as a hub between donors and social agencies, the MFB is able to connect families in need with furnishings for their homes.
Mivolunteer (Local: Toronto, ON)
Mivolunteer is a new volunteer organization providing services such as tutoring, daycare, workshops, etc. to the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). All our services are for free because we want to be together as a community.
Momentum (Local: Calgary, AB)
A community economic development (CED) organization that offers hope and opportunity to people living in poverty. It operates CED programs in three key areas: business development, financial literacy, and trades training.
Moms Canada (Regional: Stony Plain, AB)
Motherhood is one of life’s greatest rewards, but parenting alone is difficult. Mothers who do not have consistent support in their lives often find themselves feeling discouraged. MOMS Canada is here to help these women not just survive but thrive.
Montfort Renaissance (Regional: Ottawa, ON)
Montfort Renaissance is a francophone community health organization that offers integrated mental health and addiction services as well as services for seniors and housing services to vulnerable individuals in Eastern Ontario. Some of those services are provided in both official languages.
Monthly Dignity (Local: Montreal, QC)
Monthly Dignity works to tackle period poverty and inequity in the Montreal community. Through our partnerships with Fempro and Moisson Montreal we are able to provide menstrual products to more than 10 shelters in Montreal.
Mood Disorders Association of Ontario (Regional: Toronto, ON)
The Mood Disorders Association of Ontario offers free support and recovery programs to people across Ontario living with depression, anxiety or bipolar disorder. They provide drop-in peer support groups, recovery programs, family and youth clinical support, early intervention for mood disorders and psychosis and online tools focused on wellness and recovery in Toronto, and through affiliates, in over 30 communities across Ontario.
Moorelands Community Services (Local: Toronto, ON)
Established in 1912, Moorelands works with Toronto children and youth affected by poverty, to provide them with positive and fun experiences to help strengthen their confidence and competence, build character and make positive connections with peers, adults and communities.
Morningstar Mission (Local: Napanee)
Morningstar provides nutritious sit-down meals, takeout meal program, a winter overnight warming centre, food bank, income tax program, seasonal clothing, furniture share program, access to a shower, men’s and women’s breakfasts, spiritual support and connection to community services and supports.
MOSAIC BC (Local: Vancouver, BC)
MOSAIC is one of the largest multilingual settlement non-profit organizations in Canada. Serving immigrant, refugee, and migrant communities in Greater Vancouver, throughout the province of BC and overseas via online programs. We are dedicated to addressing issues that affect immigrants and refugees in their settlement and integration into Canadian society.
Mosaic Interfaith Out of the Cold (Regional: Richmond Hill, ON)
The Mosaic Interfaith Out of the Cold Programs provide safe refuge, warm hospitality, and emergency shelter in the York Region to the homeless or those in need of food and/or clothing. Shelters are operated by various interfaith communities on different nights of the week during the coldest months of the year, November to March.
The MukiBaum Foundation (Local: Toronto, ON)
MukiBaum Foundation is a nongovernmental organization which provides inclusive, community-focused support to children and adults with complex disabilities and their families. Their mission to enable them to grow and succeed through innovative, creative and sustainable programing.
Multicultural Helping House Society (Local: Vancouver, BC)
We provide assistance to new immigrants in addressing their needs from settlement, employment, social services, skills enhancement, respite housing, legal assistance, and education services.
Muslim Food Bank Community Services (Local: Surrey, BC)
We aim to turn the table on hunger in the community. We do this by supporting our clients in becoming self-sufficient, dignified members of Canadian society, by providing immediate food assistance through our Food Bank Operations and offering a range of support services through ASPIRE Community Services and Youth Support programs.
Na-Me-Res (Local: Toronto, ON)
In 1985, Na-Me-Res began offering emergency shelter to Toronto-based Aboriginal men who were without a place to live. Today, the Na-Me-Res Housing initiatives include A 69-bed emergency shelter at Bathurst St. and St. Clair Ave. West, Sagatay, a nationally-recognized transitional housing program; and O’Gitchidaa Mushkiki Wigwam, a long-term independent housing initiative. Programming has also evolved to include: cultural connection and identity such as a sweat lodge, hand drumming, and traditional teachings; a Medicine Wheel Garden at Hillcrest Park; Elder outreach for street homeless men to connect with their culture; life skills workshops on healthy living, literacy, financial literacy, and employment; and more.
Nanaimo Citizen Advocacy Association (Local: Nanaimo, BC)
Nanaimo Citizen Advocacy Association is a BC nonprofit society with Federal registered charitable status that is dedicated to advocating for individuals who seek assistance, by providing education, information, referral, support and assisting them in exercising rights that maximize independence with dignity.
National Advertising Benevolent Society (NABS)
A nonprofit organization that was established to assist people in the advertising industry and related businesses who need help due to illness, injury, unemployment, substance abuse or financial difficulties.
National Broadcast Reading Service
National Campus and Community Radio Association (NCRA/ANREC)
The association represents volunteer-driven campus and community radio stations across Canada. Members work towards promoting socio-political issues, community awareness, and underexposed talent through the medium of participatory radio.
National Council of Jewish Women of Canada, Toronto Section (Local: Toronto, ON)
A nonprofit volunteer service organization dedicated to enhancing the lives of individuals in our community through identifying community needs. We provide leadership, energy and financial resources, while creating new projects to meet future challenges through a program of research, education, advocacy and community service.
The Native Courtworker and Counselling Association of British Columbia (Regional: North Vancouver, BC)
We are here as “A Helping Hand to Justice” for all Indigenous people across the province of British Columbia. Our mission is to provide culturally appropriate justice and health related services according to your need. Celebrating 45 years of service!
Need2 (Local: Victoria, BC)
Need2 offers a variety of suicide prevention programming to youth in the Greater Victoria area. They offer age-appropriate suicide awareness programs, a peer helping program, and the online support service www.youthspace.ca.
Neighbourhood Housing Society (Local: Vancouver, BC)
The mission of Neighbourhood Housing Society is to provide safe, secure, permanent housing for residents of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside in a tolerant, supportive and inclusive environment. They link residents with services and supports needed to help them move forward in their lives including health care, skills training, education, and employment services offered through community organizations.
Neighbourhood Information Post (Local: Toronto, ON)
A nonprofit community resource centre serving the Downtown Toronto East community. Its mission is to help and empower people to overcome obstacles in the community. It achieves this by educating and connecting people with relevant community resources and providing selective community services that are responsive to critical needs.
Neighbourhood Link Support Services
An innovative community-based agency that actively promotes people’s independence and dignity. Responding to the needs of youth, adults, newcomers, and seniors, they provide a continuum of services including employment, housing, and health services. For more than 30 years they have successfully combined research and advocacy initiatives with responsive client-centered services.
Nepalese Canadian Community Services (Local: Toronto, ON)
Established in 2000, this organization assists both new Nepalese immigrants as well as those already in the country. They offer immigration assistance, a newcomer’s guide, information about Toronto, and other services to their community.
Newcomer Women’s Services Toronto (Local: Toronto, ON)
Newcomer Women’s Services Toronto (NEW) promotes the social, economic, and cultural integration, and personal well-being of women and their families who are new to Canada.
New Leaders of Sunnybrook Foundation
A group of young professionals who raise money to support research, education and patient care programs at Sunnybrook and Women’s College Health Sciences Centre through a number of annual fundraising events.
North Central Family Centre (Local: Regina, SK)
NCFC delivers in excess of 45 structured programs to Regina’s inner city children, youth, families and seniors. Their mission is to promote positive and healthy changes in the community through their program offerings.
North Fraser Therapeutic Riding Association (NFTRA) (Regional: Maple Ridge, BC)
North Fraser Therapeutic Riding Association (NFTRA) is a nonprofit charitable organization enriching the lives of children and adults who experience physical, mental, emotional or social challenges by providing safe and professional therapeutic equine programming.
North Hamilton Community Health Centre (Local: Hamilton, ON)
Provides accessible health care and neighbourhood programs to individuals, families, and our community in an environment of partnership, learning and research.
North Hastings Community Trust (Local: Bancroft, ON)
The North Hastings Community Trust provides low-income families, individuals and children with emergency financial assistance and community referrals. Items covered may include rent, heat, hydro, groceries, medical expenses, and other items as deemed appropriate on a case by case basis.
North Kootenay Lake Community Services Society (Regional: Kaslo, BC)
We are a nonprofit, multi-service organization offering a wide range of community-based services. The society’s mission is to develop and provide health and social services that enhance the quality of life and capacity for independent living of Kaslo and North Kootenay Lake residents.
North Okanagan Youth and Family Services Society
North Okanagan Youth and Family Services Society is a leading community social services agency that aspires to strengthen the family through healthy relationships. NOYFSS provides a broad range of social programs reflecting the dynamic needs of our community. Through support programs, education and specialized home services, we strive to strengthen, nurture and protect the healthy development of our children, youth and families.
North Shore Community Services
Offers a range of information and referral services for residents of the North Shore of Vancouver.
North Shore ConneXions Society (ConneXions) (Local: North Vancouver, BC)
ConneXions is a non-profit organization that supports families and serves children and adults living with developmental disabilities. Their vision is a community where all people with disabilities have equal opportunities to lead active, fulfilling lives and recognized as contributing members of the community.
Norwood Child & Family Resource Centre (Local: Edmonton, AB)
Since 1963, Norwood Child & Family Resource Centre has been supporting children and families within the Norwood and surrounding communities. The Centre acts as a hub and provides a place where families can feel a sense of belonging and connectedness to other families.
Oak Park Neighbourhood Centre (Local: Oakville, ON)
A welcoming community, supporting each other through diverse programs & resources to build friendships, strengthen our children & create healthy neighbourhoods. Our centre has been set up to be a non-institutional, barrier free space, so that it is welcoming to everyone.
Oakville Meals on Wheels (Local: Oakville, ON)
Oakville Meals on Wheels is a nonprofit organization that has been delivering nutritious hot and frozen meals to the residents of Oakville for 40 years. They support those who are unable to attend to their own nutritional needs, but wish to continue living independently in their community.
On-Track Career & Employment Services (Local: Scarborough, ON)
On-Track Career & Employment Services is equipped to help job seekers find and sustain employment. Through their employment and training network, they will help you build your career. They are your one-stop source for information about jobs, job search skills, training, education, and other services.
One Step Shoe Recycling (Regional: Newfoundland)
One Step Shoe Recycling is a registered nonprofit organization in Newfoundland and Labrador. Their mission is to encourage the benefits of sustainable consumerism and to aid those in need across the province.
Ontario 211 (Regional: Ontario)
Ontario 211 is a three-digit phone number and website that provides information and referral to community and social services in Ontario.<%
Ontario 211 (Regional: Sault Ste. Marie, ON)
Ontario Aboriginal Housing Services is a non profit corporation with a mandate to provide safe and affordable housing to urban and rural First Nation, Inuit and Métis people living off-Reserve in Ontario. Our vision is to lead the design, development and delivery of a sustainable and culturally appropriate continuum of housing that promotes excellence in the community and organizational infrastructures.
Ontario Association of Food Banks (OAFB) (Regional: Kitchener, ON)
The Ontario Association of Food Banks (OAFB) is a membership-based organization supporting 119 food banks and community food programs. It exists to provide food recovery, distribution and membership support, while educating the province on issues of hunger and poverty.
Ontario Association of Youth Employment Centres (OAYEC)
Supports and advocates for the development and delivery of youth employment services in Ontario. It has a strong member network of more than 60 youth employment centres across the province.
Ontario Community Support Association
The collective voice of more than 300 nonprofit health and social service agencies in Ontario, working to ensure that issues which affect community support services are heard and addressed by decision-makers.
Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition (Regional: Toronto, ON)
This organization brings together a broad-based group of community and provincial associations, spanning the social, environmental, economic, and political spectrums. OHCC members share a common goal of creating healthier communities, and they actively support the healthy communities network by sharing their knowledge, skills, and experiences with others.
Open Arms (Regional: Calgary, AB)
Open Arms supports people seeking help navigating the health care system. When families experience a medical crisis, trained volunteer advocates help them clarify complaints, obtain answers and find resolution. Open Arms liaises with other organizations to improve health care systems.
Operation Lift
We provide a pre-booked door to door transportation service for physically challenged and frail elderly residents, allowing them a vital and affordable link to the Brantford community.
Operation Springboard (Regional: Toronto, ON)
Operation Springboard’s mandate is to build stronger communities by helping youth and adults develop the skills they need to reach their full potential. As a charitable organization, they deliver innovative, professional and diverse programming by establishing partnerships between their clients and their community. Springboard’s program areas include community justice, employment and developmental disability services.
Orleans-Cumberland Community Resource Centre (Local: Orleans, ON)
A bilingual, nonprofit community-based organization, open to and accepting of all members of the community. We are committed to providing leadership in response to changing individual and community needs through our services and by working for social change.
Ottawa Chinese Community Service Centre (OCCSC) (Local: Ottawa, ON)
The Ottawa Chinese Community Service Centre (OCCSC) is a nonprofit, non-partisan, community-based organization committed to advancing the full social and economic integration and participation of newcomers, immigrants and refugees in Ottawa.
Ottawa Community Housing Foundation (Local: Ottawa, ON)
Ottawa Community Housing is the largest social housing provider in Ottawa and the second largest in Ontario. The OCH Foundation is committed to helping each of its tenants achieve personal success through education, employment, and community engagement.
Ottawa Innercity Ministries (Local: Ottawa, ON)
An interdenominational Christian charitable organization committed to building partnerships and training, and mobilizing volunteers to help people who are disadvantaged and homeless meet their spiritual, emotional, social, vocational, and physical needs.
Ottawa Safe Community Network/Coalition (Local: Ottawa, ON)
Dedicated to making Ottawa the safest city in the country to live, learn, work, and play. We do this by providing a forum for people to get together: to create a supportive environment amongst governments, community and business leaders committed to health and safety; and to enhance existing programs and resources through networking and partnerships.
Ottawa Tool Library (Local: Ottawa, ON)
The Ottawa Tool Library is a non-profit organization giving people access to tools and skills. For a $50/year membership fee, people can borrow power tools, hand tools, garden tools, and kitchen tools. Make your DIY projects a reality.
Ottawa Victim Services (OVS) (Local: Ottawa, ON)
Ottawa Victim Services is a nonprofit agency providing emotional and practical support to victims of crime and tragic circumstance. We provide community resources and advocacy to the Ottawa community.
Our Harbour – Le Havre (Local: St. Lambert, QC)
Our Harbour provides a supportive long-term housing program on Montreal’s South Shore for people of diverse backgrounds living with mental illness. They offer life-management support, links with resources in the surrounding community and individual assistance in integrating with society.
Our Place (Peel) (Regional: Mississauga, ON)
Our Place (Peel) is a registered nonprofit agency founded in 1985 with a mandate to develop and operate emergency shelter and residential services for disadvantaged and homeless youth 16 to 21 years of age in the Peel Region.
Out Of Bounds (Local: Toronto, ON)
Our mission is to support, educate and empower grieving and non-grieving persons and communities from a trans-cultural perspective. We provide trauma-focused Prevention /Intervention services through a “peer mutual support’ framework. Since 2006, groups, training and crisis response are provided to youth, families and communities, as we seek to eradicate gun violence and the devastating trauma it ensues.
Pacific Centre Family Services Association (Local: Victoria, BC)
PCFSA enhances and promotes healthy patterns of living and the quality and dignity of life of individuals, families and groups within the community. Programs assist children, youth, family and adults to address challenges such as wellness, addictions, parenting and abuse.
Pacific Community Resources (Regional: Vancouver, BC)
This organization is a registered, nonprofit agency that has worked with children, youth, and families since 1984. They serve the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley of BC, providing services such as alternate education for youth with FAS, youth employment, and drug and alcohol counselling.
PACT Urban Peace Program (Local: Toronto, ON)
The PACT Urban Peace Program is a multi award-winning Toronto-based charity dedicated to working with at-risk youth and youth in conflict with the law. PACT builds peace and hope in their urban community in partnership with the courts, schools, and other youth-focused agencies.
Parent Support Services Society of BC (Regional: Burnaby, BC)
PSS is an organization dedicated to the prevention of child abuse and prioritizes inclusion, equality and justice. PSS has offices in Vancouver, Prince George, Victoria and Nanaimo which provide advocacy and support circles for isolated parents and grandparents raising grandchildren.
Parkdale Activity Recreation Centre (PARC) (Local: Toronto, ON)
PARC addresses poverty, mental health, addictions, homelessness and food insecurity through four key service areas: a drop-in centre, peer-support. outreach program and supportive housing. PARC is also a meeting place for agencies and partners working towards lasting social change.
Parkdale Community Legal Services
Parkdale Community Legal Services delivers poverty law services to low-income residents of Toronto’s Parkdale area, covering a wide variety of subject areas, including: social assistance; workers’ rights; tenants’ rights; immigration and refugee claims; mental health law; and domestic violence issues.
Parker Street Food & Furniture Bank (Local: Halifax, NS)
Providing food, furniture, household items, clothing and emergency funding to low-income families in metro Halifax since 1983. Parker Street also hosts NS Community College accredited computer skills courses and vocational training (flooring installation and automotive inventory).
Participation Lodge Grey Bruce (Local: Holland Centre, ON)
Participation Lodge is a non-profit, long-term health care facility providing permanent residency along with 24 hour care to 24 clients afflicted with Cerebral Palsy, Autism, Spina Bifida, Downs Syndrome, etc. The programs and services they provide not just to our clients but to the community improve the positive life experiences for those with severe disabilities.
Partners Family Services Inc. (Local: Humboldt, SK)
Partners Family Services Inc. is a nonprofit, charitable organization that acts as a family support centre. They believe in building healthy families and communities to prevent interpersonal violence and abuse.
Pay What You Can Peer Support (National: Toronto, ON)
Pay What You Can Peer Support is a platform that provides weekly virtual peer support group sessions on many different topics. Our sessions are run by licensed moderators and all we ask is you can pay what you can if you enjoyed the group.
Peace Ranch (Local: Caledon Hills, ON)
The mission of Peace Ranch is to provide supportive housing and rehabilitative programs for adults who have serious mental illnesses, enabling them to live and work in a community atmosphere. It fulfills this mission through psychosocial rehabilitation principles that enable individuals to move toward recovery.
Peace River Regional Women’s Shelter (Local: Peace River, AB)
Provide a short-term, safe and supportive environment for abused women and their children, women in crisis, or other women needing emergency accommodation. Provide Individual Case Management; Outreach for all genders plus child and youth support for in-house and community.
Pedvac Foundation (Local: Port Elgin, NB)
Pedvac serves the Village of Port Elgin and the surrounding rural area located in SE New Brunswick. Pedvac provides: Food bank, school lunch program, Christmas boxes, used clothing store, literacy council, youth-at-risk programs, free income tax preparation, etc.
Peer ALliance (PAL) (Local: Scarborough, ON)
PAL is a Chinese youth volunteer group affiliated with the Wellness Centre, a Mount Sinai Hospital community program. Their goal is to help young people develop skills towards a healthy lifestyle through active organization of and participation in workshops and social and volunteer activities. PAL welcomes all young adults between the ages of 16 to 30.
Pembroke Public Library (Local: Pembroke, ON)
Pembroke Public Library exists to serve as a cultural focal point in providing access to print and non-print materials and programs to fulfill the educational and informational needs and to enhance the recreational and socio-cultural interests of all people of the community.
People Advocating for Change through Empowerment Inc. (PACE) (Regional: Thunder Bay, ON)
A Consumer Survivor Initiative different from traditional Mental Health Services. PACE is run by and for people with lived experience in mental health or addiction in a non-clinical environment. They offer social/recreational opportunities along with self-help groups.
PESBODS
Our mission at PESBODS is to provide support and resources to children with a disability, specifically those with sickle cell anemia, autism and physical disabilities. We strive to empower caregivers and their children through programs such as Pescare for respite and Pestalent, our talent show program.
Petawawa Military Family Resource Centre (PMFRC) (Local: Petawawa, ON)
The Petawawa Military Family Resource Centre (PMFRC) is a registered, not-for-profit charitable organization responsible for connecting with and delivering a wide range of services and programs mandated by the Military Family Services Program to military members and their families. We create and promote programs, services and events that support the social and emotional wellbeing of the military community at Garrison Petawawa.
P.O.I.N.T.(People and Organizations in North Toronto
Serves the people who live, work and study in North Toronto by improving availability and increasing awareness of the social and health services in the community through information, education and advocacy.
Polycultural Immigrant & Community Services (Regional: Toronto, ON)
Polycultural Immigrant & Community Services is a nonprofit, community-based agency assisting the local community of immigrants in their settlement and integration process. The organization helps immigrants in all areas of life, including learning the English language, employment, counselling, and family support.
Powell River & Region Transition House Society (Local: Powell River, BC)
The Powell River & Region Transition House Society hosts three programs: Children Who Witness Abuse, Stopping the Violence Counselling and Stopping the Violence Outreach, and a residence: Grace House. Their mission is to help with housing and life skills, current and historical abuse, support for children and families dealing with domestic violence.
Prince Albert & District Community Service Centre (Local: Prince Albert, SK)
A nonprofit organization that works closely with several local agencies to provide a variety of services to the Prince Albert community, including a Seniors Transportation Program.
Progressive Intercultural Community Services Society – Vancouver (PICS Vancouver)
PICS Vancouver offers the multicultural community a wide range of employment assistance services and also welcomes all E.I. unemployed and underemployed individuals who need help with their job search and skills enhancement.
Prostitution Alternatives Counselling Education (PACE)
PACE is dedicated to the reduction of harm and abolition of conditions that lead to prostitution. We provide outreach, counselling, housing (for individuals under 24yrs of age), prevention presentations, and an IDU drop-in center for sex workers from the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver that have started their own cooperative business.
Quest Outreach Society (Local: Vancouver, BC)
Quest Outreach Society is B.C.’s only food exchange and we divert 6.6 million pounds of surplus food from landfills each year, which adds up to $7 million worth of food. Our mandate is to rescue food and reduce hunger. We fill, and then empty our 575-m2 warehouse each day, providing food to hundreds of social service agencies in the region feeding 50,000 people a month.
Raising the Roof
Raising the Roof is dedicated to finding long-term solutions to homelessness through public education campaigns, funding to community groups across the country and by working with decision-makers, policy-makers and front-line agencies nation-wide to develop national and local strategies to prevent and end homelessness.
RainCity Housing
RainCity Housing is a grassroots organization built around compassion, purpose and a commitment to delivering progressive housing and support solutions for people experiencing homelessness, mental illness, addiction and other challenges. They operate 14 programs and facilities for over 500 people.
Rally Point Retreat (Regional: Sable River, NS)
Rally Point Retreat is a nonprofit organization providing a quiet, safe, and relaxing, rural setting on Nova Scotia’s South Shore as a respite for essential services members in treatment for PTSD, allowing them to regroup themselves and reconnect with their families.
Ralph Thornton Centre
A city-owned, community-controlled, community centre located in the South Riverdale area of Toronto that provides space for community groups, agencies, coalitions, and individual events. We also initiate new programmes and services to meet community needs, engage in social action and individual and group advocacy.
Ranch Ehrlo Society
Delivers services to troubled youth in Saskatchewan through social treatment for the benefit of the individual, family and wider community.
Ray-cam Cooperative Community Centre (Local: Vancouver, BC)
Encourages and supports community members to use their strengths and gifts in the improvement of day to day life in the community.
Ray of Hope (Regional: Kitchener, ON)
Our mission is to demonstrate the love of Christ to those who are disadvantaged, marginalized and/or in conflict with the law. We work to rehabilitate young offenders in our custody facilities, provide basic needs of people in poverty at our drop-in centre, and help people escape poverty through employment training.
reBOOT
reBOOT Canada is a registered charity which re-distributes computer hardware from corporations and individuals to charities and non-profits across Canada.
Reena
A nonprofit social service agency dedicated to integrating individuals who have a developmental disability into the mainstream of society.
Refuge Ministries (National: London, ON)
Conducts prison chapel services across Canada and upon their release, supports those we help in their transition to the community where they live.
Refugee and Immigrant Advisory Council Inc. (Local: St. John’s, NL)
RIAC is a nonprofit organization that provides advice, support, and settlement services to immigrants and refugees. Their services are available to those experiencing cultural, linguistic, or other barriers regardless of nationality, religion, or cultural background.
Regesh Family & Child Services (Local: Toronto, ON)
Regesh Family & Child Services helps at-risk youth and their families in the GTA with a drop in centre at Willowdale and Sheppard, Individual and Family Counselling, Anger Management and a residential safe house in Thornhill. As a result of a federal grant from the Department of Justice, they also work with youth in schools in Scarborough.
Regina Education and Action on Child Hunger (REACH (Local: Regina, SK)
REACH supports child nutrition programs and provides seniors, shut-ins, healthcare clients, social assistance recipient families and others with easy access to safe, nutritious and affordable food through healthy food programs.
Richmond BC Connections Information and Volunteer Society
Richmond Multicultural Concerns Society (Local: Richmond, BC)
The society provides leadership in helping the community to achieve intercultural harmony. It believes that all people in the community have a culture and ethnicity and all people in the community must be included in the integration process.
Riverdale Immigrant Women’s Centre (Local: Toronto, ON)
Riverdale Immigrant Women’s Centre is committed to supporting Chinese speaking and South Asian women in taking greater control of their lives. RIWC provides culturally specific settlement and counselling support services with the use of community determined strategies, which are developed and delivered by immigrant women.
Rose of Durham Young Parents Support Services (Regional: Oshawa, ON)
Rose of Durham Young Parents Support Services works with young parents in Durham Region by providing supportive programming so they may build a better future for themselves and their children.
Routes Connecting Communities (Local: Sutton West, ON)
This team of carefully screened, compassionate volunteer drivers use their own vehicles to provide transportation to people who are restricted due to life circumstances such as financial hardship, health issues and geographical, cultural or social isolation.
Rose of Durham Young Parents Support Services (Regional: Oshawa, ON)
Rose of Durham Young Parents Support Services works with young parents in Durham Region by providing supportive programming so they may build a better future for themselves and their children.
RYGIEL Supports for Community Living (Local: Hamilton, ON)
RYGIEL Supports for Community Living supports people who have a developmental disability and other handicapping conditions. The services provided are determined by each person’s individual needs and these services will enhance the opportunity for the person to be a fulfilled, participatory member of his/her community.
Saanich Volunteer Services Society
We provide direct volunteer service for those who need help to live independently. Saanich residents of all ages can benefit from our volunteer visits, drives, reassuring phone calls, companion walking, gardening assistance, minor repairs, income tax return, and tutoring.
S.A.F.E. (Stop Abuse for Everyone)
A nonprofit organization that provides advocacy, information, and support for men and women who are the victims of domestic violence. We set up and advocate for services for men and women, straight, gay, or lesbian, with the vision of a world of powerful, supportive relationships, free of violence. S.A.F.E. concentrates on domestic violence against straight men, gay men, and lesbian women, because few services exist for these groups.
Safe Communities Foundation
Works in partnership with the private and public sectors to improve the health and safety of workers and people throughout your community. The goal of the Foundation and all participating Safe Communities in Canada is to eliminate injuries while promoting a culture of safety through the implementation of programs and education.
Safe Haven Foundation
A privately funded, nonprofit organization whose mandate is to help give Calgary youth their future back. Haven’s way provides long-term homes with stable family environments and lifetime relationships for homeless and at-risk teenage girls and empowers them to achieve self-sufficiency.
Saffron Centre (Local: Sherwood Park, AB)
This organization works to support the healing and empowerment of those who have been affected by sexual assault, abuse and sexual violence; and to promote change in attitudes, beliefs and social norms.
Saint Leonard’s Society of Nova Scotia (Regional: Dartmouth, NS)
Offers reintegration programs and services for men and women in transition, including educational upgrading, readiness assessments, youth outreach services for women, and Genesis LifeLine In-Reach Services for men and women in institutions.
Salvation Army Centre of Hope (Local: Abbotsford, BC)
The Salvation Army exists to share the love of Jesus Christ, meet human needs and be a transforming influence in the communities of our world. The Centre of Hope in Abbotsford, BC offers a Meal Centre, Shelter, Supportive Living, Family and Outreach services and Medical Clinic.
Salvation Army Correctional and Justice Services (Regional: London, ON)
Our nonprofit agency provides individuals with a variety of options for healing. Addictions counselling, community service orders, life skills, prison ministry, and more are available to all in London and Southwestern Ontario. Many programs for young offenders as well.
San Romanoway Revitilization Association (Local: Toronto, ON)
This organization’s mission is to create a sense of belonging in the community of San Romanoway by assisting families, individuals, and groups to support each other by building safer and healthier environments. The association runs social/cultural, educational, employment, recreation, and enrichment programs for children, youth and families living in the area.
SANSAR (National: Brampton, ON)
SANSAR is a registered Canadian charity with a focus on the cardiovascular health of South Asians. We promote health through our various awareness, research, educational and clinical initiatives, and work to better understand the causes, prevention and management of heart disease and diabetes.
Santropol Roulant (Local: Montreal, QC)
A nonprofit organization founded and run by young people in the community which brings people together across cultures and generations through an innovative meals-on-wheels service, intergenerational activities, and volunteer programs.
Saskatchewan Elks Foundation Corp. (Regional: Saskatoon, SK)
The Saskatchewan Elks Foundation was established in 1991 to promote and support the needs of the individual and the community at large through a variety of programs and services: personal and capital assistance, addictions awareness, Saskatchewan Pediatric Auditory Rehabilitation Centre located at the Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon, low income senior housing, Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE), Chem Free Graduation Grants.
Saskatoon Child Hunger and Education Program (CHEP) (Local: Saskatoon, SK)
CHEP exists to work with communities to find long term solutions to child hunger and to improve access to good food for all. Activities include children’s nutrition programs, collective kitchens, the good food box, community gardening, children’s nutrition education activities, baby food workshops, canning workshops, urban rural links, and food policy networks.
Saskatoon Open Door Society
The Saskatoon Open Door Society welcomes and assists refugees and immigrants to become informed and effective participants in Canadian society and to involve the community in their hospitable reception and just acceptance.
Sault Ste. Marie Soup Kitchen Community Centre
A community meeting place with a safe, friendly and supportive atmosphere for the many children, youth, underemployed men and women and elderly who frequent the centre.
Save Kindness Society
The Save Kindness Society helps those who help others. We provide organizations with much needed tangible resources, through fundraising events, advocacy, and awareness campaigns. Many organizations are challenged by lack of funding, inhibiting their ability to provide support to their clients. We help secure that support.
Second Harvest (Local: Toronto, ON)
Every day, Second Harvest picks up donated fresh food and distributes it to 129 social service programs in Metro Toronto in order to assist people who would otherwise go hungry. Our goal is that no one need ever go hungry in the communities we serve.
Self-Esteem Network of Hamilton (Local: Hamilton, ON)
The Self-Esteem Network of Hamilton is a non-sectarian, charitable organization that offers courses and workshops to the general public or organizations on various aspects of self-esteem.
Semiahmoo House Society (Local: Surrey, BC)
Provides quality services, advocacy and support to people with disabilities and their families in the community.
Services to Assist Independent Living (SAIL) (Local: Gananoque, ON)
A not-for-profit, charitable agency that provides community support services to seniors, adults with physical disabilities, and convalescents living in their own homes. SAIL, with the help of volunteers, provides services such as Meals on Wheels, escorted transportation and many other essential services to clients living in the townships of Front of Yonge, Leeds and the Thousand Islands, and the town of Gananoque.
Seventh Step Society of Canada
Realistic thinking, positive peer pressure and the self help philosophy can help incorrigible and recidivist offenders to change their behaviour and attitudes and help them become productive members of the community; Seventh Step Agencies and Chapters have developed throughout the nation with the primary purpose of reducing recidivism. The Seventh Step Society of Canada has been formed to unite these Agencies and Chapters and encourage them to share and practice a common ideal in the therapy of the offender.
Sexual Assault Centre of Edmonton
SACE exists to empower individuals affected by sexual abuse and assault, and to empower communities to take action against sexual violence. All services of SACE are provided within our belief structure.
ShareLife
The Catholic community’s response to helping the whole community through Catholic agencies. ShareLife’s 32 agencies reach out to all those in need, regardless of religious affiliation. ShareLife helped more than 100,000 people in need this past year.
Sheena’s Place (Local: Toronto, ON)
Sheena’s Place is a community-based registered charity offering hope and support services to individuals, families, and friends affected by eating disorders.
Shelly Cares Foundation (Regional: North York, ON)
Shelley Cares Foundation provides a nutritional meal to homeless, working poor families, senior citizens, the unemployed or under-employed, those with developmental disabilities and most important the children. We believe that no one should go to bed hungry on the street or otherwise.
Shepherds of Good Hope (Local: Ottawa, ON)
Shepherds of Good Hope is the largest not-for-profit organization dedicated to the needs of the homeless and impoverished in the city of Ottawa. Over 1600 people come through our doors each day, visiting our soup kitchen, clothing or grocery program, while others receive services from one of our specialized support programs. Over 500 people sleep in one of our 8 facilities across the city every night.
Shuswap Family Centre (Local: Salmon Arm, BC)
The Shuswap Family Centre supports individuals and families of all ages, cultures and socio-economic backgrounds in the community of Salmon Arm and area, by encouraging personal growth, wellness and positive changes through innovative programs and referral services.
Shuswap Second Harvest Food Bank (Regional: Salmon Arm, BC)
Open twice a week, this organization works to supply people who are in need with as much fresh food as possible so that they get some healthy food to eat. They glean fruit and vegetables and buy things like milk, eggs and some meat & fish. There are no qualifications to receive, only that people are in need, with the exception that if they can prove to have children living at home, they will receive an extra 2 litres of milk each week.
Sierra Leonean Community of British Columbia (SLCBC) (Regional: Burnaby, BC)
The SLCBC is a nonprofit, social and advocacy organization working to strengthen relationships within the Sierra Leonean Community in BC. They engage in topical issues of interest to the members of the organization including addressing issues and needs in Canada and in Sierra Leone.
Silayan Filipino Community Centre (Local: Toronto, ON)
The centre offers: new immigrant support in areas of settlement, employment and housing; referral, counselling and legal services for families; skills training, and personal development classes; educational/advocacy workshops; heritage, language & cultural appreciation classes and events; drop-in programs for children/youth, seniors, single-parents, LGBT persons, domestic workers and other social groups from the Filipino-Canadian community.
Simcoe Hall Settlement House (Local: Oshawa, ON)
Simcoe Hall Settlement House is a not-for-profit, community resource centre dedicated, since 1935, to aiding and improving the lives of less advantaged children, families and vulnerable adults.
SIRCH Community Services (Local: Haliburton, ON)
For over 30 years, SIRCH has identified gaps in community services and implemented programs that address those gaps. SIRCH has developed many social enterprises, training programs and other services to help address poverty, food insecurity and the need for connection.
Skills for Change
Skills for Change (Sfc) is a non-profit agency providing information and training to immigrants and refugees to assist their entry into the workforce and participation in the wider community. SfC offers a variety of training programs and work search programs designed for individuals who speak English as a Second language. The Clerical Employment Services Program provides job development and assistance finding volunteer experience placements in the clerical, customer service or retail sectors.
Sky Dragon Community Development Co-operative Inc. (Local: Hamilton, ON)
Sky Dragon is an incorporated nonprofit worker-cooperative dedicated to the goals of progressive social and environmental change. It seeks to facilitate this change by providing environmentally and socially-conscious consumer and lifestyle alternatives, by strengthening the local economy, and by helping build community and civic capacity amongst Hamiltonians from diverse backgrounds.
Snowsuit Fund (The) (Local: Ottawa, ON)
An Ottawa-based charity that raises funds for the purchase and distribution of snowsuits to needy children, aged 14 years and younger, in Ottawa/Gatineau.
Social Planning Council of Sudbury (Local: Sudbury, ON)
The Social Planning Council of Sudbury (SPC Sudbury) is committed to working with community partners to enhance the well-being of individuals, families and communities. Adopting a holistic approach to community development, the SPC Sudbury works in partnership with various sectors of society; individuals, community agencies, government, businesses, labour and institutional sectors to improve the quality of life for all residents in the Greater Sudbury region. The primary goal of the organization is to bring people together from multiple sectors of the community to facilitate a planning process that leads to positive change and community action through the effective and efficient delivery of services.
Somali Canadian Cultural Society of Edmonton (SCCSE) (Local: Edmonton, AB)
The SCCSE aims to enhance the development of the community through several services. For instance, settlement assistance, public education, community capacity building, mentorship programs provided at schools, after-school programs for children and youth concentrating on areas like homework, school projects, and recreation, are just some of the services SCCSE initiates and participates in.
Sonshine Community Services
Provides care, support and education from a Christian perspective to families and individuals in need, and encourages the development of healthy families.
South Asian Autism Awareness Centre (SAAAC) (Local: Scarborough, ON)
SAAAC was created with the intention of inspiring families impacted by ASD with a focus on cultural elements in the South Asian community. Through unique services, initiatives, and therapies they want participants to realize their potential and place them on a path towards independence.
Southern & Central Alberta Food Bank Federation (Regional: Calgary, AB)
We support food banks in achieving their mission to feed the hungry in their local communities through sharing information and resources between food banks.
Southern First Nations Secretariat (Regional: Bothwell, ON)
Southern First Nations Secretariat’s mandate is to provide a broad range of advisory and information services, technical and administrative support, and coordination of regional initiatives for First Nations peoples in southwestern Ontario.
South Fraser Women’s Services Society (Regional: Surrey, BC)
South Fraser Women’s Services Society formed in 1979. We are a nonprofit women’s centre, providing free services and support to women and children from all backgrounds. We work to help women empower themselves through support, information, resources and counselling.
South Simcoe Community Information Centre (Local: Alliston, ON)
Works to create a community that is informed of available resources through the provision of information and referral, access to information technologies, and partnerships with others.
Southern Manitoba First Nations Repatriation Program (SMFNRP)
A coordinated effort of the First Nations Child and Family Services agencies and First Nations Bands of Manitoba to address the issues of treaty status adoptees. The Repatriation Program actively searches for adoptees and birth parents who were affected by the ‘sixties scoop’.
Southwest Crisis Services (Regional: Swift Current, SK)
Southwest Crisis Services is a nonprofit, community-based organization established in October 1984 as a result of a merger of the Swift Current Sexual Assault Centre and Southwest Action Group for Battered Women. They operate both a crisis line and a safe shelter for abused women and their children.
Spectra Community Support Services(formerly TeleCare Distress Centre)
Nonprofit organization offering 24-hour telephone support to those who are lonely, anxious, or in need of a compassionate listener. Distress Line service is free and confidential. 905-459-7777 or 905-459-7770 from Caledon.
Stz’uminus Education Society—Indigenous Employment Hub
We connect Indigenous workers with industry contractors.
St. Albert Community Information and Volunteer Centre
Our mission is to provide community information and referral, and volunteer services for all community members. Services include: volunteer centre; community information hotline; babysitting registry and certified babysitting courses; non-profit agency management assistance; and sidekicks – a child/volunteer matching program.
St. Catharines Employment Help Centre (Local: St. Catharines, ON)
Offers employment counselling, resource area, workshops, training subsidies, and programs designed for unemployed and underemployed adults.
St. Christopher House (Local: Toronto, ON)
A multi-service agency in downtown Toronto that develops social programs and services in response to community needs. It also promotes socio-economic conditions in which individuals and families can thrive.
St. John Ambulance
A national voluntary agency founded in Canada more than a century ago. Our mission is to enable Canadians to improve their health, safety and quality of life by providing training and community service.
- London-Middlesex, ON
- Nova Scotia/Prince Edward Island
- Thunder Bay and Northwestern Ontario
- Toronto, ON
St. Leonard’s Society of Canada (National: Ottawa, ON)
A membership-based, charitable organization dedicated to community safety. We promote humane and informed justice policy and responsible leadership to foster safe communities through: evidence-based approaches to criminal and social justice; research and policy; support to member affiliates; and collaborative relationships and communication among individuals and organizations dedicated to social justice.
St. Mary’s Home/Maison Sainte-Marie (Local: Ottawa, ON)
St. Mary’s Home brings hope to pregnant and parenting youth and their children. Services include: group residence, Immaculata Satellite High School, prenatal and postnatal programs, parent/child playgroups, parenting classes, and much more.
St. Paul’s L’Amoreaux Centre (Local: Scarborough, ON)
St. Paul’s L’Amoreaux Seniors’ Centre, provides seniors’ housing, health promotion and over 100 recreation programs covering education, leisure, special events and social opportunities for seniors and community members.
St. Stephen’s Community House
St. Stephen’s Community House has been serving the needs of Kensington Market and surrounding neighbourhoods since 1974. St. Stephen’s addresses the community’s most pressing issues: poverty, hunger, homelessness, unemployment, isolation, conflict and violence, AIDS, racism, youth alienation and the integration of refugees and immigrants.
The Saul & Claribel Simkin Centre (Local: Winnipeg, MB)
The Simkin Centre is a nonprofit personal care home that provides high quality care and services to its residents in accordance with Jewish values and traditions, including a commitment to kedushah/sanctity, derech eretz/respect for all people, and kavod/honour due each person.
Stepping Stones – Hope for Parenting Youth (Local: Surrey, BC)
Stepping Stones is a nonprofit program committed to providing hope for parenting youth in the Surrey area. The majority of these young people (some as young as 12) have come from troubled and unsupportive homes. They have nowhere to turn as they encounter a future full of overwhelming odds and challenges.
StepStones for Youth (Regional: Toronto, ON)
Our mandate is to promote and continually improve fundamental core skills for vulnerable youth that will increase their potential for success in school, the community, and as members of the workforce through leadership development, summer camp programming, and youth mentoring.
Stratford and Area Access to Independent Living (SAAIL)
Offers housing and other services to youth in Perth County. Harbor House is a residential home for young men ages 16-21. Youth Emergency Services Program offers safe short -term stay in a community members home. This program is for both male and female youth. The Youth Advocacy program offers a number of option for youth and their families such as conflict mediation, housing and employment advocacy and a listening ear.
Success Skills Centre (Local: Winnipeg, MB)
The main objective of Success Skills Centre is to advocate for recognition of its clients’ skills and education, and help remove barriers immigrant and refugee professionals and skilled workers encounter, which interfere with their ability to utilize their skills and training in Canada. The Centre provides employment and career assistance and training.
Sunflower Community Resource Program (Local: Gibbons, AB)
A confidential information/referral provider for Sturgeon County and Fort Saskatchewan (Alberta), this organization connects residents to community information, services and supports. They are also a Parent Link Centre satellite site offering a toy lending library and parent resources.
Sunset Area Victim Crisis Assistance Service (Local: Kenora, ON)
This organization is a not-for-profit community response program that provides immediate, short-term, emotional and practical support as well as referral services to victims of crimes and tragic circumstances. They operate 24 hours per day, seven days per week.
Sunshine Dreams for Kids
Sunshine Dreams for Kids makes dreams come true for children ages 3 to 19 who are challenged by severe physical disabilities or life-threatening illnesses. Since 1987, we have helped fulfill the dreams of almost 5,000 children across Canada.
Support Network, The
Located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, the Support Network is a “first call for help” for the community. We’re here to make sure there is somewhere that people can turn. You can always talk to us. Our centre offers helplines you can call, suicide prevention and bereavement support, a walk-in counselling centre and information on community services.
Supported Training and Rehabilitation in Diverse Environments (STRIDE) (Regional: Milton, ON)
STRIDE is a nonprofit, community based vocational rehabilitation program founded in 1983. They work to improve the lives of persons facing mental health issues by offering the training and support necessary to improve employability and work readiness.
Telecare Cambridge (Regional: Cambridge, ON)
A distress centre offering active listening and emotional support to individuals, in particular telephone suicide prevention, emotional support, and referrals to community services in the Waterloo Region.
Telephone Aid Line Kingston (TALK)
A confidential, anonymous, and nonjudgemental volunteer-based support service. TALK’s aim is to meet the needs of a diverse population by providing an empowering, empathetic, and safe environment through the provision of a listening phone service, community outreach, and education.
Tem Gaak Naagdo Wend Mowin (Local: Port Loring, ON)
We are a volunteer team of native and non-native likeminded individuals and families who have come together to heal from our past and move forward into the future together in a positive way through our newly formed nonprofit Native Cultural & Spiritual Family Support Centre.
Terra Centre (Local: Edmonton, AB)
Terra Centre is a nonprofit organization that has been serving pregnant and parenting teens in Edmonton since 1971. With support from individuals and groups in our community, Terra helps more than 600 young people cope with the issues surrounding teen pregnancy each year.
Terrace Women’s Resource Centre Society (Local: Terrace, BC)
The Terrace Women’s Resource Centre Society (TWRCS) is a registered nonprofit society which has been in existence since 1980. Although many other Women’s Centre Societies operate transition houses and counseling services, the role of TWRCS in Terrace is to advocate for equality and social change to address the barriers that prevent women from reaching their full potential. TWRC also operates The Family Place, Skeena Child Care Resource & Referral and Family Resource Programs.
Tetra Society of North America (International: Vancouver, BC)
The Stop Community Food Centre (Local: Toronto, ON)
The Stop works to increase access to healthy food in a manner that maintains dignity, builds community and challenges inequality. Our community food centre approach melds respectful emergency food delivery with community development, social justice and environmental sustainability.
Tillsonburg & District Multi-Service Centre (Local: Tillsonburg, ON)
Offers a variety of programs and services including adult basic literacy, employment services for youth and adults, and home support services for seniors and the disabled.
Toronto CED Learning Network
We promote healthy communities and increased economic participation through information sharing, education and training, innovative practices, public awareness and promotion of community economic development (CED). Check our website for over 1,200 hyperlinks to free resources and information on the Web.
Touchstone Family Association (Local: Richmond, BC)
Touchstone is a nonprofit community-based social service agency that focuses primarily on preserving and enhancing family relationships. Its mission is to strengthen the social health and independence of families and children through effective intervention and support services.
Trauma/Abuse Recovery for Adult Survivors
A charitable organization working with adult survivors of childhood trauma and abuse in the Parkland region of Manitoba. The organization provides counselling to adult individuals who are recovering from childhood trauma issues with a focus on men/women requiring assistance in dealing with the trauma of childhood sexual abuse.
Triage
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia Triage provides housing and support to homeless people with mental health and/or substance abuse challenges. We offer a safe, supportive environment for people while we work with them to develop a plan for the future.
Tyndale Family Life Centre (Local: Toronto, ON)
Tyndale Family Life Centre supports families to thrive as they learn to love more deeply, heal from woundedness, reconcile and re-connect in the midst of life’s stresses. Through clinical counselling and enrichment workshops, we support mental, spiritual, physical and relational well-being.
UJA Federation of Greater Toronto
Jewish Toronto offers over 1500 pages of news, entertainment and information with links to the Jewish world at large. It also includes links to the annual UJA Federation fundraising campaign.
United Achievers’ Community Services (UACS) Inc. (Regional: Brampton, ON)
United Achievers’ Community Services (UACS) Inc. is a charitable multi-service organization, serving the residents of Peel and beyond, focusing on the Black and Caribbean communities, through culturally sensitive programs, support, education and training. Programs and services include Building Healthy Families; Healthy, Active & Wise Seniors; Fresh Start for Women; Children & Youth Programs; General Counselling (group, individual, couples, child and parent, children).
United Chesed of Toronto (Local: Toronto, ON)
United Chesed offers short-term relief to families in crisis situations, including assistance with bill payments and food distribution. Through their large network, they coordinate the redistribution of furniture, household goods, medical supplies, and other essential resources to those in need.
United Help Emergency Foundation (Local: Burlington, ON)
Our mission is to provide help, and to offer programs and services in support of the hopes and needs of people dealing with life issues. We are focused on creating community based solutions for a good quality of life.
United Way of Canada – Centraide Canada
For full contact information for any of the 125 United Way – Centraide organizations across Canada, visit the main United Way of Canada – Centraide Canada web site.
- United Way of Durham Region
- Brandon & District United Way Inc.
- Brant United Way
- United Way of Burlington, Hamilton-Wentworth
- United Way – Calgary
- United Way – Central and South Okanagan/Similkameen
- United Way – Chatham-Kent
- Elgin-St. Thomas United Way Services
- United Way – Fraser Valley – Abbotsford BC
- United Way – Greater Simcoe County ON
- United Way Community Services – Guelph and Wellington
- United Way of Haldimand-Norfolk (Simcoe)
- United Way – Halifax NS
- United Way – Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington
- United Way – Kitchener-Waterloo and Area
- United Way – Lethbridge & South Western Alberta
- United Way – London and Middlesex ON
- United Way of the Lower Mainland, British Columbia
- United Way/Centraide of the Moncton Region Inc.
- Centraide of Greater Montreal
- United Way of Niagara Falls
- United Way – Oakville
- United Way – Ottawa-Carleton ON
- United Way – Peel Region
- United Way – Prince George BC
- Centraide Québec
- United Way – Regina SK
- United Way – Sarnia-Lambton
- United Way – Sault Ste. Marie
- Centraide Sud-Ouest du Québec
- United Way – Thunder Bay
- United Way – Greater Toronto ON
- United Way – Greater Victoria BC
- United Way of Windsor-Essex County
- United Way – Winnipeg
Unknown Neighbours (Simcoe County)
Unknown Neighbours provides support to migrant workers and their employers in Simcoe and Grey-Bruce Counties. Unknown Neighbours helps migrant workers access emergency support and services (including health care, protective measures, and equipment), as well as local programs and services.
Up With Women (National)
Up With Women is dedicated to helping recently homeless and at-risk women to both rebuild their lives and build sustainable, prosperous careers and businesses with the aim of permanently exiting poverty. Our roster of volunteer professional coaches guide women as they strive for their goals.
Urban Native Youth Association (UNYA) (Local: Vancouver, BC)
UNYA’s mandate is to help Native youth in the urban setting. UNYA was formed to address Aboriginal youth issues when it became apparent that growing numbers of young people were continuing to leave reserves for the city.
Upper Clearwater Farmers’ Institute) (Local: Clearwater, BC)
Whether showing our kids how to grow vegetables or coming together for a potluck our programs are providing a wide variety of activities with one goal in mind: “Bringing our Community together in an effort to get to know each other and being there if help should be needed”.
Vancouver Airport Chaplaincy (VAC) (Local: Vancouver, BC)
The Vancouver Airport Chaplaincy (VAC) provides a quiet resting place and caring spiritual/emotional support for the well-being of Vancouver Airport employees and passengers of all faiths. The Chapel is open 24/7 near Tim Hortons, International Arrivals, YVR.
Vancouver Association for Survivors of Torture (VAST) (Local: Vancouver, BC)
VAST provides individual, group, and community support for Refugees and Asylum Seekers as they settle, integrate, and heal.
Vancouver Community Network (VCN) (Local: Vancouver, BC)
VCN is a nonprofit ISP that provides free services to assist individuals, community groups and nonprofit organizations in accessing and utilizing the Internet to its fullest ability. We work to expand public access to computers and the Internet, provide educational services for their effective use and promote local content on the web.
Vancouver Co-operative Radio (Local: Vancouver, BC)
Vancouver Co-op Radio, CFRO, 102.7FM, is a non-commercial, cooperatively-owned, listener-supported, community radio station. Located in the heart of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, Co-op Radio is a voice for the voiceless that strives to provide a space for under-represented and marginalized communities. It aims to increase community participation by encouraging examination of the social and political concerns of the geographic and cultural communities of BC.
Vancouver Island Crisis Line
The Vancouver Island Crisis Line provides 24 hour telephone service to Greater Victoria (BC). Services include: immediate emotional support, crisis intervention, connection to psychiatric outreach, and information on community services. Crisis line: 1-888-494-3888.
Vancouver Rape Relief
Opened in 1973 by two women, we have grown into a volunteer feminist collective joined together in the fight to end violence against women. In the fall of 1981, we opened a transition house to offer women more safety, more time to organize their lives, a place to dream and scheme together.
VETS Canada (National: Halifax, NS)
VETS Canada’s mission is to attempt to facilitate moving the veterans in need of help from the streets or shelters into affordable housing (if available). We also connect the veterans with needed health care, help them access the benefits and services from other organizations such as Veterans Affairs Canada and the Royal Canadian Legion and support them in finding suitable employment
Victim Assistance Services of Ottawa Carleton (Local: Ottawa, ON)
VASOC is a community service working in partnership with local police, fire and emergency services that provides victims of crime and tragic circumstances with emotional support, practical assistance, and referrals to various community resources.
Victim Services of Perth County (Regional: Stratford, ON)
Victim Services of Perth County is dedicated to providing short term emotional support, practical assistance, and community referral to victims of crime and tragic circumstance in partnership with community and emergency services.
Victim Services of Stormont, Dundas, Glengarry and Akwesasne
A non-profit organization dedicated to providing assistance to individuals who have been victimized as a result of a crime or tragic circumstances. Our agency works in close partnership with first responder partners such as police, emergency and other community services to ensure that clients receive the help they need.
Victoria Cool Aid Society (Local: Victoria, BC)
The Victoria Cool Aid Society has been building hope, lives, and community since 1968 through a wide range of social and health service programs including: affordable housing, emergency shelters and community health services.
Victoria Human Exchange Society
Victoria Immigrant and Refugee Centre Society (Local: Victoria, BC)
The society’s mission is to assist in the settlement and adjustment of immigrants and refugees in Canada and to provide services designed to increase participation in Canadian society by assisting the newcomer to overcome the many challenges and barriers.
Victoria Community Micro Lending (Local: Victoria, BC)
Victoria Community Micro Lending makes small loans to aspiring small-scale local entrepreneurs who don’t qualify for credit from financial institutions. Through these loans and the mentoring and support opportunities that come with them, Community Micro Lending helps to reduce poverty, build a vibrant local economy, foster sustainable business, and empower people.
Victorian Order of Nurses
Victorian Order of Nurses Halton
VON Halton, a registered charity, offers high quality, client-focused community health and support services. VON’s core values – respect, participation, responsiveness, courage – have guided service delivery since 1930. As an accredited health care organization, VON Halton is committed to meeting rapidly changing social and health care needs.
Victory Neighbourhood Services Inc. (Regional: Ajax, ON)
A non-profit charity organization based in Ajax, dedicated to helping the youth in the Durham Region by facilitating different programs (ie. youth counselling program, free christmas dinners, Summer basketball camps etc.).
Villa Beaurepaire (Local: Beaconsfield, QC)
Villa Beaurepaire is a nonprofit apartment building for seniors located in Beaconsfield. Their mission is to provide safe and affordable housing for seniors with the goal of encouraging independent living for as long as possible. Subsidies available.
Villa Charities (Local: Toronto, ON)
In addition to providing culturally sensitive care for the elderly, the Villa Charities family of organizations is also committed to assisting individuals with developmental disabilities and has a mandate of encouraging community participation through fitness, culture and the arts.
The Virtues Project (National)
The Virtues Project empowers individuals to live more authentic meaningful lives, families to raise children of compassion and integrity, educators to create safe, caring, and high performing learning communities, and leaders to encourage excellence and ethics in the work place.
Vista Housing for Seniors (Local: Edmonton, AB)
Vista Housing for Seniors is a significant provider of quality affordable apartment options for seniors who live in the Edmonton. Our Mission is to enhance the wellbeing of Alberta’s senior citizens through the provision of safe, well-maintained, affordable housing options.
VoicePrint Canada (National: Calgary, AB)
VoicePrint Canada brings the latest news, information and entertainment from Canada’s top newspapers and magazines, to millions of Canadians who for whatever reason are blind, literacy-challenged, or have limited access to newspapers. Volunteer readers and producers create top-notch, in-depth news and information shows that are broadcast nation-wide. VoicePrint Canada is breaking the information barrier.
Volunteer Canada
Waterloo Regional Homes for Mental Health Inc. (Regional: Kitchener, ON)
Waterloo Regional Homes for Mental Health Inc. is a community based agency whose team of consumers, volunteers and staff provide and facilitate access to a wide range of affordable housing and/or individualized, flexible community support services for people with mental health issues.
Welcome Hall Mission (Local: Montreal, QC)
Welcome Hall Mission is a nonprofit community organization that serves disadvantaged clients dealing with poverty, homelessness, mental disorders, and addictions. Through their personalized solutions, they are working to eliminate homelessness, eradicate the cycle of poverty, and improve the lives of the most disadvantaged.
Wellwood (Local: Hamilton, ON)
Wellwood is a community-based, nonprofit organization which provides information, programs and peer support to people who have received a diagnosis of cancer, loved ones, caregivers and healthcare providers. Working with existing community agencies and cancer care providers, Wellwood aims to provide integrative supportive care. All of our programs are free of charge. As a safe, inclusive and accessible centre, volunteers and staff strive to make Wellwood barrier-free for all.
West Carleton Day Respite (Regional: Kinburn, ON)
West Carleton Day Respite enables dementia sufferers to be active and socialize while receiving supportive nursing care. Meanwhile, caregivers can enjoy a comforting break.
West Island Cancer Wellness Centre (Local: Beaconsfield, QC)
A registered charity that exists to empower people living with cancer by providing them with compassionate support and programs & services that address their emotional, psychological and spiritual needs.
White Rock Hospice Society (Local: White Rock, BC)
The White Rock Hospice Society provides high quality hospice care and education to individuals, families, and professionals in White Rock/South Surrey, through professional and volunteer services.
Windmill Microlending (National)
Windmill Microlending is a registered charity serving newcomers since 2005. We offer affordable loans to help skilled immigrants and refugees continue their careers in Canada. Funded by the public and private sector, Windmill is Canada’s largest and most successful microlending program for immigrants and refugees.
Women & Children Social Networking WNC-SN (Local: Mississauga, ON)
Women & Children Social Networking WNC-SN provides a number of greatly needed services to nearby families and individuals in our community, including Breakfast Clubs, Book Clubs, Women and Youth Workshops, All year-round Toy Drive, Food Drive, OESP Program, and more.
Women CyberSecurity Society (WCS2)
The Women CyberSecurity Society (WCS2) is a registered non-profit founded in April 2018 by Lisa Kearney, a cybersecurity veteran. The idea originated after experiencing bullying and harassment on the job time and again with no support available. Lisa decided to do something about it and created a community member association to fill in the gaps to raise awareness about the lack of diversity, inclusion for women and marginalized groups across the industry. Today, the society supports the community by offering mentoring, 24/7 unlimited online training, workshops, scholarships, awards and more.
Women of Excellence Support and Relief Organization (WESRO) (Local: Toronto, ON)
This organization’s mission is to work towards the elimination of barriers faced by women and children, youths and young adults living in poverty as well as helping abused women to stabilize and improve their lives. They offer counselling as well as a variety of classes from cooking to sewing to job search assistance.
Women on the Rise (Local: Montreal, QC)
A front line grassroots organization that provides services to address single parents, and marginalized women with children between the ages of 0-5 as well as new immigrants and their families.
Women’s Habitat (Local: Etobicoke, ON)
Women’s Habitat provides shelter and support to women and their children fleeing violence. There is a 25-bed shelter and an outreach centre offering one-on-one counselling; drop-in programs; parent support; respite care; after-school program for girls 10 to 13; and more.
Women’s Shelter, Saakaate House (Local: Kenora, ON)
Women’s Shelter, Saakaate House is a shelter for women and their children who are experiencing violence in their lives and seek safety. Confidential 24-hour support and safety are offered by staff working from a feminist perspective in an environment in which women can make informed decisions. We are committed to changing societal conditions and attitudes which perpetuate violence and abuse against women.
Women’s Support Network of York Region
The Women’s Support Network of York Region (WSN) is a rape crisis/sexual violence centre dedicated to providing free, confidential services for individuals who have expierenced any form of sexual violence. WSN is committed to a grassroots, Feminist, Anti-Racist and Anti-Oppressive framework. Our goal is to eradicate sexual violence.
Woodgreen Community Centre
Founded in 1937, WoodGreen community Centre is neighbourhood-based, multi-cultural, non-profit organization that provides a wide range of programs and services to the east Toronto community including children’s services, community support services, employment and training services, and neighbourhood services.
Woodview Mental Health & Autism Services (Local: Burlington, ON)
Woodview offers a broad spectrum of services for children and youth facing mental health challenges and for those diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). We work in partnership with families, who play an integral role in our services. We work with schools and social service agencies to support these individuals and their families.
Woodwynn Farms (Local: Saanichton, BC)
Woodwynn Farms is a 193-acre therapeutic community where formerly homeless individuals develop skills and rebuild their lives within a structured, long-term (3-5 years) residential program. Woodwynn’s aim is to help participants reach their true potential.
Working Women Community Centre (Local: Toronto, ON)
Working Women Community Centre provides immigrant women and their families with opportunities to improve the quality of their lives through self-development and community action. We provide a range of services that include: settlement; language and training; employment; health and wellness; public education and community development.
World in Focus Canada (International: Toronto, ON)
World in Focus Canada is a youth-run philanthropic organization that is based in the GTA. They raise funds to supply optical resources, such as glasses and eye examinations, to youth and underprivileged families. Their mission is to provide the gift of sight to everyone around them.
World Job and Food Bank
A charitable and nonprofit Canadian organization whose goal is to alleviate poverty, chronic unemployment, disease, hunger, homelessness, and their causes, in Canada and the less developed countries.
World Skills (Local: Ottawa, ON)
Founded in 1997, World Skills is a registered charity and recognized leader in responding to the needs of the Ottawa labour market by providing employers with access to highly skilled international talent. And by providing job readiness training and support to internationally trained individuals.
Yellow Door (The) (Local: Montreal, QC)
The Yellow Door is a community organization offering volunteering opportunities, an outreach to seniors, a music and poetry venue for artists, and a food bank and community kitchen. The organization espouses social justice, freedom of expression, and personal growth.
Yonge Street Mission (Local: Toronto, ON)
Since 1896, Yonge Street Mission has helped families, seniors, socially isolated adults, homeless street youth and children living in poverty in downtown Toronto. Services include employment and computer training, a food bank, meals, counseling, camps and Christmas assistance.
York-Durham Aphasia Centre
Dedicated to improving the quality of life and supporting independence and access to community life for adults and their families living with aphasia and other communication disorders due to stroke or brain injury.
York Region Violence Against Women Coordinating Committee (YRVAWCC) (Regional: Newmarket, ON)
The mission of the YRVAWCC is to promote a collaborative and effective response to violence against women in York Region.
Your Life Counts! International Inc. (International)
Your Life Counts helps people say no to suicide, steadies them in the toughest times and reconnects them with hope and their reasons to live.
Youth Employment Service (YES) – Montreal
A nonprofit, community organization that delivers English-language job search and self-employment services to Quebecers. Our job search program is open to those aged 16 to 35 years, while our entrepreneurship program is open to all ages.
Youth Engagement Activity Club (YEAC) (Regional: Brampton, ON)
This organization offers media production workshops and skill training, fun games, sports, crafts, volunteering and coaching support. They keep youth engaged in different neigborhooods using the school facilities for our after school programs so they can stay out of trouble and away from drugs.
Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa-Carleton
Serves youth aged 12 and older and focuses on youth with difficulties affecting their physical and/or emotional well-being and development. We support youth in making positive health and lifestyle decisions.
YWCA Niagara Region (Regional: St. Catharines, ON)
The YWCA Niagara Region provides shelter, food and assistance to women and families in poverty. They are committed to social change and work to create a community that supports women in need, providing support through each step towards independent living.
YWCA Toronto (Local: Toronto, ON)
YWCA Toronto is a leader in transforming the lives of marginalized and disadvantaged women and girls in Toronto, and has been serving the community for 141 years. YWCA provides transformative services in the areas of employment support and training, housing options and shelters, leadership development programs, and key supports for women and children who have experienced violence.
YWCA Toronto Life Skills Project (Local: Toronto, ON)
Life Skills is an indispensable training program for group leaders, coaches and facilitators delivering adult learning programs. The Life Skills Coach Certificate training programs are rooted in the principles and philosophy of the Saskatchewan NewStart model of adult education and utilize the lesson plan as a template for designing experiential workshops that engage learners cognitively, physically and effectively.
