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Use this page to search for gender-based violence services that are available across Ontario. These include services and supports related to abuse and violence from a partner, ex partner, family member, acquaintance or someone unknown to you.

Search results can be filtered in a variety of ways including type of service/support, the programs they offer, how they provide support (text, phone, chat, in person), and service features (accessibility features and service frameworks).

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Domestic Abuse and Sexual Assault (DASA) Treatment Centre of York Region

Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Treatment Centre

The mission of the DASA Treatment Centre of York Region is to provide trauma-informed medical, forensic and therapeutic services to those who have experienced recent sexual assault, intimate partner violence, or human trafficking. We are a hospital-based program serving residents of York Region, across the lifespan.

Location: Vaughan, Ontario
Phone: 905-883-1212
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Domestic Abuse Services Oxford

VAW Emergency Shelter

Domestic Abuse Services Oxford provides effective, efficient, and accountable services for women and their dependents and all those impacted by abuse in Oxford County.

Location: Woodstock, Ontario
Phone: 519-539-7488
Crisis Line: 519-539-4811 OR 1-800-265-1938
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Durham Rape Crisis Centre

Sexual Assault Centre

The Durham Rape Crisis Centre is a feminist organization that believes in the equality of all people regardless of race, class, sexual orientation, or gender.

We are committed to taking an active role in our community to end all forms of violence against women and children.

As a sexual assault centre, we work with and provide support services to recent as well as historical survivors of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and childhood sexual abuse and their families.

Location: Oshawa, Ontario
Phone: 4379807537
Crisis Line: 9056689200
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Elliot Lake Women’s Group

VAW Emergency Shelter, Community-based advocacy services

Elliot Lake Women’s Group Vision:

We live in a society where violence and abuse are no longer accepted or tolerated.

Elliot Lake Women’s Group Mission:
Maplegate is committed to providing services in the community that promote safety and inclusion for all.

Location: Elliot Lake, Ontario
Phone: 705-461-7977
Crisis Line: 705-461-9868 toll free crisis 1 -888-461-4623
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Embrave: Agency to End Violence (formerly Interim Place)

VAW Emergency Shelter

Embrave: Agency to End Violence is a non-profit organization that provides shelter, counselling, and advocacy supports for women, Two-Spirit, genderqueer, trans and non-binary folks and their children impacted by gender-based violence. We amplify the voices of survivors, educate the community, and inspire systemic change to create a society free of violence.

Location: Mississauga, Ontario
Phone: 905-403-9691
Crisis Line: 905-403-0864 or 1-855-676-8515
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Family Service Toronto

Family Service Organization

We work with individuals, families and communities destabilized by precarious mental health and/or socioeconomic circumstances, to achieve greater resilience, stability and equity.

We achieve this through our understanding of poverty and the harmful effects of marginalization, discrimination and oppression. We direct our energies to support individuals and families in our core service areas – community counselling and mental health, gender-based violence and developmental disabilities. At the same time, we work to influence policy, build knowledge, strengthen communities and advocate for system change.

Location: Toronto, Ontario
Phone: 416-595-9230 ext. 0
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Family Services Durham

Family Service Organization

Family Services Durham provides individual, couple, and family counselling to those who live or work in Durham Region. We offer counselling for a variety of problems and issues, including intimate partner abuse and other forms of gender-based violence. FSD is accredited by the Canadian Centre for Accreditation and service is provided by members of the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW) and the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO).

Location: Whitby, Ontario
Phone: (905) 666-6239 Ext 5 or toll-free 1-888-721-0622 Ext 5
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Family Services of Peel

Perpetrator/Aggressor focused services (i.e. PAR, probation)

Through leadership, research, collaboration and innovation, we support families and individuals in Peel to transform their lives.

Location: Mississauga, Ontario
Phone: 905-453-5775
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Family Services Ottawa

Family Service Organization

Family Services Ottawa offers a wide range of counselling, educational workshops and support programs for everyone in our community. Our Anti-Violence program provides individual and group counselling and practical assistance for women who are experiencing or have experienced partner abuse or gender-based violence, we also provide group and individual counselling for children who have witnessed domestic violence. We serve cis- and trans-women, trans-guys and non-binary folks who have experienced or are experiencing gender-based violence, specializing in intimate partner abuse.

Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Phone: 613 725 3601
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Family Services Perth Huron

Family Service Organization

Family Services Perth Huron is a non-profit, community-based family service agency dedicated to supporting, strengthening and enriching individual, couple and family life by providing individualized counselling, support, advocacy and educational services that meet the needs of the community.

Location: Stratford, Ontario
Phone: 519-273-1020
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Provincial Gender Based Violence Associations

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