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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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Huronia Transition Homes

VAW Emergency Shelter, Stand alone Transitional/ Second Stage Housing, Sexual Assault Centre, Regional Crisis Line/Help Line, Human trafficking services, Community-based advocacy services, Community Counselling Centre

Huronia Transition Homes is a non-profit organization that believes all violence against all women and children must end. We are community members who are committed to education and advocacy as a means to end violence. We are also committed to providing shelter, counselling, transitional housing and support to women-identified individuals and their children who have experienced abuse and/or sexual exploitation/human trafficking.

Location: Midland, Ontario
Phone: 705-526-3221
Crisis Line: 1-800-461-1750
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Inasmuch House, Mission Services of Hamilton

VAW Emergency Shelter, Stand alone Transitional/ Second Stage Housing

Our Philosophy
Inasmuch House operates out of an anti-racist, anti-oppressive, intersectional feminist framework that is trauma-informed and client-centred.

Location: Hamilton, Ontario
Phone: 905-529-8149
Crisis Line: 905-529-8600
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Ingamo Homes

Stand alone Transitional/ Second Stage Housing

Provide support, advocacy and housing to women and children as they transition from broken to brave.

Location: WOODSTOCK, Ontario
Phone: 519-421-0383
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Interfaith Counselling Centre

Family Service Organization, Community Counselling Centre

Interfaith Counselling Centre strengthens the fabric of our community by empowering individuals, couples, and families to realize their emotional wellness and triumph over life’s challenges.

Location: New Hamburg, Ontario
Phone: 519-662-3092
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Interval House of Hamilton

VAW Emergency Shelter, Women’s Centre, Community-based advocacy services, Healthy-masculinity focused programming (i.e. Caring Dads)

Interval House of Hamilton consists of the Victoria & Friends emergency 22-bed shelter and community-based programs for women and their children who are experiencing gender-based violence, abuse, and/or human trafficking. Our mission is violence free lives for all women, children, and communities.

Location: Hamilton, Ontario
Phone: 905-387-9959
Crisis Line: 905-387-8881
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Interval House of Ottawa – Maison Interval d’Ottawa

VAW Emergency Shelter

Interval House of Ottawa provides safe shelter and support, intervention and prevention services, and advocacy to break the cycle of violence.

Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Phone: +1 613-234-8511
Crisis Line: +1 613-234-5181
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Kawartha Haliburton Victim Services

Victim Services, Human trafficking services

Kawartha Haliburton Victim Services is a non-profit organization comprised of staff working in partnership with Police, Emergency Services, and other community agencies to provide immediate confidential assistance and referral services to victims and survivors of crime, trauma, and tragic circumstances.

Location: Lindsay, Ontario
Phone: 705-878-5505
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Kingston Interval House

VAW Emergency Shelter

Kingston Interval House (KIH) provides essential, responsive, and empowering services to women, children and youth who have experienced the impact of violence against women. KIH seeks to interrupt the cycle of domestic abuse and gender-based violence through the delivery of its core services, which include:

Emergency shelter services

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Location: Kingston, Ontario
Phone: 613-546-1833
Crisis Line: 613-546-1777
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Lakeridge Health Corporation Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Care Center

Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Treatment Centre

Lakeridge Health Corporation Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Care Center provides support and care to victims of Intimate Partner Violence and/or Sexual Assault. We offer medical services, forensic evidence collection and injury documentation. Along with our community partners we offered counseling, risk management, and safety planning. Our services are confidential.

Location: Oshawa, Ontario
Phone: 905 576 8711 ext 33286
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Lanark County Interval House and Community Support

VAW Emergency Shelter, Women’s Centre

Lanark County Interval House and Community Support offers emergency and on-going programs to women and children living in or escaping from domestic violence.

Location: Carleton Place, Ontario
Phone: 613-257-3469
Crisis Line: 1-800-267-7946
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Provincial Gender Based Violence Associations

Aboriginal Shelters of OntarioOntario Coalition of Rape Crisis CentresOntario Network of Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Treatment Centresaction ontarienne contre la violence faite aux femmes LogoFamily Service OntarioOntario Network of Victim Service Providers