Emergency Resources in Hamilton
City of Hamilton - Residential Care Facilities Subsidy Program & Emergency Shelter Services
List of emergency shelters for families, men, women, and youth. Residential Care Facilities (RCF) Subsidy Program.
Indigenous-Specific: No
De dwa de dehs nye>s (Aboriginal Health Centre)
Street and peer outreach services, cultural supports, wellness and community resource referrals, and housing resources for the homeless urban Indigenous population in Hamilton.
Address: 678 Main Street East Hamilton, Ontario
Phone: 905-544-4320 ext. 450
Email: info@aboriginalhealthcentre.com
Indigenous-Specific: Yes
Good Shepherd - Martha House
40-bed emergency shelter for women and their children who are homeless and fleeing violence and abuse.
Address: 25 Ray Street North, Hamilton, Ontario
Phone: 905-523-8895
Indigenous-Specific: No
Good Shepherd Centres - Notre Dame House
24-hour emergency shelter providing beds for youth between 16 and 21 years of age. Helping youth who are street-involved or homeless due to family violence, conflict, abuse, neglect, poverty and exposure to mental health and addiction issues.
Address: 14 Cannon Street West, Hamilton, Ontario
Phone: 905-308-8090
Indigenous-Specific: No
Housing Support
Good Shepherd - The Family Centre
Housing-focused shelter for families experiencing homelessness in the Hamilton area.
Address: 143 Wentworth Street South, Hamilton, Ontario
Phone: 905-528-9442
Indigenous-Specific: No
Living Rock Ministries
Housing support for youth (16-25 years).
Address: 30 Wilson Street, Hamilton, Ontario
Phone: 905-528-7625
Indigenous-Specific: No
Mission Services of Hamilton - Insamuch House
An emergency shelter for women and children experiencing domestic abuse, or homelessness. 24-hour crisis support.
Call: 905-529-8600
Text: 289-212-6399
Indigenous-Specific: No
Native Women's Centre
Safe, emergency shelter 24/7; 24-hour counselling for residents; Transitional Housing Support; Counselling services; Traditional methods of healing; Woman Abuse Educational Program.
Address: 1900 King Street East, Hamilton, Ontario
Phone: 905-664-1114; 24hr Crisis Line: 1-888-308-6559
Indigenous-Specific: Yes
Mental Wellness
Barrett Centre for Crisis Support - Good Shepherd
Provides a safe environment for individuals who are experiencing mental health and/or substance use crisis and who do not require a hospital stay. Serves all genders, 16 years of age or older.
24-hour Crisis Line: 905-529-7878; Toll-Free: 1-844-777-3571; Administration Office: 905-529-4343
Indigenous-Specific: No
COAST Hamilton
Crisis Outreach and Support Team; Mobile Crisis Rapid Response Team (public can’t request; the team is dispatched by Police as needed).
Phone: 905-972-8338; Toll-Free: 1-844-972-8338
Indigenous-Specific: No
Good2Talk Helpine
Provides free, confidential support services for students studying in a post-secondary institution or Indigenous Institute in Ontario.
Phone: 1-866-925-5454
Text: GOOD2TALKON to 686868
Indigenous-Specific: No
Hope for Wellness Helpline
Immediate mental health counselling and crisis intervention for Indigenous peoples by calling or using live web chat 24/7. Counselling available in other languages: Cree, Ojibway, Inuktitut.
24/7 Toll-Free Helpline: 1-855-242-3310
Indigenous-Specific: Yes
Kids Help Phone
Kids Help Phone’s e-mental health services are here 24/7 for people across Canada.
Phone: 1-800-668-6868
Text: HOME to 686868
Indigenous-Specific: No
Talk4Healing Helpline
Women's Mental Health Help-line. 24/7 support and resources for Indigenous women in 14 languages by calling or texting.
Languages supported: Oji-Cree, Cree, Algonquin, Inuktitut, Mohawk, Oneida, Odawa, Potawatomi, Micmac, Black Foot, Anishinaabe, Moose Cree, Swampy Cree, English.
Phone: 1-855-554-4325
Indigenous-Specific: Yes
Strength and Healing
Good Shepherd Women's Services
Supports are geared to creating greater physical, emotional and financial stability in the aftermath of violence and abuse. For women and their children.
Phone: 905-523-8895
Indigenous-Specific: No
Hamilton Health Sciences - Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Care Centre
Provides compassionate, confidential health care for children, adolescents, women, transgender persons, and men who have experienced sexual assault and/or domestic violence.
Address: 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario
Phone: 905-521-2100 ext. 73557
Email: sadvcarecentre@hhsc.ca
Indigenous-Specific: No
Interval House of Hamilton
24/7 crisis line for women experiencing domestic violence. Emergency shelter 24/7 for women aged 16+ with or without children who are fleeing relationship violence/abuse.
Address: 630 Sanatorium Road, Hamilton, Ontario
Phone: 905-387-9959
Email: info@intervalhousehamilton.org
Indigenous-Specific: No
Sexual Assault Centre Hamilton (SACHA)
24-Hour Support Line: 905-525-4162
Indigenous-Specific: No
Women Abuse Working Group Hamilton
Safety planning and support services for women and children experiencing violence.
Inasmuch House: 905-529-8600
Interval House: 905-387-9959
Martha House: 905-523-9895
Mary’s Place: 905-540-8000
Mountain View Place Shelter: 905-318-2666
Indigenous-Specific: No