Location:
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Crisis Services, Employment and Unemployment, Family, Food and Foodbanks, Health, Housing and Tenants, Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Assistance, Mental Health, Seniors and Elders, Violence, Welfare, Women
Telephone: 211
Website: http://www.211ontario.ca/
Advocacy Description: 211Toronto.ca is the public, online version of the database used by information and referral specialists for the 211 telephone service.
Help Line and Website for easy access to community, social,...
Tags: help line
Location: Toronto ,
ON
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Children and Youth, Crisis Services, Disability, Employment and Unemployment, Family, Food and Foodbanks, Health, Housing and Tenants, Immigrants and Refugees, Mental Health, Multicultural, Violence, Welfare, Women
Telephone: 211
Other Telephone: 1-888-340-1001 (TTY)
Website: http://www.211toronto.ca
Advocacy Description: 211 Toronto is a Help Line and website which provides comprehensive, accurate and up-to-date information on services provided by nonprofit, community-based organizations or the public sector. In...
Tags: help line
Location: Toronto ,
ON ,
2 Carlton Street Ste 701
Type(s) of Advocacy: Debt, Health, Housing and Tenants, Legal Assistance, Mental Health, Seniors and Elders, Violence
Telephone: 416-598-2656
Website: http://www.acelaw.ca
Hours:
M, T, W, F 9 am to 5 pm; Thursdays 1 to 5 pm
Advocacy Description: Free legal services for low income seniors in the Greater Toronto area. Scope of practice focused on legal issues particularly impacting on seniors including but not limited to health law, consent...
Tags: consumer law, elder abuse, health law, home care, long term care, mental capacity law, retirement home tenancies, tenancy law
Location: multiple cities ,
ON
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Aboriginal and First Nations, Children and Youth, Crisis Services, Disability, Employment and Unemployment, Family, Health, Immigrants and Refugees, Mental Health, Multicultural, Welfare, Women, Workers
Advocacy Description: CASSA is a social justice umbrella organization working with Ontario’s diverse South Asian communities. They have an extensive service directory with listings of organizations from across Ontario.
Tags: African, childcare, children's aid, clinics, community centres, credit counselling, employment services, intercultural, multicultural, neighbourhood house, south asian, women's centre, women's shelter
Location: St. Catherines ,
ON ,
12 North Street
PO Box 575
PO Box 575
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Children and Youth, Crisis Services, Food and Foodbanks, Health
Telephone: St. Catherines: 905-685-1349
Other Telephone: Thorold: 905-227-9240
Website: http://www.communitycarestca.ca/
Advocacy Description: Community Care, St. Catharines & Thorold is a non-profit organization that provides comprehensive emergency services to those in need.
Services include but are not limited to food security,...
Tags: dental emergencies, emergency services, food bank, food programs, health, homelessness prevention, homelessness support, money management, skills development
Location: Thorold ,
ON ,
19 Albert Street West
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Children and Youth, Crisis Services, Food and Foodbanks, Health
Telephone: St. Catherines: 905-685-1349
Other Telephone: Thorold: 905-227-9240
Website: http://www.communitycarestca.ca/
Advocacy Description: Community Care, St. Catharines & Thorold is a non-profit organization that provides comprehensive emergency services to those in need.
Services include but are not limited to food security,...
Tags: dental emergencies, emergency services, food bank, food programs, health, homelessness prevention, homelessness support, money management, skills development
Location: Toronto ,
ON ,
185 Fifth Street
Type(s) of Advocacy: Children and Youth, Family, Health, Mental Health, Women
Telephone: 416-252-6471
Website: http://www.lampchc.org/
Advocacy Description: LAMP Community Health Centre in South Etobicoke is a charitable, non-profit community based organization that provides a variety of integrated programs and services to meet the health needs of the...
Tags: children and youth programs, Community Health Clinic, family programs, health centre, health clinic, health services
Location:
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Disability, Health, Housing and Tenants, Legal Assistance, Legal Info (PLEI), Mental Health, Seniors and Elders, Welfare, Women
Website: http://www.lifespin.org/
Hours:
Appointments recommended
Monday to Wednesday
9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Advocacy Description: We specialize in issues related to ODSP legislation, OW legislation and CPP legislation. We provide assistance with completing applications, gathering medical evidence, internal review/...
Tags: CPP, homelessness prevention, low income, ODSP
Location: London ,
ON ,
866 Dundas Street
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Disability, Health, Housing and Tenants, Legal Assistance, Legal Info (PLEI), Mental Health, Seniors and Elders, Welfare, Women
Website: http://www.lifespin.org/
Hours:
Appointments recommended
Monday to Wednesday
9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Advocacy Description: We specialize in issues related to ODSP legislation, OW legislation and CPP legislation. We provide assistance with completing applications, gathering medical evidence, internal review/...
Tags: CPP, homelessness prevention, low income, ODSP
Location: Nepean ,
ON ,
512 - 33 Banner Road
Type(s) of Advocacy: Health
Telephone: (613) 829-6667
Website: http://www.mefmaction.net
Hours:
9am to 5pm
Advocacy Description: Established in June 1993, the Canadian ME/FM Action Network is a Canadian registered charitable organization dedicated to helping people who suffer from Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue...
Location: St. Catherines ,
ON ,
216-479a CARLTON STREET
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Addictions, Crisis Services, Disability, Employment and Unemployment, Health, Housing and Tenants, Immigrants and Refugees, Mental Health, Prisoners, Seniors and Elders, Violence, Welfare, Workers
Telephone: 905-934-2233
Hours:
Hours: BY APPOINTMENT ONLY
Advocacy Description: WE PROVIDE FREE ADVOCACY WITH GOVERNMENT OFFFICES (O.D.S.P., ONTARIO WORKS, WSIB) ALSO PROVIDE COUSELLING FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH ADDICTIONS. ALSO FAMILY COUNSELLING. WORKING WITH IMMIGRANTS AND...
Location: Toronto ,
ON ,
1499 Queen ST W
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Activists, Addictions, Children and Youth, Crisis Services, Employment and Unemployment, Family, Food and Foodbanks, Health, LGBTQ, Mental Health, Multicultural
Telephone: 416-537-2262
Website: http://parc.on.ca/
Advocacy Description: The Parkdale Activity – Recreation Centre is a drop-in community centre that imagines a world where extreme poverty no longer exists; where everyone lives with dignity, safety and enough resources...
Tags: anti-poverty, drop-in centre, employment resources, food security, healthcare outreach, homelessness prevention, housing assistance, parkdale, poverty outreach, poverty prevention
Location: Toronto ,
ON ,
1266 Queen Street West
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Health, Housing and Tenants, Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Assistance, Violence, Welfare, Workers
Telephone: 416-531-2411
Website: http://www.parkdalelegal.org
Advocacy Description: Parkdale Community Legal Services is a community legal clinic located on Queen Street in the west end of Toronto, Canada. They provide free legal advice, assistance and representation to low income...
Tags: Criminal Injury Compensation, ontario disability support program, Workers’ Compensation
Location: Toronto ,
ON ,
465 Dundas St East
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Addictions, Children and Youth, Family, Health, Mental Health
Telephone: (416) 364-2261
Website: http://www.regentparkchc.org/
Advocacy Description: Community-based health organization serving the residents of Regent Park and surrounding areas. Treatment, support, prevention, education and advocacy on physical and mental health issues.
Tags: community health centre, health clinic, mental health, poverty outreach, Regent Park, urban poverty
Location: Kingston ,
ON ,
56 Francis Street
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Health, Seniors and Elders
Telephone: (613) 548-7810
Website: http://www.seniorskingston.ca/
Advocacy Description: The Seniors' Association Kingston Region offers Services such as medical drives, a frozen food program, counselling, expert advice, and foot care to all seniors throughout the Greater Kingston region...
Tags: community centre, legal assistance for seniors, seniors' advocacy, seniors' programs, seniors' services, seniors' support services
Location: Toronto ,
ON ,
333 Sherbourne Street
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Addictions, Children and Youth, Health, Immigrants and Refugees, LGBTQ, Mental Health, Multicultural, Women
Telephone: 416-324-4180
Website: http://www.sherbourne.on.ca/
Advocacy Description: The Sherbourne Health Centre is an urban primary health care centre serving the diverse communities of southeast Toronto since 2003.
We seek to reduce barriers to care by taking a comprehensive...
Tags: community health centre, counselling, homeless health outreach, homeless healthcare, LGBT counselling, LGBT health care, LGBT support programs, newcomers healthcare, newcomers support programs, transgender healthcare, transsexual healthcare
Location: Toronto ,
ON ,
467 Jarvis Street
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Children and Youth, Health, Mental Health
Telephone: (416) 927-8553
Advocacy Description: Shout Clinic is a comprehensive health service for homeless and street-involved youth under 25. We are located in downtown Toronto with a city-wide mandate. The main purpose of Shout Clinic is to...
Tags: homeless youth, homeless youth healthcare, street youth
Location: ,
ON
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Aboriginal and First Nations, Children and Youth, Disability, Health, Immigrants and Refugees, Multicultural, Seniors and Elders, Violence, Women, Workers
Advocacy Description: Specialty clinics:
represent specific individuals (e.g., seniors, people living with HIV/AIDS)
deal with specific area of law
service clients throughout Ontario.
Some clinics also specialize in...
Tags: african canadians, chinese, correctional law, environmental law, HIV/AIDS, income security, industrial accident victims, injured worker, south asian, southeast asian, Spanish, workers' health, workers' safety'
Location: Toronto ,
ON ,
519 Church Street
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Activists, Children and Youth, Crisis Services, Health, Housing and Tenants, Legal Assistance, LGBTQ, Seniors and Elders, Women
Telephone: 416-392-6874
Website: http://www.the519.org/
Hours:
Monday-Friday: 9:00 am - 10:00 pm
Saturday: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sunday: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Advocacy Description: The 519 has over 300 groups using meeting space, providing community services and offering self help programmes. There are trans meal programs, an ID clinic, homelessness outreach, legal clinic,...
Location: Toronto ,
ON ,
1651 Keele Street
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Crisis Services, Disability, Employment and Unemployment, Family, Health, Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Assistance, Multicultural, Seniors and Elders
Telephone: (416) 653-5400
Website: http://www.ycservices.com/
Advocacy Description: York Community Services provides integrated health, legal, counselling and community services to residents of the former City of York in Central West Toronto. Established in 1973, we serve people of...
Tags: community health centre, counselling services, immigrant services, legal clinic, people living with disabilities, seniors' services
