Numbers move. Call before you travel. This is a field index compiled from public sources, not a live bed count.
211 Ontario — 24/7, 150+ languages · 211 · 211ontario.ca
Legal Aid Ontario · 1-800-668-8258 · clinic finder
Assaulted Women’s Helpline · 1-866-863-0511 · text 7233
Talk Suicide · 988
Human Rights Legal Support Centre · hrlsc.on.ca
Canadian Centre for Housing Rights · housingrightscanada.com
Central Intake (shelter) 416-338-4766 · 1-877-338-3398
City 311 · Streets to Homes / SHARC — ask Central Intake
Clinic: search Legal Aid Ontario for your postal code (Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario is a specialty resource).
211 or City of Ottawa housing and homelessness access.
Family and VAW spaces: start with 211 and 1-866-863-0511 so the household is not split by default.
211 and City of Hamilton Housing Services. Coordinated access is the front door for many housing-with-supports programs.
211 and Region of Peel housing. Ask for the access point and homelessness prevention / rent bank in the same call.
211 and York Region Housing Access. Keep a dated note of every worker name.
211 and Durham Region housing programs. Same-day prevention funds exist in some years — ask.
211 and Niagara Regional housing access.
211 and City of London coordinated access / Housing Access Centre.
211 and City of Windsor housing services.
211 and Region of Waterloo housing.
Greater Sudbury, North Bay, Thunder Bay, Timmins, Sault Ste. Marie: start with 211 plus the municipal housing department. Distance is a barrier — ask for travel support and phone applications.
Kingston, Peterborough, Barrie/Simcoe: 211 and the city or county service manager. Legal clinics cover large rural catchments — call before the hearing date.