Durham Region Community Resource Guide: Home

Non-Specific Shelters and Crisis Lines

• Alcohol and Substance Abuse Helpline (1-877-327-4636)
• Cornerstone Emergency Shelter and Support for Families
  • Visit the website for eligibility qualifications.
• Distress Centre Durham (905-430-2522 / 1-800-452-0688)
  • 24 hour crisis line.
• Durham Mental Health Crisis Services (905-666-0483 / 1-800-742-1890)
  • 24 hour crisis line.
• Gate 3:16
  • Must not be under the influence of drugs/alcohol, non-abusive, must be 24 or older.
• Good 2 Talk Post-Secondary Student Helpline (1-866-925-5454)
  • 24 hour crisis line for post-secondary students.
• Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences (877-767-9642)
  • 24 hour crisis line.

Women & Children in Abusive Situations

• Assaulted Women's Help Line (416-863-0511 / 1-866-863-0511)
  • 24 hour crisis line.
• Bethesda House (1-800-338-3397)
  • Emergency shelter and 24 hour crisis line.
  • Bowmanville
• The Denise House (1-800-263-3725)
  • Emergency shelter and 24 hour crisis line.
  • Oshawa
• Durham Rape Crisis Centre (905-668-9200)
  • 24 hour crisis line.
• Fem'aide (1-877-336-2433 / 1-866-860-7082)
  • French language 24 hour crisis line.
• Herizon House (1-866-437-4066)
  • Emergency shelter and 24 hour crisis line.
  • Ajax
• Muslim Welfare Home (1-866-666-1115)
  • Focuses particularly on the homeless, but is also open for those in abusive situations. There is also an Emergency Hotel Program for those who may not qualify for the Home program
  • Whitby
• Talk4Healing (1-855-554-HEAL)
  • For Aboriginal women living in Ontario.
• Y's WISH Shelter (1-888-576-2997)
  • Emergency shelter and 24 hour crisis line.
  • Oshawa

Men in Need

• Cornerstone Community Association (905-433-0254 x228)
  • Single men over 16, single men with dependents, couples with children in their care

Youth in Need

• Joanne's House (905-239-9477)
  • Youth 16-24 housing and support services.
• Kids Help Phone (1-800-668-6868)
  • 24 hour help line.

• Durham Region Employment Support
• John Howard Society for Durham Region Employment
• Service Canada Job Bank

• Durham Community Legal Clinic
• Durham Mediation Centre
• Family Law Information Centre (905-579-1988)
• Lawyer Referral Service (1-800-268-8326)
• Legal Aid intake (1-800-668-8258)
• Luke's Place
  • Family law support and guidance for abused women/children

• Feed the Need Durham (Ajax, Oshawa, Whitby, Bowmanville, Beaverton, Cannington, Sunderland)
• Salvation Army (Oshawa and Port Perry)
• Salvation Army (Pickering, Ajax, Uxbridge)
• Salvation Army (Whitby)
• Simcoe Hall Settlement House (Oshawa)

• Disability Benefits - Government of Canada
• DisAbility Doorway - Your One-Stop Accessibility Website
• Durham Association for Family Respite Services
• Kerry's Place Autism Services
• Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)
• Participation House Durham
• Trent University Durham Accessibility Services

• Alcohol and Substance Abuse Helpline (1-877-327-4636)
• D.R.I.V.E.N. (Durham Region's Intimate-Relationship Violence Empowerment Network)
• CAMH (Centre for Addiction and Mental Health)
• Durham Mental Health Services
• Durham Personal Counselling Services (905-666-3153)
• Gate 3:16
• Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences - Finding Help
• Women's Multicultural Resource & Counselling Centre of Durham

• Bereaved Families of Ontario
• Durham Children's Aid Society (905-433-1551)
• Durham Region Child Care Directory
• Native Child and Family Services of Toronto
• P.A.I.L. (Pregnancy & Infant Loss Network)
• Parenting with a Disability Network
• Simcoe Hall Settlement House
• Women's Multicutural Resource & Counselling Centre of Durham

• 2-Spirited People of the 1st Nations (Toronto)
• Carea Aboriginal Youth Programs
• Mississauges of Scugog Island First Nation Health & Resource Centre
• Metis Nation of Ontario
• Native Canadian Centre of Toronto
• Native Child and Family Services of Toronto
• Native Women's Resource Centre of Toronto
• Ontario Aboriginal HIV/AIDS Strategy (Toronto)
• Talk4Healing

• 2-Spirited People of the 1st Nations (Toronto)
• AIDS Committee of Durham Region
• Club 717
• Durham Personal Counseling Services
• LGBTQ Parenting Network
• PFLAG Durham Region (Parents and Families of Gays and Lesbians)
• The Pink Pages Directory
• Pride Durham
• PrideLine Durham (1-855-877-7433)
• Trent Queer Collective (Peterborough)

• Apply for OHIP and get an Ontario Health Card
• Durham Immigration Portal
  • A website of resources for new Durham Region residents, covering housing, jobs, community support, and more.
• The Newcomer Settlement Program
  • If you are a refugee claimant, a landed immigrant, a visitor, a Work Permit Holder, a Student Visa Holder, a Minister's Permit Holder, or a Canadian Citizen, you are eligible to receive program services. 
• Welcome Centre Immigration Services
  • Ajax, Pickering, and other GTA cities

• Durham Region Sexual Health Clinics
• Gate 3:16
  • Medical services offered here include a nurse practitioner who is on site three times a week, an optician, and a foot care specialist.
• Health Care Connect
  • Find a doctor or nurse practitioner in your area.
• Motherrisk (1-877-439-2744)
  • A health call line for parents concerned about their children's health.
• OHIP
  • Apply for an Ontario health card.
• Telehealth Ontario (1-866-797-0000)
  • A phone line manned 24/7 by registered nurses who will answer questions and concerns about your health.
• Walk-in medical clinics in the Durham Region
  • This site lists walk-in clinics in Oshawa, Ajax, Pickering, Whitby, Courtice, Port Perry, Bowmanville, Uxbridge, and Toronto.