Community Resources
If you're in need of immediate assistance you may want to contact one of the community organizations below.
mental health issues
Crisis Outreach and Support Team (COAST)
- 905 972-8338
- [Run by St. Joseph's Hospital Mental Health]
- Services Children to Adults
- 9am - 1am Monday through Friday (Mobile response team available)
Emergency Psychiatric Treatment Team
- St. Joseph's Hospital Hamilton
- Accessed through the Emergency Room of any Hamilton Hospital
Alcohol, Drug, and Gambling Services (ADGS)
Housing Help Centre
- 905 526-8100
- 210 Napier Street Hamilton
emergency finances
- Ontario Works / 905 546-4800
food banks
The Good Shepherd
- 905 528-9109
- 120 Cannon Street East, Hamilton
reporting child welfare concerns or to ask for help
Children's Aid Society of Hamilton
Catholic Children's Aid Society of Hamilton
emergency shelters for men and women
Wesley Centre
- 905 528-5640
- 195 Ferguson Avenue North, Hamilton
- A 24-hours, 7 days a week drop-in centre for men and women in need of shelter, sanctuary and the opportunity to socialize.
emergency shelters for men
Good Shepherd Centre
- 905 528-9109
- 135 Mary Street, Box 1003, Hamilton
- Emergency shelter for men in need of temporary accommodation. A daily hot meal is served for non-residents as well. Bag lunch available, also a food bank. Clothing and household items available if needed.
Mission Services Men's Residence
- 905 528-7635
- 325 James Street North, Hamilton
- Programs available to adult men experiencing a crisis in housing, clothing, finances, and personal well-being. Also emergency men's shelter.
Booth Centre Single Men's Hostel
- 905 527-1444
- 94 York Boulevard, Hamilton
- Emergency shelter for men. Provides a bag lunch. Also a daily traveling meal van stopping at several downtown locations between 9 pm and midnight. Call for schedule.
emergency shelters for women
Interval House
- Crisis: 905 387-8881
- Business: 905 387-9959
- A transition house for battered/abused women and their children. Provides meals, emergency clothing and personal needs, 7 days a week.
Martha House
- Crisis: 905 523-6277
- Business: 905 523-8895
- Emergency family shelter specializing in the care of victims of domestic violence. 28 bed security-equipped transition house for women and children in crisis.
Mary's Place
- 905 540-8000
- 9 bed emergency shelter for homeless women 18 years and older who may experience difficulty in accessing the shelter system.
Native Women's Centre
- 905 522-1501
- Provides safe emergency shelter for all women regardless of age, ancestry, culture, place of origin or sexual orientation, with or without children, who are experiencing a crisis in their lives due to family violence, homelessness, or conflict with the law.
Inasmuch House
- Crisis: 905 529-8600
- Business: 905 529-8149
- Emergency shelter for abused and homeless women and their children, as well as female teenagers over the age of 16.
emergency shelters for youth (ages 16-21)
Notre Dame House
- 905 308-8090
- 14 Cannon Street West, Hamilton
- There are 11 beds available for males and 9 beds available for females. Laundry facilities and meals are provided. Additional services are provided through their resource centre from 9-5 p.m. daily. These include school, employment counselling, addictions counsellings, public health nurse.
