Plan for your safety:
If you are thinking of leaving an abusive relationship, this can be a difficult time. There is a greater risk of violence when an intimate relationship is ending. You can get support and plan for your and your children’s safety.
- 911
Dial 911 if you are concerned about your immediate safety. - Assaulted Women’s Helpline
1 866 863 0511 or TTY 1 866 863 7868 or (Toronto) 416- 863-0511
This service offers a 24-hour crisis line for abused women in Ontario. It is anonymous and confidential and the toll-free number won’t show up on your phone bill. Services can be provided in up to 154 languages. - Neighbours Friends and Families
Information on how to support a neighbour, friend or family member who is being abused. - Kanawayhitowin
Information that deals with woman abuse in Aboriginal communities across Ontario. This website has been created to support women experiencing abuse, families, communities and front line workers to better educate themselves with resources and strategies. To engage and unite communities around the seriousness of this issue, and hope for the healing of future generations. - WHO@ (Working to Halt Online Abuse)
For information and links to resources on cyberstalking, including safety tips. - Za-geh-do-win
Information about health, family violence and healing for Aboriginal communities in Ontario. On the pull down menus, select “Spousal Abuse”, “Sexual Assault” and “Family Healing” for publications and videos related to violence against women.
Find a women’s shelter:
- Ontario Works
If you are in temporary financial need, Ontario Works can provide you with money, and help you find a job. - Herizon House (Ajax)
Serves the Durham/Clarington Regions
24/7 Support Line 1 866 HERIZON 1 866 437 4066
Business Line 905 426 1064 - People in Transition/My Sister’s Place (Alliston)
Serves South Simcoe County
24/7 Support Line 1 800 461 5419 or 705 435 3835
Business Line 705 435 9400 - Yellow Brick House (Aurora)
Serves York Region
24/7 Support Line 1 800 263 3247 or 1 800 263 2231
Business Line 905 709 0900 - Women and Children’s Shelter (Barrie)
Serves Simcoe County
24/7 Support Line 705 728 2544
Business Line 705 728 6300
Toll Free 1 800 461 1716
TTY 705 728 7215 - Three Oaks Shelter and services for Abused Women and their children (Belleville)
24/7 Support Line 613 966 3074
Business Line 613 967 1416
Toll Free 1 800 267 0533 - Equay Wuk (Women) Shelter, Kitchenuhmaykoosib Equaygamik (Big Trout Lake)
Phone: 807 537 2242
Fax: 807 537 2308 - Mississauga Women’s Shelter (Blind River)
24/7 Support Line 1 705 356 7800
Business Line 1 705 356 7142
Toll Free 1 800 461 2232 - Bethesda House (Bowmanville)
24/7 Support Line 905 623 6050
Business Line 905 623 6045
Toll Free 1 800 338 3397 - Muskoka Interval House (Bracebridge)
Business Line 705 645 4461
Toll Free 1 800 461 1740 - Honeychurch Family Life Resource Centre (Brampton)
Business Line 905 451 4115 - Nova Vita Women’s Services (Brantford)
Serving the communities of Brantford and the County of Brant, including Paris, St. George, Burford and Mt. Pleasant
24/7 Support Line 519 752 HELP 4357
Business Line 519 752 1005
TTY 519 753 3162 - Leeds & Grenville Interval House (Brockville)
24/7 Support Line 613 342 8815
Business Line 613 342 4724
Toll Free 1 800 267 4409 - Halton Women’s Place (Burlington)
Serves the Halton Region
24/7 Support Line 905 332 7892 S Halton / 905 878 8555 N Halton
Shelter 905 332 1593 S Halton / 905 878 8970 N Halton - Women’s Crisis Services of Waterloo Region (Cambridge)
24/7 Support Line 519 653 2422
Business Line 519 653 2289
Toll Free 1 800 410 4482 - Lanark County Interval House (Carleton Place)
24/7 Support Line 613 257 5960
Business Line 613 257 3469
Toll Free 800 267 7946
TTY 613 257 1952 - Chatham Kent Women’s Centre Inc. (Chatham)
24/7 Support Line 519 354 6360
Business Line 519 351 9145
Toll Free 1 800 265 0598 - Anduhyaun Inc (City of York)
Nekenaan Second Stage Housing 416 243 7669
Anduhyaun Shelter 416 920 1492 - Huron‘s women Shelter (Second Stage Housing and Counselling Services) (Clinton, Goderich and Exter)
Business Line 519 482 5288 - Cornerstone Family Violence Prevention Centre (Cobourg)
24/7 Support Line 905 372 0746
Business Line 905 372 7056
Toll Free 1 800 263 3757 - My Friend’s House (Collingwood)
24/7 Support Line 705 444 2511
Business Line 705 444 2586
Toll Free 1 800 265 2511 - Akwesasne Family Violence Program (Cornwall)
24/7 Support Line 613 937 4208
Business Line 613 937 4322
Toll Free 1 800 480 4208 - Maison Baldwin House (Cornwall)
24/7 Support Line 613 938 2958
Business Line 613 937 2958
Toll Free 1 800 267 1744 - Hoshizaki House (Dryden)
24/7 Support Line 807 223 7311
Business Line 807 223 3226
Toll Free 800 465 7221 - Hoshizaki House Dryden District Crisis Centre (Dryden)
24/7 Support Line 807 223 7311
Business Line 807 223 3226
Toll Free 800 465 7221 - Maplegate House for Women (Elliot Lake)
24/7 Support Line 705 461 9868
Business Line 705 461 7977
Toll Free 1 800 461 4623 - Ernestine’s Women’s Shelter (Etobicoke)
24/7 Support Line 416 746 3701
Business Line 416 743 1733
TTY 416 746 3716 - Women’s Habitat of Etobicoke (Etobicoke)
24/7 Support Line 416 252 5829
Business Line 416 252 7949
TTY 416 252 0361 - Women’s Resources (Lindsay)
Helplne 705 878 4285
Business Line 705 878 3662
Toll Free 1 800 565 5350 - Gitchi Nen Dom Healing Lodge (Fort Frances)
24/7 Support Line 807 274 1815
Toll Free 1 800 559 4146 - Geraldton Family Resource Centre (Geraldton)
24/7 Support Line 807 854 1571
Business Line 807 854 1529 or 1 800 363 4588
Toll Free 1 800 265 7317 - Huron‘s women Shelter (Second Stage Housing and Counselling Services) (Goderich)
24/7 Support Line 519 524 6245
Business Line 519 524 5333
Toll Free 1 800 265 5506 - 2nd Stage West Niagara Second Stage Housing and Counselling (Grimsby)
Business Line 905 309 1477 - Guelph-Wellington Women in Crisis (Guelph)
24/7 Support Line 519 836 5710
Business Line 519 836 1110
Toll Free 800 265 7233 - Pavilion Family Resource Centre (Haileybury)
24/7 Support Line 888 871 9090
Business Line 705 672 2128 Haileybury, 705 567 1777 Kirkland Lake
TTY 705 672 3234 - YWCA Haliburton Emergency Rural SafeSpace HERS(Haliburton)
24/7 Support Line 705 286 6442
Business Line 705 286 1942
Toll Free 1 800 461 7656 - Phoenix Place (Hamilton)
24/7 Support Line 905 527 2238
Business Line 905 529 1010 - 2nd Stage Second Stage Services of Hamilton Wentworth(Hamilton)
24/7 Support Line 905 523 5640 Ext 248 - Inasmuch House (Hamilton)
24/7 Support Line 905 529 8600
Business Line 905 529 8149
TTY 905 529 8029 - Interval House of Hamilton (Wentworth Hamilton)
24/7 Support Line 905 387 8881
Business Line 905 387 9959 - Good Shepherd’s Women Services (Hamilton)
24/7 Support Line 905 523 6277
Business Line 905 523 8895 - Native Women’s Centre (Hamilton)
24/7 Support Line 905 664 1114
Toll Free 1 888 308 6559 - Maison Interlude House (Hawkesbury)
24/7 Support Line 613 632 1131
Toll Free 1 800 267 4101 - Chrysalis House (Kanata)
24/7 Support Line 613 591 5901
Business Line 613 591 5991
TTY 613 591 8912 - Habitat Interlude (Kapuskasing)
24/7 Support Line 705 337 1122
Toll Free 1 800 461 8044 - Women’s Shelter, Saakaate House (Kenora)
24/7 Support Line 807 468 5491
Business Line 807 468 1889
Toll Free 1 800 465 1117 - Women’s House Serving Bruce & Grey (Kincardine)
24/7 Support Line 519 396 9655
Business Line 519 396 9814
Toll Free 1 800 265 3026 - Kingston Interval House (Kingston)
24/7 Support Line 613 546 1777
Business Line 613 546 1833
Toll Free 1 800 267 9445
TTY 613 546 4461 - Anselma House (Kitchener)
24/7 Support Line 519 742 5894
Business Line 519 741 9184
Toll Free 1 877 419 1517 - Mary’s Place YWCA (Kitchener)
24/7 Support Line 519 744 0120 - Trent Lakes Rural Outreach Centre (Lakefield)
Toll Free 1 866 844 7622 - Women’s Resources (Lindsay)
24/7 Support Line 705 878 3662
Business Line 705 878 4285
Toll Free 1 800 565 5350 - Women’s Community House (London)
24/7 Support Line 519 642 3000
Business Line 519 642 3003
Toll Free 1 800 265 1576
TTY 519 963 0427 - Zhaawanong Shelter At’lohsa Native Family Healing Services Inc. (London)
24/7 Support Line 519 432 0122
Toll Free 1 800 605 7477
Business Line 519 438 0068 - Marjorie House (Marathon)
24/7 Support Line 807 229 2222
Business Line 807 229 2223
Toll Free 1 800 465 3307 - C.M.H.A Tranquility House (Matheson)
24/7 Support Line 705 273 2339
Toll Free 1 866 993 2339 - Mattawa Women’s Resource Centre (Mattawa)
24/7 Support Line 705 744 5567 - Huronia Transition Homes Rosewood Shelter (Midland)
24/7 Support Line 705 526 4211
Business Line 705 526 3221
Toll Free 1 800 461 1750 - Halton Women’s Place North (Milton)
24/7 Support Line 905 878 8555
Business Line 905 878 8970
Toll Free 905 332 1200 - Manitoulin Family Resources Inc. (Mindemoya)
24/7 Support Line 705 377 5160
Business Line 705 377 5532
Toll Free 1 800 465 6788 - Mishkeegogamang Safe House (Mishkeegogamang)
24/7 Support Line 807 928 2407 - Women’s shelter: Armagh (Mississauga)
24/7 Support Line 905 855 0299 - Interim Place I (Mississauga)
24/7 Support Line 905 403 0864
Business Line 905 403 9691 - Moosonee Family Resource Centre (Moosonee)
24/7 Support Line 705 336 2456 - Bridge it Second Stage Housing Lennox & Addington Interval House (Napanee)
24/7 Support Line 613 354 0808 - Nelson House of Ottawa Carleton (Nepean)
24/7 Support Line 613 225 3129
Business Line 613 225 0533 - Women’s Place of South Niagara Inc. (Niagara Falls)
24/7 Support Line 905 356 5800
Business Line 905 356 3933 - Nipissing Transition House (North Bay)
24/7 Support Line 705 476 2429
Business Line 705 476 2431
TTY 705 476 9503 - Ojibway Family Resource Centre (North Bay)
24/7 Support Line 705 472 3321
Business Line 705 472 7828
Toll Free 1 800 387 2465 - Ganohkwasra Family Assault Support Services (Ohsweken)
24/7 Support Line 519 445 4324 - Family Transition Place Dufferin (Orangeville)
24/7 Support Line 519 941 4357 or 905 584 4357
Toll Free 1 800 265 9178 - Couchiching Jubilee House (Orillia)
24/7 Support Line 705 326 4337 - Green Haven Shelter For Women (Orillia)
24/7 Support Line 705 327 7319
Business Line 705 327 7383
Toll Free 1 888 285 6958 - Denise House The Shelter and Support Services Inc.(Oshawa)
24/7 Support Line 905 728 7311 TTY 905 728 4394 Toll Free 1 800 263 3725 - YWCA of Durham Y’s Wish Shelter (Oshawa)
24/7 Support Line 905 576 2997
Business Line 905 576 6743 - 2nd Stage Harmony House (Ottawa)
24/7 Support Line 613 233 3386 - Interval House of Ottawa (Ottawa)
24/7 Support Line 613 234 5181
Business Line 613 234 8511
TTY 613 234 5393 - La Présence (Ottawa)
24/7 Support Line 613 241 8297 - Maison d’Amitié (Ottawa)
24/7 Support Line 613 747 0020
Business Line 613 747 9136 - Minwaashin Lodge Aboriginal (Ottawa)
24/7 Support Line 613 789 1141
Business Line 613 741 5590 - Womens’ Centre Serving Grey & Bruce (Owen Sound)
24/7 Support Line 519 371 1600
Business Line 519 376 0755
Toll Free 1 800 265 3722 - Esprit Place (Parry Sound)
24/7 Support Line 705 746 4800
Toll Free 1 800 461 1707 - Naotkamegwanning Women’s Shelter (Pawitik)
24/7 Support Line 807 226 2603
Business Line 807 226 2605 - Bernadette McCann House for Women (Pembroke)
24/7 Support Line 613 732 3131
Business Line 613 732 7776
Toll Free 1 800 267 4930 - 2nd Stage YWCA Crescent Centennial Second Stage Housing(Peterborough)
24/7 Support Line 705 745 0158
Business Line 705 745 6616 - Crossroads I and II (Peterborough)
24/7 Support Line 705 743 4135
Business Line 705 743 3526
Toll Free 1 800 461 7656
TTY 705 743 4015 - Alternatives for Women (Picton)
24/7 Support Line 613 476 2787
Business Line 613 476 4435
Toll Free 1 877 499 6636 - New Starts for Women (Red Lake)
24/7 Support Line 807 727 3303
Business Line 807 727 2820
Toll Free 1 800 565 5368 - Regional Women’s Shelter Anishnaabe Kwewag Gamig Inc.(Roseneath)
24/7 Support Line 905 352 3708
Business Line 905 352 3898
Toll Free 1 800 388 5171
TTY 905 352 3506 - Women’s Interval Home of Sarnia Lambton Inc. (Sarnia)
24/7 Support Line 519 336 5200
Toll Free 1 800 265 1412 - Nimkii Naabkawagan Family Crisis Shelter (Sault Ste. Marie)
24/7 Support Line 705 941 9054 - Women in Crisis Algoma Inc. (Sault Ste. Marie)
24/7 Support Line 705 759 1230
Toll Free 1 877 759 1230 - Dr. Roz’s Healing Place (Scarborough)
24/7 Support Line 416 264 4357
Business Line 416 264 0823 - Julliette’s Place (Scarborough)
24/7 Support Line 416 724 1316 - 2nd Stage Quetzal Family Homes (Simcoe)
24/7 Support Line 519 428 7596 - Haldimand Norfolk Women’s Services (Simcoe)
Business Line 519 426 8048
Toll Free 1 800 265 8076
TTY 1 800 815 6419 - First Step Women’s Shelter (Sioux Lookout)
24/7 Support Line 807 737 1438
Toll Free 1 800 465 3623 - Kabaeshiwim Women’s Shelter (Southampton)
24/7 Support Line 519 797 3715
Business Line 519 797 2521 - Onyota’a:ka Family Healing Lodge (Southwold)
24/7 Support Line 519 652 0657 - Bethlehem Housing and Support Services (St. Catharines)
24/7 Support Line 905 641 1660 - Gillian place (St. Catharines)
24/7 Support Line 905 684 8331
Business Line 905 684 4000 - St.Thomas Elgin Second Stage Housing (St. Thomas)
24/7 Support Line 519 637 2288
Toll Free 877 396 2288 - Violence Against Women Services, Elgin County (St. Thomas)
24/7 Support Line 519 633 0155 Toll Free 1 800 265 4305 - Emily Murphy Centre (Stratford)
Serves Perth County and surrounding area
Business Line 519 273 7350
Toll Free 1 888 826 8117 - Optimism Place (Stratford)
24/7 Support Line 519 271 5550
Business Line 519 271 5310
Toll Free 1 800 265 8598 - Women’s Rural Resource Centre of Strathroy and Area(Strathroy)
Provides service throughout Middlesex County
Business Line 519 246 1526 ext 221
Toll Free 1 800 265 5390 - Sturgeon Falls Family Resource Centre (Sturgeon Falls)
24/7 Support Line 705 753 1154 - YWCA Brookwood Apartments (Sudbury)
24/7 Support Line 705 673 4754 - Sandgate Women’s Shelter of Georgina Inc. (Sutton West)
24/7 Support Line 905 722 3220
Business Line 905 722 4043
Toll Free 1 800 661 8294
TTY 905-722-6223 - 2nd Stage Wakaigin Housing Project (Thunder Bay)
24/7 Support Line 807 623 9579 - Beendigen Inc. (Thunder Bay)
24/7 Support Line 807 346 4357
Business Line 807 622 1121
Toll Free 1 888 200 9997 - Faye Peterson Transition House (Thunder Bay)
24/7 Support Line 807 345 0450
Toll Free 1 800 465 6971 - Amelie House (Toronto)
24/7 Support Line 416 465 0475 - Anduhyaun Inc. (Toronto)
24/7 Support Line 416 920 1492 - Birkdale Residence (Toronto)
24/7 Support Line 416 392 5650 - Interval House (Toronto)
24/7 Support Line 416 924 1491
Business Line 416 924 1411
TTY 416 924 0899 - Nellie’s (Toronto)
24/7 Support Line 416 461 1084
TTY 416 461 7561 - North York Women’s Shelter (Toronto)
24/7 Support Line 416 635 9630
Business Line 416 635 9427 - Redwood Shelter (Toronto)
24/7 Support Line 416 533 8538
Business Line 416 533 9372
TTY 416 533 3736 - Robertson House (Toronto)
24/7 Support Line 416 397 5637 - WoodGreen Red Door Family Shelter (Toronto)
24/7 Support Line 416 397 5637
Business Line 416 423 0310 or 416 469 3457 - YWCA Women’s Arise Shelter (Toronto)
24/7 Support Line 416 929 3316
Business Line 416 929 6944 - Red Cedars Shelter (Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory)
24/7 Support Line 613 967 2003
Toll Free 1 800 672 9515 - Three Fires Ezhignowenmindwaa Women’s Shelter(Wallaceburg)
24/7 Support Line 519 627 3635 - CHADWIC Home (Wawa)
24/7 Support Line 705 856 2848
Toll Free 1 800 461 2242
TTY 1 855 856 4342 - Women’s Place of South Niagara Inc. (Welland)
24/7 Support Line 905 788 0113 or 905 356 5800
Business Line 905 356 3933 - Naomi’s Family Resource Centre (Winchester)
24/7 Support Line 613 774 2838
Toll Free 1 800 267 0395 - Hiatus House (Windsor)
24/7 Support Line 519 252 7781
Toll Free 1 800 265 5142
TTY 519 252 2768 - Ingamo Homes (Woodstock)
24/7 Support Line 519 421 0383 - Domestic Abuse Services Oxford (Woodstock)
24/7 Support Line 519 539 4811
Business Line 519 539 7488
Toll Free 1 800 265 1938
Find resources and support in relation to sexual assault:
- Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres
A listing of many of Ontario’s sexual assault centres with links to websites where applicable. - The Ontario Network of Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Care and Treatment Centres
Includes a listing of hospital based centres in Ontario. - Canadian Association of Sexual Assault Centres
604 876 2622
Includes information and resources for all of Canada.
Get legal information and support:
- Findhelp
1-800- 836-3238
TTY: 1 888 340 1001
A community agency that gives information in many languages. They take calls 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. - Community Legal Education Ontario / Éducation juridique communautaire Ontario (CLEO)
CLEO provides a directory of legal resources, information, and referral services for service providers and families who need information about family law and courts in Ontario. Topics include family law services at Ontario courts, family violence resources and resources for children, youth, and parents. CLEO also produces a legal rights handbook, “Do you know a woman who is being abused?” and provides plain language legal information on many topics. - Your Legal Rights
Provides legal information for community workers and advocates who work with low-income and disadvantaged communities. CLEONet has resources, news, events, and webinars produced by community organizations and legal clinics across Ontario. - Community Legal Clinics
Find a community legal clinic near you. - Lawyer Referral Service
1-800-268-8326 or 416-947-3330 (within the GTA)
By calling one of these numbers you will get the name and number of a lawyer who will provide a free half hour consultation. Please note that they will only provide one referral per legal issue. - Legal Aid Ontario (LAO)
LAO runs a “Family Violence Authorization Program” for people who are experiencing violence and need urgent legal assistance. If your partner has abused or bullied you, you can get a legal aid certificate for two hours of free legal advice. You will have to go to a community legal clinic or women’s shelter to get a form called “Advice Lawyer Family Violence Authorization”. LAO also provides other types of legal aid. - The Ontario Women’s Justice Network (OWJN)
OWJN provides accessible legal information for women and their supporters in a manner that reflects the diverse experiences and realities of women, promoting an understanding of the law with respect to violence against women. - Springtide Resources
Includes fact sheets and legal information specifically addressed to women with disabilities and Deaf women. Under ‘select a population group’, select ‘Women with disabilities/Deaf women’. - Sexual Assault is a Crime
Legal information from the Scarborough Hospital Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Care Centre. - Canadian Society of Elizabeth Fry Societies
Works with and for women and girls in the justice system, particularly those who are, or may be, criminalized. - ARCH Disability Law Centre
Legal information and resources for women with disabilities. - The Government of Canada: Department of Justice
- The Government of Ontario: Ministry of the Attorney General
- Foreign Affairs
Useful information on children and travel abroad, child custody, child abduction, and more. - Court Prep
An animated web site for youth who are going to court. Includes witness tips, justice procedures and an interactive courtroom. Developed by the Scarborough Hospital Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Care Centre and Toronto Child Abuse. - Ontario Human Rights Commission
416 314 6266 or 1 866 625 5179
The Human Rights Legal Support Centre offers legal services to individuals throughout Ontario, who believe they have experienced discrimination.The website provides definitions of sexual harassment and workplace guidelines as well as information on how to participate in the human rights system.
FLEW’s Advisory Council Members and Specialty Partners:
- Action ontarienne contre la violence faite aux femmes (AOcVF)
613 241 8433 - Springtide Resources
416 968 3422 - Canadian Council of Muslim Women (CCMW)
613 382 2847 - Community Legal Education Ontario / Éducation juridique communautaire Ontario (CLEO)
416 408 4420 - Ontario Native Women’s Association (ONWA)
807 625 8568 (dir.)
807 623 3442 (ONWA) or 1 800 667 0816 - Act to End Violence against Women
416 630 9313 - METRAC
416 392 2928 - YWCA Toronto
416 961 8100