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Use this page to search for gender-based violence services that are available across Ontario. These include services and supports related to abuse and violence from a partner, ex partner, family member, acquaintance or someone unknown to you.

Search results can be filtered in a variety of ways including type of service/support, the programs they offer, how they provide support (text, phone, chat, in person), and service features (accessibility features and service frameworks).

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Pavilion Women’s Centre

VAW Emergency Shelter, Sexual Assault Centre, Provincial Crisis Line/Help Line VAW Emergency Shelter, Sexual Assault Centre, Provincial Crisis Line/Help Line,

To be the first place people think of, for women to empower themselves.
We provide the following services: 24/7 crisis support, shelter, transitional support, sexual assault services and general counselling services.

Location: Haileybury, Ontario
Crisis Line: 888-871-9090
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Porchlight Counselling and Addiction Services

Counselling and Addiction Services

Porchlight provides a safe space where counselling and addictions services support the emotional well-being of people in Cambridge and North Dumfries.

Location: Cambridge, Ontario
Phone: 519-621-5090
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Resolve Counselling Services Canada

Community Counselling Centre Community Counselling Centre,

Resolve Counselling Services Canada provides quality counselling services to significantly improve the social, emotional and economic well-being of individuals and families.

Location: Kingston, Ontario
Phone: 613-549-7850
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Sandgate Women’s Shelter of York Region

VAW Emergency Shelter, Community-based advocacy services VAW Emergency Shelter, Community-based advocacy services,

Sandgate Women’s Shelter of York Region Inc. is a feminist organization, dedicated to empowering all persons who identify as women and their children through safe shelter, resources, information and advocacy in order to eliminate violence in their lives.

Location: Willow Beach, Ontario
Phone: 905-722-4043
Crisis Line: 1-800-661-8294
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Scarborough Women’s Centre

Women’s Centre Women’s Centre,

Scarborough Women’s Centre (SWC) empowers women to become economically and emotionally independent for future success and to strengthen their local communities, free from violence. SWC delivers programs and services to promote positive change for women in a safe, inclusive and welcoming environment.

Location: Scarborough, Ontario
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Sedna Women’s Shelter (The Denise House)

VAW Emergency Shelter VAW Emergency Shelter,

The Denise House exists to provide a safe, supportive and inclusive environment to abused women and their children in Durham Region and strives to provide integrated, anti-racist, anti-oppression services to empower the diversity of all women to choose their own future. The Denise House further exists to educate the public at large about issues resulting from the abuse, oppression and discrimination of women and their children.

Location: Oshawa, Ontario
Crisis Line: 905-728-7311
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Service aux Victimes Prescott Russell Victim Services

Victim Services, Human trafficking services Victim Services, Human trafficking services,

Services aux victimes Prescott-Russell Victim Services is composed of professional staff and a team of qualified volunteers trained to assist police services and any other emergency providers in meeting immediate and short-term needs of individuals who have been victimized as a result of a crime or tragic circumstances. Services aux victimes Prescott-Russell Victim Services is a 24/7 service offered free of charge.

Location: Hawkesbury, Ontario
Phone: 613-632-5282 or 1-877-632-7530
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Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Care Team – Brantford General Hospital

Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Treatment Centre Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Treatment Centre,

Our team provides medical and forensic care for survivors of sexual assault and intimate partner (domestic) violence. We provide individualized, trauma and violence informed emergency care to patients, 24 hour a day 7 day for people of any age, sex and gender. We can also provide on-going follow up care and counselling.

Location: Brantford, Ontario
Phone: 519-751-5544
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Sexual Assault and Partner Abuse Care Program- Ottawa Hospital

Sexual Assault Centre Sexual Assault Centre,

The Sexual Assault and Partner Abuse Care Program provides trauma-informed care to survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, and human trafficking in the Ottawa region. We focus on inclusivity, patient-centered and confidential medical, forensic, and mental health care.

Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Phone: 613-798-5555 ext 13770
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Sexual Assault Care Centre/Partner Assault Clinic – Sault Area Hospital

Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Treatment Centre Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Treatment Centre,

Specialized medical care available for all ages and genders (24 hours a day, 7 days a week including holidays) for recent sexual assault and partner assault through the Emergency Department at Sault Area Hospital.
Trauma focused therapy for victims of recent or past sexual assault, all ages and genders, by booked appointment.

Location: Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Phone: 705-759-5143
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Provincial Gender Based Violence Associations

Aboriginal Shelters of OntarioOntario Coalition of Rape Crisis CentresAction ontarienne contre la violence faite aux femmesOntario Network of Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Treatment CentresFamily Service OntarioOntario Network of Victim Service Providers