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Youth Age 16-24: Do You Need a Place To Stay?
If you need emergency shelter, please call: 416-338-4766
Call Eva’s Satellite if you need emergency shelter with mental health/substance use support: 416-229-1874
If you need transitional housing, you can apply to Eva’s Phoenix:
More Help for Youth
If you are in immediate danger, call emergency (police, ambulance, fire): 911
- Kids Help Phone (phone and online counseling for children and youth; English and French): 1-800-668-6868
- Black Youth Helpline (Multicultural Youth Helpline & Services) Service in French and other languages available upon request. Call 416-285-9944 Toll Free 1-833-294-8650 and via email [email protected]
- 211 Toronto (Niagara Region, South Georgian Bay, Toronto; helps you find community services; in multiple languages): 211
- Assaulted Women’s Helpline (phone line that supports women in violent situations; multiple languages): 1-866-863-0511 | 1-866-863-7868 (TTY) | #SAFE (cell phone)
- Distress Centre of Toronto (phone line for people in emotional distress/crisis; multiple languages): 416-408-4357 | 416-408-0007 (TTY)
- Mental Health Helpline (provides information about mental health services in Ontario): 1-866-531-2600
- Telehealth Ontario (phone service for health advice; multiple languages): 1-866-797-0000 | 1-866-797-0007 (TTY)
- Black Youth Helpline (information, referral, and support for Black youth): 416-285-9944
- Chinese Family Services of Ontario (services, counselling and support for families with a focus on Chinese-Canadians): 416-979-8299
- Eva’s Family Reconnect Program (family and individual counselling to at-risk and homeless youth and their families): 416-441-3162 x242
- Family Service Toronto (counselling services for individuals and families; multiple languages): 416-595-9230
- Naseeha Muslim Youth Helpline (support for Muslim youth; Monday to Friday, 6:00-9:00 PM): 1-866-627-3342
- Your Life Counts (online support to prevent suicide and support families affected by it)
- ACCESS Employment (employment and entrepreneurship, multiple locations) 416-921-1800
- HireUp (connects youth who have barriers to employment to meaningful work): 416-483-6191 x25
- Youth Employment Services (helps youth find a job or start a business): 416-504-5516
- 416 Community for Women (services for women 16 years and older dealing with both addiction and mental health issues) 416-964-6936
- AIDS and Sexual Health Information Line (anonymous counselling on HIV/AIDS and sexual and reproductive health; multiple languages; Monday to Friday 10:00 AM-10:30 PM, Saturday and Sunday 11:00 AM-3:00 PM): 1-800-668-2437
- The Centre for Addictions and Mental Health (mental health and addiction teaching hospital): 416-535-8501
- Community Health Centres in Toronto (listing)
- East End Community Health Centre (includes a sexual health counselling drop in clinic): 416-778-5858
- Gerstein Crisis Centre (service for people with a mental health and/or substance use issues): 416-929-5200 | TTY 416-929-9647
- Hassle-Free Clinic (medical and sexual health services; anonymous HIV testing): 416-922-0566
- LAMP Community Health Centre (medical/dental services and programs): 416-252-6471
- Native Youth Sexual Health Network (organization by and for Indigenous youth that works across issues of sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice)
- Planned Parenthood of Toronto (sexual, reproductive, mental, and primary health clinic for youth 13 to 29): 416-961-0113
- Queen West Central Toronto Community Health Centre (primary care, dental care, health promotion, counselling and mental health supports): 416-703-8482
- The Works (Toronto Public Health’s Harm Reduction Program for people who use drugs): 416-392-0520
- Justice for Children and Youth (legal representation to low-income children and youth): 1-866-999-JFCY (5329)
- Lawyer Referral Service, Law Society of Upper Canada (referrals to lawyers who provide a free consultation of up to 30 minutes): 416-947-3330 (GTA) | 1-800-268-8326
- Legal Aid Ontario (legal services for low-income communities; lists local community legal clinics): 1-800-668-8258 | 1-866-641-8867 (TTY)
- Ontario Human Rights Commission (information on human rights): 416-314-4500
- Your Legal Rights (legal information for Ontarians)
- Youth Criminal Law (on the Youth Criminal Justice Act)
- The 519 (community centre): 416-392-6874
- Egale Youth OUTreach Counselling Centre (drop-in, counselling, homelessness, and suicide crisis services for youth up to age 29): 416-964-7887 x9 | 1-844-44-Egale
- LGBT Youth Line (phone and online peer support for youth in Ontario; Sunday to Friday 4:00-9:30 PM) 1-800-268-YOUTH (9688) | [email protected]
- Supporting Our Youth (groups, programs, events and one-on-one support for youth 29 and under): 416-324-5077
- Toby’s Place (safe space in South Scarborough for LGBTQ+ youth): 416-694-4081 x2 | [email protected]
- Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services (services for immigrants, refugees, and their communities)
- CultureLink (services for newcomers): 416-588-6288
- NewYouth.ca (information for young people new to Canada)
- Settlement.org (information to settle in Ontario)
- MLSE LaunchPad (recreational activities and sports for youth): 416-637-7588
- Arrabon House (residential treatment, supportive housing, aftercare support and counseling services to young women 13-24): 416-536-7037
- Assessment and Referral Centre (shelter services for single adults, youth, and couples): 416-338-4766 | 1-877-338-3398
- Central Family Intake (shelter services for families with children): 416-397-5637
- Covenant House Toronto (shelter, transitional housing, and programs for homeless youth): 416-598-4898
- Dixon Hall (shelter and programs for people experiencing homelessness): 416-863-0499
- Evangel Hall (residence and programs for people experiencing homelessness): 416-504-3563
- Eva’s Phoenix (transitional housing for youth 16-24): 416-364-4716
- Eva’s Place (emergency shelter for youth 16-24): 416-441-1414
- Eva’s Satellite (emergency shelter for youth 16-24 dealing with substance use and/or mental health): 416-642-2581
- Horizons for Youth (youth shelter): 416-781-9898
- Humewood House (residence and programs for single and young parents): 416-651-5657
- Kennedy House Youth Services (shelter and services for homeless youth): 416-421-7776
- Massey Centre for Women (transitional housing and programs for pregnant and parenting youth): 416-425-6348
- Native Child and Family Services of Toronto (transitional housing and programs for Aboriginal communities): 416-969-8510
- Rosalie Hall (residence and programs for young parents and families): 416-438-6880
- Sancta Maria House (residence and programs for young women): 416-925-7333
- Street Helpline (help for people who are homeless to get a safer place to sleep and find long-term housing): 1-866-392-3777
- St. Stephen’s Community House (drop-ins, programs and services for people experiencing homelessness): 416-925-2103 ext. 2240
- Turning Point Youth Services (residence and and programs for youth 12-24 and their families): 416-925-9250
- YMCA of Greater Toronto (emergency shelter, drop-in, and programs for youth): 416-928-9622
- YMCA Sprott House – Walmer Road Centre (LGBTQ2S transitional housing program for youth): 647-438-8383
- Yonge Street Mission (drop-ins and programs): 416-929-9614
- Youth Without Shelter (shelter and referrals for youth): 416-748-0110
- YWCA Toronto (shelter, housing, and services for women and girls): 416-923-8454
Contacting Eva’s Residents
If you think a young person is staying with us and you would like to get in touch, please be aware that, for safety reasons, Eva’s cannot share information about their whereabouts or confirm or deny their residence. But we can take a message from you and post it on our message board so the young person can get in touch with you if they would like.
To leave a message, please contact the facility you think the young person is staying at directly.