Community Resources

  • Association Iris
    Services: Accommodation for men in distress, Housing Support Program, Residential services
    514-381-8026

    Tracom Crisis Intervention Centre
    Services: Phone 24-7 (Immediate response: 514-483-3033), Accommodation, Mobile service and crisis monitoring.

    LE TRANSIT CRISIS CENTRE
    Services: The 24/7 telephone intervention line, Mobile intervention in the environment, Short-term monitoring, Temporary accommodation.
    (514) 282-7753

    West Island Crisis Center
    Services: 24/7 crisis line, Support groups, Short term accommodation, Workplace support.
    514 684-6160

    L’Autre Maison
    Services: Paediatric emergency care.
    450 332-9833

    RESIQ
    Services: Quebec crisis centres are front-line, non-profit community organizations that offer free, specialized crisis intervention services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
    FIND A CENTRE

    AMI Quebec
    Services: Family Peer Support, Support Groups, Interactive Workshops, Counselling.
    514-486-1448

  • Y Des Femmes
    Services: Free Services for Montreal Women Online or on site. Take part in one of three work integration programs available.
    (514) 878-9788

    Petites Mains
    Services: Youth Employability Program, Personalized employment support.
    514-738-8989

  • Family Care Collective
    Services:     Family programming, peer support groups, mentorship, Community Healing Days program.

    Shield of Athena
    Services    : Support for women and children, counselling, legal information and clinic, emergency shelter (meals included), accompaniment and advocacy, child and family programming.
    514-274-8117

    Maison Mosaik
    Services: Charitable, non-profit community organization committed to connecting and supporting families in Notre Dame de Grace, Montreal West, Cote St. Luc, Hampstead & Snowdon.
    514-227-1270

    Women on the Rise
    Services:     Listening and referral services, workshops, family programming, collective meals, childcare, material support.
    (514) 485-7814

    Centre Greene
    Services: The Centre organizes and provides activities and events that are of benefit to the community such as a Senior Luncheon, Tumbling Tots, After School, Summer Camp, Friday Youth programs (TGIF) to name a few. In addition, we provide space at very affordable rates for a wide variety of suitable activities ranging from dance to music to daycare to volleyball.
    (514) 931-6202

  • The Depot
    Services:     Community gardens, emergency food baskets, subsidized groceries, free community meals, collective cooking, family workshops.
    Requirements: Must register for food baskets. Proof of address.

    St Monica’s Parish
    Services:     Emergency food aid.

    Racine Croisée
    Services:     Low-cost groceries, $5-$7 Admin fee, $7/basket. Immigration support– Employment, accompaniment, administrative support, housing, legal support.
    Requirements: Registration.
    Post-secondary students; New immigrants or refugees; First Nations, Inuit or Metis; Visible minorities; People with disabilities.
    Food bank: (514) 225-3448

    Partage et Solidarité
    Services:     Food baskets.
    Requirements: By appointment.
    (514) 659-1773

    The People’s Potato
    Services:    Free lunch service during Fall and Winter semesters, as well as food parcels twice a month.
    Requirements:     Open to everyone, no registration, first come first serve. Aimed towards students.

    Le Frigo Vert
    Services:     Subsidized groceries/ bulk buying, community space with PWYC food and drinks.

    Midnight Kitchen
    Services:     Free weekly prepared lunches.

    Ressource Action-Alimentation de Park-Ex
    Services:     Emergency food service, subsidized grocery store, psychosocial support, family workshops, material support.
    Requirements: Reserved for residents of Park-Ex.
    (514) 948-3246

    Maison Mosaik
    Services:     Emergency food pantry, free boutique (by appointment), family programming.
    Requirements: By appointment.
    (514) 227-1270

    MultiCaf
    Services: Community cafeteria, low-cost market, social market , Free breakfast (Mon-Fri 9am-10:30am), hot lunch ($2.00), hot dinner ($2.50), psychosocial support, compensated work program, employment services.
    Requirements: Serves the Côte-des-Neiges area. For the social market, ID for every family member and proof of residence, proof of income required for some programs.
    (514) 733-0554

    Information Alimentaire de Centre Sud
    Services:     Food baskets.

    Requirements: Serves the Centre-Sud area (details on website), where residents can become members to receive services.
    (514) 529-2626

    Jamaica Association of Montreal
    Services:     Food bank.
    Requirements: Geared towards to the Jamaican community of Montreal. ID required for registration for the food bank. 5$ fee.
    (514) 737-8229

    H.O.P.E Food Bank
    Services:     Food bank.
    Requirements: Serves Lasalle area.
    (514) 363-4578

    L'Oasis de Saint-Laurent
    Services:     Food baskets.
    Requirements: Serves Saint-Laurent area.
    (514) 747-7621

    Le Chic Resto Pop
    Services:     Community restaurant (low cost $5), market (low cost), pre-prepared family meals (low cost), community garden, frozen meals (low-cost), employment services and remunerated work programs, eye glasses at reduced price, family programming.
    Requirements: Serves Quartier Hochelaga-Maisonneuve. To access some services, membership is required. Most services have small fees.
    (514) 521-4089

    Santropol Roulant
    Services:     Low-cost meals delivered to home, community garden, community space, workshops.
    Requirements:     Meal service reserved for elders.
    (514) 284-9335

  • Cactus Montreal
    Services:     Referral and support services for drug users, on site nurse, supervised consumption site, harm reduction supplies (injection and inhalation), drug testing, STBBI screening, youth support, trans support , free metro passes (restrictions apply), home visits.
    (514) 847-0067

    GRIP
    Services: Prevention and harm reduction, information, clean or sterile drug use supplies and sexual health supplies, drug checking (fentanyl strips), naloxone, outreach at events, psychosocial support and crisis intervention, sexual violence and harassment prevention.
    514-726-4106

    LI-BER-T House
    Services: Housing for women reintegrating society.
    (514) 662-2047

    Le CAP St-Barnabé
    Services: Day centre, emergency shelter, food baskets, meal service, housing assistance.
    Restrictions: Aimed towards vulnerable, low income individuals, unhoused or at risk (18+)
    (514) 251-2081

    Chez Doris
    Services: Day shelter, night shelter, meal service, material support (clothing, hygiene), psychosocial support, counselling, housing program, grocery gift card program, varied programming and activities, legal clinic, tax clinic.
    Restrictions: Women. Night shelter max capacity 24.
    (514) 937-2341, dial “0”

    La Rue des Femmes
    Services: Day shelter, Emergency shelter, short term housing, transitional housing, material support (clothing, hygiene), meal service, activities, laundry, psychosocial support, healing and rehabilitation services, and referrals. (514) 284-9665

    Le Chaînon
    Services: Emergency shelter, short term housing, transitional housing, psychosocial support, meal service, laundry, material support (clothing, furniture, etc.), food baskets, legal clinic, tax clinic, social and recreational activities.
    Restrictions: Reservations necessary.
    (514) 845-0151

    Accueil Bonneau
    Services: Day centre, meal services, health services, psychosocial support, employment programs, housing services, arts and music programming, tax clinic, legal clinic, material support (clothing), transitional housing projects.
    (514) 845-3906

    Resilience Montreal
    Services: Day shelter, material support (clothing), meal service, showers, harm reduction supplies, psychosocial support, accompaniment services, administrative assistance, housing program, compensatory work program.

    *Resilience offers services primarily to the Cabot Square community.
    (438) 828-8995

    The Open Door
    Services: Emergency shelter, meal service, material resources (clothing, eye glasses), showers, emergency food aid, laundry service, spiritual counselling, referral services, tax clinic, employment services (CV, job search, training program), counselling, Inuit only housing program.
    (514) 939-1970

    Logifem
    Services: Shortor long-term shelter, transitional housing options, meal service, psychosocial support, activities and family programming.
    Restrictions: Reserved for women and children.
    (514) 939-3172

    Auberge Madeleine
    Services: Housing, psychosocial support, group and individual counselling, referrals, activities and workshops.
    514-597-1303 poste 5

  • Primary Care Access Point (GAP)
    Services:     Website facilitating access to healthcare and appointments with medical professionals.
    Requirements:     Must be registered with The Quebec Family Doctor Finder
    Call: 811 (option 3)

    GoWell
    Services: Website that estimates waittimes in emergency rooms across Montreal based on occupancy and capacity.

    Répertoire des ressources en santé et services sociaux
    Services:     Government search engine for clinics that offer same day or following day appointments.

    Tiger Lotus Cooperative
    Services: Healing and wellness centre, Massage therapy, fertility and menstrual charting and consultation are the tools used to improve menstrual and reproductive health.
    438 798 0400

    Fondation Dr. Julien
    Services: Social pediatrics- medical care, psychsocial support, psychoeducational services, specialized therapists and other professionals, legal assistance.
    514 527-3777

    UP Centre for pediatric emergencies and specialized care
    Services: Specialized follow-ups and multi-disciplinary care.

    ELNA Pediatrics
    Services: Specialists: Allergy, Endocrinology, Infectious Diseases, Surgery, and more
    Therapists: Audiology, Nutrition, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Psychology, Speech Therapy.

    Clinique d’Acupuncture Sociale d’Hochelaga
    Services: social acupuncture sessions, ranging from $20 to $50 per treatment, Auriculo-solidarity program, based on the NADA protocol, free of charge.

    AcuPop Montreal
    Services: Acupuncture, Massage Therapy, Osteopathy, alternative medicine with accessible price ranges.

  • Brique par Brique
    Services:     Community housing, community centre, activities and workshops.
    Requirements: Serves Parc-Extension area.
    (514) 665-7481

    Project Genesis
    Services:     Storefront– Free legal information and advocacy (housing, welfare, medicare, pensions, etc.), home advocacy visits, community activism.
    (514) 738-2036

    ROMEL
    Services:     Housing assistance – Referrals (emergency, temporary, social and community housing), housing rights and advocacy, some housing opportunities by application.
    Requirements: Aimed at marginalized communities, newly landed immigrants, and low income individuals.
    (514) 341-1057 # 200

    Maison Marguerite
    Services:     Short-term housing, transitional housing, permanent housing, psychosocial support, clothing and hygiene products, housing assistance and advocacy.
    Requirements: Service reserved for women in situations of homelessness.
    (514) 932-2250

    Maison Passages
    Services:     Emergency and short term housing, social housing (community support), workshops and activities, administrative support and accompaniment.
    Requirements: Services reserved for women in situations of vulnerability.
    514 875-5807
    Shelter and housing:
    514 875-8119

    YWCA Montreal
    Services: Legal services, employment services, housing services, activities and classes, caregivers support, newcomers support, advocacy.
    514-866-9941

    Maison LI-BER-T House
    Services: Housing for women in recovery from addiction, psychosocial support.
    Restrictions: Women after the completion of an addiction treatment program. By appointment only.
    514.662.2047

  • Native Women's Shelter
    Services: Housing, holistic support, many programs including Resilience Montreal, Cabot Square Project, and Miyoskamin.

    Reserved for First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples
    (514) 933-4688

    Projet Autochtones du Quebec
    Services: Housing services and advocacy, shelter, transitional housing, wellness programming, psychosocial support, meals, clothing, job support

    Reserved for First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples
    1 (514) 879-3310

  • SOS Violence Conjugal
    Services:     Helpline, referral services.
    Requirements:     Reserved for women escaping situations of violence.
    1 (800) 363-9010

    Regroupement des Maisons pour Femmes Victimes de Violence Conjugales
    Services:     Helpline, referral services, housing, psychosocial support, accompaniment, activities.
    Requirement: Reserved for women escaping situations of violence.
    (514) 878-9134

    Assistance aux Femmes
    Services:     Housing, psychosocial support, referral services, legal support, accompaniment, administrative support, services for immigrants, family programming.
    Requirement: Reserved for women and children escaping situations of violence.
    (514) 270-8291

    Rebatir
    Services:     Free legal consultation (4 hours).
    Requirements: Reserved for victims of sexual and domestic violence.
    1(833) 732-2847

    Centre de Solidarite Lesbienne
    Services:     Psychosocial support/counselling, accompaniment, informational workshops, group activities, food aid.
    Requirements:     Reserved for lesbian women, nonbinary and trans people.
    (514) 526-2452

    Flora Tristan
    Services:     Emergency and transition services (accommodations), psychosocial support, referral services, family services, material resources (clothing, hygiene), meal service.
    Requirements:     Reserved for victims of domestic violence, with or without children.
    (514) 939-3463

    Auberge Shalom
    Services: Emergency shelter, psychosocial support, kosher meal service, accompaniment, material support, family programming.
    Requirements: Aimed towards Jewish women but open to all women.
    (514) 731-0833

  • Concordia Legal Information Clinic
    Services:     Free legal information and referrals.
    Requirement:     Reserved for students.
    (514) 848-7474 ext 7375

    Legal Information Clinic at McGill
    Services:     Free legal information and referrals.
    (438) 944-6545

    The Greater Montreal Community Justice Center
    Services:     Free legal information and referrals.
    514-227-3782 (option 4)

    Mile-End Community Mission
    Services:     Mile-End Legal Clinic, referral and accompaniment services, counselling, weekly food bank and emergency food bags, hot meal service, local market, material resources (clothing, household items), mobile dental clinic, community and family programming.
    Requirements:     Serves Mile-End area. Annual membership fee of $2 per person per household, proof of address and revenue is required.
    (514) 274-3401

    Concertation Femme
    Services:     Referal and listening services, legal information clinic, childcare services (daycare), language classes, activities.
    (514) 336-3733

    Juripop
    Services:     Affordable lawyers ($65/h), referral services, knowledgeable with sexual and domestic violence cases.
    (514) 705-1637

    Aide Juridique Montreal/Laval
    Services:     Free consultations, for people under arrest or in detention.
    514-864-2111

  • The Perinatal Loss Project
    Services: Peer support group every Tuesday evening from February 11th - April 28th, 2025, 6:30 - 8:30pm.

    Centre for Reproductive Loss/Coeurage
    Services: Reproductive Grief Care Workshops by Laura Aguilar.

    McGill University Health Centre (MUHC)
    Services: The MUHC offers resources for families who have experienced perinatal loss.

    West Island Women's Centre | Centre de femmes de l’Ouest-de-l ’Île
    Services: Healing Together Support Group - Healing Together is an evening online support group for women dealing with miscarriage, stillbirth or infant death.

    Parents Orphelins
    Services: Offers group support, a helpline, and various activities for parents who have lost a baby during pregnancy.

    NDG Therapy
    Services: Private, individual therapy for perinatal loss whether due to abortion, miscarriage, stillbirth, pregnancy interruption and neonatal death (up to 12 months of age), and for couples dealing with fertility issues.

    La Balle de laine
    Services: Support Group of parents who have experienced the death of a child. This group organizes monthly meetings at UQO/St-Jérôme.

    Myra’s Kids Foundation
    Services: Monthly grief & bereavement support groups for children and teens, parents and extended family, We Also Mourn (WAM), a group for men who have experienced perinatal loss, still birth, or miscarriage .

    Maison Monbourquette
    Services: Bereavement Resources, Individual or group support, Helplines and talk lines, Online resources, Book recommendations.

    Little Bean Foundation
    Services: Building worldwide connections with bereaved parents to help them find ways to glow through their grief, Support from a Certified Bereavement Doula for bereaved parents to alleviate some of the stress that comes after the loss of a baby. 

  • Nourri-Source
    Services: Prenatal breastfeeding workshop, Breastfeeding drop-in center, breastfeeding peer-support volunteers, Breast Pump Rental and Loan.

    La Leche League
    Services: Virtual Group meetings, get your breastfeeding questions answered, share support, and meet others on the same journey as you.

    CLSC de Benny Farm
    Services: free drop-in breastfeeding groups every Tuesday from 10:00 a.m. to noon.

    Sally Lee b-ê :: well holistic therapies
    Services: Pre and Post natal services, natural birthing workshop for expecting couples,Postpartum Doula, prenatal and postnatal yoga.

  • AMI Quebec
    Services:     Support and counselling for the friends and family of those suffering from mental illness.
    (514) 486-1448

    Women's Centre of Montreal
    Services:     Food basket, psychosocial support, material support, employment support, support for immigrant and Indigenous women, group activities, classes and workshops.
    Requirements: Consultation with counselor. Reserved for women.

    Face à Face
    Services    : Counselling, listening helpline, accompaniment services, housing support.
    Requirements: For the vulnerable and isolated, aimed towards homeless individuals or those at risk of homelessness.
    (514) 934-4546

    ABRAR
    Services:     Affordable trauma and mental health services in multiple languages.
    Restrictions:     Geared towards newcomers and immigrants.

    Maison St. Jacques
    Services: Group therapy program.
    Restrictions: Over 18 years old.
    (514) 526-4132

    Amal Centre for Women
    Services: Referral, psychosocial support, active listening, counselling (family, couple, individual), workshops, community outreach.
    Restrictions: Reserved for Muslim women
    (514) 855-0330

    Elizabeth Fry Society of Quebec
    Services: The Elizabeth Fry Society of Quebec (SEFQ) is a community-based organization working with women who have or have had conflicts with the law.
    Restrictions: Reserved for women in prison or leaving prison

    Art Hive
    Services: Art therapy sessions, the MMFA’s Art Hive is a creative community studio where each participant is welcomed as an artist, regardless of their experience in art making. Art materials are provided free of charge and a museum mediator and an art therapist are on hand to help you get started.
    Wednesday: 3 to 5 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. & Friday to Sunday: 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

    Expression Lasalle
    Services: Creative arts therapies (art therapy, drama therapy, music therapy, etc.), relaxation & meditation workshops, groups on the theme of sexual abuse, and verbal counseling encourage self-expression, and psychological and/or emotional well being.
    Restrictions: 18 to 65 years of age, geared towards people located in the borough of LaSalle (Montreal) .

    Montreal art therapy
    Services: Art therapy for all ages from children to seniors, sliding scale services offered to college and university students.

  • YMCA Residence
    Services:     Housing, psychosocial support, family programming, food aid, material support, language classes.
    Requirements:     Reserved for asylum seekers referred by PRAIDA.
    (514) 932-5353

    The Refugee Centre
    Services:     Legal aid, orientation, classes and activities (language web development), academic aid, employment services, arts and wellness programming, referral services, emergency food aid and hygiene products.
    (514) 846-0005

    Action Réfugiés Montréal
    Services: Sponsorship, support for those detained for immigration reasons.
    (514) 935-7799

    Centre D'appui aux Communautés Immigrantes
    Services:     Orientation (housing, tax clinic, psychosocial support, emergency food bank), language classes, accompaniment, employment services, administrative support.
    Requirements:     Services reserved for immigrants.
    (514) 856-3511

    Centre Social D'aide aux immigrants (CSAI)
    Services: Integration and orientation services, listening and support, technical/administrative assistance, workshops and activities, language classes, empoyment services, services for refugees, housing search assistance.
    514 932-2953

    Service Communautaires pour Réfugiés et Immigrants (SCRI)
    Services: Legal clinic (sponsorship), legal information clinic, integration activities, housing program for single women, material resources (clothes, interview clothes, warm clothes, funriture, appliances), employment aid, language classes, business classes.
    (514) 387-4477

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  • CVASM
    Services:     Helpline, referral services, legal support, medical clinic.
    (514) 933-9007

    RQ CALACS
    Services:     Coalition of sexual assault help centres, psychosocial support, accompaniment, referral.
    Requirements: For survivors of sexual violence.
    (514) 529-5252

  • Project 10
    Services: psychosocial support, material support, harm reduction resources, food available upon request, accompaniment, administrative and bureaucratic support and advocacy.
    Restrictions: Reserved for 2LGBTQ+ youth and adults age 14-25.
    (514) 989-0001

    Coalition Jeunesse
    Services: Community resource space, harm reduction resources, material resources.
    Restrictions: Reserved for 2SLGBTQIA+ youth.
    (438) 288-0744

    Interligne
    Services: Psychosocial support, legal clinic (phone), youth/ senior/ violence/ employment resources and support, various programs and partnerships.

    LGBT+ Family Coalition
    Services: Workshops and tools, informational resources, conferences, support and referral.(514) 878-7600

    AGIR Montréal
    Services: Referrals, accompaniment, Individual Support Services (housing, interpretation, social services, legal aid, psychosocial support, food bank, francisation courses, employment, education, etc.), Group Support Services (support groups, activities), material support (food cards, clothing donation distributions, etc.), trainings
    Restrictions: LGBTQ+ migrants and refugees. By appointment only.