Community Resources
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Association Iris
Services: Accommodation for men in distress, Housing Support Program, Residential services
514-381-8026Tracom 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) 282-7753West Island Crisis Centre
Services: 24/7 crisis line, Support groups, Short term accommodation, Workplace support.
514 684-6160L’Autre Maison
Services: Paediatric emergency care.
450 332-9833RESIQ
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 CENTREAMI Quebec
Services: Family Peer Support, Support Groups, Interactive Workshops, Counselling.
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Y Des Femmes
Services: Free Services for Montreal Women Online or on site. Take part in one of three work integration programs available.
(514) 878-9788Petites Mains
Services: Youth Employability Program, Personalized employment support.
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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.
514-274-8117Maison 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.
514-227-1270Women on the Rise
Services: Listening and referral services, workshops, family programming, collective meals, childcare, material support.
(514) 485-7814Centre 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) 931-6202Register for free activities for the whole family.
Activities for toddlers and families.
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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) 225-3448Partage et Solidarité
Services: Food baskets.
Requirements: By appointment.
(514) 659-1773The 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) 948-3246Maison Mosaik
Services: Emergency food pantry, free boutique (by appointment), family programming.
Requirements: By appointment.
(514) 227-1270MultiCaf
Services: Community cafeteria, low-cost market, social market , Free breakfast (Mon-Fri 9am-10:30am), hot lunch ($2.00), hot dinner ($2.50), psychosocial support, compensated work program, employment services.
Requirements: Serves the Côte-des-Neiges area. For the social market, ID for every family member and proof of residence, proof of income required for some programs.
(514) 733-0554Information Alimentaire de Centre Sud
Services: Food baskets.Requirements: Serves the Centre-Sud area (details on website), where residents can become members to receive services.
(514) 529-2626Jamaica Association of Montreal
Services: Food bank.
Requirements: Geared towards to the Jamaican community of Montreal. ID required for registration for the food bank. 5$ fee.
(514) 737-8229H.O.P.E Food Bank
Services: Food bank.
Requirements: Serves Lasalle area.
(514) 363-4578L'Oasis de Saint-Laurent
Services: Food baskets.
Requirements: Serves Saint-Laurent area.
(514) 747-7621Le 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) 521-4089Santropol Roulant
Services: Low-cost meals delivered to home, community garden, community space, workshops.
Requirements: Meal service reserved for elders.
(514) 284-9335Concordia University Food Resources
A variety of resources for affordable food geared towards students and also families.
Apps to help mitigate food waste and offer huge savings on food:
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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) 847-0067GRIP
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.
514-726-4106LI-BER-T House
Services: Housing for women reintegrating society.
(514) 662-2047Le 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) 251-2081Chez 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) 284-9665Le 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) 845-0151Accueil 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) 845-3906Resilience 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) 828-8995The 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) 939-1970Logifem
Services: Shortor long-term shelter, transitional housing options, meal service, psychosocial support, activities and family programming.
Restrictions: Reserved for women and children.
(514) 939-3172Auberge Madeleine
Services: Housing, psychosocial support, group and individual counselling, referrals, activities and workshops.
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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 0400Fondation Dr. Julien
Services: Social pediatrics- medical care, psychsocial support, psychoeducational services, specialized therapists and other professionals, legal assistance.
514 527-3777UP 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
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Brique par Brique
Services: Community housing, community centre, activities and workshops.
Requirements: Serves Parc-Extension area.
(514) 665-7481Project Genesis
Services: Storefront– Free legal information and advocacy (housing, welfare, medicare, pensions, etc.), home advocacy visits, community activism.
(514) 738-2036ROMEL
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 # 200Maison 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) 932-2250Maison 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:
514 875-8119YWCA Montreal
Services: Legal services, employment services, housing services, activities and classes, caregivers support, newcomers support, advocacy.
514-866-9941Maison 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.
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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) 933-4688Projet Autochtones du Quebec
Services: Housing services and advocacy, shelter, transitional housing, wellness programming, psychosocial support, meals, clothing, job supportReserved for First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples
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SOS Violence Conjugal
Services: Helpline, referral services.
Requirements: Reserved for women escaping situations of violence.
1 (800) 363-9010Regroupement 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) 878-9134Assistance 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) 270-8291Rebatir
Services: Free legal consultation (4 hours).
Requirements: Reserved for victims of sexual and domestic violence.
1(833) 732-2847Centre 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) 731-0833Crime Victims Assistance Centres (CAVAC) are found in every region of Québec. There are more than 185 gateways giving you access to their professional caseworkers. CAVACs are distinguished by their expertise in offering post-traumatic intervention and their privileged access to the legal network.
IVAC's mission is to help victims of criminal offences gain access to the financial assistance to which they are entitled, in order to help them recover and get on with their lives.
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Concordia Legal Information Clinic
Services: Free legal information and referrals.
Requirement: Reserved for students.
(514) 848-7474 ext 7375Legal 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.
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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) 934-4546ABRAR
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) 526-4132Amal Centre for Women
Services: Referral, psychosocial support, active listening, counselling (family, couple, individual), workshops, community outreach.
Restrictions: Reserved for Muslim women
(514) 855-0330Elizabeth 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 prisonArt 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) .
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YMCA Residence
Services: Housing, psychosocial support, family programming, food aid, material support, language classes.
Requirements: Reserved for asylum seekers referred by PRAIDA.
(514) 932-5353The 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) 856-3511Centre 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.
514 932-2953Service 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.
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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) 989-0001Coalition Jeunesse
Services: Community resource space, harm reduction resources, material resources.
Restrictions: Reserved for 2SLGBTQIA+ youth.
(438) 288-0744Interligne
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) 878-7600AGIR 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.