
Homelessness
This directory is designed to help you find resources on Homelessness in Windsor-Essex. These listings were compiled by submissions from the community along with organizations that have supported the LGBTQ2S+ community in Windsor-Essex. If you feel there is an organization or business that should be listed, please submit the information on our submission form.
Resource Links
LGBTQ Homelessness in Canada (Homeless Hub)
LGBTQ2S Youth Homelessness in Canada (The 519)
Youth Homelessness In Canada (Homeless Hub)
Local Resource connections
ACCESS
23 Mill Street West
Kingsville, ONT, N9Y 1W1
Phone: 519-733-8983
Supporting and strengthening Essex County through locally-driven services, advocacy and strategic community partnerships.
ACCESS
94 Talbot Street East
Leamington, Ontario N8H 1L3
Phone: 519-324-0990
Supporting and strengthening Essex County through locally-driven services, advocacy and strategic community partnerships.
DOWNTOWN MISSION OF WINDSOR
664 Victoria Avenue
Windsor, Ontario, N9A 4N2
Phone: 519-973-5573
We are a Christian, faith-based, registered not-for-profit organization with a focus on serving and advocating for those who struggle with poverty and homelessness — men, women, youth and children
HIATUS HOUSE
250 Louis Avenue
Windsor, Ontario, N9A 1W2
Phone: 519-252-7781
Emergency shelter (26 rooms providing 42 beds) for abused women and their children from Windsor and Essex County. Services provided in a culturally-sensitive manner. The shelter is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Services are also provided to abused women in a same sex relationship.
NISA HOMES
1-888-456-8043 Ext.403
Nisa Homes is a group of transitional homes (long term shelters) for immigrant, Refugee, and Muslim women who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. We are a safe haven for women experiencing domestic violence, poverty, homelessness, or seeking asylum. Nisa Homes offers basic necessities (food & shelter), a safe and secure environment, confidential and supportive counselling (individual & in group settings), one-on-one casework & information, community referrals, programs & services (life skills development, support groups, children’s activities), and services in multiple languages including English, Urdu, Arabic, Hindi, and Punjabi. Professionals are on call for Somali, Farsi, Dari, French, Kurdish & Turkish
SALVATION ARMY
355 Church Street
Windsor, Ontario, N9A 7G9
Phone: 519-253-7473
Emergency Shelter/Housing Services. Hostel for men only with meals on-site.
STREET HEALTH
711 Pelissier Street
Windsor, Ontario, N9A 4L4
519-997-2824
Windsor Essex Community Health Centre, Street Health Site provides primary care and supportive services to individuals in our community who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
WELCOME CENTRE SHELTER FOR WOMEN
263 Bridge Avenue
Windsor, Ontario, N9B 2M1
Phone: 519-971-7595
The Welcome Centre Shelter exists to reduce the devastating impact of homelessness and poverty by providing safe emergency shelter and transitional supports to women and families experiencing or at risk of homelessness.
WINDSOR-ESSEX COMMUNITY HEALTH
711 Pelissier Street
Windsor, Ontario, N9A 4L4
Phone: 519-997-2824
Our Street Health team works in an inter-professional collaborative environment in the heart of our downtown core. There are no geographical boundaries to accessing our free services. Call to book an appointment and learn more about our supports and services.
WINDSOR RESIDENCE FOR YOUNG MEN
1505 Langlois
Windsor, ONT, N8X 4M3
Phone: 226-221-8464
Windsor Residence for Young Men. WRYM is a charitable organization designed to promote the emotional and temporal welfare of homeless male persons, 16 to 20 years of age, with the primary focus of reconciliation with their families.
WINDSOR YOUTH CENTRE
1247 Wyandotte Street East
Windsor, ONT, N9A 3K6
Phone: 226-674-0006
The Windsor Youth Centre (WYC) is a surrogate living room to over one hundred and fifty youth. Where else is there to go? The youth always answer, “Nowhere.” When it opened in October 2011, the WYC was the only drop-in centre for homeless and at-risk youth in Windsor-Essex . It still is.