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Adventure Place
Early Years 416-744-7650 x228
www.adventureplace.ca
Aisling Discoveries Child and Family Centre
Early Years 416-321-5464
www.aislingdiscoveries.on.ca
Blind Low Vision Early Intervention Program
Early Years 416-338-0025
www.tpsls.on.ca/blv/index.htm
Children's Aid Society of Toronto
Early Years 416-924-4646
www.torontocas.ca
Hospital for Sick Children
Early Years 416-813-1500
www.sickkids.ca
Infant Hearing Program
Early Years 1-866-821-7770
www.children.gov.on.ca/htdocs/English/topics/earlychildhood/hearing/index.aspx
Ontario Foundation for Visually Impaired Children
Early Years 416-925-5141
www.ofvic.org
Toronto Preschool Speech and Language Services
Early Years 416-338-8255
www.tpsls.on.ca
Circle of Care
Elderly 416-635-2860
www.circleofcare.com
Community Living Toronto - Scarborough Region
Elderly 416-438-6099
www.cltoronto.ca
Seniors Info
Elderly 1-888-910-1999
www.seniors.gov.on.ca
2-Spirited People
Families 416-944-9300 x222
www.2spirits.com
Access Alliance Multicultural Health & Community Services
Families 416-760-8677 x351
www.accessalliance.ca
Assaulted Women's Hotline
Families 1-866-863-0511
www.awhl.org
GROUP ORGANIZATION PHONE
Bob Rumball Centre for the Deaf
Families 416-449-2728
www.bobrumball.org
Canadian Hearing Society
Families 416-928-2506
www.chs.ca
Canadian Red Cross, Toronto Mobile Food Bank
Families 416-480-2500
www.redcross.ca
Catholic Children's Aid Society
Families 416-924-4646
www.torontoccas.org
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Families 416-535-8501
www.camh.net
Child Development Institute
Families 416-603-1827
www.childdevelop.ca
City of Toronto Services
Families 311
www.toronto.ca
Community Living Toronto
Families 416-236-7621
www.cltoronto.ca
Epilepsy Toronto
Families 416-964-9095
www.epilepsytoronto.org
Geneva Centre for Autism
Families 416-322-7877
www.autism.net
Mental Health Helpline
Families 1-866-531-2600
www.mhsio.on.ca
Mothercraft: CityKids
Families 416-483-0511
www.mothercraft.ca/index.php?q=ei-citykids
Occupational Therapists
Families 416-214-1177
www.coto.org
Ontario Association of Optometrists
Families 905-826-3522
www.optom.on.ca
GROUP ORGANIZATION PHONE
Ontario Association of Speech Pathologists
Families 416-920-3676
www.aslpa.ca
Park, Forestry and Recreation
Families 311
www.toronto.ca/parks
Scarborough Centre for Healthy Communities
Families 416-642-9445
www.schcontario.ca
Surrey Place Centre
Families 416-925-5141
www.surreyplace.on.ca
TAIBU Community Health Centre
Families 416-644-3536
www.taibuchc.com
Telehealth Ontario
Families 1-866-797-0000
www.health.gov.on.ca/en/public/programs/telehealth
Toronto Public Health
Families 311
www.toronto.ca/health
Weekend Respite and Zone Summer Camps
Families 416-322-7877 x325
www.autism.net
First Nations, Métis Anduhyaun
416-243-7669 x226
and Inuit www.anduhyaun.org/
First Nations, Métis Anishnawbe Health Toronto
416-920-2605
and Inuit www.aht.ca
First Nations, Métis Native Child & Family Services of Toronto
416-703-3361
and Inuit www.nativechild.org
First Nations, Métis Native Women's Resource Centre of Toronto
416-963-9963
and Inuit www.nwrct.ca
First Nations, Métis Nishnawbe-Aski Legal Service Corporation (NALSC)
1-807-622-1413
and Inuit www.nanlegal.on.ca/
First Nations, Métis Southern Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative (SOADI)
416-203-0133
and Inuit www.soadi.ca
GROUP ORGANIZATION PHONE
First Nations, Métis Toronto Aboriginal Care Team
647-258-0336
and Inuit www.torontocareteam.org/index.html
Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Toronto
Youth 416-925-8981
www.bbbst.com
Kids Help Phone
Youth 1-800-668-6868
www.kidshelpphone.ca
Project Going Home
Youth 416-925-9250
www.turningpoint.ca/dayprograms.html
VOICE for Hearing Impaired Children
Youth 1-866-779-5144
www.voicefordeafkids.com
GROUP ORGANIZATION PHONE
Ministry of Children & Youth Services
Early Years 1-866-821-7770
www.children.gov.on.ca
LOFT Community Services
Elderly 416-979-1994
www.loftcs.org/
Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario
Families 416-597-5855
www.acto.ca
Agincourt Community Services Association Homelessness
Families 416-321-6912
www.agincourtcommunityservices.com
Community Living Toronto
Families 416-968-0650
www.cltoronto.ca
Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada
Families 416-366-1711
www.chfc.ca
Emergency Family Intake
Families 416-397-5637
www.toronto.ca/housing/needhelp.htm
Emergency Shelters
Families 1-877-338-3398
www.toronto.ca/housing
Federation of Metro Tenants Associations
Families 416-780-1650
www.torontotenants.org
Guides to Tenants Rights
Families 416-921-9494
www.torontotenants.org/resources/guide-to-tenant-rights
Out of the Cold
Families 416-699-6682
www.ootc.ca
Scarborough Housing Help Centre
Families 416-285-8070
www.shhc.org
Scott Mission
Families 416-923-8872
www.scottmission.com/
Toronto Community Housing Corporation
Families 416-981-5500
www.torontohousing.ca
First Nations, Métis Aboriginal Housing Support Centre
416-260-2057
and Inuit www.aboriginalhsc.org
GROUP ORGANIZATION PHONE
First Nations, Métis Métis Nation of Ontario
416-977-9881
and Inuit www.metisnation.org
First Nations, Métis Native Women's Resource Centre of Toronto
416-963-9963
and Inuit www.nwrct.ca
First Nations, Métis Nekenaan Second Stage Housing
416-243-7669
and Inuit www.anduhyaun.org/housing
First Nations, Métis Wigwamen Inc
416-481-4451
and Inuit www.wigwamen.com/
Central Access
Youth 416-338-4766
n/a
Ministry of Health & Long Term Care
Youth 416-314-5518
www.mhp.gov.on.ca
Youth Link
Youth 416-967-1773
www.youthlink.ca
GROUP ORGANIZATION PHONE
Centennial Infant and Child Centre
Early Years 416-935-0200 x246
www.cicc.ca
Ontario Early Years - Trinity - Spadina
Early Years 416-532-8100
www.oeyc.edu.gov.on.ca/locations/oeyc.aspx?Center=316
Ryerson University 50+
Elderly 416-979-5035
www.ce-online.ryerson.ca
Aboriginal Legal Services Toronto
Families 416-408-3967
www.aboriginallegal.ca/
Adult Education: Essential Skills Upgrading
Families 416-396-6905
www.tdsb.on.ca/adultlearners/LearnEnglish/EssentialSkillsUpgrading.aspx
Aisling Discoveries Child & Family Centre
Families 416-321-5464
www.aislingdiscoveries.on.ca
Family Services of Toronto - Passport Initiative
Families 416-595-9230
www.familyservicetoronto.org/programs/passport.html
Frontier College - Beat the Street
Families 1-800-555-6523
www.frontiercollege.ca/english/learn/programs_beat_the_street.html
Independent Learning Centre
Families 416-484-2704
www.ilc.org
Learning Disabilities Association of Ontario
Families 416-229-1680
www.ldac-acta.ca/
Somali Parents Liaison Coalition
Families n/a
www.splc4u-on.ca
TDSB Continuing Education
Families 416-338-4111
www.tdsb.on.ca/AdultLearners
Toronto Foundation for Student Success
Families 416-394-6880
www.tfss.ca
Toronto Public Library
Families 416-393-7131
www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/branches
First Nations, Métis Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres
416-956-7575
and Inuit www.ofifc.org
Ontario Ministry of Education
Youth 416-325-2929
www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng
GROUP ORGANIZATION PHONE
Success Beyond Limits
Youth 416-395-3320 x20215
www.successbl.com
Toronto District School Board
Youth 416-397-3000
www.tdsb.on.ca
GROUP ORGANIZATION PHONE
Canada Learning Bond
Early Years n/a
www.canlearn.ca
Merry Go Round Children's Foundation
Early Years 647-426-1252
www.kidscopscomputers.org/
Toronto Children’s Services
Early Years 416-392-KIDS (5437)
www.toronto.ca/children
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Elderly 416-642-3038
www.mhp.gov.on.ca
Access Alliance Multicultural Health & Community Services
Families 416-760-8677 x351
www.accessalliance.ca
Canada Benefits
Families 1-800-622-6232
www.canadabenefits.gc.ca
Canada Employment Insurance
Families 1-800-206-7218
www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/sc/ei
Canada Revenue Agency
Families 1-800-387-1193
www.cra-arc.gc.ca/bnfts/menu-eng.html
Child Tax Benefit Ontario Disability Support Program
Families 416-325-5900
www.cra-arc.gc.ca/bnfts/cctb
Childcare Subsidy - City of Toronto
Families 311
www.toronto.ca/children/subsidy.htm
COSTI Immigrant Services
Families 416-658-1600
www.costi.org
Legal Clinics
Families 1-800-668-8258
www.legalaid.on.ca
Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services
Families 416-325-5666
www.mcss.gov.on.ca/en/mcss
Ontario Benefits Directory
Families 1-866-668-8297
www.ontario.ca/benefitsdirectory
Ontario Disability Support Program
Families 416-327-4954
www.mcss.gov.on.ca/en/mcss/programs/social/odsp
Ontario Works - Social Services
Families 416-392-3200
www.toronto.ca/socialservices
The Career Foundation
Families 416-789-4862
www.careerfoundation.com
GROUP ORGANIZATION PHONE
Toronto Children’s Services - Fee subsidy application
Families n/a
www.toronto.ca/children/subsidy.htm
Toronto Employment and Social Services
Families 416-392-2956
www.toronto.ca/socialservices/
Toronto People with Aids (PWA) Foundation
Families 416-506-1400
www.pwatoronto.org
Wellspring Money Matters Resource Centre
Families 416-961-1493
www.wellspring.ca
YMCA Employment Services
Families 416-928-9622
www.ymcagta.org/en/get-a-Job
Your Legal Rights
Families 416-408-4420
www.yourlegalrights.on.ca
First Nations, Métis Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada
416-973-6234
and Inuit www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/
First Nations, Métis Aboriginal Financial Officers Association
1-866-722-2362
and Inuit www.afoa.ca
First Nations, Métis Indspire
416-926-0775
and Inuit www.indspire.ca
Operation Springboard
Youth 416-977-0089
www.operationspringboard.on.ca
Project Work
Youth 416-481-2211
www.projectwork.ca
Toronto Parks Forestry and Recreation
Youth 416-338-4386
www.toronto.ca/parks
GROUP ORGANIZATION PHONE
Access Alliance Multicultural Health & Community Services
Families 416-324-8677
www.accessalliance.ca
Afghan Women's Organization
Families 416-266-2936
www.afghanwomen.org
Agincourt Community Services Association - Newcomers Centre
Families 416-292-6912
www.agincourtcommunityservices.com
Arab Community Centre of Toronto
Families 416-231-7746 x236
www.arabcommunitycentre.com
Canadian Tibetan Association of Ontario
Families 416-410-5606
www.ctao.org
Centre for Information & Community Services
Families 416-940-3334
www.cicscanada.com
Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Families 1-888-242-2100
www.cic.gc.ca
COSTI Immigrant Services
Families 416-588-2240
www.costi.org
Cross-Cultural Community Services Association
Families 416-977-4026
www.tccsa.on.ca
Culture Link
Families 416-588-6288
www.culturelink.ca
OCASI - Settlement
Families 416-322-4950
www.ocasi.org
Scarborough Centre for Healthy Communities
Families 416-642-9445
www.schcontario.ca
Settlement and Education Partnership in Toronto
Families 905-882-2331
www.tdsb.on.ca
Settlement.Org
Families n/a
www.settlement.org
TDSB Newcomer Services for Youth
Families 416-395-2045
www.tdsb.on.ca/Newcomers/Adults/SettlementServices/NewcomerServices.aspx
Toronto District School Board - ESL Classes
Families 416-338-4300
www.tdsb.on.ca/AdultLearners/LearnEnglish/ESLPrograms
YMCA Newcomer
Families 416-630-0330
www.ymcagta.org/en/newcomers