Addictions, Mental Health and Outreach Services

Happy Canada Day! 🍁Street Haven’s head office is closed today but our shelter and addictions and recovery homes are open 24/7 365 days a year as always. Here's something we didn't know: Street Haven opened our doors in 1965, the same year Canada's maple leaf flag was made official. That flag was first sewn together by a 20-year-old woman named Joan O'Malley, who packed up her Singer sewing machine one November evening and just got it done. Her sewing machine is now a national historic artifact. For some of our staff and clients, today is their very first Canada Day. We love to see them celebrate their new home as well. And finally, long before there was a Canada Day, long before there was a Canada, this land had its own name: Turtle Island. There was no 'flag' back then to share with you; it was stories, imagery, governance, and distinct Indigenous nations. We think that is so important to remember. Everyone belongs in Canada. Street Haven has always been about making sure every woman has a place to belong. Today and every day. 💛 #StreetHaven #CanadaDay #Toronto #WomenSupportingWomen #TruthAndReconciliation #TurtleIsland

We have the BEST donors! 💛 It all started with an email from Christina saying she had furniture and kitchen items she no longer needed. She just finished her Master of Nursing in Toronto and is heading back to BC, but before she left, she wanted her belongings to go to someone who really needed them. So she reached out to us. Her items are not only going to our shelters, but we were able to connect her with a Pathways to Independence client who recently transitioned into housing of her own. Furniture and kitchen basics are exactly what it takes to make a new place feel like home. 🏡 Christina even brought friends to help our facilities team load the van themselves! It's a reminder that community support doesn't always look like a big donation. Sometimes it's a grad student packing up her apartment and thinking of someone else first. Thank you, Christina. We're lucky to have donors like you in our corner. 💛 #StreetHaven #CommunitySupport #PathwaysToIndependence #Toronto #NonprofitWork

@pridetoronto 2026 — we showed UP. 🏳️‍🌈✨ Prize wheel on Church Street? Yes! Hundreds of conversations with community members (and their dogs 🐾)? Even better. Marching in the parade with the music, the party, and ALL the love? Best. Weekend. Ever! If you didn’t know Street Haven before, you know us now: one part advocacy, one part community, one part FUN. Our founder Peggy Walpole started this place on one belief: take in women with no judgment, regardless of who they are or who they love. We think she’d be proud. 🏳️‍🌈 Thank you to every staff member, volunteer, client, and community member who came out this weekend. 💙 See you next year. #TorontoPride #Pride2026 #StreetHaven #WomensServices #2SLGBTQ

This Pride, we're celebrating 🏳️‍🌈 And we're telling the truth. Thousands of 2SLGBTQIA+ people in Toronto still don't have a safe place to land. And that's something we can't scroll past. Street Haven was founded in 1965: the same year homosexuality was still a criminal offence in Canada. For women rejected by their families because of who they loved, we were there. We still are. In our shelters, our mental health and addictions programs, our supportive housing, and our employment programs, every door is open. Every service is inclusive. No exceptions, no judgment. 💛 This Pride, go beyond the parade. Advocate. Donate. Demand better. Because Pride isn't just a celebration, it's a call to action. #StreetHaven #TorontoPride #Pride2026 #2SLGBTQIA #PrideWithPurpose #Toronto #SafeSpace

Meet Kim, Fatima, Dera, and Jen; four members of our Housing Outreach Team 🏠 Ask any of them what a typical day looks like, and you’ll get the same answer. There isn't one. One hour you're helping a client track down the documents she needs to apply for housing. The next you're deescalating a crisis. Then you're on the bus helping someone get their ID. Then back to emails and landlord follow-ups. And underneath all of it: the reality that people on Ontario Works receive just $390/month toward housing. That the waitlists are long. That landlord discrimination is real. That the barriers stacked against the women they support are significant, but this team shows up anyway. Fatima puts it like this: her work is about helping people "rescue the human soul and bring it to life." Dera says she sees herself in the women she supports and stays because she knows what it means to need someone in your corner. Kim says housing isn't just a roof. It's the foundation for everything else. That's what this team carries with them every single day. We're so grateful they do. 💙 #StreetHaven #HousingOutreach #HousingFirst #WomenSupportingWomen #EndHomelessness #Toronto #Nonprofit

@pridetoronto weekend is coming up and we are SO ready 🏳️‍🌈✨ Find us at the Church Street Fair on Friday June 26 + Saturday June 27, we've got games, prizes, and good vibes. Come by and say hi! Then on Sunday June 28, we'll be marching in the parade 🎉 We can’t wait to celebrate with you all 💛 #Pride2026 #TorontoPride #StreetHaven #ChurchStreet #Toronto #Community