Emergency Shelters & Drop-ins

Good Shepherd Family Centre
​Housing focused shelter and support for families experiencing homelessness. Interpretation services are available upon request.
143 Wentworth Street South, Hamilton, Ontario  L8N 2Z1
Call 905-528-9442

Good Shepherd Men's Centre
135 Mary Street, Hamilton, Ontario L8R 1K4
Call 905-528-9109

Mission Services Men's Residence
400 King Street East, Hamilton, Ontario L8N 1C3
Call 905-528-7635

Salvation Army Booth Centre
94 York Boulevard, Hamilton, Ontario L8R 1R6
Call 905-527-1444

Mission Services Emma’s Place
Offering 15 low-barrier overnight beds. Emma’s Place offers snacks and beverages, harm reduction supplies, emotional support, and assistance with finding housing.
196 Wentworth Street North, Hamilton, Ontario
Hours of operation: Daily from 9pm to 9am
Call 905-528-5100 press 8; then 3

Good Shepherd Mary's Place
20-bed emergency shelter for women experiencing homelessness, poverty, mental illness and/or violence. Staff offer referrals and advocacy for medical, legal, and other services; help obtaining permanent housing; recreational and educational activities.
20 Pearl Street North, Hamilton, Ontario L8R 2Y8
Call 905-523-6277 Crisis line
Call 905-540-8000 Business line

Womankind Emergency Shelter
Emergency shelter for single women and addiction support.
Call 905-545-9100

Good Shepherd Martha House
Emergency shelter specializing in the care of victims of domestic violence. A 28 bed security-equipped transition house for women and children in crisis.
25 Ray Street North, Hamilton, Ontario L8R 2X5
Call 905-523-6277 or 905-523-8895

Interval House Hamilton
A transition house for women and children fleeing domestic violence. Provides meals, emergency clothing and personal needs, 7 days a week.
630 Sanatorium Road, Hamilton, Ontario L9C 7S7
Call 905-387-8881 Crisis Line
Call 905-387-9959 Business Line

Mission Services Inasmuch House
Emergency shelter for abused and homeless women and their children, as well as female teenagers over the age of 16.
Call 905-529-8600 Crisis line
Call 905-529-8149 Business line

Native Women's Centre
Provides safe emergency shelter for all women regardless of age, ancestry, culture, place of origin or sexual orientation, with or without children, who are experiencing a crisis in their lives due to family violence, homelessness, or conflict with the law.
Call 905-664-1114

Good Shepherd Notre Dame House
There are 11 beds available for males and 9 beds available for females. Laundry facilities and meals are provided. Additional services are provided through their resource centre from 9 to 5 pm daily. These include school, employment counselling, addictions counselling, public health nurse.
14 Cannon Street West, Hamilton, Ontario L8R 2B2
Call 905-308-8090

YWCA Carol Anne's Place (Women only)
75 MacNab Street S, Hamiton, Ontario L8P 3C1
Overnight access for women, open 7 days a week. Limited capacity. First come, first served.
Call 905-517-9326 (answered between 10 pm & 12 noon)

Hours of operation: Nightly, year-round 10 pm to 8 am

Mission Services Willow’s Place (Women only)
196 Wentworth Street N, Hamilton, Ontario
Provides women and non-binary individuals with access to laundry, shower facilities, a safe place to rest, meals, and harm reduction supplies, as well as emotional and housing support.

Hours of operation: Daily from 9 am to 8:30 pm
Call 905-528-5100 press 8; then 3
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The Hub
78 Vine Street, Hamilton, ON (at Vine and Park)

Hours of operation: 

• Daily from 5 pm to 9 pm

Indigenous Drop-in Hamilton Regional Indian Centre
407 King Street W, Hamilton, Ontario
A culturally safe & appropriate space for Indigenous people to access housing supports and connect with peers in a community-based setting.

​​Hours of operation: Monday to Friday 8:30am to 6:30pm
Services: Light breakfast, lunch, and dinner; Access to traditional medicines, connect with elders/knowledge keepers; identification supports; housing help & resources.

Living Rock
30 Wilson Street, Hamilton, Ontario, L8R 1C5
Living Rock has provided programs that engage, encourage and equip youth towards their personal development goals for 37 years in Hamilton
Call 905-528-7625