Find a Shelter

What is a shelter?

A shelter is a safe house where you can get emergency housing and food for yourself and children. A shelter will also provide you with counselling, and other necessary referrals. The shelters in Hamilton have a 24 hour crisis line.

Please find a list below of local shelters and a website for all shelters in Canada. Local Shelter services are 24/7 and provide women a safe place to stay for 6 weeks, basic services offered are:

Emergency residential living for upto 6 weeks, is operational 24 hours a day 7 days a week.
Free emergency transportation to shelter
Safety planning
Outreach worker (community housing support worker)
24 hour crisis line

To find out additional services at each shelter please contact a local shelter.

Local Contact:

Inasmuch House (crisis) 905-529-8600 (bus.) 905-529-8149

Interval House (crisis) 905-387-8881 (bus.) 905-387-9959

Martha House (crisis) 905-523-6277 (bus.) 905-523-8895

Native Women's Centre 1-888-308-6559 (bus.) 905-664-1114

Wife Assault Help Line 905-387-8881

To find other shelters in Canada: