Emergency Shelter Program
As a key element in the strategy to break the
cycle of homelessness, the Emergency Shelter Program provides
funding to shelters and drop-in centres that help connect people
who are homeless to housing and support services in addition to
offering temporary shelter, food and other
support services.
The Province continues to work with partners in
revising the program framework, and identifying good practices to
strengthen the Emergency Shelter Program.
More than 1,600 shelter beds are
available year-round across the province, almost double the
approximately 850 beds in 2001. Most shelters are able to stay open
24 hours a day, seven days a week and provide three meals a
day.
Click here
to see a list of provincially-funded shelters.
For more information
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