Support Near You
This referral database is for in-person and/or location-based services, organizations, and collectives, for 2SLGBTQ+ youth in Ontario.
Find a Support Service Near You
Where are you located?
What kind of service are you looking for?
Transgender Health Clinic
A clinic with a NP and social worker to provide service to the transgender community. We can help with counselling, navigating resources, name and sex designation change forms, medical transition, and surgical referrals.
Contact
263 Weller Ave, Kingston, ON
Transgender Niagara
We are a Trans* peer support group located in St. Catharines, Ontario. Our primary purpose is to provide the Trans* community in the Niagara region with access to information, resources, and the companionship of others like ourselves. Our meetings are held from 7-9pm on the fourth Friday of each month at the Silver Spire United Church located at 366 St Paul St. in St. Catharines. Everyone is welcome, including partners and allies. Whether you need support, or have support to offer, we welcome you.
Contact
366 St Paul St, St. Catharines, ON
Triangle Program
The Triangle Program hosts wonderful LGBTQ2+ youth who are in need of a smaller and safer space where they can find and build community. We strive to reflect our students’ experiences in an LGBTQ2+ and social justice-focused curriculum. We offer caring and flexible supports to help our students earn their high school diploma.
We are a high school program under the Toronto District School Board. We offer a lunch program, social worker supports, and free supplies and field trips.
Contact
115 Simpson Ave, Toronto, ON
Two Spirit Circle
2-Spirit Circle Closed Group is an all ages group that provides programming for 2-Spirit First Nations, Inuit and Métis community members in Windsor Essex, facilitated by Shane Lyon (2S Mi’kmaw/Irish) and presented by the Windsor-Essex Pride Fest. The 2-Spirit Circle ensures that everyone attending this group will have a non-judgmental, supportive space to get together and explore your identities and what that means to you. We will do this through Sharing Circles, Traditional Teachings, music, crafts, game nights and other activities to build connections within our community of Windsor-Essex.
Contact
2109 Ottawa Street Market Square Entrance, 2nd Floor, Unit #216, Windsor, ON
Welcome Friend Association
Rainbow Camp: Welcome Friend Association’s Rainbow Camp is a paid in-person overnight summer camp for 2SLGBTQ+ and allied youth, their siblings and children in queer families, ages 8-18. WFA’s Rainbow Camp is committed to developing a camp community which honours creativity, individual choice, and social justice while having fun!
Rainbow Online Connection (ROC): Rainbow Online Connection (ROC) is WFA Rainbow Camp’s online programming to connect with campers and camp families throughout the year! Our programs include Youth ROC (free), Dungeons and Dragons (six-session Dungeons and Dragons campaigns for ages 12-17, all experience levels welcome)
and Parents ROC (free support group for parents, guardians, and caregivers of 2SLGBTQ+ youth)
Contact
Thessalon, ON
Western Ottawa Community Resource Centre (WOCRC)
THIS SERVICE IS NON QUEER, TRANS, AND LGBTQ SPECIFIC
The Western Ottawa Community Resource Centre is a not-for-profit organization that provides health and social services to communities in far west Ottawa.
Short-Term Counselling, Crisis Walk-in and Phone Support
The WOCRC provides short-term counselling services (6-8 sessions), crisis walk-in, phone support, and information and referrals to all members of our diverse community. The areas we serve include: Kanata, West Carleton and Goulbourn.
During the hours below, our counsellors will be available by telephone for crisis calls, scheduling appointments, and general inquiries:
Wednesday: 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Thursday: 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Friday: 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Counsellors will also be available for in-person crisis walk-ins if you feel you are in crisis you can come to the centre. For more information or to schedule an appointment please call 613-591-3686 and ask to speak to a counsellor.
Gender Based Violence Program
The GBV Program provides support to self-identified women or gender-diverse individuals and their dependents who identify themselves as having been sexually, physically or emotionally abused by their partners or significant others (could include a caregiver or other immediate family/household member). Supports include individual and group counselling, as well as transitional and housing support.
Contact
2 MacNeil Court, Kanata, ON
Windsor Essex Pride Fest
Windsor-Essex Pride Fest strives to strengthen the sense of community and
contribute to the vibrancy, health and overall well-being of LGBTQ2S+ persons
in WindsorEssex. Raising awareness of ongoing issues facing the LGBTQ2S+
community including youth suicide, discrimination & bullying. Windsor-Essex
Pride Fest as an organization is more than just a festival, it empowers
individuals to reach out to each other and facilitates opportunities for
connection and belonging through age-specific activities or initiatives,
peer-facilitated groups and special events and will address social isolation
and create a social environment that is more accommodating, resilient and
connected to the broader LGBTQ2S+ community in Windsor-Essex.
Contact
2109 Ottawa Street, Suite 216, Windsor, ON
Xperience Annex
NOT A 2SLGBTQ+ SPECIFIC RESOURCE
The Xperience Annex supports youth ages 18-29 in the areas of employment, housing, education, training, mental health, addictions, leadership and community engagement. Choose your path. Chart your future. Achieve your goals. Drop or make an appointment with the Youth Navigator at:
Central Library – 4th Floor (55 York Blvd., Hamilton)
Tuesday, 9am-5pm*
Wednesday, 1-5pm*
Thursday, 9am-5pm*
*Hours are subject to change without notice.
Contact
55 York Blvd, Hamilton, ON
YMCA Sprott House
Transitional housing and intensive case management for 2SLGBTQ youth for one year.
Contact
21 Walmer Road, Toronto, ON
York Pride
York Pride organizes year-round events as well as one of Canada’s fastest growing regional Pride Week Festivals, staged each June to celebrate Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer (2SLGBTQ+) residents throughout York Region, Ontario. York Pride is run exclusively by a team of dedicated volunteers and representatives from local community organizations.
Our mission is: to organize festivals, events, entertainments and other initiatives which, in the context of sexuality and gender identity, across York Region and beyond, illuminate and celebrate human diversity, captivate the general public, inspire inclusivity and foster harmony and acceptance.
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York Region, ON