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Basic Needs and Social Supports


Food, clothing and shelter are basic needs necessary to survival. Social programs help people to meet these needs, especially during times of personal hardship, by providing financial and employment assistance, material goods, emergency shelter and affordable housing. Additional social supports such as public education, skills training and advocacy help people to build better lives for themselves and their families.

See also Information Services.

Academic Upgrading
Adult Literacy and Basic Skills
Adult Literacy and Basic Skills for Indigenous Peoples
Advocacy and Social Action for Indigenous Peoples
Affordable Housing
Budget and Credit Counselling
Citizenship and Immigration
Clothing and Household Items
Community Colleges and Universities
Continuing Education
Counselling - Family, Couple, Individual
Drop-In Centres for Adults
Drop-In Centres for Youth
Emergency Shelters for Adults
Emergency Shelters for Adults with Children
Emergency Shelters for Youth
Employment Assistance
Employment Assistance for Indigenous Peoples
Employment Assistance for People with Disabilities
Employment Assistance for Youth
English/French as a Second Language (ESL/FSL) Training Programs
Ethnocultural Groups and Services
Financial Assistance
Financial Assistance for Children and Families
Financial Assistance for People with Disabilities
Financial Assistance for Rent and Utilities
Financial Assistance for Seniors
Food Banks and Community Food Programs
Francophone Community
Gender-Based Violence Shelters
Hospitality Meals
Housing Referral and Rights
Immigrant, Newcomer, and Refugee Services
Life Skills
Low-Income Support Services
Personal Identification, Certificates and Licences
Post-Secondary Indigenous Institutes
Public Transportation
Schools
Settlement Assistance
Sharing Shops and Thrift Stores
Social Action Groups
Street Outreach
Transitional Housing
Vocational and Skills Training
Volunteer Referral Networks

Covid19 Vaccine for Ontario

Covid19 Vaccine for Ontario 

Contact your primary care provider or Telehealth Ontario at 1-866-797-0000 if you're experiencing symptoms of the 2019 novel coronavirus.

COVID-19 Vaccine Information 
Vaccines are now being made available to various population groups based specific eligibility. See your local health unit website for details:
Grey Bruce Health Unit
Huron Perth Public Health
Middlesex London Health Unit (MLHU)
Southwestern Public Health (Oxford - Elgin - St Thomas)

Local Health Care Service Changes

Ministry of Health's online self-assessment tool is available

COVID-19 Assessment Centres
Anyone who needs a test can get one and does not need an OHIP card. Tests are made available by appointment only at assessment centres and at pharmacies
Find an assessment centre near you


Do not call 911 unless it is an emergency.


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