Please click the headings below to read more on each subject! We'll update this resource list on an ongoing basis.
The Mandatory Information Program (MIP): Attending and completing a MIP is a required step in the family court process. MIPs are held at all family court locations across Ontario.
Steps to Justice Program: step-by-step information about legal problems including family and criminal law, abuse and family violence.
Steps in a Family Law Case: can help you understand and work through the family law court process in Ontario.
Improving the safety & experience of women & their children as they proceed through the family law process after leaving an abusive relationship
OWJN helps survivors of violence and their supporters better understand legal rights in Ontario. The website offers accessible legal information in a way that reflects the diverse experiences and realities of women.
The Family Court Support Program supports woman-identified individuals who have experienced any form of abuse, control, or violence in their relationship with:
Technology Safety and Privacy Toolkit
The Technology Safety and Privacy Toolkit is an online toolkit for Canadian women experiencing technology-facilitated violence to learn how they can increase their technology safety and privacy.
Luke’s Place: Tech Abuse Information
Information on how to deal with tech abuse — that is, the use of technology by an abusive partner or ex-partner to harass, spy on and intimidate a woman
Rights Guide
A rights guide for girls, young women & gender nonconforming youth (online safety & cyber violence)
Power and Control Wheel
Power and Control Wheel: A useful lens for examining domestic violence, these are tactics an abusive partner may use in a relationship.
WRPS: Healthy Relationships Campaign
The Waterloo Regional Police Service (WRPS) has created the Healthy Relationships campaign to spread awareness about:
Text: LOVEIS to 22522
A project of the National Domestic Violence Hotline, love is respect offers 24/7 information, support, and advocacy to young people between the ages of 13 and 26 who have questions or concerns about their romantic relationships. We also provide support to concerned friends and family members, teachers, counselors, and other service providers through the same free and confidential services via phone, text, and live chat.
YWCA’s “Is your relationship healthy?” quiz.
SHORE Centre offers exceptional and inclusive sexual and reproductive health services in our community that uphold the dignity of everyone.
(Camino Wellbeing + Mental Health- formerly Monica’s Place) Provides programming for young women between the ages of 12-24 who are pregnant, parenting or placing their child for adoption.
Safe Families for Children is a movement fueled by compassion to keep children safe and families intact. Through Host Families, Family Friends, and Family Coaches, we temporarily host children and provide a network of support to families in crisis while they get back on their feet.
Shelter Movers Southwestern Ontario provides free moving and storage to those in need, in partnership with local community organizations and business partners. Shelter Movers aims to make the community a safer place to live by supporting women and children transitioning away from a home characterized by violence.
Women’s Crisis Services of Waterloo Region (WCSWR) empowers and supports women* and children to move beyond violence by providing safe shelter, education, transitional housing and outreach services. WCSWR operates two emergency shelters for women and children experiencing domestic violence: Anselma House in Kitchener and Haven House in Cambridge.
In addition to providing safe shelter, WCSWR offers a free, confidential, outreach program for women who are experiencing domestic violence but do not require emergency shelter. The program is flexible, accessible and has no wait list. Shelter and outreach services can both be accessed by calling WCSWR’s 24/7 crisis support lines via phone or online chat.
Please call 519-653-2422 or 519-742-5894 for support, or click the button below to visit the website and online chat.
*WCSWR supports women, transgender and gender-diverse individuals.
The Assaulted Women’s Helpline offers a 24-hour telephone and TTY crisis line to all woman who have experienced abuse. We provide counselling, emotional support, information and referrals. We recognize abuse as one example of women’s social, political and economic inequality in the world. The Helpline is dedicated to working towards equality for all women.
For more information contact us:
National Domestic Violence Hotline
Free, confidential, 24/7 access line to support and services for domestic violence victims. Includes support for survivors who are Deaf, DeafBlind, or hard of hearing.
For more information contact:
We offer 24/7 help, support and resources for Indigenous women, by Indigenous women, all across Ontario.