Resources

Shelters and housing

– Current Greater Victoria Shelter List :  (bc211.ca / 📞211)
– Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness   : Street Survival Guide 2022 (pdf)
– Aboriginal Coalition to End Homelessness Society
– Cool Aid Society
– Our Place Society
– Umbrella Society
– United Way
– National Protocol for Homeless Encampments in Canada
– Federal Housing Advocate’s Observational Report

Food and clothing

– List of meal programs and food banks
– Mustard Seed

Mental health

– Island Health Crisis and Emergency Services
– Indian Residential School Survivors Society
– See Spring Mental Wellness Coalition
– Umbrella Society
– United Way

Substance use and harm reduction

– AVI Health and Community Services
– Island Health Referrals for Mental Health and Substance Use Services
– Island Health Supervised Consumption Site Locations
– Pathways Victoria – South Island list of community services and programs
– SOLID Victoria
– Umbrella Society

Governance

– Victoria allows overnight sheltering in nine local parks. Learn more about sheltering regulations and facilities (PDF) and sheltering bylaws.
– City of Victoria Homelessness Initiatives
– Victoria Mayor and Council
– B.C. MLAs

Media and information

– Fairfield Gonzales Observer article on NSUN (PDF, page 3).
– Canadian Observatory on Homelessness data on homelessness in Victoria
– Us and Them trailer, a documentary film by Victoria City Councillor Krista Loughton