Shelter & Housing
Below are resources for shelter and housing in BC and Victoria.
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Out of the Rain Youth Shelter
Shelter is available for 15-25 year olds from Monday to Sunday. Check in is 9pm, check out is 8am. There are 30 spaces available. Pets are allowed. It will close April 16, 2021 and open again October 15, 2021. Location: 1450 Elford Street, Victoria Contact:...
YWCA Pandora Youth Apartments
The Y’s Pandora Youth Apartments Program is a safe and affordable transitional housing and life skills program for youth ages 15-19 with eight self-contained bachelor units. Youth who may be experiencing social isolation, poverty, substance abuse, or trauma are...
M’akola Housing Society
M’akola Housing Society is the largest Indigenous affordable housing provider in British Columbia serving more than 5,000 family members. Housing options include family housing in townhouse complexes, apartment buildings, and single-family dwellings in the following...
Douglas Street Community Supportive Recovery Program
Douglas Street Community Supportive Recovery program is a 22-bed residential program located in Victoria, BC. Each resident has a private room equipped with a full washroom. The Supportive Recovery program is a harm reduction-focused approach to offering drug users a...
Threshold Housing Society
Threshold Housing offers safe housing, support services, and community to at-risk youth, aged 15-24 years old. There are two main programs offered: safe housing and support services for youth aged 16-24 years old; and the support recovery program gives youth, aged...
Emergency Shelters in Victoria Resource List
The Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness has a resource page for emergency shelters broken down into three categories: shelters, seasonal shelters, and youth shelters. Website: https://victoriahomelessness.ca/get-help/resources/emergency-shelters/
Johnson Street Community Housing
Johnson Street Community was established to provide housing for homeless campers that had created a tent city on the grounds of the Victoria Provincial Court building in late 2015. The following year BC Housing bought the current building and selected PHS as...
Arbutus Shelter
The Arbutus Shelter is staffed 24-hours a day, seven days a week to help address the ongoing need for day-time resources by those experiencing homelessness. Located at Douglas Street Community, the shelter offers three meals a day, co-ed and women’s (trans-inclusive)...
Cridge Centre for the Family- Transition House for Women
Women with or without children that are leaving an unsafe domestic situation can access the Cridge resources at any time, day or night. Emergency shelter space, mental health support, and connections to other community resources are available. Contact: (250) 479-3963...