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Harm reduction
Within the Toronto Community
The Works at Toronto Public Health is a government-funded service that supports nearly 50 programs across Toronto, offering various harm reduction supplies and services. Toronto Public Health (TPH) provides programs and services to reduce drug-related harm for people who use drugs, including preventing the spread of communicable diseases.
The Works began on August 9, 1989 and since then has played an integral role in reducing drug use related harm in Toronto by taking leadership in the area of harm reduction.
Drop In: Outreach Van:
277 Victoria St. (Yonge & Dundas) Mon-Sat, 6:30 p.m. - 11:30 p.m.
Mon - Fri, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (call between 4:30-6:30 p.m to make an appointment)
Telephone: 416-392-0520
services provided
Harm Reduction Supplies & Counselling
Safer injection equipment:
needles and syringes (various sizes/brands), sterile water, alcohol swabs, tourniquets, filters, acidifiers, and cookers;
Safer smoking equipment:
Pyrex stems, brass screens, chopsticks, and mouthpieces;
Safer crystal meth smoking equipment:
glass bowl pipes;
Safer sex products:
condoms and lube
Methadone Works – Opioid Substitution Clinic
This is a self-directed, client-centred program that does not require abstinence.
No take-home doses.
Naloxone Kits & Overdose Response Training
(>POINT program)
Program participants are trained on how to administer naloxone. Opioid users, their friends, and family are provided with a take-home naloxone kit that contains naloxone and instructions on how to use it.
Supervised Injection Services
Located inside The Works at 277 Victoria Street, this life-saving health service provides a safe and hygienic environment for people to inject pre-obtained drugs under the supervision of qualified staff.
Nursing Services Provided at the Works
The works provides nursing services to people
who use drugs
Testing:
HIV, Hepatitis A/B/C, Gonorrhea, Chlamydia, Syphilis
Free Vaccination:
Hepatitis A/B, Tetanus, Diptheria, Pertussis, Pneumococcal, Influenza
General Nursing Care:
Wound care (exp, injection-related abscesses), Counselling, Pregnancy testing and supportive decision-making, Referrals to internal and external services
In addition to the Works, there are many other services across Toronto and the GTA that are beginning to assist with mental health and addiction.
The information on harm reduction clinics available within the Toronto Community has been compiled from a public website. These centres have not been contacted directly for their information, therefore the details listed may not reflect all relevant details as stated by the clinic. Please visit their website or contact the clinic to learn more.
Harm Centre
Address
Eligibility
Contact
2 Spirited People of the 1st Nations
145 Front Street East, Suite 105, Toronto, ON, M5A 1E3 (Front St. & Jarvis St.)
N/A
416 944-9300
Agincourt Community Services Association
4155 Sheppard Avenue East, Toronto, ON M1S 1T4 (Sheppard Ave. E. & Middle Ave.)
N/A
416 321-6912
All Saints Church - Community Centre
315 Dundas Street East, Toronto, ON, M5A 2A2 (Dundas St. E. & Sherbourne St.)
N/A
416-368-7768
Black CAP
20 Victoria Street, 4th floor, Toronto, ON, M5C 2N8 (Adelaide St. E. & Victoria Street)
N/A
416 977-995
Breakaway and Breakaway Satellite Clinic
21 Strictland Avenue, Toronto, ON, M6K 3E6 (Queen St. W & Dufferin St.)
N/A
416 537-9346
CAMH Addiction Medicine Services
100 Stokes Street, Gateway Building, 3rd floor, Toronto, ON M6J 1H4 (Queen St. W. & Ossington Ave.)
N/A
416 535-8501 ext.36019
Central Toronto Community Health Centres
168 Bathurst Street, Toronto, ON, M5V 2R4 (Queen St. W. & Bathurst St.)
N/A
416 703-8482 ext.124
Davenport-Perth Neighbourhood and Community Health Centre
1900 Davenport Road, Toronto, ON, M6N 1B7 (Davenport Rd. & Perth Ave.)
N/A
416 656-8025
Elizabeth Fry Toronto
215 Wellesely Street East, Toronto, ON M4X 1G1 (Sherbourne St. & Wellesely St. E.)
Women only
416 573-7876
Eva's Satellite
25 Canterbury Place, Toronto, ON, M2N 0E3 (Yonge St. & Finch)
For youth 16 – 24
Open 24 hours/day
416 229-1874
Fred Victor Caledonia Shelter
1161 Caledonia Road, Toronto, ON, M6A 2W9
(Caledonia Road & Lawrence Ave. W.)
N/A
N/A
Fred Victor Centre
145 Queen Street East, Toronto, ON, M5A 1S1 (Queen St. E. and Jarvis St.)
N/A
416 364-8228 ext.317
Fred Victor Women’s 24/7 Drop-in Program
67 Adelaide Street East, Toronto, ON, M5C 1K6 (Church St. & King St. E.)
For women only; 24-hour access.
416 392-9292
Inner City Family Health Centre
69 Queen Street East, 4th floor, Toronto, ON M5C (Queen St. E. & Church St.)
N/A
416 368-5666
John Howard Society of Toronto
1668-1670 Eglinton Avenue West, Building #1669, Toronto, ON, M6E 2H2 (Eglinton Ave. W. & Dufferin St.)
N/A
416 925-4386
John Howard Society of Toronto- Reintegration Centre
215 Horner Avenue, Toronto, ON, M8Z 4Y2 (Lakeshore & Kipling)
N/A
647 429-7808
LAMP Community Health Centre
185 Fifth Street, Toronto, ON, M8V 2Z5 (Islington Ave. & Lake Shore Blvd. W.)
N/A
416 252-6471
Maggie's
526 Richmond Street East, Toronto, ON, M5A 1R3 (Parliament St. and Richmond St.)
N/A
416 964-0150
Margaret’s Toronto East Drop-In Centre
323 Dundas Street East, Toronto, ON, M5A 2A2 (Dundas St. E. & Sherbourne St.)
N/A
416 367-2100
Ontario Aboriginal HIV/AIDS Strategy (OAHAS)
7 Hayden St., Suite 201, Toronto, ON M4Y 2P2 (Yonge St. & Bloor St.)
N/A
416 944-9481
Parkdale Community Health Centre
1229 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON, M6K 1L2 (Queen St. W. & Dufferin St.)
N/A
416 537-2455 ext.271
PASAN (Prisoners' HIV/AIDS Support Action Network)
526 Richmond Street East, Toronto, ON, M5A 1R3 (Parliament St. and Richmond St.)
N/A
416 920-9567
PWA
200 Gerrard Street East, 2nd floor, Toronto, ON, M5A 2E6 (Gerrard St. E. & Sherbourne St.)
For HIV+ people only
416 506-1400
Regent Park Community Health Centre
465 Dundas Street East, Toronto, ON, M5A 2B2 (Parliament St. & Dundas St. E.)
N/A
416 364-2261
St. Michael's Hospital (Emergency Dept.)
30 Bond Street, Toronto, ON, M5B 1W8
24-hour needle exchange provided
416 864-5094
St. Stephen's Community House
260 Augusta Avenue, Toronto, ON, M5T 2L9
N/A
416 964-8747 ext.226
Scarborough Centre for Healthy Communities
629 Markham Road., Toronto, ON, M1H 2A4 (Markham Rd. and Lawrence Ave. E.)
N/A
416 642-9445
Scarborough Centre for Health Communities (The Hub)
2660 Eglinton Avenue East, Toronto, ON M1K 2S3 (Eglinton Ave. E. & Brimley Road)
N/A
416 640-7390
Sistering
962 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON, M6H 1L6 (Dufferin St. & Bloor St. W.)
Women only
416 926-9762
South Riverdale Community Centre (Counterfit Harm Reduction Program)
955 Queen Street East, Toronto, ON, M4M 3P3 (Queen St. E. & Carlaw Ave.)
N/A
416 461-1925 ext.240
Street Health
336-338 Dundas Street East, Toronto, ON, M5A 2A1 (Dundas St. E. & Sherbourne St)
N/A
416 921-8668
Syme Woolner Neighbourhood and Family Centre
2468 Eglinton Avenue West, Toronto, ON, M6M 5E2 (Caledonia Rd. & Eglinton Ave. W.)
N/A
416 766-4634
The Scarborough Hospital Addiction Program
2425 Eglinton Avenue East, Toronto, ON, M1K 5G8 (Eglinton Ave. E. & Kennedy Rd.)
N/A
416 431-8248
Toronto North Support Services
132 Railside Road, Unit #2, Toronto, ON, M3A 1A3 (Lawrence Ave. E. & Don Valley Parkway)
N/A
416 499-5969
Unison Health and Community Services - Lawrence Heights
12 Flemington Road, Toronto, ON, M6A 2N4 (Lawrence Ave. West & Allen Road)
N/A
416-787-1676, ext. 3278
Unison Health and Community Services – Jane Street Hub
1541 Jane Street, Toronto, ON, M9N 2R3 (Jane and Trethewey)
N/A
416-732-2887
Unison Health and Community Services – Keele Rogers
1651 Keele Street, Toronto, ON, M6M 3W2 (Keele and Rogers)
N/A
647-999-3094
Warden Woods Community Centre
74 Firvalley Court, Toronto, ON, M1L 1N9 (Warden Ave. & St. Clair Ave. E.)
N/A
416 694-1138
Weston King Neighbourhood Centre
2017 Weston Road., Toronto, ON, M9N 1X2 (Weston Rd. & Lawrence Ave. W.)
N/A
416 241-9898
Women's Habitat of Etobicoke
140 Islington Avenue, Toronto, ON, M8V 3B6 (Islington Ave. & Lakeshore Blvd. W)
Women only
416 252-7949
YMCA - YSAP Program
7 Vanauley Street, Toronto, ON, M5T 2V9 (Queen St. W. & Spadina Ave.)
N/A
416 603-6366
*references for harm reduction centres obtained from: https://www.toronto.ca/community-people/health-wellness-care/health-programs-advice/harm-reduction-supplies-and-locations/
This information was last updated as of 2019. For more current information please visit the reference site.