Community Resources
This page offers resources, programs, and services to help you find safe, affordable housing and connect with social supports that suit your needs. Whether you’re seeking emergency shelter, long-term housing, financial assistance, or community-based support, you’ll find valuable information and tools here to guide your journey.
Emergency Shelter & Housing for The Homeless
Emergency Shelter Map
Phone a shelter directly to ask how many beds are free and how late you can arrive. If a shelter does not have a bed, staff will guide you to other options.
Emergency Shelter Program
Emergency shelters are temporary but immediate places to stay for anyone who is homeless or at risk of homelessness.
Homeless Prevention Program
This program provides rent supplements and support services to help access rental housing in the private housing market.
Rent Assistance in the Private Market
Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters (SAFER)
Lower income seniors renting in the private market may be eligible for a rent supplement through SAFER.
Transitional Supportive & Assisted Living
Addiction Recovery Program
This programs is a stable, short-term housing for individuals participating in a substance use recovery program, by referral only.
Assisted Living Residences
This list provides the locations of assisted living residences that were built through and receive funding from the Independent Living BC program.
Association Advocating for Women & Children (AWAC) – Central Interior Native Health Society
Provides safe and affordable housing for women and girls who
Independent Living BC Program
A subsidized, assisted-living program that provides housing with support services to seniors and people with disabilities.
Supportive Housing
Supportive housing is subsidized housing with on-site supports. These supports help you find and maintain housing stability.
Women’s Transition Housing & Supports Program
Find out about housing services and supports for women and children who have experienced violence or are at risk of experiencing violence. These include transition houses, safe homes and second stage housing.
Social Services
Hope for Wellness Help Line offers immediate mental health counselling and crisis intervention by phone or online chat. Call toll-free 1-855-242-3310 or start a confidential chat with a counsellor online.
Indian Residential School Crisis Line is a national service for anyone experiencing pain or distress as a result of their residential school experience. Call toll-free at 1-(866)-925-4419.
Kuu-Us Crisis Line Society provides crisis services for Indigenous people across BC. Adults/Elders line 250-723-4050; youth line 250-723-2040. Or call toll free 1-(800)-588-8717.
Métis Crisis Line is a service of Métis Nation British Columbia. Call 1-(833)-638-4722.
The First Nations Health Authority offers a variety of virtual health care services to First Nations people in BC who have limited access to health care services in their communities.