Ontario Opens Nine Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment Hubs

Nine supervised drug injection sites have been successfully transitioned into Homelessness and
Addiction Recovery Treatment (HART) Hubs across the province and will begin offering services on
April 1, 2025, as part of the Ontario government’s plan to protect the safety of children and families
while connecting people struggling with addiction and mental health issues to recovery and
treatment services.

Quick Facts

  • The creation of HART Hubs is being done in partnership with the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services and the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development.
  • With a focus on treatment and recovery, HART Hubs will not offer so-called safer supply, supervised drug consumption or needle exchange programs.
  • The Community Care and Recovery Act, 2024, prohibits municipalities and local boards from applying to Health Canada for an exemption for the decriminalization of drugs. The Act also prohibits municipalities and local boards from applying to Health Canada for funding or entering into an agreement with Health Canada in respect to safer supply services or applying for an exemption or renewal of an exemption to operate a supervised consumption site, without prior provincial approval.
  • Through the Roadmap to Wellness, Ontario is investing $3.8 billion over 10 years to fill gaps in the mental health and addictions (MHA) care continuum, create new services and expand programs, including:
    • $124 million over the next three years as part of Budget 2024 to sustain more than 380 addiction recovery beds and models of treatment like mobile mental health clinics.
    • $152 million over the next three years for supportive housing to assist individuals facing unstable housing conditions and experiencing mental health and addictions challenges.
    • More than $22 million over four years to create 10 new Youth Wellness Hubs that the government is adding to the network of 22 Hubs already opened since 2020, bringing the total number of Youth Wellness Hubs to 32 across the province.
    • More than $650 million in annual funding for the Homelessness Prevention Program and $41.8 million for the Indigenous Supportive House Program, which the government increased by $202 million annually in the 2023 provincial budget.
    • Up to $16 million to support Police-Partnered Mobile Crisis Response Teams in over 50 communities across the province so that health care professionals can attend crisis situations.
    • Over $60 million in annual funding to support Indigenous-led mental health, addictions and well-being supports that will help individuals, families and communities heal from the impacts of intergenerational trauma and colonization through culturally safe and responsive programs and services that are designed and delivered by and for Indigenous people.

Guelph Community Health Centre
176 Wyndham Street North
The Guelph-Wellington HART Hub serves adults and youth (age 16 years and older) living in
Guelph and Wellington County with multiple health conditions, including moderate to severe mental
health and/or addictions challenges and experiencing homelessness, being at-risk of homelessness
or requiring intensive services to maintain access to housing.

  • Services will include:
  • Mental health and addictions services available on site and through outreach
  • Mobile interdisciplinary teams providing mental health and addictions support
  • Addictions treatment bed-based services
  • Mental health and addictions supportive housing

Hamilton Urban Core Community Health Centre
430 Cannon Street East
Hamilton Urban Core HART Hub provides client-centred care for Hamilton’s most vulnerable
populations facing overlapping challenges related to mental health, addiction, homelessness and
barriers to care, while addressing key social determinants of health.

  • Services will include:
  • Mental health and addiction services available on site
  • Addictions treatment bed-based services
  • Primary care services on site
  • Case management for income supports, social services, employment services
  • Needle drop-off
  • Shelter and transition beds
  • Mental health and addictions supportive housing

NorWest Community Health Centres (Thunder Bay)
510 Victoria Ave (Until June 1, 2025)
409 George Street (After June 1, 2025)
The NorWest CHC HART Hub model leverages existing collaborations to enhance access to a suite
of integrated, locally tailored to treatment and recovery care and supports for individuals with
complex needs.

  • Services will include:
  • Mental health and addictions services available on site and through outreach
  • Addictions treatment bed-based services
  • Case management for income supports, social services, employment services
  • Basic needs support and stabilization
  • Primary care services on site
  • Indigenous services and support
  • Case management for housing, shelter and transition beds
  • Mental health and addictions supportive housing

Somerset West Community Health Centre (Ottawa)
55 Eccles Street
The Ottawa HART Hub is a low-barrier, trauma-informed, culturally responsive, 24/7 health care
model that integrates primary care, mental health, substance use treatment and housing services,
including other supports and helping people navigate the health care system.

  • Services will include:
  • Mental health and addictions services available on site
  • Basic needs support and stabilization
  • Addictions treatment bed-based services
  • Case management for housing
  • Integrated care planning and system navigation
  • Primary care services on site
  • Mental health and addictions supportive housing

Community Healthcaring Kitchener-Waterloo
44 Francis Street South
The Community Healthcaring HART Hub prioritizes helping people navigate the health care system
to ensure they can identify and access the care they need by expanding existing outreach teams,
leveraging community services with embedded mental health and addictions care and ensuring
locations meet the changing needs in their community.

  • Services will include:
  • Mental health and addictions services available on site
  • Case management for income supports, social services, employment services
  • Indigenous services and support
  • Needle drop-off
  • Mental health and addictions supportive housing

Parkdale Queen West (Toronto)
168 Bathurst Street
The Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre HART Hub focuses on clinical and social care
services led by an interprofessional care team of physicians, nurse practitioners, mental health
practitioners, housing support workers, social workers and peer supports.

  • Services will include:
  • Mental health and addictions services available on site
  • Primary care services on site
  • Mental health and addictions supportive housing

Regent Park (Toronto)
465 Dundas Street East
The Regent Park HART Hub uses a hub and spoke model by working with partner locations to
support the stabilization, treatment and recovery of individuals who have experienced
homelessness for over six months and face complex challenges.

  • Services will include:
  • Mental health and addictions services available on site
  • Intensive case management
  • Needle drop-off
  • Mental health and addictions supportive housing

South Riverdale Community Health Centre (Toronto)
1154 Danforth Avenue and 1156 Danforth Avenue
The South Riverdale HART Hub provides evidence-based health care, treatments, social services
and housing support for individuals struggling with addiction, mental health, housing and other
related issues.

  • Services will include:
  • Mental health and addictions services available on site
  • Case management for income supports, social services, employment services
  • Primary care services on site
  • Transitional housing
  • Mental health and addictions supportive housing

Toronto Public Health
The City of Toronto, in partnership with community and health care partners, will be creating a
Downtown HART Hub that will serve people with urgent and complex health and housing needs. It
will increase access to health care, treatment and recovery pathways, improve client-centred health
service delivery and provide access to social service supports.

  • Services will include:
  • Mental health and addictions services
  • Primary care on site
  • Addictions treatment bed-based services
  • Referrals to supportive housing