Online Resources and Links on Homelessness

A list of helpful sites and resources - whether you are looking for information on homelessness, housing and poverty in Canada, or interested in learning from what agencies around the world are doing to tackle homelessness in their countries.

Business Action on Homelessness

Annexus: Into the Warmth Project, Toronto

Covenant House, Toronto

Homelessness Action Group, Toronto

2001 Resources

Community Plan & Actions on Homelessness
Social Planning and Research Council, Hamilton, Ontario

Community Plan on Homelessness and Housing in Winnipeg

Community Plan on Homelessness in London
City of London, Ontario, 2001

Community Support Plan to Address Homelessness in the Region of Peel
Regional Municipality of Peel, Ontario 2001

Homelessness and Health
by Stephen W. Hwang, Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2001

Homelessness Report: Survey of Major Canadian Cities
by Pat Harkness, Community Support and Research Branch, Hamilton, 2001

Housing Policy Options for Women Living in Urban Poverty: An Action Research Project in Three Canadian Cities
Status of Women Canada, 2001

London's Community Plan on Homelessness: Background Report
City of London, Ontario, 2001

Low-Income and Special Needs Housing Strategy 2001-2011
City of Edmonton, Community Services Department,2001

National Affordable Housing Strategy
Federation of Canadian Municipalities, 2001

Pre-Budget Submission on Housing and Homelessness to the Standing Committee on Finance
National Coalition on Housing and Homelessness, 2001

Toronto Report Card on Homelessness 2001
City of Toronto 2001

2000 Resources

Edmonton Community Plan on Homelessness 2000 - 2003
Edmonton Joint Planning Committee on Housing, 2000

Community Action Plan on Homelessness in Hamilton-Wentworth, Final Report
The Social Planning & Research Council of Hamilton-Wentworth, 2000

Government of Canada's Homelessness Initiative: Supporting Community Partnerships, Community Guide
Human Resources Development Canada, 2000

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