If you or someone you know is in immediate danger, call 911 or your local emergency services (police, fire, ambulance).
Resources for those who are or know someone who is seeking help
Canadian Women’s Foundation
The mission of CWF is to be a catalyst for the most innovative programs, policies, and public engagement efforts creating transformative change in the lives of women and girls in Canada.
Links to shelters, other services, and information that may be helpful to you.
Tip Sheet #1: How to help someone living with violence
Tip Sheet #2: Support for abused women
Women's Shelters Canada
ShelterSafe.ca is an online resource to help women and their children seeking safety from violence and abuse. The clickable map will serve as a fast resource to connect women with the nearest shelter that can offer safety, hope and support.
National Action Plan on Violence Against Women and Gendered Based Violence
On April 30, 2021, a Report to Guide the Implementation of a National Action Plan on Violence Against Women and Gender-Based Violence was delivered to the federal government.
Ending Violence Association of Canada (EVA CAN)
A national non-profit organization whose main purpose is to educate and respond to gender based violence at the national level.
Families Canada
Families Canada is the national association of family support centres. With a network of 500+ member agencies and thousands of frontline family service practitioners across Canada, we are committed to providing leadership and support in the campaign for Canada’s children.
Intimate partner violence against men and boys
Information and resources to support men and boys who are impacted by intimate partner violence. Scroll to the bottom for organizations that can help.
Shelter Movers is a national, volunteer-powered charitable organization offering free moving and storage services to survivors of abuse.
211.ca
211 connects people with the appropriate information and services to enhance Canada’s social infrastructure and enable people to fully engage in their communities.
The Government of Canada
Find family violence prevention services in your area
What to do if someone you know is being abused
Gender-Based Violence Knowledge Centre
Click here to access this newly launched government website that brings together all federal programs, research and information related to gender-based violence across Canada.
A colouring book for survivors and supporters is an initiative of the Office of Sexual Violence Support and Education at Toronto Metropolitan University in Toronto, Canada. Click here to access.
Worldwide cooperation to stop the crime of online child sexual abuse and exploitation. Click here to learn more.
It’s Your Business – A DIPV Workplace Toolkit
This toolkit is intended to provide employers, unions and employees with information and resources to recognize and respond to situations in which DIPV enters the workplace. It applies to unionized and non-unionized workplaces, business owners, management, and employees. It can be used in large and small businesses, in rural and urban workplaces, across all sectors of industry.
Humane Canada: ACT To Keep Families Safe Online Learning Centre
Humane Canada’s ACT Project has launched an online learning centre to support organizations, service providers, and community members to be able to support survivors of gender-based violence with animals.
Resources, Continuing Education, and Training for Social Workers
CASW Webinars
Keeping survivors safe & healthy: VAW shelters’ responses to COVID-19
Protecting children from abuse in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Effective Workplace Response to Intimate Partner Violence
What supports are available for diverse older women who experience intimate partner violence?
Religion and Intimate Partner Violence
Family Violence Through a Trauma Informed Approach
Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Counselling: Tools and Approaches That Empower
At the Senate: Creating a National Strategy for Intimate Partner Violence
16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence
The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is an annual campaign that begins on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and runs through International Human Rights Day on 10 December.
University of New Brunswick- Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre: Centre for Family Violence Research
The MMFC was established within the Faculty of Arts in 1993, as a collaboration of efforts between the University of New Brunswick and the Muriel McQueen Fergusson Foundation.The idea for a research centre dedicated to collaborative action-oriented research of family violence and violence against women and children emerged out of this necessity.
Western University - Centre for Research and Education on Violence against Women and Children
The Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children (CREVAWC) was founded in 1992 as a collaborative venture between The University of Western Ontario, Fanshawe College and the London Coordinating Committee to End Women Abuse. The Centre was established in response to a federal study on the problem of violence against women, prompted by the 1989 murder of 14 women at École Polytechnique in Montreal.
Free online training:
Neighbours, Friends and Families: Online Training
Workplace Sexual Harassment and Violence: Building Safe Workplaces
Domestic Violence Risk Assessment & Management
Document, Monitor, and Collaborate: A Primer on Domestic Violence Risk Assessment & Management
Domestic Violence in the Workplace
Responding to Disclosures of Sexual Violence
Responding to Disclosures of Sexual Violence on University and College Campuses in Ontario
McMaster University - VEGA Family Violence Education Resources
The VEGA (Violence, Evidence, Guidance, and Action) Project has created pan-Canadian, evidence-based guidance and education resources to assist healthcare and social service providers in recognizing and responding safely to family violence.
Access to VEGA Education Resources is free. Click here to be taken to VEGA Education Resources site and register for access.
Resources for professionals: Stop family violence
These pages provide web links to information for professionals working with Canadians who are affected by family violence. This includes professionals who provide social, legal, health or other important response services to victims and perpetrators of family violence, and those who are working to prevent family violence.
The FREDA Centre for Research on Violence Against Women and Children
A joint collaboration between academics at Simon Fraser University and community and women’s organizations working at the grass-roots level. The FREDA Centre is committed to participatory action research, focused specifically on violence against women and children, and works in the interests of the community to end this violence.