Miziwe Biik Aboriginal Employment & Training
Employment and training hub for Indigenous people in the GTA, providing employment counselling, skills upgrading, education supports and client-centred programs that connect job seekers and employers.
Reaching Home at ALFDC
The Aboriginal Labour Force Development Circle (ALFDC) proudly serves as the Indigenous Community Entity for the Reaching Home: Canada’s Homelessness Strategy within Toronto. This strategy is dedicated to addressing and reducing Indigenous homelessness through culturally appropriate, community-driven solutions.
As the Indigenous Community Entity, ALFDC administers federal funding under the Indigenous Homelessness stream, ensuring resources are directed toward initiatives that support Indigenous individuals and families experiencing or at risk of homelessness.
To ensure that funding decisions reflect community needs and priorities, ALFDC works in close partnership with the Toronto Indigenous Community Advisory Board (TICAB), composed of respected Indigenous housing and homelessness-serving organizations.
Indigenous set-aside
20%
of Toronto Reaching Home funds administered by ALFDC
Equity in Coordinated Access
25%
target of housing matches to Indigenous people
Toronto Indigenous Community Advisory Board Member Organizations
Miziwe Biik Development Corporation
Indigenous-led housing and financing organization serving the GTA, advancing affordable rental development and homeownership supports for First Nations, Inuit and Métis community members.
Native Canadian Centre of Toronto
Friendship Centre founded in 1962 offering cultural, social and community programs in a welcoming space, including ceremonies, language, arts, family supports and events.
Native Child & Family Services of Toronto
Indigenous-governed multi-service agency delivering holistic, culture-based programs that support the wellbeing of Indigenous children, youth and families across Toronto.
Native Men’s Residence (Na-Me-Res)
Culture-based continuum of care for Indigenous men experiencing homelessness, offering outreach, emergency shelter, transitional housing and pathways to long-term housing and wellness.
Native Women’s Resource Centre of Toronto
Culturally safe space offering wrap-around supports for Indigenous women, children and youth—basic needs, housing help, wellness, family support and access to ceremony.
Nishnawbe Homes
Indigenous non-profit housing provider with multiple locations across the GTA, offering safe, affordable homes for First Nations, Inuit and Métis people who are homeless or under-housed.
Toronto Council Fire Native Cultural Centre
Friendship Centre established in 1978 providing counselling, material assistance and community programs that support the health, safety and wellbeing of Indigenous people in Toronto.
Anduhyaun Inc.
Canada’s oldest Indigenous women’s shelter, providing emergency and transitional housing with culturally grounded supports for Indigenous women and their children escaping violence.
2-Spirited People of the 1st Nations
Two-Spirit, queer and trans Indigenous service organization providing culturally rooted health, mental-health and HIV/STBBI education, prevention and supports.
Thunder Woman Healing Lodge Society
Trauma-informed, culturally appropriate housing and supports for Indigenous women exiting the justice system, with healing programs and community reintegration services.
ENAGB Indigenous Youth Agency
Youth-led agency for ages 12–29 offering culture, employment, life-skills, recreation and wellness programming at multiple sites across the GTA.
Wigwamen
Ontario’s oldest and largest urban Indigenous housing provider (est. 1972), now operating hundreds of affordable units for families, singles and seniors across the city.
Toronto and York Region Métis Council
Chartered council of the Métis Nation of Ontario serving local Métis citizens through cultural programming, community events and navigation supports.
Gabriel Dumont Non-Profit Homes
Operates rent-geared-to-income housing for Indigenous families in Scarborough and delivers community programming that supports urban Indigenous wellbeing.
Toronto Aboriginal Support Services Council (TASSC)
Council of Indigenous-led agencies in Toronto that advances collaboration, research and advocacy to address social determinants of health and improve outcomes city-wide.
Tungasuvvingat Inuit (Urban Inuit)
Inuit-specific service provider with nearly 30 integrated programs across Ontario; the Toronto office offers cultural workshops, community gatherings and navigation supports for Inuit in the city.