Street Haven at the Crossroads

Street Haven at the Crossroads We are guiled by the principals of anti-racism/anti-oppression and are committed to women's engagement and women's leadership.

Street Haven at the Crossroads offers pathways for women experiencing or at risk of homelessness, through a variety of integrated services, including emergency shelter, housing, training, employment supports and addictions and mental health services. Philosophy:

Street Haven believes that all women deserve, along with the physical necessitates of life, to be treated with dignity and to be given

the tools and opportunities to achieve their goals. We believe in women's right to self-determination. We believe in the values of equity and diversity; in partnerships, educations and learning. We believe in personal responsibility and accountability, in social justice and advocacy. We achieve these values by offering responsive, reflective and holistic woman centred supports.

08/22/2026

We’re here with lots of great stuff! Come down to 87, 91 and 93 Pembroke Street, we’ll be here until 3:00 pm! 💛

We're looking for a Human Resources Administrator to join our Street Haven team! This role involves everything from recr...
07/13/2026

We're looking for a Human Resources Administrator to join our Street Haven team!

This role involves everything from recruitment and onboarding to employee lifecycle administration, HR systems, training coordination, and record management. If you're the kind of person who thrives on getting the details right and making sure every employee's experience feels supportive and welcoming, this is for you. 💙

You'll report to the Executive Director and work closely with our HR Coordinator, Payroll, IT, and leadership team to keep things running smoothly behind the scenes, so our staff can focus on the work that matters most: supporting the women who use our services every single day.

Please share this post with anyone you think would be a perfect fit to join our HR team!

📅 Applications close Monday, July 20
🔗 Apply through our website: https://streethaven.org/job-opening/

A big thank you to our friends at RBC 💙We want to share a story about what community support and generosity really look ...
07/10/2026

A big thank you to our friends at RBC 💙

We want to share a story about what community support and generosity really look like.

Lately, Street Haven has been blessed with an incredible wave of furniture donations for our clients. Our storage garage was absolutely full of these wonderful gifts, and we knew we needed to get everything organized so we could efficiently distribute the items to the people who need them most.

That's when we called on Rudy Sonhing, our dedicated RBC volunteer ambassador. With very little notice, Rudy brought together five RBC volunteers who spent the day organizing the entire garage, putting a full inventory system in place so we can seamlessly continue accepting your generous donations.

While they worked, we had a very special goal in mind: one of our clients was moving into her first permanent home. Thanks to the team's hard work, we were able to easily sort through and fill a van with furniture and everyday essentials to ensure her new place would truly feel like home. Our Executive Director Andrea, along with our Directors of Employment & Training (Cynthia) and Shelter & Housing (Grace), were there to see the beautifully packed van off.

It takes a village to manage this level of community giving, and we are so grateful to RBC and to Rudy for consistently showing up for Street Haven and our clients.

Interested in getting your workplace, church group, or community organization involved? We always welcome volunteers, big and small. Give us a call or email Kate at [email protected] to learn how you can help.

Thank you for being part of the Street Haven family. ❤️

07/10/2026

Every day, women in Toronto are rebuilding their lives and Street Haven's Training Services are right there with them.

From resume support and interview prep to life skills workshops and one-on-one counselling, we meet them where they are and help them step forward.

Meet Asiya, our marketing and communications volunteer who is helping us with community outreach and engagement. Our vol...
07/08/2026

Meet Asiya, our marketing and communications volunteer who is helping us with community outreach and engagement.

Our volunteers come from all professional backgrounds and are the heart and soul of our organization. Visit our website for all open volunteer positions.

We're hiring! 📢 Two new roles on our Employment and Training team. Street Haven is growing our Integrated Employment Su...
07/07/2026

We're hiring! 📢 Two new roles on our Employment and Training team.

Street Haven is growing our Integrated Employment Support (IES) and the Skills Development Training (SDF) programs, and we’re looking for two people to lead the way.

The Team Lead will oversee client experience from intake to employment. They’ll support participants through Personal Support Worker/Home Support Worker training, job search, and their first steps into the workforce.

The Intake Administrator will be the first point of contact for women joining our Healthcare Certification Program. They’ll lead outreach, intake, and orientation.

Both roles will help women facing barriers to employment build a real pathway to advance their careers.

If you've got a background in career counselling, adult education, or community work, and you want to be part of that journey, we want to hear from you.

📅 Applications close Friday, July 10, 2026.

🔗 Visit our website to apply: https://streethaven.org/job-opening/

Know someone who'd be great for this? Share our job posting or tag them in the comments!

Happy Canada Day! 🍁Street Haven’s head office is closed today but our shelter and addictions and recovery homes are open...
07/01/2026

Happy Canada Day! 🍁Street Haven’s head office is closed today but our shelter and addictions and recovery homes are open 24/7 365 days a year as always.

Here's something we didn't know: Street Haven opened our doors in 1965, the same year Canada's maple leaf flag was made official. That flag was first sewn together by a 20-year-old woman named Joan O'Malley, who packed up her Singer sewing machine one November evening and just got it done. Her sewing machine is now a national historic artifact.

For some of our staff and clients, today is their very first Canada Day. We love to see them celebrate their new home as well.

And finally, long before there was a Canada Day, long before there was a Canada, this land had its own name: Turtle Island. There was no 'flag' back then to share with you; it was stories, imagery, governance, and distinct Indigenous nations. We think that is so important to remember. Everyone belongs in Canada.

Street Haven has always been about making sure every woman has a place to belong. Today and every day. 💛

We have the BEST donors! 💛Christina emailed us out of the blue with an offer: furniture and kitchen utensils she no long...
06/30/2026

We have the BEST donors! 💛

Christina emailed us out of the blue with an offer: furniture and kitchen utensils she no longer needed.

She's a recent Master of Nursing graduate, heading back to BC after finishing her studies in Toronto. Before she left, she wanted to make sure her belongings went to someone who really needed them.

So, she reached out to us. Not only are her items going to our shelters, but we also connected her with a Pathways to Independence client, who has recently transitioned out of our services into housing of her own. Furniture and kitchen basics are exactly what's needed to make her new place feel like home.

Christina and her friends even helped our facilities team load everything into the van themselves!

It's a small gesture with a big ripple effect, and it's a reminder that community support doesn't always look like a big donation. Sometimes it's a grad student packing up her apartment and thinking of someone else first.

Thank you, Christina. We're lucky to have donors like you in our corner. ✨

Pride Toronto 2026 — we showed UP. 🏳️‍🌈✨ We had our table on Church Street (yes, there was a prize wheel, and yes, peopl...
06/29/2026

Pride Toronto 2026 — we showed UP. 🏳️‍🌈✨

We had our table on Church Street (yes, there was a prize wheel, and yes, people were very into it), we chatted with hundreds of people from our community, we met donors and — very importantly — their dogs 🐾, and then we hit the streets and marched.

And what a march!

We brought the music. We brought the party. We brought the love. If people didn't know Street Haven before, they know us know: we’re one part advocacy, one part community, and one part FUN.

Our founder, the late Peggy Walpole started Street Haven on one simple belief: take in women with no judgment, regardless of who they are or who they love. Looking around at all those faces this weekend, we know she'd be proud of us.

A massive thank you to the staff, volunteers, and clients who joined us this weekend. To everyone who cheered us on and waved, who stopped to have a chat at our booth, thank you for your support.

💙 See you next year.

Toronto Pride 2026 — we showed UP. 🏳️‍🌈✨Prize wheel on Church Street? Yes! Hundreds of conversations with community memb...
06/29/2026

Toronto Pride 2026 — we showed UP. 🏳️‍🌈✨

Prize wheel on Church Street? Yes! Hundreds of conversations with community members (and their dogs 🐾)? Even better. Marching in the parade with the music, the party, and ALL the love? Best. Weekend. Ever!

If you didn’t know Street Haven before, you know us now: one part advocacy, one part community, one part FUN.

Our founder Peggy Walpole started this place on one belief: take in women with no judgment, regardless of who they are or who they love. We think she’d be proud. 🏳️‍🌈

Thank you to every staff member, volunteer, client, and community member who came out this weekend. 💙 See you next year.

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