Resources for victims of human traf fcking
911
Call your local police service if you or someone you know is being trafficked, or you suspect someone is being trafficked.
Kids Help Phone
Website: kidshelphone.ca
Telephone: 1-800-668-6868
Text: 686868
Kids Help Phone is Canada’s only 24/7 e-mental health service, offering free, multilingual, and confidential support to help all young people. Young people can access a trained volunteer crisis responder to talk about anything and find the support they need.
Canadian Human Trafficking Hotline
Website: www.canadianhumantraffickinghotline. ca/get-help/
Telephone: 1-833-900-1010
Email: hotline@ccteht.ca
Call the hotline if you are a victim of human trafficking or think someone else may be. Hotline response advocates are available 24/7/365 and support is available in over 200 languages. The hotline can connect callers to local service providers and/or emergency services in communities across Canada.
Trafficking hotlines
Alberta: 1-800-222-8477
Saskatchewan: 1-866-528-7109
Manitoba: 1-800-435-7170
Ontario: 1-833-999-9211
Quebec: 514-393-1133
New Brunswick: 1-800-222-8477
Nova Scotia: 902-449-2425
PEI: 1-866-528-7109
NWT & Yukon: 1-800-661-0408 ext 3002
Ask for Angela
Loblaws has partnered with Victim Services Toronto and other women’s crisis centres to support the “Ask for Angela” campaign. If you are in danger, walk into a local Loblaws, Real Canadian Superstore, Shoppers Drug Mart, No Frills or ValuMart, and ask a staff member for “Angela”. They will bring you to a safe environment within the store to assess your needs and connect you with the proper support services.
Illuminate
Website: www.illuminateht.com
Telephone: 604-347-9500 / Toll-free: 1-855-332-4283
Email: connect@illuminateht.com
The Salvation Army Illuminate, based in BC, helps survivors of trafficking across Canada to access help, support, relocation, treatment, leadership, and employment training.
Joy Smith Foundation
Website: www.joysmithfoundation.com
Telephone: 204-691-2455
Email: help@joysmithfoundation.com
The Joy Smith Foundation provides prevention, intervention, and education programs to help fight and end human trafficking.
Victim Services of Toronto
Website: www.victimservicestoronto.com
Telephone: 416-808-7066
Victim Services Toronto (VST) provides shortterm crisis response, intervention, and prevention services that are responsive to the needs of individuals, families, and communities in the immediate aftermath of crime and sudden tragedy (typically within 72 hours). They have programs to assist victims of human trafficking, and offer presentations to organizations on human trafficking awareness, prevention, and intervention. VST also provides education and training for staff, parents, caregivers, and youth.
Funding options for human trafficking survivors
There are two main funding options for survivors of human trafficking in Ontario seeking transitional or long-term housing:
• Rent geared-to-income (RGI) housing
• Canada-Ontario Housing Benefit (COHB)
There is also funding assistance for community organizations that support trafficking survivors. In 2017, the Ontario and federal governments announced an investment of $7 million into transitional housing, creating safe places where survivors can stay while they access support and rent assistance. This funding was made available to select pre-approved organizations through the joint federal-provincial Investment in Affordable Housing (IAH) agreement and Ontario’s AntiHuman Trafficking Community Supports Fund.