Local Community Supports
Everyone can report a case of abuse. If you have concerns about your safety or the safety and well-being of someone else or are in immediate danger, call 911.
Abuse
- Southwest Health Line - Abuse
- Southwestern Ontario Resources
- Information London Community Services and Support Community Services by population Directory for London and Middlesex
- London Police Support Services
- Ontario Provincial Police Domestic Violence Support
Child Abuse
- Children’s Aid Society of London & Middlesex
- Child protection services for children at risk
- 519-455-9000
- After hours emergencies: 519-858-5998
- Toll free: 1-888-661-6167
If you have thoughts about hurting your child, ask for help.
- Children’s Aid Society London & Middlesex
- 519-455-9000
- Middlesex-London Health Unit
- 519-663-5317
- Speak with a Public Health Nurse (Monday - Friday; 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.)
- Health811
- 1-866-797-0000 (crisis line)
- 24 hours, 7 days a week
- Merrymount Family Support and Crisis Centre
- 519-434-6848
- Monday - Friday; 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Crisis Support Hotlines
- Anova
- 24-hour crisis and support line: 519-642-3000 or 1-800-265-1576
- Assaulted Women’s Helpline
- 1-866-863-0511
- Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA)
- 519-601-8055
- Toll-free: 1 (844) 360-8055
- Zhaawanong Women's Shelter
- Crisis line: 1-800-605-7477.
- Zhaawanong provides emergency shelter and support for Indigenous women and their children who are at risk of violence, abuse and/or homelessness.
Intimate Partner Violence and Woman Abuse
- Anova
- Anova has two 24-hour emergency shelters in the city of London. To get help accessing these shelters call 519-642-3000:
- 101 Wellington Road, London, Ontario
- 450 Clarke Road, London, Ontario
- Carre Four Des Femmes
- Crisis support line, counselling, advocacy, education for francophone women
- 519-858-0954
- Toll free: 1-888-858-0954
- Fem’aide
- 24 hour helpline for francophone women
- 1-877-FEMAIDE (336-2433)
- iHEAL App
- Free, private and secure the iHEAL app helps women who have experienced abuse from a current or past partner to find personalized ways to stay safe.
- London Abused Women’s Centre
- Counselling, advocacy, safety planning
- 519-432-2204
- Muslim Resource Center
- 519- 627-6000
- Sakeenah Homes
- 1-888-671-3446
- Women’s Rural Resource Centre (Strathroy)
- 24/7 helpline: 1-800-265-5390
- 145 Beech Street, Strathroy, Ontario N7G 1K9
- Tel: 519-246-1526
- St. Joseph’s Health Care London
- Regional Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Treatment Centre
- 24-hour service and emergency forensic assessments
- 519-646-6100, extension 64224
Educational resources
- London Coordinating Committee to End Woman Abuse
Links to supports and resources - Neighbours, Friends and Families
Information on helping someone who is being abused
519-661-2111, extension 87486 - Make it Our Business
Information on domestic violence in the workplace
Indigenous
- Atlohsa Family Healing Center - Zhaawanong Women's Shelter Provides emergency shelter and support for Indigenous women and their children who are at risk of violence, abuse and/or homelessness.
- 24 hour crisis line 1-800-605-7477
LGBTQ2S+
- Southwest Health Line - LGBTQ2+
- Southwestern Ontario Resources
- Counselling and Therapists
Men
- Canadian Centre for Men and Families
- A hub for health and well-being of men, boys, fathers and familes.
- 647-479-9611 | Toll-free: 1-844-900-2263
- Changing Ways London
- Group programs for men who abuse women
- 519-438-9869
- Anova
- 24-Hour Helpline:
- 519-642-3000
- Toll free: 1-800-265-1576
Older Adults
- Ontario Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse
- 24 hour Senior Safety line: 1-866-299-1011
- Elder Abuse London Middlesex
- Resources and supports
Sexual Assault
- Anova
- 24-Hour Helpline:
- 519-642-3000
- Toll free: 1-800-265-1576
- http://www.anovafuture.org
- St. Joseph’s Health Care London
- Regional Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Treatment Centre
- 24 hour service and emergency forensic assessments
- 519-646-6100, extension 64224
- sjhc.london.on.ca/sexualassault