Community News

There are many organizations and services that can either help the refugees themselves or their loved ones already settled in Québec.

Find Family Resources Centres in your neighborhood for activities, respite and support for parents and children.

Community organizations are providing help by bringing them to vaccination centers or by filling out registration forms.

Are you a tenant or an owner and you wonder about your rights? Various organizations can help you in the event of conflicts related to your dwelling.

To facilitate the integration of newcomers who do not speak the language, a francization programme is offered by the Ministère de l’Immigration, Francisation et Intégration du Québec

Find organizations that offer help and resources against school dropout in Greater Montreal.

Starting today, the 211 service that refers and informs citizens of the socio-community services and programmes in their area, is available across Québec. Thanks to this implementation, the 40% of Quebecers who do not yet have access to this service will now be able to call 211 to find resources that are close by. This deployment is made possible thanks to the assistance of the Emergency Community Support Fund, an Employment and Social Development Canada programme put in place to support the community sector during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Everyone in Canada will soon have access to 211, a free, confidential information navigation service that connects people to critical government and community-based health and social services in their community thanks to funding from the Government of Canada.

211 Greater Montreal has reached the 100 000 calls milestone, demonstrating its key role as a helpline in the community and social support. More than two years following its launch in the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal, many citizens, as well as, professionals within the health and social services field, community organizations and elected officials have all embraced this easy-to-remember, three-digit number: 2-1-1.