What can I ask?
Any of these 44 questions. Each answer names the places, how to reach each one, and whether it worked for other people.
- Grants, funds and money help in Canada
138 places
- Health & care in Canada
75 places
- Government benefits you can apply for in Canada
74 places
- Student organizations and student services in Canada
69 places
- Youth and teen programs in Toronto
53 places
- Parents & families in Canada
52 places
- Job and career help in Canada
51 places
- Schools, classes and education services in Toronto
47 places
- Housing help in Toronto
45 places
- Services for seniors in Canada
42 places
- Grants, funds and money help in Toronto
37 places
- Student organizations and student services in Toronto
35 places
- Health & care in Toronto
34 places
- Job and career help in Toronto
32 places
- Mental health in Canada
31 places
- Newcomer and settlement services in Toronto
30 places
- Legal help in Ontario
29 places
- Disability in Canada
29 places
- Parents & families in Toronto
25 places
- Counselling in Canada
25 places
- Food help, food banks and food events in Toronto
24 places
- Volunteering opportunities in Toronto
21 places
- Charities and relief organizations in Toronto
18 places
- Kids activities in Toronto
17 places
- Services for seniors in Toronto
16 places
- Bills in Toronto
16 places
- Mental health in Toronto
15 places
- Legal help in Toronto
14 places
- Counselling in Toronto
13 places
- Transport in Ontario
11 places
- Government benefits you can apply for in Toronto
9 places
- Moving & settling in Toronto
9 places
- Business groups and chambers in Toronto
9 places
- Disability in Toronto
8 places
- Founders & startups in Toronto
8 places
- Women's safety in Ontario
8 places
- Languages & ESL in Toronto
7 places
- Trades & home services in Ontario
6 places
- Debt help in Canada
6 places
- Organizations for women in Canada
4 places
- Muslim organizations in Canada
13 places
- Muslim organizations in Toronto
8 places
- Muslim community help in Canada
6 places
- Faith & community in Toronto
5 places
Do you have a particular place?
All 341, A to Z.
- 211 Ontario (211 Central covers Toronto)
- 9-8-8 Suicide Crisis Helpline
- Academic Upskilling and Digital Foundations (Toronto Centre of Learning & Development)
- ACCES Employment
- Accessible Parking Permit
- Achev - Free employment services (Toronto and North York centres)
- Achēv Employment Services for people with disabilities (ODSP), Toronto
- Achēv EPIC-HC: career help for internationally educated health workers
- Achēv Workforce Pathways for Women in Senior Healthcare
- Adult Day Programs at City of Toronto long-term care homes
- After-School Recreation Care (ARC), City of Toronto Parks and Recreation
- Alberta unclaimed property
- Allowance for the Survivor (OAS, ages 60 to 64)
- Assaulted Women's Helpline
- Assistance for Children with Severe Disabilities (ACSD)
- Assistive Devices Program (ADP)
- Bank of Canada unclaimed bank balances
- BC Unclaimed (British Columbia unclaimed property)
- Be.Build.Brand. (B3) entrepreneurship program (Toronto Community Housing)
- Better Jobs Ontario (formerly Second Career)
- BGC St. Alban's Club - Free teen drop-in, homework help and youth volunteering
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Toronto - Mentoring for children and youth
- Budget Planner (Financial Consumer Agency of Canada)
- Burger King Scholars Program (2027-28, open to Canada)
- Business Benefits Finder (Innovation Canada)
- Business Inc. (Toronto Public Library × City of Toronto × TBDC) – Fall 2026 series
- Canada Apprentice Loan
- Canada Caregiver Credit
- Canada Child Benefit (CCB)
- Canada Disability Benefit (CDB)
- Canada Graduate Research Scholarship – Doctoral (CGRS D), October 2026 competition
- Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit (CGEB, formerly the GST/HST credit)
- Canada Pension Plan (CPP) Disability Benefit
- Canada Pension Plan (CPP) Retirement Pension
- Canada Student Grant for Full-Time Students, plus the grant for each dependant (through OSAP in Ontario)
- Canada Student Grant for Part-Time Students (through OSAP in Ontario)
- Canada Student Grants for Students with Disabilities (through OSAP in Ontario)
- Canada Summer Jobs (ESDC)
- Canada Training Credit (CTC)
- Canada Workers Benefit (CWB) and advance payments
- Canada-Ontario Housing Benefit (COHB) - City of Toronto
- Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (report a scam or fraud)
- Canadian Armed Forces racism class action settlement
- Canadian Benefit for Parents of Young Victims of Crime
- Canadian bread price-fixing settlement (Loblaw and George Weston)
- Canadian Centre for Housing Rights (CCHR, formerly CERA)
- Canadian Dental Care Plan (CDCP)
- Canadian Hospitality Foundation (CHF) Scholarships
- Canadian Muslim Counselling
- Canadian Tire Jumpstart Individual Child Grants
- Capital One 2019 data breach settlement (Canada, outside Quebec)
- Caregiver Recognition Benefit (Veterans Affairs Canada)
- CCMW Lila Fahlman Scholarship
- Central Intake (City of Toronto emergency shelter line)
- Child Care Fee Subsidy (City of Toronto)
- Child Disability Benefit
- City of Toronto - Access to Housing / MyAccesstoHousingTO (Rent-Geared-to-Income centralized waiting list)
- City of Toronto - Community Funding (Local Leadership Grant, Identify 'N Impact, CSP)
- City of Toronto - Community Recreation Volunteers
- City of Toronto - Toronto History Museums Youth Volunteers
- City of Toronto - Youth Job Seekers (Toronto Youth Job Corps, YEP Network, TYPE)
- City of Toronto Free Centres and free drop-in recreation
- City of Toronto Funeral and Burial Help for People with Low Income
- City of Toronto Newcomer Services: settlement workers at City Hall and Newcomer Services Kiosks
- City of Toronto Property Tax Cancellation, Reduction or Refund
- City of Toronto property tax, water and solid waste relief for low-income seniors and people with disabilities
- City of Toronto Welcome Policy (recreation fee subsidy)
- Co-operative Housing Grant Program (City of Toronto, 2026)
- College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO) - Public Register
- Community Health Centres in Toronto: health care for people without OHIP (including the Access Alliance Non-Insured Clinic)
- Computers for Success Canada (Ontario: Renewed Computer Technology)
- Connecting Families Initiative
- ConnexOntario
- Consumer proposals explained (Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy)
- COSTI Financial Supports (help paying rent and utility arrears, North York)
- COSTI Immigrant Services
- COSTI Immigrant Services - Hostel Services / Ralph Chiodo Family Reception Centre
- COSTI Violence Against Women program (counselling and safety planning)
- Court fee waiver (family, civil and small claims court, Ontario)
- CPBAO Public Register (College of Psychologists and Behaviour Analysts of Ontario)
- CPP children's benefit
- CPP death benefit
- CPP survivor's pension
- CPSO Physician Register (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario)
- CRA Child and Family Benefits Calculator
- CRA My Account (sign up for your Canada Revenue Agency online account)
- CRA uncashed cheques
- Crisis Texting Service for Kids of Canadian Armed Forces Families
- Daily Bread Food Bank
- Daily Bread Food Bank - Find Food locator (Programs by Location)
- Daily Bread Food Bank - Volunteer hours for high school students (Take Action Project food drives)
- Developmental Services Ontario (DSO): services for adults with developmental disabilities
- Digital Main Street (Toronto Digital Service Squad)
- Disability Supports Deduction (tax line 21500)
- Disability Tax Credit (DTC), Form T2201
- Distress Centres of Greater Toronto (408-HELP line)
- Dixon Hall - Employment Services (job counselling and free training)
- DMZ Incubator (Toronto Metropolitan University)
- Downtown Legal Services (University of Toronto law students' free legal clinic)
- Drop-in programs for people who are homeless (City of Toronto map)
- EarlyON Child and Family Centres (City of Toronto)
- Employment Insurance (EI): regular, sickness, maternity and parental, caregiving, and apprentices in training
- Employment standards claim and Employment Standards Information Centre (Ontario Ministry of Labour)
- Enbridge Gas Home Winterproofing Program
- Energy Affordability Program
- Enhanced Respite for Medically Fragile and/or Technology Dependent Children (Ontario)
- ER Watch (live emergency room wait times in Ontario)
- Ernestine's Women's Shelter (24/7 crisis line, shelter and outreach, Etobicoke)
- Eviction Prevention in the Community (EPIC), City of Toronto
- Eye See Eye Learn (free eye exam and glasses for kindergarten children in Ontario)
- Fair Pass Transit Discount Program (TTC)
- Family Court Support Worker Program
- Family Law Information Centres (FLIC) at Toronto family courthouses
- Family Service Toronto - Counselling (Couple & Family)
- FCJ Refugee Centre
- Federal Excise Gasoline Tax Refund (mobility impairment)
- Federal Student Work Experience Program (FSWEP)
- Federation of Metro Tenants' Associations (FMTA) - Tenant Hotline
- Find free newcomer services near you (Government of Canada)
- Focus on Youth Toronto (FOYT) - Paid summer jobs for high school students (TDSB and TCDSB)
- FoodShare Toronto
- FoodShare Toronto - Teen volunteers (ages 14+ with a parent permission form)
- Fort York Food Bank
- Free English and French classes for newcomers (LINC and CLIC), with the free YMCA language assessment in Toronto
- Free eye exams with OHIP
- Free job training through Employment Ontario
- Free naloxone kits (Ontario pharmacies and community organizations)
- Free tax clinics (CRA Community Volunteer Income Tax Program, CVITP)
- FundsFinderNB (New Brunswick unclaimed property)
- GAINS (Guaranteed Annual Income System) for Ontario seniors
- Gerstein Crisis Centre
- Good Shepherd Centre free community meals (Toronto)
- Good2Talk (24/7 support for post-secondary students in Ontario)
- Government of Canada Benefits Finder (Canada Child Benefit, GST/HST credit and other supports)
- Government of Canada online accounts breach settlement (Sweet v. Canada)
- Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) for low-income seniors
- Habitat for Humanity GTA - ReStore & Build Volunteers
- Health Care Connect (Ontario) - find a family doctor or nurse practitioner
- Health811 (Ontario's free health advice line)
- Healthy Babies Healthy Children (Toronto Public Health): free home visits in pregnancy and the early years
- Healthy Smiles Ontario (free dental care for children 17 and under)
- Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital - Teen volunteers (client programs)
- Home Accessibility Tax Credit
- Home and Vehicle Modification Program (HVMP)
- Homemakers and Nurses Services Program (City of Toronto)
- Hope for Wellness Help Line (24/7 support for Indigenous people)
- Horatio Alger Canadian Scholarships (financial need, grade 11)
- Housing Help Centres (find yours on the City of Toronto Housing Help map)
- Human Rights Legal Support Centre (HRLSC)
- Humber Polytechnic scholarships, bursaries and emergency funds (student portal)
- Hydro One Women in Engineering Award
- ICNA Relief Canada Domestic Zakat Program
- ICNA Relief Canada Food Banks
- Independent Legal Assistance Program (sexual misconduct in DND or the Canadian Armed Forces)
- Indigenous Bursaries Search Tool (Government of Canada, free search tool)
- Indspire Building Brighter Futures: Bursaries, Scholarships and Awards (Indigenous students)
- Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP)
- Islamic Foundation of Toronto (IFT)
- Islamic Foundation of Toronto Zakah Office
- ISNA Cares counselling
- Jaffari Support Services counselling
- Jessie's School Program and Scholarship (Jessie's - The June Callwood Centre for Young Women)
- Job Bank (Government of Canada) - Free job search and job alerts
- JOBS4U Youth Employment Services (Regent Park Community Health Centre)
- Jordan's Principle (requests for First Nations children)
- Justice for Children and Youth (JFCY)
- JVS Toronto
- KickStart free soccer program for children (Toronto Community Housing and MLSE)
- Kids Help Phone
- KidSport Toronto
- Landlord and Tenant Board (Tribunals Ontario)
- Law Society Referral Service (Law Society of Ontario)
- Leading to Reading: free reading and writing help for Grades 1 to 6 (Toronto Public Library)
- Legal Aid Ontario - Community Legal Clinics
- Legal Aid Ontario client service line (apply for legal aid)
- Licensed Insolvency Trustees (consumer proposals and bankruptcy)
- Loran Award (2027)
- Low-cost dental clinics in Toronto (City of Toronto list)
- Low-income Energy Assistance Program (LEAP) - Ontario Energy Board
- Lower Child Care Fees (Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care System)
- Magnet (Toronto Metropolitan University)
- Managing debt (Financial Consumer Agency of Canada)
- MaRS Venture Services membership (free startup advisory)
- Meals on Wheels in Toronto (find your local program)
- Medical Expense Tax Credit
- Muslim Welfare Canada (MWC)
- Muslim Welfare Canada - Food Bank program
- Naseeha Mental Health
- National Zakat Foundation (NZF) Canada
- Neighbourhood Climate Action Grants (2026 intake)
- North York General Hospital - High School Volunteer Program (ages 14 to 17)
- North York Harvest Food Bank
- NPower Canada - Free tech job training (Junior IT Analyst, AI and Data Analytics, Network Security)
- OAMHP Therapist Search (Ontario Association of Mental Health Professionals)
- OCSWSSW Online Register (Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers)
- OHIP (Ontario Health Insurance Plan): apply for an Ontario health card
- OHIP+ (free prescriptions for people 24 and under)
- Old Age Security (OAS) pension
- One Stop Talk (free virtual therapy for children and youth in Ontario)
- Ontario adoption and legal custody subsidies (through your children's aid society)
- Ontario Apprentice Tools Grant
- Ontario Arts Council – Chalmers Professional Development Projects (Nov 2026)
- Ontario Association for Marriage & Family Therapy (OAMFT) - Find a Therapist
- Ontario Autism Program
- Ontario Bridge Training Program
- Ontario Bridging Participant Assistance Program (OBPAP)
- Ontario Child Benefit (OCB)
- Ontario Child Care Tax Credit (CARE)
- Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)
- Ontario Drug Benefit (ODB) program and Seniors Co-Payment Program
- Ontario Electricity Support Program (OESP)
- Ontario Emergency Assistance (short-term money in a crisis)
- Ontario Health atHome (formerly Home and Community Care Support Services): home care and long-term care applications
- Ontario jail staffing lockdowns settlement
- Ontario Land Transfer Tax Refund for First-Time Homebuyers
- Ontario Land Tribunal low-income fee waiver
- Ontario Learn and Stay Grant (nursing, paramedic and medical lab students)
- Ontario Low-income Individuals and Families Tax (LIFT) Credit
- Ontario Psychological Association - Find a Psychologist
- Ontario Public Service - Summer Employment Opportunities (SEO)
- Ontario Senior Homeowners' Property Tax Grant
- Ontario Seniors Care at Home Tax Credit
- Ontario Seniors Dental Care Program at Toronto Public Health dental clinics
- Ontario Seniors' Public Transit Tax Credit
- Ontario St. Child Care Centre (The Neighbourhood Group)
- Ontario Trillium Benefit (OTB)
- Ontario Works: monthly money plus dental, special diet, newborn, child care, LEAP, job, medical travel and guide dog help
- Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP)
- Operational Stress Injury Social Support (OSISS) peer support
- Parkdale Community Food Bank
- Passport Program (adults with developmental disabilities)
- Pathways to Education - Toronto sites (Lawrence Heights, Regent Park, Rexdale, Scarborough Village)
- Pharmacists prescribing for common ailments in Ontario (free assessment with your OHIP card)
- Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholarship (2027)
- PollinateTO Community Grants (2026 intake)
- Pro Bono Ontario Free Legal Advice Hotline
- Property tax relief for sickness or extreme poverty (City of Toronto)
- RCDSO Find a Dentist (Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario)
- Regent Park Community Initiative Support (CIS) grants, Toronto Community Housing
- Regent Park Early Learning & Child Care Centre (City of Toronto)
- Regent Park Scholarship (Toronto Community Housing and Tridel)
- REMAX Quest for Excellence Scholarship
- Rental Housing Enforcement Unit (Ontario)
- RentSafeTO: Apartment Building Standards (City of Toronto)
- Resettlement Assistance Program (RAP)
- Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) - ROMKids camp volunteers and Youth Cabinet (ages 15 to 21)
- Scarborough Food Security Initiative (Feed Scarborough)
- Scarborough Health Network - Volunteer Services (Summer Pathfinder for high-school students)
- Scarborough Women's Centre free counselling
- ScholarshipsCanada.com (free scholarship search tool)
- ScholarTree (free scholarship search tool)
- Schulich Leader Scholarships (2027)
- Scotiabank duplicate NSF fee settlement
- Second Harvest
- Second Harvest - Volunteer hours for high school students (age 16+)
- Seniors Active Living Centres
- Seniors Safety Line (Ontario)
- Settlement.Org (OCASI): newcomer information for Ontario and Find Services Near Me
- SGS Emergency Grant (University of Toronto graduate students)
- SickKids - High School Volunteer Program
- Silk and Great Value plant-based drinks recall settlement
- Sistering 24/7 Drop-In for women and gender-diverse people (Toronto)
- Skilled Trades Ontario - Public Register
- Skilled Trades Ontario - Start an apprenticeship (apply and register as an apprentice)
- Skills for Change - Free career coaching, bridging and trades programs
- Social Insurance Number (SIN) from Service Canada
- Special Priority Program for Rent-Geared-to-Income Housing
- Special Services at Home (SSAH)
- Starter Company Plus Grant (City of Toronto, Fall 2026)
- Steps to Justice (CLEO)
- Streets to Homes street outreach (City of Toronto)
- Strides Toronto: Newcomer Youth Engagement Program
- Student Nutrition Programs in Toronto Schools (free breakfast, snacks and meals)
- Summer Company (Ontario)
- Supportive Housing Program for Seniors (City of Toronto)
- TCHC Internship Program and The Returnship (paid 12-week internships for tenants), Toronto Community Housing
- Tenant Duty Counsel Program (ACTO, funded by Legal Aid Ontario)
- Terry Fox Humanitarian Award (2026–27 cycle)
- The Allowance (OAS, ages 60 to 64)
- The Career Foundation
- The Stop Community Food Centre
- Times Change Women's Employment Service - Free job search help for women
- TMU President's Entrance Scholarships (Fall 2027)
- Toronto Arts Council (TAC)
- Toronto Arts Council – Artists in the Library (2026)
- Toronto Arts Council – Open Door (2026)
- Toronto Basement Flooding Protection Subsidy
- Toronto Central Healthline
- Toronto Community Crisis Service (TCCS), reached through 211
- Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC)
- Toronto Emergency Energy Fund (help with hydro, gas or oil bills)
- Toronto Hardship Fund: help paying for eyeglasses, medical items, emergency dental work and medication
- Toronto Housing Stabilization Fund (rent, moving costs and arrears help)
- Toronto Metropolitan Students' Union (TMSU)
- Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) entrance scholarships and awards (Fall 2027 entry)
- Toronto Public Health immunization clinics (free vaccines by appointment)
- Toronto Public Health sexual health clinics (free, no health card needed)
- Toronto Public Library - Volunteering (Leading to Reading, Teen Councils, Seniors E-Connect)
- Toronto Public Library job and career help
- Toronto Public Library laptop and Wi-Fi hotspot lending
- Toronto Public Library tpl:map (Museum + Arts Pass)
- Toronto Public Library – Book a Librarian
- Toronto Public Library – Programs for Kids & Families
- Toronto Rent Bank (Neighbourhood Information Post, City of Toronto)
- Toronto Seniors Helpline
- Toronto Small Business Enterprise Centre (Enterprise Toronto) one-to-one consultations
- Toronto Tenant Support Program (City-funded free legal help for renters)
- Toronto Youth Cabinet (TYC)
- Toronto Zoo - Zoo Ambassador Student Volunteers
- TRIEC Mentoring Partnership (newcomer professionals)
- Trillium Drug Program (help with high prescription drug costs)
- Truffettes de France chocolate truffles settlement
- Unity Health Toronto - Student Volunteers (St. Michael's, St. Joseph's, Providence)
- University of Toronto admission awards and Awards Profile (2027 entry)
- University of Toronto Faculty of Dentistry patient clinics (reduced-fee dental care)
- University of Toronto National Scholarship (2027 entry)
- University of Toronto Students' Union (UTSU)
- Veterans Affairs Canada disability benefits (Pain and Suffering Compensation)
- Veterans Affairs Canada income support (monthly payments)
- Veterans Affairs Canada Prisoner of War benefits
- Veterans Emergency Fund (Veterans Affairs Canada)
- Veterans Independence Program for Primary Caregivers (Veterans Affairs Canada)
- Victim Quick Response Program+ (VQRP+)
- Victim Support Line
- Volunteer Toronto - High School Volunteers page
- War Veterans Allowance (Veterans Affairs Canada)
- Wheel-Trans
- When your debts get out of control (Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy)
- William Southam Journalism Fellowship, Massey College (2027–28)
- WoodGreen Community Services - Free employment help and job training
- Workers' Action Centre (Workers' Rights Info Line)
- Working Women Community Centre - Settlement, English classes and family programs for immigrant women
- YMCA International Youth Internship Program
- YMCA of Greater Toronto - Free Employment Services
- YMCA of Greater Toronto - Free youth programs (Teen Nights, mentorship, youth leadership)
- York Federation of Students (YFS)
- York University entrance scholarships and bursaries (Fall 2027 entry)
- Youth Employment Services (YES)
- Youth Job Connection (Employment Ontario)
- YouthWorx summer jobs for youth (Toronto Community Housing)
- YSpace (York University) free 30-minute Idea Consultations