Find Help Close to Home

The Find Help Close to Home section will help you to find services in a specific area or city in Ontario.

Settlement.Org is a good place to start looking for information, but may not have everything you need. Make sure you also contact your local immigrant-serving organizations and Community Information Centre to find out about more local services and resources.

Choose your region by clicking on the map or review the regions below.

List of Regions and Surrounding Areas

Barrie and Area
Simcoe County - Alliston, Barrie, Collingwood, Midhurst, Midland, Orillia, Parry Sound

Belleville and Area
Bancroft, Belleville, Madoc, Napanee, Picton, Trenton

Cambridge and Area

Cornwall and Area
Alexandria, Carleton Place, Cornwall, Dundas & Glengarry, Hawkesbury, Stormont

Durham Region
Ajax, Brock, Clarington, Oshawa, Pickering, Scugog, Uxbridge, Whitby

Guelph and Area

Haldimand Norfolk Region
Brantford, Simcoe

Halton Region
Oakville, Burlington, Halton Hills, Milton

Hamilton and Area
Ancaster, Dundas, Flamborough, Glanbrook, Hamilton, Stoney Creek

Kenora and Area
Atikokan, Dryden, Fort Frances, Kenora, Keewatin, Red Lake, Sioux Lookout

Kingston and Area
Kingston-Frontenac, Lanark, Leeds & Grenville, Lennox & Addington

Kitchener-Waterloo and Area

London and Area
London, St. Thomas, Strathroy

Niagara Region
Fort Erie, Grimsby, Lincoln, Niagara Falls, Niagara on the Lake, Pelham, Port Colborne, St Catharines, Thorold, Wainfleet, Welland, West Lincoln

North Bay and Area

Ottawa and Area
Nepean, Orleans, Ottawa, Kanata

Peel Region
Brampton, Caledon, Mississauga

Peterborough and Area
Peterborough County, Northumberland County, Haliburton County, City of Kawartha Lakes

Sault Ste. Marie and Area

Sudbury and Area
Espanola, Gogama, Manitoulin, Sudbury, Timmins

Toronto
former cities of East York, Etobicoke, North York, Scarborough, Toronto and York

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Thunder Bay and Area
Manitouwadge, Marathon, Nipigon, Thunder Bay, Schreiber

Windsor and Area
Chatham-Kent, Essex County, Lambton County, Leamington, Sarnia, Windsor

York Region
Aurora, East Gwillimbury, Georgina, King Township, Markham, Newmarket, Richmond Hill, Vaughan, Whitchurch-Stouffville

About Ontario by Region

Learn More about Ontario
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What settlement services are available in my community?
Settlement services are designed to assist newcomers to Canada in a culturally sensitive environment and in many languages. These services try to help newcomers with all their requirements during the process of settling into their new community.
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