Escape family violence
There are 3 types of accommodation you can access when leaving family violence or domestic violence:
- women’s emergency shelters – a safe location where women and children can get help and connect with supports
- women’s second stage housing – short-term, affordable housing with help for women and children to permanently leave and start a new life
- seniors’ emergency shelters – a temporary place for older adults to stay and get supports
If you need a place for pets to stay when leaving an abusive situation, there are pet safekeeping programs that offer temporary pet care at no charge. Find the nearest program through the Alberta Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA).
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Women’s emergency shelters
Banff
Bow Valley Women's Emergency Shelter
Phone: 403-760-3200, 9 am to 5 pm weekdays
Phone: 403-760-3200, weekdays after 5 pm and on weekendsBrooks
Cantara Safe House
Phone: 403-793-2232Calgary
Awo Taan Emergency Shelter
Phone: 403-531-1972 or 403-531-1976Calgary Women’s Emergency Shelter
Phone: 403-234-7233YW Sheriff King Home
Phone: 403-266-0707Camrose
Camrose Women’s Shelter
Phone: 780-672-1035 or 1-877-7672-1010Cold Lake
Stepping Stones Crisis Society
Phone: 780-594-3353 or 1-866-594-0533Edmonton
WIN House
Phone: 780-479-0058Lurana Shelter
Phone: 780-424-5875Enilda
Sucker Creek Emergency Women’s Shelter
Phone: 780-523-4357 or 1-866-523-2929Fairview
Crossroads Resource Centre & Women’s Shelter
Phone: 780-835-2120 or 1-877-835-2120Fort McMurray
Unity House Emergency Shelter
Phone: 780-743-1190Grande Cache
Grande Cache Transition House
Phone: 780-827-3776 or 1-866-957-3776, 9 am to 4 pm weekdays
Phone: 780-827-1791, weekdays after 4 pm and on weekendsGrande Prairie
Odyssey House
Phone: 780-532-2672High Level
Safe Home
Phone: 780-926-3899 or 1-888-926-0301High River
Rowan House Emergency Shelter
Phone: 403-652-3311 or 1-855-652-3311Hinton
Yellowhead Emergency Shelter for Women
Phone: 780-865-5133 or 1-800-661-0937Lac La Biche
Hope Haven Women’s Shelter
Phone: 780-623-3100 or 1-866-331-3933Lethbridge
Harbour House Women’s Emergency Shelter
Phone: 403-320-1881Lloydminster
Lloydminster Interval Home
Phone: 780-875-0966Maskwacis
Ermineskin Women’s Shelter
Phone: 780-585-4444 or 1-866-585-3941Medicine Hat
Phoenix Safe House
Phone: 403-529-1091 or 1-800-661-7949Morley
Eagle’s Nest Stoney Family Shelter
Phone: 403-881-2000 or 403-932-2222 if you are in immediate danger on reservePeace River
Peace River Regional Women’s Shelter
Phone: 1-877-624-3466Pincher Creak
Pincher Creek Women’s Emergency Shelter Association
Phone: 403-627-2114Red Deer
Central Alberta Women’s Emergency Shelter
Phone: 1-888-346-5643Rocky Mountain House
Mountain Rose Women’s Shelter
Phone: 1-877-845-4141Slave Lake
Northern Haven Support Society
Phone: 780-849-4418 or 1-877-214-4418St. Paul
Capella Centre
Phone: 780-645-5195 or 1-800-263-3045Stand Off
Kainaiwa Women’s Wellness Lodge
Phone: 403-653-3946Strathcona County
A Safe Place
Phone: 780-464-7233 or 1-877-252-7233Strathmore
Strathmore Shelter
Phone: 403-934-6634 or 1-877-934-6634Taber
Safe Haven
Phone: 403-223-0483Wabasca
Neepinise Family Healing Centre
Phone: 780-891-3333 or 1-877-891-5322Whitecourt
Wellspring Family Resource and Crisis Centre
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Women's second stage housing
Calgary
The Brenda Strafford Centre
Phone: 403-270-7240Discovery House
Phone: 403-670-0467Radiance Society
Phone: 403-243-2002Cold Lake
Stepping Stones Crisis Society
Phone: 780-594-3353 or 1-866-594-0533Edmonton
LaSalle
Phone: 780-471-1122Wings Shelter
Phone: 780-426-4985Enilda
Next Step – Sucker Creek Emergency Women’s Shelter
Phone: 780-523-4357 or 1-866-523-2929Fort McMurray
The Compass
Phone: 780-743-1190Grande Prairie
Serenity Place
Phone: 780-532-2672Lac La Biche
Lynne’s House
Phone: 780-623-3100 or 1-866-331-3933Lloydminster
Dol-Mar Manor
Phone: 780-875-0966
Text: 780-808-1777Medicine Hat
Musasa House
Phone: 403-580-8206Wabasca
Neepinise Family Healing Centre
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Seniors' emergency shelters
Calgary
Kerby Shelter (for 55 years and older)
Phone: 403-705-3250Edmonton
Sage Seniors Safe House (for 60 years and older)
Phone: 780-454-8888
For homelessness
The Government of Alberta provides funding to support agencies to operate two types of homeless shelters, which are accessible to anyone experiencing homelessness.
Emergency shelters are always open, ready to help anyone every day. They provide 24/7 emergency accommodation and a safe place to stay when you do not have a permanent address.
Transitional shelters provide more private, long-term accommodation with supports to help people move to permanent housing and live on their own. These shelters are referral based and often require some financial contribution from tenants.
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Year-round shelters
Calgary
Alpha House Shelter
203 15 Avenue SE
Phone: 403-234-7388The Children's Cottage Society - Brenda’s House (for families)
1921 28 Street SW
Phone: 403-242-8575Calgary Drop-In & Rehab Centre
1 Dermot Baldwin Way SE
Phone: 403-266-3600Inn From the Cold (for families)
110 11 Avenue SE
Phone: 403-263-8384YW Calgary Emergency Shelter
1715 17 Avenue SE
Phone: 403-705-0315Mustard Seed Foothills Shelter
7025 44 Street SE
Phone: 403-723-9422Mustard Seed (for women only)
110 11 Avenue SE
Phone: 587-447-1345Salvation Army Centre of Hope (for men only)
420 9 Avenue SE
Phone: 403-410-1111Salvation Army Women’s Integrated Supportive Housing (WISH)
Wagner Place, 3013 15 Avenue SW
Phone: 403-930-2711Edmonton
e4c – Women's Emergency Accommodation Centre (WEAC)
9611 101A Avenue
Phone: 780-423-5302Enoch Cree Nation Maskokamik
11845 Wayne Gretzky Drive
Phone: 587-525-8222Elizabeth Fry Society (for women only)
504 Belvedere Way
Phone: 780-784-2200Hope Mission - Main Building
9908 106 Avenue
Phone: 780-422-2018Hope Mission - Herb Jamieson Centre
10014 - 105A Avenue
Phone: 780-422-2018The Mustard Seed - Central Seed
9526 106 Avenue
Phone: 780-919-1735The Mustard Seed - Strathcona Shelter
10050 81 Avenue
Phone: 780-619-9885NiGiNan Housing Ventures - Pimatisiwin
12340 Fort Road
Phone: 587-686-8108Operation Friendship Seniors Society - McCauley Lodge
9520 108 Avenue
Phone: 780-429-2626Operation Friendship Seniors Society - Sparling Lodge
9540 110A Avenue
Phone: 780-429-2626The Salvation Army - Stepping Stones
9304 103A Avenue
Phone: 780-428-4405The Salvation Army - Grace Village
12520 140 Avenue
Phone: 780-244-2962Urban Manor
9524 104 Avenue
Phone: 780-425-5901Fort McMurray
Fort McMurray Salvation Army Community Services Centre
9919 MacDonald Avenue
Phone: 780-743-4135Grande Prairie
Wapiti House
10101 97A Street
Phone: 780-539-6777Lethbridge
Lethbridge Shelter and Resource Centre
802 2A Avenue N
Phone: 403-327-1031Lloydminster
Lloydminster Men’s Shelter
5001 48 Avenue
Phone: 306-825-3977Medicine Hat
The Mustard Seed Shelter
737 8 Street SE
Phone: 587-253-7601Red Deer
Safe Harbour Society
5246 53 Avenue
Phone: 403-347-0181The Mustard Seed Red Deer Shelter
6002 54 Ave
Phone: 1-877-731-7333Slave Lake
Town of Slave Lake Shelter
810 6 Ave NW
Phone: 780-849-8000Wetaskiwin
Hope Mission
4904 51 Street
Phone: 780-360-2995 -
Transitional shelters
Calgary
Accessible Housing Society
1212 31 Avenue NE
Phone: 403-282-1872Calgary Dream Centre
4510 Macleod Trail S
Phone: 403-243-5598Trinity Place Foundation of Alberta
Peter Coyle Place (for 55 years and older)
5700 3 Street SWYW Calgary Transitional Housing
1715 17 Avenue SE
Phone: 403-263-1550Edmonton
Operation Friendship Seniors Society
9526 106 Avenue
Phone: 780-429-2626Salvation Army Addictions & Residential Centre
9611 102 Avenue
Phone: 780-429-4274Urban Manor
9524-104 Avenue
Phone: 780-425-5901Grande Prairie
Elders Caring Shelter Society (for 55 years and older)
9702 99 Avenue
Phone: 780-882-7242Wapiti House
10101 97A Street
Phone: 780-539-6777