We offer shelter, housing, and supportive services rooted in empowerment and harm reduction. Our culturally grounded approach promotes healing, well-being, and community strength. In partnership with others, we advocate for the health and housing rights of urban Indigenous Peoples.
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Caseworker, Main Shelter PAQ
A ‘dry’ 24-7 emergency shelter for Indigenous women and men, offering a safe and welcoming space with 54 beds,19 beds for women and 35 beds for men, in dormitory-style facilities. No alcohol or drugs are permitted at this site, and people under the influence of drugs or alcohol will be referred to PAQ2, or another shelter.
For more information, please contact:
Caseworker, PAQ 2
A low barrier, 24-7 shelter, PAQ2 can accommodate up to 50 Indigenous women and men in private rooms with bathrooms. PAQ2 accepts people under the influence of alcohol and drugs.
For more information, please contact the psychosocial worker:
PAQ operates 15 transition apartment studios: 9 for men and 6 for women. Residents are supported by a program coordinator and intervention workers.
The transition housing program promotes safety and harmony between residents and those around them, offering program contracts from three months to three years. Intervention workers accompany residents to help prevent a return to homelessness, support short-and-medium-term stability, and develop longer-term life objectives such as health, housing, and employment/education.
For more information, please contact the psychosocial worker:
La Maison Annagiarvik provides 14 private bedrooms with three large communal spaces and a shared kitchen, in a transitional housing program with leases up to five years. Designed for residents who have completed rehab and are actively working on sobriety, it fosters healing and stability.
Weekly on-site Alcoholic Anonymous (AA) and Narcotic Anonymous (NA) meetings, led by an Indigenous facilitator from Kahnawake, and collective cooking workshops support residents’ recovery, life skills, and sense of community. Intervention support is available, and a caseworker is onsite for 15 hours per week to create personalized intervention plans based on short-and-long-term goals.
La Maison Akhwà:tsire is an innovative, supportive permanent housing program for up to 18 Indigenous individuals who have experienced chronic homelessness.
A culturally safe residence, the home offers 17 rooms contained within three separate apartments with living room, kitchen and dining room. Five rooms within the home are fully accessible for individuals with reduced mobility. The home responds to the needs for both private rooms, but also for common spaces to gather with friends, family, and community.
The home also offers up to seven places in PAQ’s residential Managed Alcohol Program (MAP), including up to three places for women. MAP is a collaborative program with CHUM’s Addictions Medicine Department.
PAQ provides on-site medical and nursing care, mental health supports and referrals, and regular visits from PAQ’s Indigenous knowledge keeper and spiritual guide.
For more information, please contact:
Housing Coordinator
This resource will be dedicated to Indigenous youth leaving the youth protection system or for those who have experienced a period of placement, in order to create a safe space for transition to adulthood.
This 6-bedroom house offers common areas such as a living room, kitchen, and bathrooms on both floors.
Through this transitional housing program, our goal is to foster independence and personal development in young people aged 18-30 by helping them set personalized life goals. We want to prevent young people from having to go through our emergency shelters, making our approach preventive rather than curative.
Tenants are required to pay a predetermined amount in order to remain in the facility and may live there for a maximum period of 2 years.
