Let’s Build
Hope
Coming from the most war-torn, poverty stricken countries around the world children, women and men will seek refuge at Sojourn House. Our shelter and transitional housing programs assist them with their integration into Canadian society. By offering shelter, safety and other essential services, Sojourn House is the helping hand and the umbrella of hope for refugees while they begin to rebuild a life in Toronto.
What We Do
Since 1987, Sojourn House has served thousands of individuals from around the world who have come to Canada in search of a safe and secure future.
The Shelter Program provides short-term emergency shelter and 3 meals daily to refugees.
A subsidized supportive program that assists refugees who have had difficulties with their transition and require longer-term support.
The satellite shelter provides Sojourn House with an additional space to accommodate up to 20 beds for single men. The Shelter Program provides short-term emergency shelter, 3 daily meals plus an evening snack to refugees.
The Outreach Program provides outreach services to Sojourn House residents moving to the community for one year after leaving Sojourn House.
The Newcomer Housing Help program assists newly arrived refugees to access and maintain housing in their new community.
The in house clinic allows refugees to have easier access to healthcare soon upon arrival, thereby preventing illnesses that may consequently impair settlement or lead to health risks and complications.
The food service program at Sojourn House focuses on providing daily nutritious meals to all residents living in the shelter and in the satellite program.
This program has been developed to settle and integrate “separated refugee youth” aged 16-24 into Canada.
What’s New
Everybody is a helping out dad at Sojourn House.
Thank You to the Ontario Trillium Foundation!
Thanks to the OTF we have been able to add permanent work stations to 40 apartment units.
Thank You to the Rotary Club of Toronto for Your Support!
The Rotary Club of Toronto has recently awarded Sojourn House with much needed funding.
Photos & Stories
By the time practice officially begins, the field is already full. Training starts at 3:00 p.m., but players begin arriving hours early, warming up, passing soccer balls, and calling out to one another across the field. Some come straight from school. Others rush over after work. No one wants to miss it. “You see a […]
My name is Asia, and I was honoured to be a recipient of the Debbie Hill-Corrigan scholarship. My journey since my time at Sojourn House has been one of growth, resilience, and purpose. Transitioning into a new chapter of life in Canada came with many challenges, but it also opened doors to opportunities that have […]
John is about to graduate from college and has applied to continue his studies at one of Canada’s top universities. A few years ago, he would not have believed this was possible. “If you told me this three or four years ago, I wouldn’t have believed you,” he says. “Now I feel like I’m actually […]
In a rural community in the Northwest Territories, the pace of life is quiet. With a population of just over 1,000 people, it is a place where neighbours know each other by name, where the days are shaped by routine, and where the landscape stretches wide and still. Each morning, Noel begins his day with […]
