Provides services and programs to Japanese-Canadian adults ages 55 and over in Japanese and English. Services include information and resources in Japanese and English, Japanese language library, fitness and recreational activities, educational seminars, and h...

Provides outreach to Indigenous and non-Indigenous individuals age 19 and over (youth age 18 and younger may also be eligible) who are homeless, at risk of becoming homeless, or difficult to house. Outreach workers determine housing needs, offer resources from...

Provides emotional and practical support, advocacy, and referrals to women age 55 and over who have or who are still experiencing abuse by a family member, intimate partner, or someone in a position of power such as a landlord or caregiver. Serves women who ar...

Provides free peer support in Spanish and English by trained information and referral volunteers. Volunteers supply information and can assist with completing applications for federal and provincial benefits such as Old Age Security (OAS), Canada Pension Plan ...

An accessible and multicultural community centre that provides programs and services to promote health, well-being, and independent lifestyles for adults ages 55 and over. Provides information and referral services in English and Spanish, help completing gover...

Provides activities for older adults such as monthly out-trips, Osteofit classes twice a week, a weekly lunch, and cooking programs. Through the Westside Seniors Peer Support Program, trained peer volunteers provide free confidential counselling and support se...

Volunteer-driven organization supports Jewish and non-Jewish seniors ages 55 and over through information, peer support, social programming, networking, research, and system advocacy. Peer Support Services provides one-to-one emotional support by specially tra...

Provides programs and services for people of all ages and abilities, including information and referral. Facilitates community collaboration and engagement to build a better neighbourhood through the Mount Pleasant Food Network, community dialogues, training, ...

Promotes health and wellness, helps build supportive social relationships, and creates cross-cultural understanding through a variety of free organized activities and volunteer-based services for seniors and older adults ages 55 and up. Also offers a hot lunch...

Provides services to all self-identified women, including cis women, trans women, and two-spirit people. The drop-in centre offers advocacy, workshops, and crisis intervention to women of the Downtown Eastside, as well as free clothing, phone, showers (availab...

Submits resolutions and briefs to government in an effort to advance the social, economic, and physical welfare of all senior citizens in BC. Also offers free health and wellness workshops for seniors delivered by trained senior volunteer facilitators.

Information and referral line provides intake for legal and victim service programs as well as assistance to older adults and third parties to navigate the systems that impact an older adult, including situations of abuse, neglect or self-neglect. The line als...

Provides Bright Spot, a psychosocial day program, as well as individual occupational therapy assessment and rehabilitation services for older adults ages 65 and up who have a major mental illness and personal, social, and/or leisure needs. Also offers peer sup...

Provides specialized mental health services for seniors age 65 and over who are experiencing mental health issues such as late onset depression, bipolar illness, psychosis, severe behaviour problems related to dementia, problems related to aging that complicat...

Provides therapy services for a wide range of concerns including, child, youth, adults, seniors, couples, and families. Therapists are trained in a variety of therapeutic disciplines. Clients must be seen for an intake process to determine if JFS is the most a...

Promotes wellness for older adults through knowledge, connection, and support. Offers two programs monthly including an in-person intergenerational and intercultural dialogue program, and online virtual workshop on health and welnness topics. Opportunity to jo...

Provides assistance to foreign domestic workers and caregivers, and advocates for improvements in their employment conditions and immigration status. Educates foreign domestic workers and caregivers through workshops, forums, training, and leadership; provides...

Offers a social and support program linking Vietnamese-speaking seniors with programs at Britannia Centre. Also helps seniors access social and community services. Drop-in hours are 10 am to 4 pm on Tuesdays at the Adult 55+ Centre.

Trained volunteers provide information and referral to seniors age 55 and over regarding seniors income and other benefits (OAP, GIS, bus passes, SAFER), as well as assistance filling out forms. Also offers an income tax clinic from beginning of March until th...

Provides a variety of programs to build a resilient, healthy, and food-secure community. Holds low-cost community dinners at 5 pm on Fridays, and by-donation music nights at 7:30 pm on Thursdays. Little Mountain Riley Park Neighbourhood Food Network (NFN) work...

Regulates and monitors public facilities and those aspects of the environment that have a direct impact on public health. Environmental Health Officers (EHOs) ensure that public health standards are met in restaurants and food service locations, public food ha...

A free exercise and wellness program that provides fitness, health awareness, wellness education, and social contact to help older adults age 55 plus lead active and independent lives. Weekly drop-in program includes one hour of physical exercise followed by o...

Provides a wide range of services and programs including information and referral services, health and wellness programs, and educational workshops; serves children, youth, families, newcomers, and seniors. Offers various child care programs including daycare ...

Offers free and confidential support services to individuals who are providing unpaid care at home, in the community, or in a residential facility to an adult who is chronically ill, living with a disability, elderly, or in palliative care. Services include su...

Provides comprehensive information on services, resources, and activities on the North Shore. The North Shore Community Income Tax program assists eligible lower-income individuals in completing and filing their income tax returns during March and April; for N...