About Us
With financial support provided by the City of Toronto, the shelter commenced full-time, year-round operations in 2000 and is now a multi-service agency providing emergency shelter and programming support services for the most vulnerable, marginalized, and at-risk members of our community today.
Based on the urgent and continued need for affordable, supportive, and transitional housing, St. Simon’s Clubbehouse Shelter secured a building at 556 Sherbourne St in February 2021, for the purpose of providing supportive and transitional housing for 32 chronically homeless senior-aged shelter users.
This flowed from the end of the shelter’s lease at 525 Bloor St. E, and response and need for COVID-19 physical distancing for clients during the pandemic. We were saddened to say goodbye to our home of 20 years at 525 Bloor St. E. We acknowledge and will never forget that site was the foundation for our future and the building block for our new site. Our previous site was a dormitory modality. Today we have resources at our new site which are representative of fulfilling our mission statement. With the opening of Clubbehouse we have observed significant improvement in health and improved quality of life and outcomes for our clients.
All clients at St. Simon’s Clubbehouse have access to Mental Health and Addictions case management, a robust Medical Support model from our health partners, food programming, harm reduction supports and community engagement opportunities and strategies. The housing team will continue to work towards permanent housing options for its clients and will work closely with community stakeholders to assure augmented safety and security strategies are central to the work that we are doing in the St. Jamestown neighbourhood.
Despite the obvious challenges associated with a global pandemic, new and emergent responses to COVID-19 have led to some exciting and timely responses to homelessness. There has been both nimbleness and ingenuity across the community sector serving homeless men and women. Some of those efforts and responses are now embedded in the program model at St. Simon’s Clubbehouse Shelter.
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Our Journey & Continued Need
Based on the urgent and continued need for affordable, supportive, and transitional housing, St. Simon’s Clubbehouse Shelter secured a new building in February 2021 to support 32 chronically homeless senior-aged individuals.
- A Strong Foundation: After 20 years at our previous dormitory-style site, our new location provides enhanced resources representative of our mission.
- Wrap-Around Care: Clients now have full access to Mental Health and Addictions case management, food programming, and harm reduction supports.
- Robust Medical Support: We partner closely with health professionals to observe significant improvements in the health and quality of life for our clients.
- Adapting to Challenges: New and emergent responses to the global pandemic have led to exciting, timely, and nimble responses to homelessness now embedded in our program model.
Since moving to our new home (as of Nov 2025):
- 60,000 nights of accommodation for 200 different residents.
- 184,000 meals served.
- 13,000 hours of wrap-around services (housing, counseling, psychotherapy, family reunification, primary health care, dental health care, addiction and harm reduction supports, and more).
- 36 residents transitioned into supportive and affordable housing.