This video provides information on Indigenous resources and community groups available in the Windsor-Essex region.

*non exhaustive list

Most of the following organizations are accessible for free 24/7 and also offer online chats.

  • Can-Am Indian Friendship Centre
    2929 Howard Ave. Windsor, ON N8X 4W4
    519-253-3243
    admin@caifc.ca
    Monday – Friday: 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM
  • Hope for Wellness Help (in English, French, Cree, Ojibway or Inuktitut upon request): 1-855-242-3310
  • Indian Residential Schools Crisis Line: 1-866-925-4419
  • Indigenous Services Canada (online portal): https://www.sac-isc.gc.ca/
  • Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868 (Texters may request to speak with an Indigenous crisis responder by texting FIRST NATIONS, INUIT, or METIS to 686868 [for youth] and [741741] for adults)
  • Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) (in English and French): 1-877-767-7572
  • Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Crisis Line: 1-844-413-6649
  • Native Youth Crisis Hotline: 1-877-209-1266
  • Talk 4 Healing (for Indigenous women in Ontario): 1-855-554-4325

Community and Culture

Can-Am Indian Friendship Centre – (CAIFC) – Can-Am Indian Friendship Centre

Métis Nation of Ontario – Windsor Office – Community Support Services

Caldwell First Nation: Culture and Language

Housing and Shelter

Can-Am Urban Native Homes

Ontario Aboriginal Housing Services

Indigenous Housing Advocate

Health and Wellness

Community Wellness Worker

Urban Indigenous Healthy Living- Healthy Kids Program (Ages 0-18)

Métis Healthy Babies Healthy Children Program

Southwest Ontario Aboriginal Health Access Centre – Windsor Site

Windsor Regional Hospital – Windsor Regional Cancer Centre – Indigenous Navigator 

Health and Mental Health – Children, Youth & Families

Can-Am Indian Friendship Centre – (CAIFC) – Health and Mental Health – Adults

Health and Mental Health – Seniors and Adults with Disabilities

Caldwell First Nation General Health and Mental Health

Indigenous Alcohol & Drug Worker Program

Education and Employment

Aboriginal Child Resource Centre

Caldwell First Nation INDIGENOUS SKILLS AND TRAINING PROGRAM (ISETP)

Financial and Legal

Legal Assistance of Windsor: Indigenous Justice Support

Support for Families

Family Wellness Worker

Support for Women

Talk 4 Healing

Ontario Native Women’s Association  (outside of Windsor/Essex but provides support)

Support for Youth

Indigenous Child & Youth Mental Health and Addictions Program

Wasa-Nabin