Ontario Opens Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment Hub in Dufferin County
ORANGEVILLE — The Ontario government is expanding access to high-quality mental health and addictions care with the launch of a new Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment (HART) Hub in Orangeville. This is part of the province’s almost $550 million investment to open 28 HART Hubs across Ontario to protect the safety of children and families, while improving access to recovery and treatment services for people facing housing instability, mental health and substance use challenges.
“Our government is delivering on its promise to build a stronger, more connected system of mental health and addictions care that better reflects the needs of communities and focuses on lasting recovery,” said Sylvia Jones, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health. “The opening of this new HART Hub will ensure that those struggling with mental health and addictions challenges in Orangeville and across Dufferin County can access compassionate care and support services that prioritizes their path to recovery and strengthens community safety.”
HART Hubs connect people to a range of comprehensive treatment and recovery services such as primary care, mental health services, addictions care, social services and employment support.
“HART Hubs are about meeting people where they are and connecting them to the care and supports they need,” said Vijay Thanigasalam, Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addictions. “By expanding services in Dufferin County, we’re helping more individuals access treatment and recovery closer to home, while strengthening partnerships that make a real difference in communities.”
The HART Hub, operated by Services and Housing In the Province (SHIP), is now operational and delivering services through a collaborative network of clinical, social service and care providers working together to connect people with the supports they need, when they need them.
Together, these partners deliver services tailored to the needs of the community, such as:
- Primary care
- Mental health services (including Dialectical Behavioural Therapy and Counselling)
- Addictions services
- Case management for employment services
- Case management for mental health and addiction services
- Basic needs support (food and hygiene products)
- Transitional beds
- Supportive housing services
Through Your Health: A Plan for Connected and Convenient Care and building on the Roadmap to wellness, the province is connecting individuals to integrated mental health and addictions services, where and when they need it.
Quick Facts
- The Dufferin HART Hub is now open and offering services in Orangeville, with a satellite site in Shelburne set to launch in winter 2026 and a mobile clinic to follow in the spring to expand access to care where it’s needed most.
- The Dufferin HART Hub delivers services in collaboration with the Salvation Army, Public Health Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph, Orangeville Foodbank, Family Transition Place, OPP, Dufferin County, Community Living Dufferin, Headwaters Health Care Centre, Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) Peel Dufferin, Dufferin Area Family Health Team, Peel Addiction Assessment and Referral Centre, Choices Shelter and Support Services, Dufferin Child & Family Services and Hills of Headwaters Ontario Health Team.
- As of April 1, 2025, nine Consumption and Treatment Services sites successfully transitioned to HART Hubs, delivering expanded recovery and treatment services to ensure timely, high-quality care for vulnerable individuals while keeping communities safe. More HART Hubs are now opening across Ontario.
- HART Hubs will also add close to 900 supportive housing units across the province. This is over 300 more than originally planned, helping people transition to stable, long-term housing.
- In March 2025, the government announced an investment of almost $550 million to create a total of 28 HART Hubs across the province, nine more HART Hubs than initially planned.
- This includes two Indigenous-led Hubs in Kenora and Sault Ste. Marie/Blind River/Sagamok Anishnawbek, to deliver culturally relevant care in partnership with Indigenous service organizations.
- With a focus on treatment and recovery, HART Hubs will not offer safer supply, supervised drug consumption or needle exchange programs.
- Through the Roadmap to Wellness, Ontario is investing $3.8 billion over 10 years to close gaps in mental health and addictions care and build a world-class system. This investment is helping create new services and expand programs across the province.
- As part of Budget 2025, Ontario is investing $303 million over the next three years to support community-led and delivered mental health programs.
Quotes
“Dufferin County is committed to working with our partners like SHIP, other local agencies and the Province of Ontario to ensure those most vulnerable in our community have access to the essential services that they need, when they need them. The new HART Hub will provide local access to mental health, addiction and housing supports so that our community members get the care they need, right here in Dufferin. We are grateful to the Province for this investment and look forward to continuing to work together to address housing instability, quality care and community safety in Dufferin County.”
– Lisa Post
Warden, Dufferin County
“As the operator of the HART Hub in Dufferin, SHIP is proud to work alongside community and health system partners to deliver integrated, compassionate, and recovery focused supports for individuals experiencing mental health challenges, addiction and housing instability. The HART Hub represents a fundamentally different approach that meets people where they are, connects them to coordinated care, and supports pathways to stability and long term housing, while advancing the core priorities of Dufferin’s safety and well being plan. SHIP is grateful for the Province’s leadership and investment and looks forward to continuing this important work in Orangeville, Shelburne and across Dufferin County.”
– Susan Doyle
CEO, Services and Housing in the Province (SHIP)
