Youth Shelter, Housing & Support

• 7 Vanauley St., Toronto, M5V 2A8

• Our shelter has 40 beds and we provide harm-reduction and trauma-informed residential services to at-risk homeless young men, ages 16–24

• Gender is self-identified, and The Wagner Green YMCA (formerly Vanauley Street YMCA) is a trans-positive space

• The Wagner Green YMCA also provides housing supports to enable youth to secure and maintain permanent, affordable accommodation

• Staff provide support for youth to make positive changes under challenging circumstances

• Contact us: We are open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and our services are free. If you or a friend needs some help, you can call us at 416-504-9700

• Location and directions to The Wagner Green YMCA

• Declaration of Compliance (PDF)

• The drop-in program operates with several community partners to offer services to homeless, and street-involved youth ages 16–24

• The goal of the drop-in is to provide a safe place where street youth can rebuild their trust in people and find services that can help them. These services include medical, mental health, employment, housing support and legal services

• Our Streets to Home program conducts street outreach to youth between the ages of 16–24 living in rough situations in the Trinity/Spadina and surrounding area

Units for Youth

• Operates to support youth into permanent housing with a rent supplement support

• Provides housing stabilization and case management

• Serves youth aged 16-24, 30% of the projects 34 rental supplements are reserved for youth within the 2SLGBTQ+communities

You Got This

• In partnership with Eva’s Initiatives, this program operates to deliver mobile follow up support to young people leaving the shelter system

• Fosters independent living skills, community integration, and resource building for housing stability

Applications are currently OPEN. Apply here. 

• YMCA Sprott House first opened its doors in September 2007 and is one of the first 2SLGBTQIA+ transitional housing programs for youth in Canada

• YMCA Sprott House provides one year of supported residential living for up to 25 young people between the ages of 16 to 24

• Eligibility is determined through an application and interview process and participants are expected to participate in house activities as well as work with a Case Manager towards self-determined goals.

• For specific inquiries or to be added to our distribution list, please email: sprott@ymcagta.org

• For more information about YMCA Sprott House, please call 647-438-8383

• Thanks to everyone offering their support to YMCA Sprott House. If you want to learn more about how you can help, please contact YMCA Sprott House directly at giving@ymcagta.org or donate now