OPPORTUNITY LIVES HERE

Welcome to WoodGreen

For over 85 years, WoodGreen has met the UNMET needs of Toronto residents through integrated community services. We provide affordable housing, employment support, financial counselling, childcare, youth programs, and mental health services, helping individuals and families build stability and thrive across Toronto.

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OPPORTUNITY LIVES HERE

Welcome to WoodGreen

For over 85 years, WoodGreen has met the UNMET needs of Toronto residents through integrated community services. We provide affordable housing, employment support, financial counselling, childcare, youth programs, and mental health services, helping individuals and families build stability and thrive across Toronto.

Explore our services

Explore our services

Child Care

WoodGreen provides licensed childcare in Toronto, supporting families with young children through early learning, parenting programs, and special needs resources to promote healthy development. Our Toronto childcare centres also offer after-school programs and day camps during March Break and summer holidays.

Child Care

Disability

Our community services support adults and children with developmental disabilities to build independence and improve quality of life. WoodGreen provides access to affordable housing, financial counselling, health services, recreational programs, and peer-led support for families and caregivers.

Disability

Employment

WoodGreen provides free employment support services in Toronto to help job seekers of all ages find meaningful work. Our employment programs offer one-on-one career counselling, resume writing support, job search guidance, and training opportunities, including internships that lead to lasting careers. WoodGreen is here to support you every step of the way.

Employment

Financial Empowerment

WoodGreen provides free financial empowerment services and personalized financial counselling. Through free workshops and one-on-one support, we help with budgeting, debt management, banking and financial services, income tax preparation, retirement planning for low-income individuals, and accessing government benefits.

Financial Empowerment

Health & Wellness

We partner with hospitals, health agencies, and Personal Support Workers to improve community health and wellbeing. Access health and wellness services in Toronto, including counselling, case management, wellness programs, medical assessments, and support from our partner health agencies.

Health & Wellness

Homeward Bound

WoodGreen’s four-year education and employment program supports women-led families and single mothers facing challenging circumstances. The program provides housing, licensed child care, counselling, tuition-paid college education, internships, and job search training, helping mothers achieve independence and long-term success.

Homeward Bound

Housing

WoodGreen provides safe and affordable housing in Toronto for seniors, youth, newcomers, individuals with disabilities, psychiatric survivors, and people experiencing homelessness. WoodGreen owns and manages housing sites across the city, where tenants can access a full range of community and support services.

Housing

Newcomer

WoodGreen helps newcomers in Toronto successfully transition into Canadian society. We provide affordable housing, employment opportunities, child care, language training, and other settlement services. Our newcomer youth programs support young people as they build friendships, gain confidence, and connect with their new community.

Newcomers

Seniors

WoodGreen partners with community health agencies to deliver integrated care for seniors and older adults with disabilities. Our services support dignity, independence, and quality of life through access to affordable housing, home support, medical escorts, counselling, and recreational programs that encourage well-being and social connection.

Seniors

Youth

WoodGreen offers a wide range of youth programs, including social, recreational, and mental health services for young people. Our team helps youth find the support they need, from housing and financial counselling to wellness programs, education support, and employment opportunities that promote growth and independence.

Youth

Happening at WoodGreen

WoodGreen Job Fair

Come chat with our hiring teams to learn more about our organization, upcoming opportunities, and what makes WoodGreen a great place to grow your career

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Toronto Refugee Hiring Event

The Refugee Jobs Agenda Roundtable is hosting a unique hiring event for refugees and forcibly displaced persons currently seeking employment in Toronto.

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Strategic Plan 2024-2027

WoodGreen unveils its 2024-2027 Strategic Plan.

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WoodGreen joins forces with Turning Point Youth Services

The two organizations will offer joint programming under the WoodGreen banner to ensure the needs of Toronto's youth are MET.

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The Raymond Chang Foundation gives Homeward Bound a $2 million gift

The donation, announced on International Women's Day, will help empower single mothers in community.

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WoodGreen awarded $1 million TD Ready Challenge grant for affordable housing solution

WoodGreen will use the grant to launch an equity fund to help non-profits build affordable homes faster.

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Support our UNMET Needs Campaign

More than ever, Toronto needs your help. More than ever, WoodGreen needs yours.

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Become a volunteer at WoodGreen

Join our stellar team and help to make the difference in our community.

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Latest News and Updates

Statement from WoodGreen Community Services in support of Build Canada Homes announcement

WoodGreen Community Services welcomes the ambitious launch of Build Canada Homes (BCH) and the initial $13 billion investment in affordable housing. As one of the largest affordable housing developers in Toronto, we are encouraged to see that BCH will offer flexible financial incentives, approve large portfolio projects, and leverage public lands for affordable housing.

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Media Release: New collaboration brings much-needed homes for people and wildlife in Toronto

Chimney swifts and seniors will soon have more places to live in Toronto thanks to a collaboration between the charities WoodGreen and Evergreen. The organizations created a new habitat for chimney swifts by uncapping and repairing a chimney at Evergreen Brick Works, allowing an affordable housing project for seniors on the Danforth to move ahead.

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Media Release: Hope takes root on the Danforth as newcomer-led mural unveiled at WoodGreen Newcomer Centre

Today, WoodGreen Community Services unveiled Hope Grows Here, a vibrant new community mural created by and for Toronto’s newcomer communities. Unveiled on World Refugee Day, the mural spans the side wall of WoodGreen’s Newcomer Centre at 1491 Danforth Avenue, a central hub for settlement services in East Toronto.

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Media Advisory: WoodGreen to unveil newcomer-led mural at 1491 Danforth Ave. on World Refugee Day

This Friday, June 20, WoodGreen Community Services will unveil Hope Grows Here, a large-scale community mural co-created with newcomer clients and led by professional newcomer artist Kseniya Tsoy.

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Statement from WoodGreen Community Services on the Ontario Budget 2025

WoodGreen Community Services welcomes the Government of Ontario Budget 2025, and the significant investments made to protect Ontario jobs, support workforce development, and base increases in community mental health and addictions services.

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