MPP Oosterhoff Delivers Funding for Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment Hub in St. Catharines

March 27, 2026

St. Catharines – 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 Hub in St. Catharines. This is part of the province’s almost $550 million investment to open twenty-eight Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment 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.

“We are connecting more people to the addiction treatment and recovery help they need to thrive and contribute to our communities,” said Sam Oosterhoff, MPP for Niagara West.

“This new treatment hub for our region will connect more people to frontline care and support when they need it, while continuing to build safer communities.”

“We are building a stronger, more connected system of mental health and addictions care that better reflects the needs of communities and focuses on lasting recovery,” said Hon. Vijay Thanigasalam, Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addictions.

“The opening of this new Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment Hub in St. Catharines will help to ensure that people struggling with mental health and addictions challenges in Niagara can access support services that prioritizes their path to recovery and strengthen community safety.”

At the ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment Hub in St. Catharines today, Associate Minister Thanigasalam and MPP Oosterhoff were joined by Jennie Stevens, MPP for St. Catharines; Mat Siscoe, Mayor of the City of St. Catharines, and councillors, Pat Chiocchio and Joyce Morocco, Co-Chairs of the Public Health and Social Services Committee of the Regional Municipality of Niagara.

“The opening of a new Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment Hub in St. Catharines is an important step forward in strengthening how residents experiencing chronic homelessness, mental health and addiction challenges are supported across the region,” said Rob Foster, Acting Chair of the Regional Municipality of Niagara.

“Through the leadership of Gateway Residential and Community Support Services and in partnership with organizations across Niagara, these integrated services will help more Niagara residents access the care and stability they need.”

“As Mayor of St. Catharines, I have seen firsthand the toll that addiction and homelessness have taken on our community and for too long municipalities like ours have been left to manage the impacts without the full tools to support recovery,” said Mayor Siscoe.

“The opening of this new Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment Hub is a meaningful step forward, bringing together treatment, housing and wraparound supports with a clear focus on recovery and community safety.”

Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment 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.

Gateway Residential and Community Support Services will serve as the lead agency for the Niagara Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment Hub and will deliver services in partnership with a range of local partner organizations, including Niagara Region Mental Health, Regional Essential Access to Connected Healthcare, Quest Community Health Centre, De dwa da dehs nye>s Aboriginal Health Services, Oak Centre and Community Addictions Services Ontario Niagara.

“The opening of our new Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment Hub represents a major step forward in how we support individuals experiencing homelessness with complex addiction and mental health needs,” said Margaret Beaupre, Executive Director of Gateway Residential and Community Support Services.

“By bringing partners together under one coordinated system of care, we are removing long-standing barriers and ensuring people can access help and housing when they need it most. This hub is about creating lasting pathways to stability, dignity and well-being for our community.”

The new treatment hub brings together a collaborative network of clinical, social service and care providers working to deliver services tailored to local needs, including mental health and addiction services, case management for mental health and addictions, social services, income supports and employment services, primary care, peer support, basic needs, Indigenous services, mobile clinic and community services and supportive housing.

Through Your Health: A Plan for Connected and Convenient Care and building on the Roadmap to Wellness, the province is taking action to connect individuals to integrated mental health and addictions services, where and when they need it.