Niagara Falls tenant and community resources
For information on your rights as a tenant go to the Ontario Tenants Most Asked Questions and Answers page.
Niagara Falls apartments for rent, plus houses and condos:
Viewit.ca - photos and videos of apartments, houses and condos in Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls apartments for rent, from GottaRent
Niagara Rents Niagara Falls homes and apartments for rent
Niagara Falls Review - Real Estate for Rent Classified Ads, for Niagara Falls apartments
Craigslist Niagara Falls region, rental apartments
Student Housing for Niagara Falls:
Niagara College Off-Campus Housing, for Niagara Falls apartments and houses for rent
Niagara Falls public housing, rent geared to income accomodations, and government benefits for the disadvantaged:
Niagara Regional Housing, housing applications can be picked up at: Project Share, 4474A First Ave, Niagara Falls, (905) 357-5121
Golden Horseshoe Co-operative Housing Federation
Niagara Region Social Services (welfare and other social assistance), 5853 Peer Street, Niagara Falls, (905) 354-3561
Niagara Falls Tenants Associations:
City of Niagara Falls - Government pages
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City of Niagara Falls, 4310 Queen Street, (905) 356-7521
How to contact your City of Niagara Falls Mayor and Councillors
City of Niagara Falls By-laws
Regional Municipality of Niagara, government web site
Regional Council - Municipality of Niagara
By-laws - Regional Municipality of Niagara
Garbage collection.
Recycling information.
Niagara household hazardous waste,
for proper disposal of hazardous waste such as
batteries, fluorescent and compact fluorescent lamps (as they contain mercury,) pharmaceuticals, paints, solvents, pesticides, etc..
Other Niagara Falls Social Services, Agencies and Advocacy Groups (help and advice)
- Accessible Niagara Falls, resources for the disabled
- Be WebAware, for Parents to keep your children safe when on the Internet
- Credit Counselling of Regional Niagara
- Project S.H.A.R.E., (housing and food,) 4129 Stanley Avenue, Unit 2, Niagara Falls, (905) 357-5121
- United Way of Niagara Falls
Legal Services
- Community Legal Services of Niagara South, 3 Cross Street, 2nd Floor, Welland, (905) 735-1559
- Niagara North Community Legal Assistance, 8 Church Street, St. Catharines, (905) 682-6635
- Landlord and Tenant Board, (formerly the Ontario Rental Housing Tribunal,) Client Service Office, 301 St. Paul Street, St. Catharines, 1-888-332-3234
COMMUNITY LEGAL AID CLINICS
Emergencies: Fire, police, plus distress centres
- Distress Centre of Niagara, (905) 688-3711
- Kids Helpline 1-800-668-6868
- Parent Helpline 1-888-603-9100
Fire: for emergencies call 911
Niagara Falls Fire and Rescue, or for general inquiry calls: (905) 356-1321
Niagara Regional Police: for emergencies and crimes in progress call 911
For general and non-urgent inquires call (905) 688-4111
Poison Information 416-813-5900 (TTY-only 416-597-0215)
Distress Centres:
Niagara Falls Foodbanks and emergency shelters
Project S.H.A.R.E., (housing and food,) 4129 Stanley Avenue, Unit 2, Niagara Falls, (905) 357-5121
Nightlight Emergency Youth Shelter, 5207 Victoria Ave, Niagara Falls, (905) 358-3678
Women's Place, (905) 356-5800
Niagara Falls Hospitals and Healthcare
Telehealth Ontario 1-866-797-0000 for health advice over the phone
Hospitals
Niagara Health System, Greater Niagara General Hospital, 5546 Portage Road, Niagara Falls, (905) 358-0171
Doctor Search, a service provided by the
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario
Education
District School Board of Niagara, for public Kindergarden to Grade 12 education
Niagara Catholic District School Board, for Catholic elementary to high school education
Niagara College
Transportation
Niagara Transit, public transit, (905) 356-1179
Other Services
Other Directories and Search Engines
General Reference
Canada 411 Telephone Directory
Canada Post
Postal Code lookup, from Canada Post
City of Niagara Falls interactive map
Niagara Falls Map, from Mapquest
Niagara Falls Maps, from Yahoo
I am not responsible for the content of these third-party sites listed here nor the services they provide. If you wish your free social or community service to be added here, send an e-mail to Bob Levitt. Links are voluntary and are solely at the discretion of the webmaster when I get time to post them.