Moving to Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls apartments and housing rentals

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 condo rentals:

Niagara Falls apartments for rent, from GottaRent
Niagara Falls apartments, Apartment Corner
Apartments for rent in Niagara Falls, by GSC Rentals

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:

Tenant Associations Organizing guide

City of Niagara Falls - Government pages

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 AID CLINICS


• 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

Emergencies: Fire, police, plus distress centres

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:

• Distress Centre of Niagara, (905) 688-3711
• Kids Helpline 1-800-668-6868
• Parent Helpline 1-888-603-9100

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

Niagara Falls Public Library

Transportation

Niagara Transit, public transit, (905) 356-1179

Other Services

US City and Travel Guide
Niagara Falls lawyers

Other Directories and Search Engines

Google Canada Search Engine
Yahoo Canada Directory

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