Yorktown Family Services supports and equips women, children, youth and families to create positive change in their lives.
Yorktown Family Services (YFS) is a fully accredited community service agency comprised of an infant, child, and youth mental health centre; a women’s shelter and community-based violence against women services; and an integrated services site offering rapid access to multiple mental health, primary health, and social service programs for youth and young adults. For over 30 years Yorktown has been providing immediate access to a wide range of services in Toronto’s most vulnerable communities to support and equip women, children, youth and families to create positive change in their lives.
Yorktown Family Services welcomes individuals of all abilities. We are committed to accessibility and will make reasonable efforts to accommodate requests related to service animals, special access to our services and materials, or with accommodations during the selection process. Support persons accompanying an individual to our services are also welcome.
Please contact our Talent & Culture department for accommodations at 416 394-2424, ext.222, or by emailing talentandculture@yorktownfamilyservices.com
We gratefully acknowledge the support from these organizations.
We gratefully acknowledge the support from these organizations.
We gratefully acknowledge the support from these organizations.
News, Events & Upcoming Programs
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Beyond Awareness: How Truth and Reconciliation is Shaping Yorktown Family Services
Through ongoing learning, meaningful relationships, and Indigenous-led guidance, Yorktown Family Services is building a stronger culture of respect, accountability, and culturally responsive service. By Aleka Allen Every person who walks through our doors deserves to feel respected, understood, and supported. Across Canada, however, the historical and ongoing impacts of colonialism, systemic discrimination, and intergenerational trauma have created barriers that can affect how many Indigenous individuals and families experience and access health and social services, including their ability to build trust with organizations and service providers. Recognizing this reality, Yorktown Family Services has been taking intentional steps to deepen its understanding […]
A Space for Healing: Celebrating Yorktown’s Healing Garden
On March 6, 2026, Yorktown Family Services was honoured to welcome Mohamed Firin | MPP York South–Weston to our Violence Against Women Shelter to recognize the impact of a $44,100 grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) supporting our Healing Garden. We were joined by members of our Shelter and Violence Against Women (VAW) Services and Talent & Culture Teams to mark this important milestone. The visit included a tour of the Shelter and a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the garden’s pergola — a meaningful moment that celebrated the creation of a space designed for healing, reflection, and connection. Transforming Space […]