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Toronto Community Services

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The department responsible for providing

  • social services
  • housing and shelters for homeless
  • day care
  • old age homes

    • This department was part of Metro Toronto Community Services department.

    As of April 2005, the departments and commissioners were replaced by divisions under the City Manager (and Deputy Managers):

    The department was responsible for providing

  • Toronto Social Services Division
  • Toronto Shelter, Support & Housing Administration Division
  • Toronto Homes for the Aged Division
  • Toronto Children's Services Division

    • Assets

  • Long-term care facilities (all pre-1998 facilities acquired from Metro):
  • Carefree Lodge, North York - 127 bed facility opened in 1967
  • Kipling Acres, Etobicoke - 337 bed facility built in 1959 with upgrades 2014
  • Wishing Well Manor, Scarborough
  • Bendale Acres, Scarborough - 302 beds facility built 1963
  • Lakeshore Lodge, Etobicoke - 150 beds built 1990
  • Castleview Wychwood Towers, Toronto - 456 beds
  • Cummer Lodge, North York - 391 beds
  • Fudger House, Toronto - 249 beds built 1965
  • Seven Oaks, Scarborough - 249 beds built 1966-1967
  • True Davidson Acres, East York - 187 beds built 1973
  • Wesburn Manor, Etobicoke - 192 beds built 2003
  • North York Social Services offices
  • 3,800 emergency hostel beds in 57 locations across Toronto
  • Toronto Community Housing projects

    • References

    Toronto Community Services Wikipedia
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