Ontario Opens Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment Hub in Peterborough
Province supporting community safety and addiction recovery with 29 HART Hubs delivering care across Ontario
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 (HART) Hub in Peterborough. This is part of the province’s more than $560 million investment to open 29 HART Hubs across Ontario to protect the safety of families and communities while improving access to recovery and treatment services for people facing housing instability, mental health and substance use challenges.
“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 Vijay Thanigasalam, Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addictions. “The opening of this new HART Hub will ensure that people struggling with mental health and addictions challenges in the Peterborough region can access support services that prioritizes their path to recovery and strengthen community safety.”
HART 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.
The Peterborough HART Hub delivers services with the Four Counties Addictions Services Team (Fourcast) as lead agency, in partnership with local organizations, including the City of Peterborough Social Services, Canadian Mental Health Association – Haliburton, Kawartha and Pine Ridge, Elizabeth Fry Society of Peterborough, Peterborough Community Health Centre (PCHC), Peterborough County-City Paramedics and Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC).
The 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 addictions services
- Primary Care
- Case management for income supports, social services, employment services
- Supportive housing and supportive housing services
- Indigenous Services
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.
Quick Facts
- The Peterborough HART Hub is located at 210 Wolfe Street.
- In March 2025, the government announced plans to open 28 HART Hubs across the province. In April 2026, the government expanded the number of hubs by announcing a new Kingston location, bringing the total to 29 hubs, supported by an investment of more than $560 million.
- HART Hubs will also add close to 900 supportive housing units across the province. This is over 300 more than originally planned, helping people transition to stable, long-term housing.
- With a focus on treatment and recovery, HART Hubs will not offer safer supply, supervised drug consumption or needle exchange programs.
- From 2019-20 to 2025-26, Ontario has invested over $1 billion through the Roadmap to Wellness to expand mental health and addictions services, helping to meet growing demand, to close gaps in mental health and addictions care and build a world-class system. This investment is helping create new services and expand programs across the province.
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