Ontario Opens Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment Hub in Windsor
The Ontario government says it 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 Windsor. This is part of the province’s almost $550 million investment to open 28 HART Hubs across Ontario to protect the safety of children and families, 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 Windsor and Essex area can get the care they need on their path to recovery, while keeping the community safe.”
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 early success of Windsor’s HART Hub shows the real impact we can make when we invest in compassionate, specialized care for our most vulnerable residents. This progress reflects the Ontario government’s vision for bringing help and hope to those who desperately need it, and I thank all our community partners for believing in this service model that is already making a real difference here in Windsor.” Andrew Dowie, MPP, Windsor—Tecumseh
The HART Hub is operated in collaboration with Hôtel-Dieu Grace Healthcare (HDGH), the House of Sophrosyne and the Windsor-Essex Community Health Centre with support from the Windsor-Essex Ontario Health Team. The Hub is currently operational and actively delivering services through a collaborative network of clinical, social service and care providers working together to connect individuals with the supports they need, when they need them.
Together, these partners deliver services tailored to the needs of the community, such as:
- Mental Health Services
- Primary care
- Food and nutrition services
- Safe living environment including beds
- Addictions treatment groups and peer support
- Supportive Housing support 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
- As of April 1, 2025, nine Consumption and Treatment Services sites successfully transitioned to HART Hubs, delivering expanded recovery and treatment services to ensure timely, high-quality care for vulnerable individuals while keeping communities safe. More HART Hubs are now opening across Ontario.
- 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.
- In March 2025, the government announced an investment of almost $550 million to create a total of 28 HART Hubs across the province, nine more HART Hubs than initially planned.
- This includes two Indigenous-led Hubs in Kenora and Sault Ste. Marie/Blind River/Sagamok, to deliver culturally relevant care in partnership with Indigenous service organizations.
- With a focus on treatment and recovery, HART Hubs will not offer safer supply, supervised drug consumption or needle exchange programs.
- Through the Roadmap to Wellness, Ontario is investing $3.8 billion over 10 years 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.
- As part of Budget 2025, Ontario is investing $303 million over the next three years to support community-led and delivered mental health programs.
