IF YOU ARE IN IMMEDIATE DANGER, CALL 9-1-1
Family Violence Shelters
If you or someone you know is experiencing violence from an intimate partner or family member, there are safe places to go. Below is a map of the family violence shelters and safe homes currently open in the Northwest Territories. To learn more about each space, click an icon on the map or on the name of the facility in the list underneath.
There are safe places for you to go
Location: Yellowknife
Contact: 867-873-8257 or 1-866-223-7775 (toll-free and NWT-wide)
Alison McAteer House
Location: Inuvik
Contact: 867-777-3877
Inuvik Transition House
Location: Fort Good Hope
Contact: 867-496-0361
Fort Good Hope Safe Home
Location: Fort Simpson (Łı́ı́dlı̨ı̨ Kų́ę́)
Contact: 867-695-3039 or
867-695-6776 (Regional
Victim Services)
Fort Simpson Safe Home
Location: Hay River
Contact: 867-874-3311 or
1-833-372-3311 (toll-free)
Family Support Centre
Location: Fort Smith
Contact: 867-872-4133
or 877-872-5925 (toll-free)
Sutherland House
Location: Tuktoyaktuk
Contact: 867-977-2000
Aimayunga Women & Emergency Foster Care Shelter
Location: Aklavik
Phone: 867-978-2404
Cell:-Phone: 867-375-0313
Aklavik Women's Family Violence Shelter
Sutherland House
Location: Fort Smith
Contact: 867-872-4133 or 877-872-5925 (toll-free)
Website: https://fortsmithmetis.ca/services/sutherland-house/
Capacity: four rooms, eight beds
Services available: emergency shelter for women with or without children fleeing abuse, emotional and safety planning support, case management, referrals
Family Support Centre
Location: Hay River
Contact: 867-874-3311 or 1-833-372-3311 (toll-free)
Website: https://www.hrfsc.ca/
Capacity: 10 rooms, 14 beds
Services available: emergency shelter for women with or without children fleeing abuse, emotional and safety planning support, case management, walk-in support, referrals, 24-hour crisis line
Fort Simpson Safe Home
Location: Fort Simpson (Łı́ı́dlı̨ı̨ Kų́ę́)
Contact: 867-695-3039 or 867-695-6776
(Regional Victim Services)Capacity: Two rooms, four beds
Services available: emergency shelter for women with or without children fleeing abuse, emotional support, referrals
Alison McAteer House
Location: Yellowknife
Contact: 867-873-8257 or 1-866-223-7775 (toll-free and NWT-wide)
Website: https://www.ywcanwt.ca/family-violence-shelters
Capacity: Six rooms, 12 beds
Services available: emergency shelter for women with or without children fleeing abuse, emotional and safety planning support, walk-in support, case management, Emergency Protection Orders, offsite programming, referrals, 24-hour crisis line
Fort Good Hope Safe Home
Fort Good Hope Safe Home
Location: Fort Good Hope
Contact: 867-496-0361
Capacity: Two rooms, three beds
Services available: emergency shelter for women with or without children fleeing abuse, emotional support, referrals
Aimayunga Women & Emergency Foster Care Shelter
Location: Tuktoyaktuk
Contact: 867-977-2000
Capacity: Three rooms, three beds
Services available: emergency shelter for women with or without children fleeing abuse, emotional and safety planning support, referrals
