Record #: BAR0399
Last Modified: 03 Dec 2025
Last Full Update: 03 Dec 2025

Description

Description (Service)

An emergency shelter for women and gender diverse individuals experiencing homelessness and half-way house for women and gender diverse individuals under supervision of Ministry of the Solicitor General and Correctional Services Canada or on bail

  • Joyce Kope House provides 37 safe beds for women over the age of 18 years
  • Rules include: No violence, nightly curfew
  • Shelter Participants at Joyce Kope House are assigned a Case Worker to assist with goal setting and housing resources

Service Details

Hours

Mon-Sun 24 hours

Areas Served Simcoe County
Eligibility

Ages: 18 year(s) and up

Women eligible to stay at Joyce Kope House include:

  • Women and gender diverse individuals released from correctional institutions on parole, temporary absence passes, bail, probation, or on a conditional sentence
  • Women and gender diverse individuals experiencing homelessness, those being released from mental health facilities, going to and from treatment centres, released from detoxification centres, and/or fleeing domestic violence

Women can self-refer if they are experiencing homelessness. Same sex partner/spouse accepted.

Application

Referrals - self, correctional institutions, mental health facilities, shelters, alcohol & drug rehabilitation centres, hospitals, community agencies etc.

Languages English
Fees None

Address and Location

Located In Community Barrie
Address & Map
102 Maple Ave
Barrie, ON
Canada L4N 1S4
Intersection Maple Ave and Sophia St W
Physical Access Fully Accessible

Contact Information

Office Phone

705-725-0613

Fax 705-725-0636
Website http://www.elizabethfrysociety.com
Social Media Facebook Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Elizabeth-Fry-Society-Of-Simcoe-County-499754280150125/
Instagram Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elizabethfrysocietyofsimcoe/?hl=en
Primary Contact Victoria Muchmaker, Director of Shelter and Community Reintegration; Phone: 705-790-6361; Email: victoriam@elizabethfrysociety.com
Alternate Contact Hannah Legere, Manager of Shelter and Women's Services; Phone: 705-727-7058; Email: hannah@elizabethfrysociety.com
Mailing Address 102 Maple Ave 
Barrie, ON 
Canada L4N 1S4

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