About
Almost two decades ago, United Way Greater Toronto saw the need to ensure local access to vital services and community space and created our first Community Hub. Today, a full nine Community Hubs have opened their doors, welcoming over 5.8 million visitors across 239,000 sq.ft. of community hub space across the GTA.
They are a “one-stop shop”, that make it easy for our neighbours in historically underserved communities to access after-school programs, social clubs, community kitchens, settlement supports, employment programs, legal services, and so much more.
Hubs also bring residents together through strengths-based to develop local solutions to the issues facing their neighbourhood, promoting civic engagement and mobilizing around local opportunities.
Why Community Hubs?
For communities and neighbourhoods: They are a space and place for resident belonging and neighbourhood-led responses to local needs and opportunities. Residents are involved in decision making and service planning, giving them influence over supports provided and services offered. Hubs are an anchor in communities facing rising inequalities, neighbourhood change and displacement.
For Agencies: Hubs provide a secured and reliable space to operate and deliver services in their communities. They offer synergies and coordination between service providers maximizing impact a reducing barriers to service delivery in communities and neighbourhoods across the GTA.
As part of our Neighbourhood Solutions Strategy and Community Real Estate Initiative, United Way Greater Toronto is:
- Strengthening the tenure of existing Hubs so that they will be able to serve their communities for generations to come
- Expanding to bring this successful model to 10 more neighbourhoods across the GTA
HUB STATS:
- 9 Hubs Operating
- 3 Hub under development
- 5.8 million visits
- 100+ community agencies
- 239,000+ Square feet of community space
- 102,200+ community activities hosted
Here’s where you’ll find a United Way Greater Toronto Community Hub near you or in development:
Our Hubs in operation:
AccessPoint on Danforth Community Hub
- Lead Agency – Access Alliance Multicultural Health & Community Services
- Date Opened: 2010
- Total Hub Visits as of March 31, 2025: 719,680
Bathurst Finch Hub
- Lead Agency – Unison Health & Community Services
- Date Opened: 2013
- Total Hub Visits as of March 31, 2025: 500,258
Bay Mills Hub (YCF Legacy Space)
- Lead Agency – ACSA Community Services
- Date Opened: 2014
- Total Hub Visits as of March 31, 2025: 89,311
Dorset Park Hub
- Lead Agency – ACSA Community Services
- Date Opened: 2012
- Total Hub Visits as of March 31, 2025: 1,425, 189
Jane Street Hub
- Lead Agency – Unison Health & Community Services
- Date Opened: 2010
- Total Hub Visits as of March 31, 2025: 528,349
Mid-Scarborough Hub
- Lead Agency – Scarborough Centre for Healthy Communities (SCHC)
- Date Opened: 2009
- Total Hub Visits as of March 31, 2025: 661,415
Rexdale Community Hub
- Lead Agency – Rexdale Community Hub
- Date Opened: 2012
- Total Hub Visits as of March 31, 2025: 1,562,675
Thorncliffe Park Community Hub
- Lead Agency – The Neighbourhood Organization (TNO)
- Date Opened: 2025
- Total Hub Visits as of March 31, 2025: 30,784
Victoria Park Community Hub
- Lead Agency – Working Women Community Centre
- Date Opened: 2010
- Total Hub Visits as of March 31, 2025: 363,331
Our hubs under development:
Watch this space: We’re hard at work to realize new Community Hubs in these neighbourhoods where need, growth and opportunity align:
- Parkdale: Together with the City of Toronto, we’re bringing protected services and community space to this changing neighbourhood, opening 2028.
- Unionville: We’re supporting convening partners, in collaboration with the Region of York, to create a Hub, set to open in late 2026.
- Glenforest: A new youth Hub is being developed by the City of Mississauga and United Way will be there with programming support and coordination when it opens in by early 2028.
United Way has been operating Hubs throughout Greater Toronto since 2008, providing a one-stop-shop system where clients have access to a range of services.
May 14, 2024
How Community Hubs bring neighbours together
Community Hubs are an important place where people can access support, resources and collaborate with their neighbours, all under one roof.
September 08, 2023
A United Way hub helped Nafisa feed her family and find a community
When Nafisa first arrived in Canada she was isolated and struggling to make ends meet. Then she found the Rexdale Community Hub.