Good Shepherd Ministries remains at the service of the poor and homeless of our City. In response to COVID-19, Good Shepherd Ministries has reduced its meal program to offer bagged lunches from 2 – 4 pm. The organization is taking every precaution to ensure the health and safety of everyone who enters and uses its facilities in adherence to the Public Health Agency of Canada. Contact 416.869.3619 or info@goodshepherd.ca for more information.

Your Privacy Matters

Good Shepherd Ministries values and protects the confidentiality of donors, volunteers and staff. We do not sell, trade or rent your personal information.

We collect personal information about you on this website only if you volunteer it in a survey and/or guest book and/or other "on site" registrations. We may use this information to contact you for support purposes and to answer questions you submit to the site. All information is kept confidential.

If you supply us with your mailing address on-line, you may receive periodic mailings from us with information about new programs and services or upcoming events.

We have a Privacy Officer who works to ensure that your privacy is protected. Send any questions or comments to the attention of the privacy officer.

Good Shepherd Ministries
Privacy Officer
412 Queen Street East
Toronto, Ontario
M5A 1T3

If you would like to be removed from the Good Shepherd Ministries mailing list, please e-mail your request to info@goodshepherd.ca, or call (416) 869-3619, ext. 223.

For our full Privacy Policy, please click here.

Further information on privacy and your rights in regard to your personal information may be found on the Privacy Commissioner of Canada website at www.privcom.gc.ca.

Concerning COVID 19

Programs & Services

We will continue to operate the following programs, with some modifications.

  • Meal Program: Meals-to-go are distributed daily from 2pm to 4pm.
  • Shelter in place: We are accommodating 97 individuals, including Drug & Alcohol Enrichment Program (DARE) clients, at two separate locations to implement social distancing and enhance the health and safety of all.
  • Counselling: Group counselling activity is suspended. Our counsellors will continue to operate via telephone and remain available for in-person intervention and response.
  • Registered Nurse Services: Our RN remains on-site and will provide virus screening.
  • Barrett House & St. Joseph’s Residence: These residences continue to be fully operational, but visitors are restricted.

Our Facilities

We take very seriously the health and wellbeing of everyone who enters our facilities, and all volunteers and visitors are being diligently screened each day, and temperatures are being closely monitored.

We’ve also accelerated the cleaning of our facilities and put in place full infection control protocols. In addition, we’ve installed more hand sanitization units and educated all of our volunteers on: COVID-19 detection, physical distancing, hand hygiene and the use of personal protective equipment.


Support Good Shepherd

We’re a non-for-profit agency, and we rely on our community to make our services possible. If you are able to support, here is a list of items of which we’re in need.

Medical Items

Meal Program

  • Apples, Oranges, Pears, Bananas
  • Single Serve Juice and Water
  • Granola Bars
  • Single Packaged Cookies
  • Single Serve Potato Chips, Popcorn, Pretzels
  • Snacks, e.g. chocolate bars, individual cheese/peanut butter cracker snacks, pepperoni sticks, fruit roll-ups, dried fruit & nuts
  • Cheese Slices
  • Deli Meat (i.e. Ham, Bologna etc.)
  • Paper Lunch Bags
  • Ziploc Sandwich Bags

See our Amazon Wishlist for more details.

Monetary donations are always welcome!

Our Promise

We will continue to offer care, compassion and hospitality to those in need and will remain vigilant in offering a safe and secure environment for the vulnerable individuals we serve.

We are a community and we’re in this together. We ask for your continued support and wish you and your loved ones wellness, peace and security.