Ontario Investing in New Supports to Address Gender-based Violence
The Ontario government is investing approximately $98 million over three years to support up to 83 new and innovative community-based projects aimed at preventing and addressing gender-based violence.
News April 29, 2025
Hamilton Mountain — The Ontario government is taking action to prevent and address gender-based violence in Hamilton Mountain by investing $4.5 million dollars over three years in two new and innovative projects.
The projects being funded in Hamilton Mountain are:
Interval House of Hamilton’s Coaching Boys into Men program received $2.3 million in funding. This prevention-based initiative engages male athletes and their coaches to promote respectful, non-violent relationships and to challenge harmful gender norms.
YWCA Hamilton’s THE SAFE HUB: Supports & Action For Empowerment of GBV Survivors & Those At-Risk initiative received $2.2 million. The program is designed to support survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) and individuals at risk, as part of YWCA Hamilton’s broader commitment to inclusive, trauma-informed, and wraparound services for women, girls, and gender-diverse individuals.
“Our government is continuing to take action to end gender-based violence in all its forms,” said Michael Parsa, Minister of Children, Community and Social Services. “I’m proud that Ontario is funding new and innovative projects across the province that will prevent gender-based violence before it occurs. These projects tackle the root causes and are critical to breaking the cycle of abuse. Together with community partners, we are supporting local solutions and building safer and healthier communities for generations to come.”
This investment is part of Ontario’s actions to better respond to violence, build safer and healthier communities, and support women’s well-being and economic opportunities through Ontario’s action plan to end gender-based violence.
“I want to express my deep appreciation for the work that you do to prevent gender-based violence -- and more broadly I want to highlight the important work you do for our community including providing shelter, counselling services, and resources to women in Hamilton.”
– Monica Ciriello, Member of Provincial Parliament Hamilton Mountain & Parliamentary Assistant to the Attorney General
Quick facts
Ontario is investing approximately $98 million in up to 83 new initiatives across the province that will focus on building safer communities, stopping gender-based violence before it happens, and helping survivors to recover and rebuild their lives. The ministry is currently working to confirm project details and funding agreements with the organizations that will deliver the new initiatives.
This funding builds on Ontario’s existing investments of $1.4 billion over four years in community support programs that prevent gender-based violence and support survivors. The investment is part of Ontario’s $162 million agreement with the federal government to implement the National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence.
Quotes
“By strengthening community-based services and improving economic security for survivors, our government is continuing to help prevent violence and support survivors so they can heal, rebuild their lives, and achieve financial stability for themselves and their families. I look forward to seeing how these new projects and their innovative approaches will help address gender-based violence in communities across Ontario.”
– Charmaine Williams, Associate Minister of Women’s Social and Economic Opportunity
“I remember getting a call from MPP Jess Dixon, ‘Why aren’t you across Ontario yet?’, I laughed and said, ‘With what funding’ But she kept her promise. And now, here we are.”
– Sue Taylor, Executive Director of Hamilton Interval House
Additional Resources
Ontario’s action plan to end gender-based violence
