Janice came to L’Abri d’espoir over a year ago. Her journey to arrive at The Salvation Army’s Montreal women’s shelter and be where she is today, required a lot of determination, support and help, but she is proud of what she has accomplished. Janice moved to Québec to escape with her daughter from an abusive  […]

The Salvation Army is grateful to the Government of Canada for its ongoing commitment to ensure Canadian households have access to safe, nutritious and culturally diverse food during the COVID-19 pandemic. On October the 9th, the Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada announced additional financial support to help food banks and local  […]

The Quebec Division of The Salvation Army wishes to express its concern regarding the recent announcement by the provincial government to restrict attendance in places of worship to a maximum of fifty people. We want to understand the reasons justifying this restriction being applied to churches when a different standard applies to other gathering places such as  […]

Starting a new school year can make students feel excited, anxious, relieved, and many other emotions. Although this year’s back-to-school experience will be entirely different, those experiencing poverty, including 560,000 Canadian children, face even more stressors this season. Nationwide, many children from low or fixed-income households will be without proper school supplies because their parents  […]