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Locations offering temporary shelter during Extreme Weather Alerts

The Extreme Weather Response program enables communities to temporarily increase emergency shelter capacity during extreme weather conditions. Communities determine when to issue an extreme weather alert and how many spaces to make available on a given night.

The following locations will offer temporary shelter space when an extreme weather alert is activated. More EWR shelters may be added throughout the season. Updates to this list can be found here: http://www.bchousing.org/Options/Emergency_Housing/EXR

100 Mile House

  • 99 Mile Motel, 555B South Cedar Ave. – 10 spaces

Abbotsford

  • Cyrus Centre, 2616 Ware St. – 10 spaces, for youth only
  • Centre of Hope, 34081 Gladys Ave. – 20 spaces

Burnaby

  • Burnaby Extreme Weather Shelter, 7540 6th St. – 27 spaces
  • Burnaby Extreme Weather Shelter (overflow site), 8611 Armstrong Rd. – 20 spaces

Chilliwack

  • Ruth and Naomi's Centre, 46130 Margaret Ave. – 16 spaces
  • Brigadier Arthur Cartmell House, 45746 Yale Rd. – five spaces
  • Cyrus Centre Chilliwack, 45845 Wellington Ave. – 12 spaces

Courtenay

  • Pidcock, 632 Pidcock Ave. – 15 spaces

Cranbrook

  • Salvation Army – Cranbrook, 533 Slater Rd. – 24 spaces

Duncan

  • Warmland House, 2579 Lewis St. – 15 spaces

Fort St John

  • Fort St John Care & Share Centre, 9824 99 Ave. – 28 spaces

Grand Forks

  • BETHS, 7212 Riverside Dr. – seven spaces

Hope

  • Thunderbird Extreme Weather Shelter, 63030 Flood Hope Rd. – five spaces

Kitimat

  • Kitimat, 480 City Centre – four spaces

Ladysmith

  • Ladysmith Homeless Aid, 631 1st Ave. – 10 spaces

Langley

  • Gateway of Hope, 5787 Langley Bypass – 10 spaces

Maple Ridge

  • The Salvation Army Caring Place, 22188 Lougheed Hwy. – 15 spaces

Merritt

  • Nicola Valley Extreme Weather Response Shelter, 2038 Nicola Ave. – 10 spaces

Mission

  • Haven in the Hollow, 32646 Logan Ave. – 15 spaces

Nanaimo

  • Unitarian Extreme Weather Shelter, 595 Townsite Rd. – 24 spaces

New Westminster

  • New West Extreme Weather Shelter, 606 Clarkson St. – 30 spaces

North Vancouver

  • North Shore Extreme Weather Shelter, 705 West 2nd St. – 20 spaces
  • North Shore Extreme Weather Shelter (overflow site), 225 East 2nd St. – 25 spaces

Parksville

  • Oceanside Taskforce on Homelessness, 233 Mills St. – eight spaces

Penticton

  • Compass House, 123 Nanaimo Avenue East – eight spaces
  • Black Forest, 707 Westminster Avenue West – four spaces

Port Alberni

  • Port Alberni Shelter, 3978 8th Ave. – 15 spaces

Port Hardy

  • Lighthouse Resource Centre - Out of the Cold, 8635 Granville St. – 12 spaces

Prince George

  • ASAP Bridget Moran, 590 Dominion St. – 10 spaces
  • AWAC Women's Shelter, 144 George St. – 10 spaces, for women only
  • Ketso Yoh, 140 Quebec St. – 10 spaces, for men only

Quesnel

  • Seasons House, 146 Carson Ave. – 10 spaces

Richmond

  • Richmond House, 3111 Shell Rd. – three spaces (plus three overflow spaces), men only
  • Richmond Extreme Weather Shelter, 7260 St. Alban's Rd. – 20 spaces

Saanich

  • Victoria Native Friendship Centre, 231 Regina Ave. – 25 spaces

Salmon Arm

  • Lighthouse Inn from the Cold, 441 3rd St. SW – 12 spaces

Smithers

  • Broadway Place, 3827 Broadway Ave. – two spaces

Squamish

  • Extreme Weather Emergency Shelter at the Fire House, 37930  Third Av. – 15 spaces

Surrey

  • Cloverdale Surrey, 5337 180 St. – 15 spaces
  • Surrey Urban Mission, 10776 King George Blvd. – 20 spaces

Terrace

  • Ksan Lakelse Ave, 4444 Lakelse Ave. – 20 spaces
  • Ksan Residence & Shelter, 2812 Hall St. – three spaces

Trail

  • La Nina EWR Shelter of Greater Trail, 1458 Bay Ave. – six spaces

Tri-Cities

  • 3030 Gordon Ave., Coquitlam – 30 spaces

Vancouver

  • Directions Youth Resource Centre, 1138 Burrard St. – 15 spaces, youth only
  • Men's Hostel, 828 Cambie St. – 24 spaces, men only
  • First Baptist Church, 969 Burrard St. – 25 spaces
  • Gathering Place, 609 Helmcken St. – 40 spaces
  • Belkin House, 555 Homer St. – 20 spaces
  • St. Mark's Extreme Weather Shelter, 1805 Larch St. – 25 spaces
  • Tenth Ave Church, 11 West 10th Ave. – 25 spaces
  • Harbour Light (overflow site), 119 E Cordova St. – 40 spaces
  • Evelyne Saller Centre (overflow site), 320 Alexander St. – 40 spaces

Victoria

  • Our Place Society, 919 Pandora Ave. – 30 spaces ( plus 20 overflow spaces)
  • Addictions & Rehabilitation Centre, 612 David St. – 30 spaces

White Rock

  • First United White Rock, 15385 Semiahmoo Ave. – 15 spaces