Wilma's Transition Society offers safe, temporary emergency housing, support, and advocacy for women and their children. Our Transition House operates a seven-bedroom, 21-bed facility, offering a free, temporary safe haven for women and their children who are victims of family violence.

Please call 1-604-858-0468 if you or someone you know is in need of our services or email transitionhouse@wilmas.org

Our first-stage emergency housing facility is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Services We Offer:

• Access to our kitchen and laundry facility

• Fully furnished bedrooms and shared bathrooms

• Use of indoor and outdoor play areas

• Access to clothing donations

• Staffed 24 hours a day

• One-on-one and group support through on-site support workers

• Legal advocacy and court accompaniment

• Referrals

• Transportation for service-related appointments

Maximum length of stay is 30 days.

Wilma's Transition Society Second Stage Housing Program is a housing complex for women and their children who have made the decision to break away from family violence and accept a more healthy, positive, and violence-free lifestyle. Our housing complex consists of 5 furnished self-contained apartments. There are mandatory programs for the women to participate in and structured learning and play groups for the children.

Please call or email our administrative office for more information on our Second Stage Housing Program at 1-604-824-0939 or at admin@wilmas.org

Services We Offer:

• Free laundry facilities

• Outdoor children's play areas

• Mandatory programs

• One-on-one counseling available

• Complex is fenced and has a monitored entrance and controlled exit

• 6-month commitment with the possibility of an extension if requested

• Resident selection is by Transition House, other agency, or self-referral.

If you would like to apply for our Second Stage Housing Program, please complete the application below and return to applications@wilmas.org or by fax to 1-604-824-0937

Second Stage Housing Application

We are excited to announce our new facility is officially open and taking applications. If third stage housing would be a good option for you, please read below for more information.

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Wilma's Transition Society Third Stage Housing Program is a housing complex for women and their children who have made the decision to break away from family violence and accept a more healthy, positive, violence-free and independent lifestyle. Our housing complex consists of 18 self-contained apartments. This program is for women and children who are out of the crisis phase and ready to create positive changes moving forward through our goal-based housing and programming at this facility. We have units available for women with and without children in this program.

Services Offered:

• Coin-operated laundry facilities

• Outdoor children's play area

• Optional programs

• One-on-one counseling available

• Complex has a monitored entrance and controlled exit

• This is a goals-based program

• The length of stay will be based on the goals to be completed with a maximum of a 2-year stay

• Resident selection is by Transition House, other agency, or self-referral.

If you would like to apply for our third stage housing program, please complete the application below and return to applications@wilmas.org

If you have any further questions regarding this programming or the application process, please contact us at 604-824-0939 or at our admin email at admin@wilmas.org

Third Stage Housing Application
Accepted Income Referral Guide