Moving to Guelph
Guelph apartments and housing rentals

For information on your rights as a tenant go to the Ontario Tenants Most Asked Questions and Answers page.

This is also a helpful list for those who are moving to Guelph Canada, not just those looking for Guelph apartments.

Guelph apartments for rent, plus houses and condo rentals:

Viewit.ca - photos and videos of apartments, houses and condos in Guelph
Guelph apartments for rent, from GottaRent
Guelph apartments, Apartment Corner
Apartments for rent in Guelph, by GSC Rentals

Student Housing
University of Guelph - Off Campus Housing listings
Student Housing Services office University of Guelph

Guelph public housing, rent geared to income accomodations, and government benefits for the disadvantaged:

Wellington and Guelph Housing Services
Co-ordinated Access Centre, applications for social housing, 74 Woolwich Street, Guelph, (519) 837-5492
Fresh Start Housing Help Centre, 150 Wyndham St N, Guelph, (519) 822-2887


Central Ontario Co-operative Housing Federation

County of Wellington - Ontario Works (welfare and other social assistance) 1-866-229-5742

Guelph Tenants Associations:

Tenant Associations Organizing guide
Guelph Union of Tenants, E-mail here, and telephone number (519) 830-8743

City of Guelph - Government pages

City of Guelph, main page, (519) 255-6500
How to contact your City of Guelph Mayor and Councillors
Contact specific City of Guelph departments
City of Guelph By-laws
County of Wellington
Guelph garbage and recycling
Household hazardous waste disposal, for proper disposal of hazardous waste such as batteries, fluorescent and compact fluorescent lamps (as they contain mercury,) pharmaceuticals, paints, solvents, pesticides, etc..

Other Guelph Social Services, Agencies and Advocacy Groups (help and advice)

• Be WebAware, for Parents to keep your children safe when on the Internet
• Family and Child Services of Guelph and Wellington County, 55 Delhi Street, Guelph, (519) 824-2410
• Family Counselling and Support Services for Guelph-Wellington, 109 Surrey Street East, (519) 824-2431
• Guelph and District Multicultural Centre, 214 Speedvale Avenue West, Unit 7, Guelph, (519) 836-2222
• Guelph Wellington Women in Crisis, 24 hour crisis line (519) 836-5710 or 1-800-265-7233
• United Way of Guelph and Wellington

Legal Services

COMMUNITY LEGAL AID CLINICS


• Legal Clinic of Guelph and Wellington County, 11 Wyndham Street, Guelph, (519) 821-2100
• Wellington Legal Aid Office, 11A Suffolk Street East, Guelph, (519) 824-0170



• Landlord and Tenant Board, (formerly the Ontario Rental Housing Tribunal,) Client Service Office, City Hall, 200 King Street West, Main Floor, Kitchener, 1-888-332-3234

Emergencies: Fire, police, plus distress centres

Fire: for emergencies call 911
Guelph Fire and Rescue, or for general inquiry calls (519) 824-6590 and for Fire Prevention inquiries call (519) 763-8111

Guelph Police Service: for emergencies and crimes in progress call 911
For general and non-urgent inquires call (519) 824-1212


Poison Information 416-813-5900 (TTY-only 416-597-0215)

Distress Centres:

• Distress Centre Wellington/Dufferin (519) 821-3760
• Kids Helpline 1-800-668-6868
• Parent Helpline 1-888-603-9100

Guelph Foodbanks and emergency shelters

• Fair Share Food Shelf - Chalmers Street United Church, 50 Quebec St., Guelph, (519) 822-8778
• Guelph Food Bank - Spiritwind Christian Centre, 100 Crimea St., Guelph, (519) 767-1380


• Change Now Youth Shelter, (519) 822-9034
• Discovery House (Canadian Mental Health Association), (519) 836-6220
• Elizabeth’s Place, women's shelter, (519) 829-2844
• Marianne’s Place, women's shelter, (519) 836-5710
• Stepping Stone, men's shelter, (519) 837-0633
• Welcome In Drop in, (519) 837-0080
• Wyndham House, youth 16-21, (519) 763-8660

Guelph Hospitals and Healthcare

Telehealth Ontario 1-866-797-0000 for health advice over the phone

Hospitals
Guelph General Hospital, 115 Delhi St., Guelph, (519) 822-5350
St Joseph's Health Centre - Guelph, for long-term care, 100 Westmount Road, Guelph, (519) 824-6000


Doctor Search, a service provided by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario

Education

Upper Grand District School Board, for public Kindergarden to Grade 12 education
Wellington Catholic District School Board, for Catholic elementary to high school education
Conestoga College, Kitchener
University of Guelph Action Read, Community Literacy Centre, 2 Quebec St., #220, Guelph, (519) 836-2759

Guelph Public Library

Transportation

Guelph Transit, public transit
Go Transit, for information call toll-free: 1-888-438-6646

Other Services

Guelph lawyers

Other Directories and Search Engines

Google Canada Search Engine
Yahoo Canada Directory

General Reference

Canada 411 Telephone Directory
Canada Post
Postal Code lookup, from Canada Post
Guelph Map, from Mapquest
Guelph Maps, from Yahoo