Temporary Emergency Overnight Shelter to Open on Carnegie Avenue

Peterborough, ON – The temporary emergency overnight shelter located at 161 Carnegie Avenue will be open overnight on Friday, February 6 and Saturday, February 7.  

The temporary overnight shelter will operate from 9 p.m. to 9 a.m.  

Environment Canada has issued a cold weather warning for the region, with a low of –21C Friday night, with the windchill of –34C. Temperatures are forecasted to drop to –26C on Saturday night.  

Located in a former fire services building, the Carnegie Avenue location will add 40 overnight emergency shelter beds to the City of Peterborough’s current 127-bed emergency shelter system.  

Those in need of emergency shelter will  continue to first contact the regular emergency shelters and will be referred to the temporary shelter on Carnegie if a space is not available in the regular emergency shelters. Transportation will be provided from the regular emergency shelters to the temporary shelter if needed. 

Other emergency shelter locations in the City include:  

• Brock Mission Men’s Shelter, 217 Murray St., 705-748-4766 ext. 1 

• YES Shelter for Youth and Families, 196 Brock St., 705-748-3851 

• Cameron House, 738 Chemong Rd., 705-748-4766 ext. 2 

• Trinity Community Centre, 360 Reid St., runs daytime and overnight drop-in programs, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m., respectively.  

Those experiencing homelessness who need help accessing shelter can contact Social Services by visiting the Social Services office, 178 Charlotte St., between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday to Friday. For after-hours assistance, call 705-926-0096.