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Dîners St-Louis

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Housing & HomelessnessPoverty & HungerHealthCommunity development
Community organisationFounded 1983Local reach
Profile last updated: August 18, 2026

About

Founded in 1983, Dîners St-Louis is a community organisation based in Montréal, Canada working on housing & homelessness, poverty & hunger, health +1 more.

Dîners St-Louis is a community organisation founded in 1983 that serves marginalised and homeless young adults, aged roughly 18 to 30, in the Plateau Mont-Royal district of Montreal and neighbouring areas. It offers meals, a safe space, information and accompaniment towards social reintegration, using an informal, trust-based approach. Its services include a day centre, an evening café, a violence-intervention programme and transitional and social housing.

Location

Montréal, Canada

Founded

1983

Organisation type

Community organisation

Focus areas

youthhomelessnessmealsharm reductionviolence preventionHIV preventionMontreal

Languages

FR

Causes & programmes

Causes

Housing & HomelessnessPoverty & HungerHealthCommunity development

Works for

YouthHomeless peoplePeople in poverty

How they work

Direct servicesCommunity programmesAwareness & education

Programmes

Centre de jour 1818

Housing & Homelessness · Canada

Day centre on Gilford street offering meals, a safe space and support for young people in precarious situations.

Ketch Café

Health · Canada

Evening drop-in centre on rue St-Denis that complements outreach work and focuses on preventing sexually and blood-borne transmitted infections.

Projet PIVAU (Programme d'intervention en violence et agression urbaine)

Community development · Canada

Since 1995, activities and tools to reduce violence among marginalised young people, including an emotional liberation room.

Logements transitoires

Housing & Homelessness · Canada

Transitional housing for young people.

Funding & support

Ways to support

Donate

Credentials & affiliations

Partnerships

Sœurs Dominicaines de la Trinité

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