Pickering tenant and community resources
For information on your rights as a tenant go to the Ontario Tenants Most Asked Questions and Answers page.
Pickering apartments for rent, plus houses and condos:
Viewit.ca - photos and videos of apartments, houses and condos in Pickering
Pickering apartments for rent, from GottaRent
Durham Central - Apartments for Rent
Durham Region - Real Estate for Rent Classified Ads
Pickering public housing, rent geared to income accomodations, and government benefits for the disadvantaged:
Region of Durham Housing Services, public housing, Office: 605 Rossland Rd. E., Whitby, (905) 666-6222
Durham Regional Local Housing Corporation
Housing Access Centre - Durham Region Cooperative Inc, 28A Albert St, Oshawa, (905) 436-6610
Housing Help Durham, 134 Commercial Ave, Ajax, (905) 686-2661
Ontario Works Durham (welfare and other social assistance) 140 Commercial Ave, Ajax, 1-877-678-6333 / (905) 428-7400
Pickering Tenants Associations:
City of Pickering - Government pages
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City of Pickering, main page, (905) 420-2222
How to contact your City of Pickering Mayor and Councillors
City of Pickering By-laws
Region of Durham
Region of Durham - Bylaws
garbage and recycling collection,
Click here
for maps and further information on proper disposal of hazardous waste such as batteries, fluorescent and compact fluorescent lamps (as they contain mercury,) pharmaceuticals,
paints, solvents, pesticides, etc..
Other Pickering Social Services, Agencies and Advocacy Groups (help and advice)
- Be WebAware, for Parents to keep your children safe when on the Internet
- Catholic Family Services of Durham, 115 Simcoe St South, 2nd Flr, Oshawa, (905) 725-3513
- Rose of Durham, 200 Bond St W, Oshawa, (905) 432-3622
- Simcoe Hall Settlement House, 387 Simcoe St South, Oshawa, (905) 728-7525
- Salvation Army - Ajax Community and Family Services, 37 King's Cres., Ajax, (905) 427-7123
- United Way of Ajax Pickering Uxbridge
- The Youth Centre, 360 Bayly Street West, Unit #5, Ajax, (905) 428-1212
- Women's Multicultural Resource and Counselling Centre of Durham, 1355 Kingston Rd, Pickering, (905) 427-7849
Legal Services
- Durham Community Legal Clinic, Executive Tower - Oshawa Centre, 419 King Street West, Suite #207, Oshawa, (905) 728-7321
- Landlord and Tenant Board, (formerly the Ontario Rental Housing Tribunal,) Client Service Office, 590 Rossland Road East, Whitby, 1-888-332-3234
COMMUNITY LEGAL AID CLINICS
Emergencies: Fire, police, plus distress centres
- Distress Centre Durham (905) 433-1121 or 1-800-452-0688
- Kids Helpline 1-800-668-6868
- Parent Helpline 1-888-603-9100
Fire: for emergencies call 911
Pickering Fire Services, or for general inquirycalls (905) 839-9968, Fire Prevention is (905) 420-4628
Durham Regional Police Service: for emergencies and crimes in progress call 911
For general and non-urgent inquires call (905) 683-9100
Poison Information 416-813-5900 (TTY-only 416-597-0215)
Distress Centres:
Pickering Foodbanks and emergency shelters
Durham Outlook for the Needy - St. Vincent's Kitchen ($1 per meal,) 51 King St E, Oshawa, (905) 434-7543
Salvation Army - Ajax, 37 King's Cres., Ajax, (905) 427-7123
Salvation Army - Oshawa, 45 King St East, Oshawa, (905) 723-7422
Denise House, (women's shelter), Oshawa, (905) 728-7311
Herizon House, (women's shelter and services) Ajax, (905) 426-1064 (or crisis line) 420-7694
Pickering Hospitals and Healthcare
Telehealth Ontario 1-866-797-0000 for health advice over the phone
Walk in and Community Health Clinics
Hospitals
Rouge Valley Health System, 580 Harwood Avenue, Ajax (905) 683-2320
Doctor Search, a service provided by the
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario
Education
Literacy Network of Durham Region
Durham District School Board, for public Kindergarden to Grade 12 education
Durham District Catholic School Board, for Catholic elementary to high school education
Conseil scolaire de district du Centre-Sud-Ouest
Conseil Scolaire de District Catholique Centre-Sud
Durham College, 2000 Simcoe St N., Oshawa (905) 721-2000
Transportation
Ajax Pickering Transit Authority, public transit (905) 683-4111
Go Transit, for information call toll-free: 1-888-438-6646
Other Services
Other Directories and Search Engines
General Reference
Canada 411 Telephone Directory
Canada Post
Postal Code lookup, from Canada Post
Pickering Map, from Mapquest
Pickering Maps, from Yahoo
I am not responsible for the content of these third-party sites listed here nor the services they provide. If you wish your free social or community service to be added here, send an e-mail to Bob Levitt. Links are voluntary and are solely at the discretion of the webmaster when I get time to post them.