Ontario Opens Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment Hub in Belleville

Press Release

November 25, 2025

Province supporting community safety and addiction recovery with 28 HART Hubs delivering care across Ontario

BELLEVILLE — The Ontario government is expanding access to high-quality mental health and addictions care with the launch of a new Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment (HART) Hub serving Hastings and Prince Edward Counties. This is part of the province’s almost $550 million investment to open 28 HART Hubs across Ontario to protect the safety of children and families, while improving access to recovery and treatment services for people facing housing instability, mental health and substance use challenges.

“We are building a stronger, more connected system of mental health and addictions care that better reflects the needs of communities and focuses on lasting recovery,” said Vijay Thanigasalam, Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addictions. “The opening of this new HART Hub will ensure that people struggling with mental health and addictions challenges in Hastings and Prince Edward Counties can get the care they need on their path to recovery, while keeping the community safe.”

HART Hubs connect people to a range of comprehensive treatment and recovery services such as primary care, mental health services, addictions care, social services and employment support.

The HART Hub is a collaborative initiative of a number of local health and social service partners delivering services led by the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) Hastings Prince Edward to connect individuals with the supports they need, when they need them.

Together, these partners deliver services tailored to the needs of the community, such as:

Mental health supports
Primary care
Mobile outreach
Transitional supportive housing
Substance use supports
Drop and basic needs (such as food, washrooms, showers and laundry)
Indigenous services

Through Your Health: A Plan for Connected and Convenient Care and building on the Roadmap to Wellness, the province is taking action to connect individuals to integrated mental health and addictions services, where and when they need it.

Quick Facts

The Hastings Prince Edward HART Hub has been offering services since Fall 2025. On October 27, 2025 the new HART Hub Mobile Outreach Program was officially launched, bringing mental health and addictions supports directly to communities across Hastings and Prince Edward Counties to connect people with care in rural areas.
As of November 25, The Bridge Integrated Care Hub will transition to a 24-hour service model, as part of an expansion under the Hastings Prince Edward HART Hub. This ensures continuous access to shelter, meals, showers and washrooms.
The Bridge Integrated Care Hub is currently operating at 125 South Church Street in Belleville and will move to its permanent location at 1 Alhambra Square once renovations are complete.
HART Hub delivers services in collaboration with Belleville and Quinte West Community Health Centre, Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) Hastings Prince Edward, Enrichment Centre for Mental Health Hastings County, Hastings-Quinte Paramedic Services, Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte,
As of April 1, 2025, nine Consumption and Treatment Services sites successfully transitioned to HART Hubs, delivering expanded recovery and treatment services helping to ensure timely, high-quality care for vulnerable individuals while keeping communities safe. More HART Hubs are now opening across Ontario.
HART Hubs will also add close to 900 supportive housing units across the province. This is over 300 more than originally planned, helping people transition to stable, long-term housing.
In March 2025, the government announced an investment of almost $550 million to create a total of 28 HART Hubs across the province, nine more HART Hubs than initially planned.
This includes two Indigenous-led Hubs in Kenora and Sault Ste. Marie/Blind River/Sagamok, to deliver culturally relevant care in partnership with Indigenous service organizations.
With a focus on treatment and recovery, HART Hubs will not offer safer supply, supervised drug consumption or needle exchange programs.
Through the Roadmap to Wellness, Ontario is investing $3.8 billion over 10 years to close gaps in mental health and addictions care and build a world-class system. This investment is helping create new services and expand programs across the province.
As part of Budget 2025, Ontario is investing $303 million over the next three years to support community-led and delivered mental health programs.

Quotes

“I’m excited to see that the HART Hub Hastings Prince Edward is now operational. Building on our government’s three-year commitment of almost $19 million, the HART Hub will provide low-barrier access to mental health and addiction support, primary care, food and other necessities. It will also create pathways for supportive housing, treatment and recovery. With this milestone, our region has additional resources to address homelessness with dignity and transform lives and communities.”

– Tyler Allsopp
MPP, Bay of Quinte

“The new HART Hub in Belleville is an important step forward for our region. By bringing primary care, mental health and addictions services, housing supports, and social services together in one coordinated location, this model will ensure people receive the help they need, when they need it. I’m grateful to CMHA Hastings and Prince Edward and all partners involved for their commitment to creating safer, healthier, and more supportive communities for everyone across Hastings and Prince Edward Counties.”
– Ric Bresee
MPP, Hastings-Lennox and Addington

“The City of Belleville is making a significant investment in the renovation of 1 Alhambra Square because we believe strongly in creating the conditions for people to rebuild their lives. This new HART Hub is rooted in locally-built solutions, and will give residents access to the care, safety, and stability they need to get well. We’re proud to support this work with our community partners and the province, and we look forward to seeing the positive impact the Hub will have across Belleville and the region.”

– Mayor Neil Ellis
City of Belleville

“At John Howard we know that compassion and stability are the foundations of recovery. The HART Hub, with the soon-to-be ready integrated care hub at 1 Alhambra Square, will give our neighbours who are struggling a safe place to land and begin healing. This model brings services together under one roof so people can access mental health care, addictions support, housing navigation and community programs without barriers.”

– Kara Petit
Executive Director, John Howard Society

“Healing starts when someone is supported to stop running from their trauma and take a breathe. No one chooses to struggle with their mental health or addiction, or to experience homelessness. These are our neighbours, our friends, and our family members. They deserve a system that doesn’t give up on them. The HPE HART Hub is a commitment to making sure no one has to navigate mental health, addiction, or homelessness alone – we’re there for our neighbours the moment they reach out for help.”
– Sandie Sidsworth
Chief Executive Officer, Enrichment Centre for Mental Health

“Our neighbours, our children, and every person in our community deserve safety, dignity and hope. Through the HART Hub, partners are coming together to meet people where they are and ensure no one has to navigate mental health, addiction, or homelessness on their own. By providing coordinated, compassionate support, we’re also strengthening the safety and well-being of our entire community.”
– Brandi Hodge
Executive Director, United Way Hastings and Prince Edward

“CMHA Hastings Prince Edward is honoured to participate in the operation of the HART Hub and to work alongside so many dedicated community partners providing critical services to those most vulnerable in our community. Every day, we see the difference that safe spaces, consistent care, and compassionate support can make. The transition to 24-hour service will allow us to reach more people, earlier, and help them move from crisis toward stability and recovery. Our HART Hub is being built by-local and for-local — because we know the care people need must be available and accessible across Hastings Prince Edward.”
– Lisa Ali
Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Mental Health Association Hastings Prince Edward Addictions and Mental Health Services

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