Are you experiencing domestic or intimate partner violence and need a safe place to stay?
If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic or intimate partner violence, there are 14 transition houses for women and children in New Brunswick. Transition houses provide necessities and support to help women and their children transition to a life free of violence.
Transition houses provide shelter for up to 30 days. They also offer crisis intervention and referral services for women and their children who are victims of domestic and/or intimate partner violence. Your stay at a transition house is confidential. Staff will not disclose your name to anyone calling or looking for you. Transition houses are run by independent non-profit organizations.
For more information on intimate partner violence and Emergency Intervention Orders (EIO), visit the Social Supports NB webpage on this subject by clicking here. If you or your children are in immediate danger, call 9-1-1.
Who is Eligible?
- Any woman, with or without children, who has been physically, emotionally, verbally, financially, psychologically or sexually abused.
- Women taking their children away from abuse.
Transition Houses in New Brunswick
Bathurst: Maison de Passage House Inc.: 506-546-9540
Campbellton: Maison Notre Dame: 506-753-4703
Edmundston: Escale Madavic: 506-739-6265
Fredericton: Women in Transition: 506-459-2300
Kent: Serenity House: 506-743-1530
Miramichi: Miramichi Emergency Centre: 506-622-8865
Moncton: Crossroads for Women: 506-853-0811
Saint John: Hestia House Inc.: 506-634-7570
Shediac: Beausejour Family Crisis Resource Centre Inc.: 506-533-9100
St. Stephen: Fundy Transition House: 506-466-4485
Sussex: Sussex Vale Transition House: 506-432-6999
Tracadie: L’Accueil Sainte-Famille Inc.: 506-395-1500
Woodstock: Sanctuary House: 506-325-9452
Provincial: Gignoo Aboriginal Transition House: 1-800-565-6878; 506-458-1224
