Unlock the Door to Safety
Alice House provides safe housing, counselling, and support services for women and children healing from intimate partner violence in Nova Scotia. Whether you’re seeking safety, looking to support survivors, or exploring ways to get involved, you’re in the right place.
If You Need Support, We Are Here.
No one should have to face intimate partner violence alone.
An abusive relationship is often a confusing mix of love, fear, dependency, intimidation, guilt and hope. If this is happening to you, you are not alone. Give yourself a chance at safety. We offer discreet, compassionate support to guide you toward safety and healing.
Through our trauma-informed counselling programs for women & children, we explore the cycle of violence, the trauma associated with IPV, and work torwards recovery.
Preventing violence before it begins is key. We offer presentations, workshops, and online courses.
Alice House empowers women and their children to create a life free from intimate partner violence by offering safe housing, counselling, and support services.
The Problem
Intimate partner violence is behaviour by an intimate or ex-partner that causes physical, sexual, emotional, financial, social, or spiritual harm.
- 2,462 Nova Scotians a year are abused by an intimate partner.1
- 4 in 5 victims of intimate partner violence are women.2
- 67% of Canadians know at least one woman who has experienced physical or sexual abuse.3
Physical and emotional healing requires time and support in a safe, stable environment. Many women cannot escape abuse because they have no place to go.
1. Statistics Canada Incident-Based Uniform Crime Survey (2017). 2. Statistics Canada Family Violence In Canada: A Statistical Profile (2015). 3. The Canadian Women’s Foundation Angus Reid Omnibus Survey (2012).
Our Solution
Safe Housing
We have 18 self-contained apartment units and townhouses located across HRM. Learn more…
Counselling
Our women’s counselling program explores trauma and the cycle of violence. We also offer counselling for children and youth. Learn more…
Education
Preventing violence before it begins is key. We offer presentations, workshops, and online courses for survivors and service providers. Learn More…
Join our mission
Your support raises awareness of our cause, builds a safer community, and helps families rebuild their lives after intimate partner violence.
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About Alice House
Incorporated in November 1982, Alice House was the second project of its kind to be established in Canada. At the time, shelter for women leaving violence was only available for a maximum of six weeks in the Halifax area. The Halifax Transition House Association Board formed Alice House to help women transition from an emergency shelter to a permanent home and independence.
Over the decades, Alice House has gained valuable knowledge about the variety and complexity of needs of women as they heal from abuse.
One thing we know for sure: the survival of Alice House depends on support from the community.