Street Health is a 5-star, financially transparent charity with a High impact rating. It has an A results reporting grade, which is above average. Its overhead spending is within Ci’s reasonable range, and its reserve funds could cover annual program costs for just under 11 months, also within Ci’s range.

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Founded in 1986 and operating in Toronto, Street Health provides harm reduction, overdose prevention, mental health counselling, walk-in clinic services, and ID services for those in need. Its services target Toronto’s homeless, precariously housed, and racialized communities and are reportedly a safer alternative to public healthcare. The charity’s clients report feeling talked down to and dismissed by public healthcare workers, so have turned to Street Health as an alternative for their healthcare needs.

Street Health runs five programs: Mental Health, Harm Reduction, Nursing, Access & Identification, and Overdose Prevention. In the fiscal year ended March 2026 (F2026), the charity spent $4.7m on its programs.

Mental Health represented 37% of program spending in F2026. The charity’s caseworkers work one-on-one with those at risk of or experiencing homelessness and suffering from mental health challenges. In F2026, the charity reported 8,000 interactions with over 1,500 clients in its Mental Health and Nursing programs. Street Health did not disclose any additional breakdown of these results between these programs.

Harm Reduction represented 25% of program spending in F2026. The charity’s harm reduction workers both visit emergency shelters and operate their own drop-in sites across Toronto. In 2025, the charity reported over 8,000 interactions and 1,150 client visits across 45 harm reduction drop-ins. It also distributed almost 400,000 harm reduction items.

Nursing represented 15% of program spending in F2026. Aside from the 8,000 interactions and over 1,500 clients between its Mental Health and Nursing programs, the charity did not report any other quantified results for this program.

Access & Storing Identification was 12% of Street Health’s program spending. The charity helps its clients register for an Ontario Health Card and other essential documentation. In F2026, Street Health processed 3,653 pieces of ID and had 4,449 client visits to its ID safe service.

Overdose Prevention was 11% of Street Health’s program spending. The charity operates overdose prevention and safe opioid supply sites where it both prevents overdoses and educates users on harm reduction best practices. In F2026, its overdose prevention sites were visited almost 2,000 times. Street Health reported reversing 35 overdoses. The charity also referred 195 people to specialized healthcare services.

While Street Health’s audited financial statements separate expenses into program, administrative, and fundraising activities, they do not allocate salaries to overhead. The administrative and fundraising costs reported on its audited statements are materially less than the amounts reported on its T3010 filings, meaning the amounts reported likely understate overhead ratios. At the time of this update, the charity’s F2026 T3010 was not available.

In F2026, Street Health received $3.1m in donations, which was 59% of its total revenue. It also received $1.5m in government funding (29% of total revenue).

The charity spent $4.7m on its programs in F2026, accounting for 90% of its revenue. It ran a surplus of $87k, which was 2% of its revenue.

Reported administrative costs were $397k, which was 9% of revenue (excluding investment income) and reported fundraising costs were $31k, which was 1% of donations. Total reported overhead was 10%, meaning that for every dollar donated, 90 cents are available to go to the cause. However, overhead figures are likely understated, as the charity’s F2026 T3010 was not available at the time of this update. In F2025, Street Health's total overhead costs were 35%.

At the end of F2026, Street Health had $4.2m in reserve funds (cash and investments). These reserves could cover its annual program costs for just under 11 months, which is within Ci’s reasonable range.

Profile updated by Ava Anderson on August 27, 2026. Comments and corrections may be forthcoming.