News & Updates
Stay caught up on the latest news and events happening at Our Place.
Holiday Orange Door Campaign
Youth homelessness continues to be on the rise in Canada, and now more than ever, youth need support.
The Orange Door Project Campaign supports 127 youth-serving charities in Canada, and 100% of funds raised stay within your local community. We are grateful to our partner stores for choosing Our Place Peel as their charitable organization.
🧡 7130 Mississauga West
🧡 7006 Brampton South
🧡 7011 Etobicoke
🧡 7340 Bolton Distribution Centre
When you make a donation in-store or online, you directly help youth in our community find safety, stability, and hope for the future.
Learn more here: orangedoorproject.ca
Board of Directors – Call for Applications
If you are ready to take on a rewarding and challenging role, we invite you to apply to join our Board of Directors.
We are seeking energetic, committed and collaborative individuals who reflect the community we live and/or work in. There are currently 4 vacancies on our Board of Directors.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please submit a cover letter and resume to Christy Upshall, CEO at cupshall@ourplacepeel.org by November 21, 2025.
For more information, please click here.
Changing the Path for Youth
This September, we had the honour to present this plaque to Home Depot Mississauga West for partnering with us for the Spring Orange Door Campaign. Their support through the campaign has allowed us to continue our mission to serve vulnerable youth in our community.
Learn more about the Orange Door Campaign here.
Opening Doors to Stable Homes for Youth
We are honoured to be featured in United Way Greater Toronto’s Community Stories. This piece highlights our work supporting young people on their journey to stable housing, and it is just one of many stories made possible through collaboration and community support. Read the full story here.
Thank You to Rate-My-Agent.com
At Our Place, we are proud to be supported by incredible partners like Rate-My-Agent.com. Their generous support helps us continue providing youth in Peel with safety, support, and the chance to build a better future.
Rate-My-Agent.com helps people find trusted real estate professionals through verified reviews, making it easier for individuals and families to find housing. Their support of our mission reflects a shared belief: that everyone deserves a safe place to call home
Thank You to Our Partner Stores!
We are incredibly grateful to everyone who donated during the Home Depot Canada’s Orange Door Project Spring 2025 Campaign, and a heartfelt thank you to our partner stores for choosing Our Place Peel as their charitable organization.
- 7130 Mississauga West
- 7006 Brampton South
- 7011 Etobicoke
- 7340 Bolton Distribution Centre (pictured)
Youth homelessness continues to be on the rise in Canada, and now more than ever, youth need support. Issues youth experiencing homelessness face daily are complex and require holistic approaches and wrap-around community support. They need a safe place to live. They need access to support services that will help them create healthy pathways to exit homelessness. For more information, please visit:Â orangedoorproject.ca
The Orange Door Project Spring 2025 Campaign
Now more than ever, youth in our community need our help. We’ve partnered with The Home Depot Canada Foundation to help raise funds for our community!
DID YOU KNOW? The Home Depot Canada Foundation is committed to preventing and helping to end youth homelessness. In 2024, The Home Depot Canada Foundation achieved $82M in our commitment to $125M by 2030. Together, this support works to break cycles of inequity and enable at-risk youth facing homelessness to achieve positive development outcomes and realize their full potential.
The Orange Door Project campaign is The Home Depot Canada’s national customer fundraising campaign. From now until June 22, 2025, The Home Depot Canada customers can make a donation in-store or online in support of a local youth-focused housing charity.
We would like to thank the following stores for choosing Our Place Peel as their charitable organization:
- 7130 Mississauga West
- 7006 Brampton South
- 7011 Etobicoke
- 7340 Bolton Distribution Centre
All funds raised at the The Home Depot store during the campaign will support. Encourage your friends, family members, neighbours and colleagues to support the campaign today!
Learn more at orangedoorproject.ca
Youth Wish List
Many have asked how they can help. The Youth Wish List is a list of our most needed items. Donations can me dropped off at our head office located at: 5170 Dixie Road, Suite 206, Mississauga, ON.Â
Truth & Reconciliation
In honour of the children who lost their lives at residential schools and in recognition of the survivors and their families, Our Place Peel has changed the colour of its logo until September 30.
The orange logo signifies our commitment to reconciliation with Indigenous people in Canada, and to help dismantle the racist and colonial practices that are embedded in systems, including the homeless youth sector. In a show of solidarity, Our Place Peel will participate in the Orange Shirt Day to signify our commitment to Truth and Reconciliation.
Brampton Youth Shelter
In 2021, Our Place Peel acquired the Brampton Youth Shelter so that we could provide more support to homeless youth in our community. This allowed us to provide an additional 40 beds to youth – keeping them off the streets, working with them to prevent homelessness, diverting them from emergency shelter when possible, assessing their needs and providing quality service and care in a supportive environment.
The Home Depot Orange Door Holiday Campaign
The Home Depot launched their Orange Door Holiday Campaign from Nov 30 – Dec 19. We would like to give thanks to the three Home Depot stores that have chosen Our Place Peel as their charitable organization: 7011 Etobicoke South, 7130 Mississauga West and 7132 Mississauga Brittania.
Every $2 donation made at any one of these stores will go towards Our Place Peel’s programs to support our youth! We are very thankful for their support. You can also make an online donation to the Orange Door Project.
Raising the Roof #ToqueCampaign2021
We are partnering with Raising the Roof for their annual Toque Campaign. The Toque Campaign is a fun and easy way to participate in preventative solutions to homelessness. With the purchase of a toque, face mask, ball cap or socks, you are supporting programs at Our Place Peel as well as Raising the Roof’s national homelessness prevention initiatives across Canada.
We will be selling toques, face masks, ball caps and socks for the campaign. If you would like to purchase any of these items, please contact admin@ourplacepeel.org.
Thank You, Ontario Trillium Foundation!
Our Place Peel would like to give a very special thank you to Ontario Trillium Foundation through its Resilient Communities Fund. Through their generosity and commitment to Our Place Peel, we were able to invest in shelter renovations to build a safe and welcoming space for our youth!
The program supports community-based organizations that deliver programs and services in Ontario and need funding to recover and build capacity, resilience and sustainability.