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Social Services

Durham College Community Employment Services – Port Perry

Durham College Community Employment Services offers free Employment Ontario employment help in Port Perry from the Scugog Memorial Public Library. Services include career planning, skills assessment, resume and cover letter preparation, labour market information, job development, access to the Canada-Ontario Job Grant and Second Career funding programs, self-directed internet research, and workshops with guest speakers. The Port Perry location is open Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. by appointment (closed 12–1 p.m.) and serves anyone looking for work, with no fees.

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Faith Communities

Durham Full Gospel Church

Durham Full Gospel Church is a Christian church in Whitby holding the Bible as its authority for faith, worship, and conduct, and affirming belief in one God in three persons — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Visitors can get in touch by phone or email; the church publishes its address and contact details on its website.

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Faith Communities

Durham Islamic Centre (Iqra Masjid)

Iqra Masjid is the Durham Islamic Centre's house of worship in Whitby, serving the local Muslim community since 2012. A registered charity, it hosts the five daily congregational prayers, Friday Jumu'ah prayers, Quran classes, and weekend Islamic education for children. Published prayer times: Jumu'ah I — English Bayan 12:15 PM, Iqamah 12:45 PM; Jumu'ah II — English Bayan 1:15 PM, Iqamah 1:45 PM; Jumu'ah III — English Bayan 2:15 PM, Iqamah 2:30 PM. Daily prayers: Fajr 6:30 AM, Zuhr 2:00 PM, Asr 6:00 PM, Maghrib at sunset, Isha 9:10 PM.

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Food Banks

Durham Outlook for the Needy

Durham Outlook for the Needy is a registered charity in downtown Oshawa operating St. Vincent Pallotti's Kitchen, described on its own site as Durham Region's only full-service, barrier-free soup kitchen. Founded in 1990, it moved into a fully accessible purpose-built facility at 227 Simcoe Street South in March 2022. The kitchen serves between 150 and 250 meals per day — roughly 55,000 to 65,000 meals a year — powered by nearly 500 volunteers a month; meal tickets are distributed free through partner non-profits and churches, and nobody is turned away. The building also hosts a Saturday food bank (patrons attend with a grocery list and volunteers fill bags), a second-hand store funding operations, and a food distribution programme supplying more than 50 organisations monthly.

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Charities

Durham Rape Crisis Centre

The Durham Rape Crisis Centre is a feminist charitable organisation in Oshawa providing holistic healing and support to survivors of sexual violence, celebrating 50 years of service in 2026. Services include crisis intervention, individual and group counselling, specialised programmes for youth and francophone survivors, advocacy, and accompaniment to hospital, police and court. It also delivers public education and prevention workshops in schools and workplaces. A 24-hour crisis and support line operates at 905-668-9200 (toll-free 1-866-905-1919); the administration office at 905-444-9672 handles counselling intake via an online pre-assessment form. The centre works from feminist, anti-racist, trauma-informed and client-centred principles.

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Public Services

Durham Region Health Department - Port Perry Office

Durham Region Health Department's North Office at 181 Perry Street, Suite 200, in Port Perry is the Region's public-facing health counter for North Durham. Services include private well water sample bottle pick-up and drop-off, health protection division applications and drop-offs, and public health program support. Water sample drop-off hours are Monday to Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.

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Community Organizations

Durham Region Unemployed Help Centre

The Durham Region Unemployed Help Centre, now operating as the Durham Employment and Newcomer Centre (DENC), is a non-profit employment agency founded in 1983. Its Oshawa office at 272 King Street East offers free services to unemployed and underemployed job seekers, including one-on-one employment counselling, resume and cover letter help, workshops and computer training, plus access to computers, printers and job postings. It also serves employers with candidate screening, hiring incentives and wage subsidy support. A second office operates in Pickering.

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Public Services

Durham Regional Police Service - North Division

Durham Regional Police Service's North Division at 15765 Highway 12 in Port Perry is the staffed divisional headquarters serving North Durham, including the Townships of Brock, Scugog and Uxbridge and the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation. It houses frontline patrol, criminal investigations, the marine unit serving Lake Scugog and Lake Simcoe, and trail patrol. In an emergency call 911; the non-emergency line is 1-888-579-1520.

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