Polycultural Immigrant and Community Services is located on the Treaty Lands and Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat Peoples and is home to many First Nations, Inuitand Metis peoples.
Polycultural is a not-for-profit, community-based charitable organization dedicated to helping individuals and communities become productive members of Canadian society. We offer a wide range of inclusive, community-led support programs for people of all ages and nationalities. For over 50 years, we have been promoting a healthy, vibrant GTA and Region of Peel by tailoring our services to seniors, youth, women, families, and newcomers to Canada. Polycultural provides accessible programming, and we take pride in offering individualized support that ensures each client has an equal opportunity to reach their full potential.
We currently serve clients at our seven locations in following languages: Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Cantonese, Croatian, Dari, Farsi, Hindi, Mandarin, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Tamil, Ukrainian, Urdu and more.
Individuals and communities have an equal opportunity to be productive members of Canadian society.
Our vision is to be the organization of choice for individuals and communities seeking support.
Our mandate is to provide initiatives, activities, and services that respond to the varying needs of our clients.
History of serving immigrants begins when Polish Immigrant Aid Services offered assistance to refugees from Poland
A second agency was formed to assist Polish speaking communities under the name of Polish Canadian Community Services
The two agencies serving the Polish immigrant community merged under the name of Polish Immigrant and Community Services
The agency name was changed to Polycultural Immigrant and Community Services to better reflect services provided to the many different language and cultural groups of our clients
The agency was registered as a charity and obtained a charitable status
A new Peel-Halton Integrated Services Reception Centre was opened to provide immediate and essential services to government assisted refugees
Afghan refugees were provided with immediate and essential services at the Port of Entry from August under the emergency evacuation initiative