Settlement Services
Help to integrate into Canadian society, offered in English, Arabic, Armenian, Dari, Farsi, Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu and Tagalog.
How settlement worksBrampton and Mississauga, Peel Region
Health care in Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu, delivered in Peel since 1990.
Punjabi Community Health Services is a community based, not for profit charitable organization. For 35 years it has provided culturally responsive care across mental health, addictions, seniors services, settlement and family support, in the languages its community speaks at home.
1990serving Peel ever since
9programs under one roof
9languages for settlement services
44seniors fed by Langar on Wheels
Start with the door that fits your week.
Most people arrive at PCHS through one of four doors. Each one opens onto the whole house, because the programs are built to work together.
New to Canada
Settlement services for newcomers, permanent residents, students, work permit holders and refugees. Confidential, and at no cost.
Settlement ServicesMental health support
Case management and supportive counselling through the Sahara Mental Health Program, for individuals and the family members around them.
Sahara Mental HealthSeniors and caregivers
Caregiver respite, seniors teams and hot meals delivered to the door, through the Sahara Geriatrics Program and Langar on Wheels.
Sahara GeriatricsRecovery support
A guided journey to recovery from substance use, with harm reduction, counselling, day treatment and peer support along the way.
Sahara AddictionsNine programs, one promise: care that speaks your language.
Every program below runs today in Peel. The full detail, including who each program is for, is on the programs page.
Sahara Mental Health
Case management and supportive counselling, including early psychosis intervention, crisis response and structured psychotherapy.
Inside the program
Sahara Addictions
Recovery from substance use through harm reduction, bridging counselling, community withdrawal management and peer support.
Paths to recovery
Sahara Geriatrics
Support, education and respite that help seniors age well at home, and help the caregivers who stand behind them.
Support for seniors
Sahara Better Families
Support for youth ages 12 to 24 and their families, and for parents of children aged 1 to 11, across mental health, cultural conflict and violence.
For families and youth
Health Promotion and Prevention
Ontario Health funded prevention work: diabetes health promotion, primary care attachment and wraparound supports, close to home.
Prevention, locally drivenA hot meal at the door, six times a week.
Langar is the Punjabi word for a meal, served to anyone who sits down. Since 2011, Langar on Wheels has carried that idea to isolated and frail seniors who cannot prepare their own meals: culturally appropriate, hot, fresh and nutritious food, delivered to the doorstep.
44clients receiving meals today
6×deliveries every week
2011the year the program began
15years on the road in Peel
In their own words.
Short lines from the client stories PCHS publishes. The full stories run on the official site.
“You always made me feel supported and understood, and I never felt judged.”
“This program gave me relief. I was overwhelmed.”
“Today, I have been free from substance use for one year.”
Not sure which program fits?
Call the main line and describe the situation in whichever language is easiest. PCHS will route you to the right program.