Our Facilities

The Jean Tweed Centre operates out of two facilities: 215 Evans Avenue, and Cumberland House, located at 3111 Lakeshore Boulevard West.

215 Evans Avenue:

This has been the site of our core programming and childcare services since February 2001. This facility is wheelchair-accessible and is readily accessible by public transit. Parking is free.

Cumberland House:

Since 1984, this Victorian brick house has been 'home away from home' for women attending residential programs at the Centre. Cumberland House is currently the focus of a capital refurbishment campaign. Click here for more details.

Two-and-a-half stories high, with gable roof and roundhead windows, Cumberland House has been identified as an important heritage structure by the Ontario Heritage Foundation, and is listed in the Canadian Inventory of Historical Buildings. It was designed by Kivas Tully, a 19th century provincial architect, who also designed Victoria Hall, Cobourg (1860), the former Trinity College (1852) and numerous other buildings across Ontario. The house was named in honour of the first superintendent of the Lakeshore Asylum, who resided there during his tenure.