About Broadview Village
Our story and community focus
Broadview Village is a Ministry Unit of The Salvation Army providing supports and services across the Greater Toronto Area since 1975 for adults with developmental disabilities and/or struggling with mental health challenges, through supported living, housing, day supports, and spiritual care. Our goal is to build bridges in our community and help those we support penetrate barriers and reach their goals.
Serving the community
At Broadview Village, we are committed to building bridges in our community by providing inclusive, supportive, and empowering programs for individuals with developmental disabilities and/or mental health challenges. Our services are designed to promote independence, personal growth, and meaningful community participation.
What We Do
Broadview Village provides person-centered supports that encourage growth in social skills, communication, employment readiness, and independent living. Our approach values dignity, inclusion, and holistic care for each individual.
Broadview Village focuses on creating opportunities for individuals to connect, learn, and thrive through a wide range of community-based programs and supports.
Leadership and vision
Message from the Executive Director
Dear Staff, Residents, Participants, Clients, Families and Friends of Broadview Village.
I want to take a moment to welcome you to our new website. With the support of The Salvation Army we have gone through an extensive refresh of not only the look and feel of our website but also the information available. This first blush is intended to serve as a platform for information about our services and, where possible, a portal for access to our services. Please take some time to explore what we have, to flag any concerns you may have, and to make suggestions for more and better supports for you as part of our broader public.
Here we are in the spring of 2026 and so much has changed since I started with The Salvation Army 10 years ago, and yet much remains the same. Broadview Village has expanded exponentially over the past 10 years with new programs and services geared specifically towards individuals with high needs, a subset of the people we support that is under serviced from the broader system at the best of times. We've added new day program spaces, created an Affirmative Business that we continue to expand to support people with mental health challenges who want to be gainfully employed but require additional ongoing supports, are moving towards evening and weekend supports and overall continuing to push ourselves to be better every day. We are able to do so because of the exceptional staff that I have the honour of working with from my senior leadership team on up to our exceptional frontline staff.
Having said all that however, many things remain the same. We continue to be under financial stress at the hands of the dual pressures of increasing inflation and flat funding sources. We continue to find ourselves in steep competition for staffing with a multiple of other agencies within Toronto both within the developmental sector as well as broader sectors such as health care and education. These latter 2 sectors make our life more challenging indeed because they most often are compensated at higher levels than DSW. We also continue to be challenged by the changing needs of the individuals we support. We are all getting older, and this reality is doubly difficult when you are talking about individuals with developmental disabilities getting older. The tendency is that these individuals age more quickly and experience more chronic health conditions than much of the population. As one can appreciate, these realities, in turn, place additional pressures on the skills and abilities of our staff in their very important role as caregivers and support.
"Throughout the changes, and the stasis, I remain thankful for the incredible support we receive on an ongoing basis from our partners in the Ontario government, the many people that support The Salvation Army, - and through the Army us - and the families and friends of the people we support who play such an integral role in the lives of their family members and us as staff."
My intention is to provide regular updates (at least once per quarter) in this space to keep you apprised of the important information available to all about life at Broadview Village.
Thank you for your attention, you're caring and compassion, and May God bless you.
Arthur (Art) Mathews
Executive Director
The Salvation Army – Broadview Village and London Village
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