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The COLOMBIAN REFUGGE ASSOCIATION
We take into consideration their needs and concerns, including affordable housing,
sports, educational, cultural and recreational activities while we advocate for their rights.
We engage in their remainder of their settlement and integration process helping them to establish in Hamilton and surroundings.
We aim to improve the quality of life of new families providing cross cultural understanding and equality. We also work in community development and volunteerism.
We present and produce culturally relative activities, promoting the heritage and the image of Colombia and Latin America in Canada.
Our Services

Immigration and Legal Referrals
We offer a FREE legal referral service to connect you with experts in areas like refugee and immigration, criminal, civil, family, and more. We also refer to Legal Aid and provide Spanish-language clinics

Settlement Services
Settlement services are available for refugee claimants only. These free, confidential services help you settle and adjust to life in Canada. We speak multiple languages and, while resources outside the Hamilton area are limited, we collaborate with other agencies to support your needs

Translation and Interpretation Services
We are professional translators and interpreters fluent in English and Spanish, specializing in refugee law. Our services are accurate, consistent, and high-quality, with experts skilled in key topics. We ensure precise translations, leaving no content behind.

Trauma Counseling Support
Trauma counselling can help you:
-Understand your coping mechanisms
-Validate your feelings
-Stop using suppression and avoidance
-Make sense of your experiences
-Integrate the event into your life
-Live in the present, free from past triggers

Volunteer
Volunteering is the time you give us to strengthen our community
and improve our families' quality of life as well as your own.
There are so many ways to be involved with us if:
- Speak to your passion
- Suit your personality
- Meet your interests- Build on your experiences
- Fit into your lifestyle
- Contribute to your health and well-being

The Hamilton Latino Festival
The Latin American community has grown and is becoming an integral part of Canadian society. However, promoting the culture and talent of Colombians and Latin Americans remains a challenge. Our goal is to establish a festival in Hamilton as a signature cultural event, leaving a legacy from the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games. This event will celebrate Latin/Hispanic culture, strengthen our mission, and raise community awareness.
Contact Info
289-855-2596
WhatsApp +1 365-366-2373
Areas Served Hamilton (City of); Halton Region; Niagara
Region; Brantford; Waterloo Region; London Language English; Spanish
Fees None Agency Type Non Profit
- contacto@colombianrefugees.com
Super attentive and friendly, they make you feel confident from the first moment you arrive!!
Great professionalism and a warm welcome, follow-up and a lot of charisma at all times. I felt supported in every step of this process. Thank you very much for the help you gave me and especially to Miss Claudia.
Very friendly staff, they helped me a lot in my process, I am very grateful to them
Highly recommended, they inform you in detail about the procedures, explaining each one and the best way to carry them out. Thank you for all the support that has been very helpful to me in this beautiful country.