Holiday and Community Meals in Edmonton

Every year, our sector partners work diligently throughout the holiday season—a time traditionally centred on gift giving, quality time, and shared meals.

To help support our unhoused neighbours during this period, several organizations open their doors for holiday meals and provide opportunities for the public to give back when it is needed most. Below is a list of meal services and ways to contribute your time or resources. 

Lodgepole Communitas

  • What: Holiday Meal
  • When: Friday, December 19th at 5pm
  • Where: Avenue Church 11725 93 Street

Samson Cree Nation

  • What: Christmas Dinner
  • When: Tuesday, December 16, 5pm-8pm
  • Where: Edmonton Inn & Conference Center 11834 Kingsway NW, Edmonton, Alberta

Hope Mission

  • What: Christmas Banquet
  • When: Tuesday, December 16, 5pm-8pm
  • Where: 9908 106 Avenue
  • Christmas day: brunch at 10:30am and dinner at 4pm

Boyle Street Plaza

  • What: Christmas Meal
  • When: Saturday, December 20, noon-5pm
  • Where: 9538 103 A Avenue

Mustard Seed

  • What: Christmas Brunch
  • When: Wednesday, December 24, 11am-noon
  • Where: Community Impact Centre Canora 15740 Stony Plain Rd
  • What: Christmas Meal for shelter guests
  • When: Thursday, December 25, 5pm
  • Where: Strathcona Shelter 10050 81 Ave, Central Shelter 9526 106 Ave

Dickinsfield Amity House

  • What: Annual Christmas Eve Breakfast
  • When: Wednesday, December 24, from 9am-noon 
  • Where: Northmount Community League 9207 140 Avenue

*We will continue to add more information as we receive updates from organizations*

How You Can Help?

  • Donate: Support with financial contributions, food donations, or sponsorships.
  • Volunteer: Many organizations need help preparing, serving, or delivering meals. Contact them early to sign up.
  • Spread the Word: Share this list with your network so more Edmontonians know where to find support and how to help this holiday season.

Let’s celebrate this holiday season by helping our vulnerable community members.

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LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We recognize we are gathered, in collaboration and with joint purpose, on Treaty 6 territory. This territory is the traditional home and gathering place for diverse Indigenous Peoples. The nêhiyaw (Cree), Niitsitapi (Blackfoot), Dene, Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), Anishinaabe (Saulteaux/Ojibwe), Nakota Isga (Nakota Sioux), Inuit, and Métis, among many others cared for this land since time immemorial and continue to steward it today. As visitors in this territory, we honour the importance of the Treaty and our responsibility to these communities. Only in partnership can we create the changes necessary to end homelessness. It is vital we meaningfully engage and partner with Indigenous People and communities in this work while recognizing and addressing the conditions brought forth by colonialism. Displacement from traditional homelands, systemic racism, residential schools, the Sixties Scoop, and the ongoing overrepresentation of Indigenous People in child welfare, correctional systems, and homelessness are responsibilities we all share.