We are a satellite community of
BGC St. Alban's

  For full organization information such as history, funders, employment, volunteering and our other communities, please visit the BGC St. Alban's website. 

By the early 2000’s, St. Alban’s Boys and Girls Club had successfully merged with Jane and Finch Boys and Girls Club, bringing much needed programs and services to an underserved and at risk community. St. Alban’s Board of Directors, through the strategic planning process in 2004, decided to look at replicating that model in another community, building on strong relationships established with the United Way, the City of Toronto and Toronto Community Housing. 

Working with the United Way, several communities were considered for a new Boys and Girls Club under St. Alban’s satellite development model. With the help and support of TCHC, program space was secured in the Weston-Mount Dennis Community. In the fall of 2006, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Weston-Mount Dennis opened with two small dedicated rooms and a shared room at 121 Humber Blvd. 

The Club did start a few other sites in shared TCHC spaces over the next few years, however the need for dedicated space for funded programs sadly closed them. 

In 2008, the local Action for Neighbourhood Change inquired about taking on a summer program in the Emmett community. As the WMD Club had just committed to adding a new program in another neighbourhood, an arrangement was made that the ANC would fund two staff and WMD would train and oversee a summer program. The program was so successful that talks started about building a portable building to help meet the needs of the children and youth of the Emmett community. 

In 2011, the Ministry of Health Promotion (now managed by MHSTCI) launched funding to enhance after school programs in at risk communities. With this funding, we were able to open new after school programs in several communities. Today, BGC Weston-Mount Dennis Club runs after school programs in seven locations with three summer camps and three youth programs. 

Today, with a name change in 2021, we are known as BGC Weston-Mount Dennis Club and continue to serve the changing needs of the children, youth and families in our community.



The BGC Weston-Mount Dennis Club Youth Centre at 100 Emmett Avenue will open in 2021.