Bryony House is a 24 bed shelter for abused women and their children. Established in 1978, the Halifax Transition House Association opened Bryony House as the first transition house in Nova Scotia. The Halifax Transition House Association receives partial funding from the Provincial Department of Community Services but relies heavily on the support of the community for; grants, foundations, donations, and fundraising to maintain its current level of services.

Each year Bryony House offers safety and shelter to approximately 450 women and children and answers over 2500 distress calls. A resident could be your mother, sister, friend or neighbour. Women who contact us come from many walks of life, socio-economic classes and cultural backgrounds. The issue they have in common is that they are in, or are fleeing, an abusive intimate relationship.

The Halifax Transition House Association believes all women and their children have the right to live free of violence.

• To provide shelter for women and their children who seek safe and secure refuge from a violent relationship
• To own, operate, and maintain house(s) for temporary accommodation of abused women and their children
• To provide abused women with culturally sensitive support services, including counselling, with the aim of regaining power to consider alternatives and pursue options
• To provide the children of the abused women with emotional support and counselling
• To raise funds to further the objectives of the Halifax Transition House Association
• To increase society's awareness of violence against women and their children
• To advocate legislative, social, and economic change with the aim of ending violence against women and their children