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If you’re having an emergency, call 9-1-1.

9-8-8: Suicide Crisis Helpline

If you or someone you know is thinking about suicide, call or text 9-8-8. Help is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

9-8-8: Suicide Crisis Helpline offers support that is:

  • bilingual
  • trauma-informed
  • culturally appropriate
  • available to anyone in Canada

Services offered by national mental health organizations

Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA)

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)

MyGrief.ca

KidsGrief.ca

YouthGrief.ca

For First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples

Hope for Wellness Help Line

Call 1-855-242-3310 (toll-free) or connect to the online Hope for Wellness chat.

Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples seeking emotional support, crisis intervention, or referrals to community-based services.

Support is available in English and French and, by request, in Cree, Ojibway, and Inuktitut.

The National Indian Residential School Crisis Line

Crisis support is available to former Indian Residential School students and their families 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at 1-866-925-4419 (toll-free).

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Crisis Line

Crisis support is available to individuals impacted by the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at 1-844-413-6649 (toll-free).

For youth and young adults

Kids Help Phone

Call 1-800-668-6868 (toll-free) or text CONNECT to 686868. Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to Canadians aged 5 to 29 who want confidential and anonymous care from trained responders.

Visit the Kids Help Phone website for online chat support or to access online resources for children and youth.

For Veterans and their families

Find supports, online resources, and mobile apps to improve well-being for releasing and former members of the CAF or RCMP, their families, and their caregivers.

Mental health and substance use

There are many links between mental health and substance use. If you or someone you know is struggling with substance use, help is available.

More ways to get help

If you need help, you can call a:

  • family physician
  • psychologist
  • mental health nurse
  • social worker

You may also want to talk to another trusted professional, such as a counsellor or spiritual leader.

Related links

MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES (PROVINCIAL)

Alberta

211 Alberta: 211 Alberta | 211 Alberta, Help Starts Here

Need Help?

Free. Confidential.

Live Answer 24/7

Counselling Alberta: Counselling Alberta

Call 1-833-827-4230 (toll-free)

Effective and affordable counselling for all Albertans

Anywhere in Alberta, choose counselling that’s right for you, with no financial barriers or waitlist.

Alberta Mental Health Line: Alberta Wide – Mental Health Help Line | Alberta Health Services

Call 1-877-303-2642 (toll-free)

The service provides:

  • crisis support
  • mental health or addiction screening and assessment over the phone
  • general information about a mental health or addiction topic
  • information about local service options for addiction or mental health and how to access them
  • strategies people can use at home to support their emotional well-being

Virtual Opioid Dependency Program:  Alberta’s Virtual Opioid Dependency Program (vodp.ca)

Call 1-844-383-7688 (toll-free)

Technology Delivered Same Day Medication Starts, Opioid Treatment Transition Service, and Ongoing Opioid Dependency Care. 

Alberta Addiction Health Line:  Alberta Wide – Addiction Helpline | Alberta Health Services 

Call 1-866-332-2322 (toll-free)

The Addiction and Mental Health Help Line is a 24-hour, 7 day a week confidential service that provides support, information and referrals to Albertans experiencing addiction and mental health concerns, including problem gambling.

The service is staffed by a multidisciplinary team comprised of nurses, psychiatric nurses, social workers, occupational therapists, and psychologists. It operates 24 hour a day, seven days a week and is available to all Albertans.

Kickstand Connect: Kickstand Connect – Kickstand (mykickstand.ca)

(Text MoreGoodDays to 393939 for daily messages of support)

  • Mental Health and/or Substance Use Counselling  
  • Peer Support for young people
  • Employment Services 
  • Groups and Workshops

Health Link: Health Link – 811 (alberta.ca)

Do you have a question or concern about an addiction or mental health issue? The Addiction Helpline and the Mental Health Helpline are both answered 24/7 by a team of registered mental health professionals (Social Workers, Psychologists, Nurses, Occupational Therapists) at Health Link. You can now dial 811 to easily reach our team.

Family Violence Info Line: Family violence – Find supports | Alberta.ca

Call or text 310-1818 (toll-free)

Get help 24/7

Online chat – to start a chat, click on the message icon in the bottom right of the screen on website – English only.

Alberta’s One Line for Sexual Violence: Get Support | Association of Alberta Sexual Assault Services (aasas.ca)

Call or text 1-866-403-8000 (toll-free)

  • Available 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., 7 days a week
  • For anyone impacted by sexual violence
  • Emotional support, information and referrals

British Columbia

HelpStartsHere (gov.bc.ca)

Manitoba

Province of Manitoba | Mental Health and Addictions (gov.mb.ca)

New Brunswick

Addictions and Mental Health (gnb.ca)

Newfoundland and Labrador

Mental Health and Addictions – Health and Community Services (gov.nl.ca)

Northwest Territories

Mental Wellness and Addictions Recovery | Health and Social Services (gov.nt.ca)

Nova Scotia

Mental health and wellbeing – Government of Nova Scotia, Canada

Nunavut

Mental Health Resources | Government of Nunavut

Ontario

General Mental Health Tips:
https://ontario.cmha.ca/news/tips-to-manage-mental-health-during-covid-19/

ConnexOntario: www.connexontario.ca

Call 1-866 -531-2600  

CAMH: The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health | CAMH

Call 416 535-8501 or 1 800 463-2338 toll-free, staffed 24/7 (main line)

Call 416 535-8501, press 2 for information about accessing CAMH services, Mon-Fri, 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. (ACCESS services)

CMHA: https://cmha.ca/find-your-cmha

BounceBack: Home – BounceBack Ontario

Call 1-866-345-0224

BounceBack® is a free skill-building program managed by the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA). It is designed to help adults and youth 15+ manage low mood, depression, anxiety, stress or worry. Delivered over the phone with a coach and through online videos, you will get access to tools that will support you on your path to mental wellness.

Talk Suicide: talksuicide.ca

Call 1-833-456-4566 

A safe space to talk, 24 hours a day, every day of the year.

Distress and Crisis Ontario: http://www.dcontario.org/

Distress and Crisis Ontario (DCO), is a provincial association that primarily supports training & education, advocacy, and networking for distress centres across Ontario. Distress centres offer 24/7 support and referrals at no cost to a caller experiencing distress or in active crisis including suicidal ideation.

Good2Talk Helpline: Good2Talk

Call 1-866-925-5454 or text GOOD2TALKON to 686868
Ontario’s 24/7 helpline for postsecondary students.

Kids Help Phone: Need help now? Text our texting service. – Kids Help Phone

Call 1-800-668-6868 or text CONNECT to 686868
Youth mental health support available 24/7.

Children’s Mental Health Ontario Centre: cmho.org/findhelp/

Free. No referral required.
Child and Youth Mental Health Centres: For full range of child and youth mental health services or if you don’t know where to start to look for help.
Walk-in Services: Quick access to an in-person/virtual child and youth mental health professional. Generally, no appointment is necessary.
Crisis Services: For 24/7 crisis support services for child and youth mental health

Hope for Wellness Help Line: Home – Hope for Wellness Helpline

Call 1-855-242-3310
Offers immediate mental health counselling and crisis intervention to all Indigenous peoples across Canada. Phone and chat counselling is available in English, French, Cree, Ojibway and Inuktitut.

National Indian Residential School Crisis Line: Residential Schools (fnha.ca)

Call 1-866-925-4419
Offers support to former residential school students and those affected. Available 24 hours.

Talk4healing (for Indigenous women): Talk4Healing – Beendigen

Call 1-855-554-4325

LGBT Youthline Ontario: https://www.youthline.ca/ 

Call 647-694-4275 (chat, text and email currently available)
Ontario-wide peer-support for lesbian, gay bisexual, transgender, transsexual, two-spirited, queer and questioning young people.

Assaulted Women’s Helpline: Assaulted Women’s Helpline (awhl.org)

  • TOLL-FREE: 1-866-863-0511
  • TOLL FREE TTY: 1-866-863-7868
  • #SAFE (#7233) on your Bell, Rogers, Fido or Telus Mobile

24-hour telephone and TTY crisis line for all women in Ontario who have experienced any form of abuse.

Seniors Safety Line: Seniors Safety Line – Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario (eapon.ca)

Call 1-866-299-1011
Provided by Elder Abuse Ontario, the Seniors Safety Line provides contact and referral information for local agencies across the province that can assist in cases of elder abuse.

Ontario Caregiver Helpline: https://ontariocaregiver.ca/ 

Call 1-833-416-2273
Provides caregivers with a one-stop resource for information and support.

Lumino Health: Stress and Anxiety Explorer

Call 1-855-586-4664
Information and tools from Lumino Health and mental health partners.

Prince Edward Island

Mental Health Support and Services | Government of Prince Edward Island

Quebec

Mental health | Gouvernement du Québec (quebec.ca)

Info-Social 811

Call 8-1-1.

Tel-jeunes and parents

  • Youth can:
    • Call 1-800-263-2266 from 6 am to 2 am
    • Text 514-600-1002 from 8 am to 10 pm
    • Live chat online from 8 am to 10:30 pm
  • Parents can:
    • Call 1-800-361-5085 from 6 am to 12 am
    • Live chat online from 6 am to 10:30 pm
  • Phone, text and chat counselling for youth ages 12 to 17 and their parents
  • Website with information and supports
  • Live chat for youth to connect with other youth
  • Available in French and English

Saskatchewan

Mental Health Services | Mental Health Support | Government of Saskatchewan

Yukon

Mental wellness and substance use services | Government of Yukon

Call 867-456-3838 or 1-866-456-3838 (toll free).

  • Phone line available Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
  • For after-hours withdrawal management services, call 867-667-8473
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