Need SUpport?
IMMEDIATE SUPPORT
If you're ever worried that someone's life is in immediate danger, call 911 or go directly to emergency services.
9-8-8 Suicide Crisis Helpline
Call or text: 9-8-8
A safe space to talk, 24 hours a day, every day of the year.
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Family and Relationship Services
Ending Violence Association of Canada
Family Violence Helpline
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Sheltersafe.ca
National list of transition houses and shelters
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National Residential School Crisis Line
Call: 1-866-925-4419
Provides mental health and emotional supports to eligible former Indian Residential School students and their families.
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National Aboriginal Circle Against Family Violence
Call: (450) 638-2968
Championing the safety, well-being, and empowerment of Indigenous communities, individuals and families affected by domestic violence.
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Support for young people
Kids Help Phone
Call: 1-800-668-6868
Serves youth - 20 years, has resources for parents too. Livechat available
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Good2Talk
Call: 1-866-925-5454
Text: 686868
Good2Talk offers 24/7 free, confidential support to post-secondary students in Ontario and Nova Scotia.
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LGBT YouthLine
Call: 1-800-268-9688
Text: 647-694-4275
Free support through Ontario-wide 2SLGBTQ+ peer-support HelpLine.
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bethere.org
Resources to educate youth to support someone with mental health issues:
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Jack.org
Jack.org is Canada's largest network of young people supporting young people, offering youth a space to safely learn about mental health, support their peers, seek professional support, and advocate for a healthier future.
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Foundry (British Columbia – Specific)
Resources, services and supports – online and through integrated service centres in communities across BC for young people 12-24
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Access Open Minds
Easy, quick and welcoming place for youth aged 11 to 25 (and their families/carers) to get the help they need
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Social Services/Employment Services
Federal Government
Accessing employment benefits/pensions including emergency care/supports
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Grief or Bereavement services
Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention
List of support centres for dealing with loss by suicide.
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Bereaved Families of Ontario
Provincial service with 10 regional affiliates with extensive resources applicable to people all over.
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Drugs, Alcohol and other addiction services
The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction
Call: 1-833-235-4048
NGO that provides national leadership on substance use and to advance solutions to address alcohol and other drug related harms
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Ontario specific: CAMH Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Call: 416-535-8501
Information, education and care for people recovering from mental illness and substance use
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Inuit, First Nations Inquiries
Hope for Wellness Helpline
Call: 1-855-242-3310
24/7 mental health counselling and crisis intervention for all Indigenous peoples across Canada. Available in English, Cree, Ojibway (Anishinaabemowin), Inuktitut.
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French Enquiries
Quebec Association for Suicide Prevention
Call: 1-866-277-3553
Support for if you know someone in distress (not for someone in distress themselves)
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Transgender support
Trans Lifeline
Call: 1-877-330-6366
Trans-led organization that connects trans people to the community, support, and resources they need to survive and thrive.
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