Mental Health Resources
Crisis help links
Help is available if you need to talk and you:
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are not feeling yourself
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are experiencing a crisis
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have emotional pain
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have thoughts of suicide
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know someone who needs help
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Crisis help across Canada
The Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention provides a list of crisis centres across Canada. Crisis centres are there for people who are reaching out for help.
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Kids Help Phone
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1-800-668-6868
Kids Help Phone is Canada’s only national helpline for young people between the ages of 5 and 20. It offers:
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24-hour confidential and anonymous support
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professional counsellors and counselling options
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online resources that provide tips and advice on the challenges that young people face
Call 1-800-668-6868 to connect with Kids Help Phone. You can also download the Always There app.
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First Nations and Inuit Hope for Wellness Help Line
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1-855-242-3310
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This help line gives free national telephone crisis intervention and counselling support for First Nations and Inuit.
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Help can be reached toll-free, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by calling 1-855-242-3310.
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For more long-term care, contact a First Nations and Inuit Health regional office
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Government of Canada. (2017). Mental health support: Get Help. Retrieved from https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/mental-health-services/mental-health-get-help.html
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National help resources
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· Kids Help Phone
Canada's only counselling and information service for children and youth provides immediate, anonymous and confidential support.
The toll-free, bilingual service operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Visit the website, or call 1-800-668-6868
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· Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction
Provides leadership in reducing the harm of alcohol and other drugs on society.
· Drug Free Kids Canada
Provides parents with the tools they need to talk to their kids.
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· Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Canada's largest hospital devoted to mental health and addiction.
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· Centre for Youth Crime Prevention
Drug awareness program organized by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Centre for Youth Crime Prevention.
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· Canadian Assembly of Narcotics Anonymous
Provides information and services to people recovering from substance use disorder.
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· eMentalHealth.ca
Mental health services, help and support in your community.
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Substance Use Resources
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Provincial or Territory Resources
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Alberta
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· Alberta Health Services Addiction Helpline
A 24-hour toll-free confidential service available to all Albertans.
Toll-free: 1-866-332-2322
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· Alberta Health Services - Addiction and Mental Heatlh
A list of programs, services and treatment facilities available in Alberta.
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· Alcohol and Drug Use in Young People
Prevention strategies for parents and caregivers.
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British Columbia
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· Alcohol and Drug Information and Referral Service
This service is available to people across B.C. needing help with any kind of substance use issues 24 hours a day. It provides information and referral to education, prevention and treatment services and regulatory agencies.
Toll-Free: 1-800-663-1441
Lower Mainland: 604-660-9382
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· HealthLink BC
HealthLink BC helps you learn about health topics, check your symptoms and find the health services and resources that you need for healthy living. Call 8-1-1 to consult with a nurse, pharmacist or dietitian or visit HealthLinkBC.ca for easy access to help you find the health services you need, closest to where you live. Translation services are available in over 130 languages on request.
Anywhere in B.C.: 8-1-1
TTY (Deaf and hearing-impaired): 7-1-1
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· BC Crisis Line
Toll-Free: 310-6789 (no area code needed)
· Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre
A provincial resource centre that provides mental health and substance use information, resources and peer support to children, youth and their families from across B.C.
Toll-Free: 1-800-665-1822
Lower Mainland: 604-875-2084
· BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services
Tel: 604-875-2345 or toll-free (in B.C. only)
1-888-300-3088
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· Mind Check
Designed to help youth and young adults in British Columbia check out how they are feeling and quickly connect to mental health resources and support. Support includes education, self-care tools, website links, and assistance in connecting to local professional resources.
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· Here to Help
Provides access to information on mental health, mental disorders and substance use problems and disorders.
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Manitoba
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· Government of Manitoba, Healthy Living and Seniors, Addictions
Provincial Adult Addictions Information
Toll-Free Line: 1-855-662-6605
· Youth Addictions Centralized Intake Service
Toll-Free Line: 1-877-710-3999
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· Addictions Foundation of Manitoba
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· Resource Assistance for Youth (RaY)
1-204-783-5617
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· Mobile Crisis Services
Winnipeg RHA - Adult Mobile Crisis Service: 204-940-1781
Youth Mobile Crisis Team: 204-949-4777
Interlake-Eastern RHA - Mobile Crisis Services: 204-482-5376 or toll free 1-877-499-8770
Prairie Mountain Health - Mobile Crisis Unit: 204-725-4411
Southern Health - East of Red River Mental Health
Access Crisis Response Services/Warm Call line: 204-326-9276 or 1-888-617-7715
Southern Health - West of Red River Mental Health
Access Crisis Response: 1-866-588-1697
Crisis Line
24 Hour Crisis Line: 204-786-8686
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New Brunswick
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· Tele-care
Call from anywhere in New Brunswick (available 24 hours/day).
Tel: 8-1-1
· Addiction Treatment Services
A branch of New Brunswick's Department of Health.
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· New Brunswick Addiction Centers
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Newfoundland and Labrador
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· Newfoundland and Labrador Helpline
Call toll-free 24 hours a day.
Toll-free: 1-888-709-2929
TTY: 1-888-709-3555
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· Provincial Mental Health Crisis Line
Toll-free: 1-888-737-4668
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· Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Department of Health and Community Services Mental Health and Addictions
Call: 1-709-729-3658
www.getuponit.ca
www.understandnow.ca
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Northwest Territories
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· Northwest Territories Helpline
Call toll-free from anywhere in the Northwest Territories.
Toll-Free: 1-800-661-0844
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Nova Scotia
· Government of Nova Scotia Addiction Services
Department of Health and Wellness
Addiction Services
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· Addiction Services Provincial Line
Tel: 1-866-340-6700
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Nunavut
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· Nunavut Kamatsiaqtut Help Line
Provides anonymous and confidential telephone counselling for northerners in crisis.
Tel: 867-979-3333
Toll-Free: 1-800-265-3333
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· Government of Nunavut, Department of Health
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Ontario
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· Ministry of Health and Long Term Care, Mental Health and Addictions
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· ConnexOntario, Drug and Alcohol Helpline
Provides free, confidential and anonymous information services about drug and alcohol addiction services in Ontario, by phone, email or web chat, 24/7/365.
Toll-Free: 1-800-565-8603
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Develops programs and resources for parents, youth, educators, health promoters and communities related to problematic substance use.
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· Good2Talk
A free, confidential and anonymous helpline (24/7/365) for post-secondary students (17-25) in Ontario that provides professional counselling and information and referrals on mental health, addictions and well-being.
Toll-Free: 1-866-925-5454
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Prince Edward Island
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· Prince Edward Island Addiction Services
Toll-Free from anywhere in Prince Edward Island: 1-888-299-8399
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Québec
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· Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux
Government of Québec website.
· Drugs: Help and Referrals
Call toll-free from anywhere in Quebec or locally in Montreal.
Toll-Free: 1-800-265-2626
Montreal: 514-527-2626
· Tel-jeunes
Helpline for youth. Call 24 hours/day, 7 days/week toll-free anywhere in Quebec.
Toll-Free: 1-800-263-2266
514-600-1002 (text messaging, from 8am to 10pm)
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· LigneParents
Helpline for parents. Call 24 hours/day, 7 days/week toll-free anywhere in Quebec.
Toll-Free: 1-800-361-5085
Saskatchewan
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· Government of Saskatchewan HealthLine
Online and telephone services for adults, youth and health providers.
Tel: 8-1-1
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· Government of Saskatchewan, Healthy Living, Alcohol, Drugs and your Health
Information about the risks and effects of problematic drug and alcohol use.
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· Government of Saskatchewan, Mental Health and Addictions, Alcohol and Drug Services
Directory of Alcohol and Drug Treatment Services.
Yukon
· Government of Yukon, Alcohol and Drug Services
A 24-hour toll-free helpline from anywhere in Yukon.
Toll-Free: 1-855-667-5777
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Government of Canada. (2017). Get help with problematic substance use. Retrieved from https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/substance-abuse/get-help/get-help-with-drug-abuse.html#a3
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