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CANADA WIDE
Talk Suicide Canada (Talk Suicide) If you’re having thoughts of suicide, or are worried about someone else, Talk Suicide is here to listen. Connect to a crisis responder to get for help in without judgment. Call 1-833-456-4566 toll-free, any time – or text 45645 between from 4 p.m. to midnight EST.
Crisis Text Line (Powered by Kids Help Phone) Canada Wide
free, 24/7 texting service is accessible immediately to youth anywhere in Canada by texting TALK to 686868 to reach an English speaking Crisis Responder and TEXTO to 686868 to reach a French-speaking Crisis Responder on any text/SMS enabled cell phone.
KidsHelpPhone Ages 20 Years and Under in Canada 1-800-668-6868 (Online or on the Phone)
First Nations and Inuit Hope for Wellness 24/7 Help Line 1-855-242-3310
Canadian Indian Residential Schools Crisis Line 1-866-925-4419
Trans LifeLine – All Ages 1-877-330-6366
ALBERTA
Distress Centre Calgary
Serving Calgary and surrounding areas
Crisis 24 hours
Main Crisis Line: (403) 266-4357
ConnecTeen: (403) 264-TEEN
Distress Line of Southwestern Alberta (Canadian Mental Health Association)
Serving Chinook Health Region and south part of Calgary
Crisis 24 hours: 1-888-787-2880
Crisis 24 hours: (403) 327-7905
Doctor Margaret Savage Crisis Centre
Cold Lake, AB T9M 1P1
Crisis 24 hours: 1-866-594-0533
Crisis 24 hours: (780) 594-3353
Salvation Army Community & Family Centres
Hope Line – Mon – Friday, 9:00 am – 11:30 pm: (780) 424-9223 Greater Edmonton Area
St. Paul & District Crisis Centre
Serving all Alberta and Northeastern Saskatchewan
Crisis 24 hours: 1-800-263-3045
Crisis 24 hours: (780) 645-5195
The Support Network Distress Line
Serving Edmonton and surrounding areas
Crisis 24 hours: 1-800-232-7288
Toll free service available ONLY to rural areas of Capital Health Region, and the Town of Drayton Valley.
Crisis 24 hours: (780) 482-HELP
Seniors Abuse Helpline: (780) 454-8888
Wood’s Homes
Calgary
Crisis 24 hours: 1-800-563-6106
Crisis 24 hours: (403) 299-9699
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Province-Wide British Columbia, BC
Crisis 24 hrs: 1-800-SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433)
BC211 – Referral Hotline 24/7 Dial 211
website: http://www.crisislines.bc.ca
BC Interior Crisis Line Network – www.interiorcrisisline.com (Serving all BC Interior Region)
Crisis Line: 1-888-353-CARE (2273)
Crisis Prevention, Intervention & Information Centre for Northern BC
Serves all of Northern BC from the Alberta border to Haida Gwaii and from Quesnel to the Yukon border
24/7 Crisis Line: 250-563-1214 or 1-888-562-1214
310 Mental Health: 310-6789
BC Wide Line: 1-800-Suicide (1-800-784-2433)
Youth Line, 4-10 pm, 7 days a week: 250-564-8336 or 1-888-564-8336
Youth Crisis Texting, 4-10pm daily: 250-564-8336
Youth Online Chat, 4-10 pm daily: www.northernyouthonline.ca
5th Floor, 1600-3rd Ave., Prince George, BC V2L 3G6
Business: 250-564-5736
Fax: 250-563-0815 email: pgcrisiscentre@telus.net
website: www.crisis-centre.ca
VictimLINK (Information Services Vancouver)
Serving British Columbia and the Yukon
202-3102 Main Street, Vancouver, BC V5T 3G7
Business: (604) 875-6431
email: VictimLinkBC@bc211.ca
website: http://www.victimlinkbc.ca
S.A.F.E.R. (Suicide Attempt Follow-up, Education, & Research
Provides counselling for individuals who are in a suicidal crisis, have made a suicide attempt, or are survivors of a suicide death.
Intake Worker, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm,
Monday to Friday: 604-675-3985
#301-1669 East Broadway, Vancouver, BC V5N1V9
email: dammy.albach@vch.ca
Vancouver Island Crisis Society
Serving Vancouver Island 24/7
1-888-494-3888
P.O. Box 1118, Nanaimo, BC V9R 6E7
Business: 250-753-2495
Fax: 250-753-2475
email: info@vicrisis.ca
website: http://www.vicrisis.ca
Vancouver Child and Youth Mental Health Referral
For suicidal children and youth (18 & under) at risk to suicide.
Intake: 604-709-4111
Vancouver, BC
Burnaby Mental Health and Addictions
Burnaby residents seeking counselling for persons in suicidal crisis or support for persons concerns about someone at risk to suicide.
Intake: 604-453-1900
310 Mental Health Support Line (province wide)
Crisis 24 hours: 310-6789
website: www.crisislines.bc.ca
North Island Crisis & Counselling Centre Society
Crisis 24 hrs: 250-949-6033
P.O. Box 5267, Port Hardy, BC V0N 2P0
Business: 250-949-8333
Fax: 250-949-8344
email: cparker@island.net
KUU-US Crisis Line Society
Serving the entire province of British Columbia. KUU-US Crisis Line Society is the only Aboriginal Crisis Line in B.C.
Crisis 24 hrs: 250-723-4050
Teen line: 250-723-2040
Crisis 24 hrs: 1-800-588-8717
P.O. Box 294, Port Alberni, BC V9Y 7Y7
Business: 250-726-2323
Fax: 250-723-2382
email: KUU-Uscrisisresponse@shaw.ca
Central Fraser Valley Telecare Crisis Line
Crisis 24 hrs: 604-852-9099
P.O. Box 8000-451, Abbotsford, BC V2S 6H1
Business: 604-852-9099
Fax: 604-852-4058
email: Debbie@iptell.com
Crisis Intervention & Suicide Prevention Centre of BC
Serves Vancouver, North Vancouver city & district, Bowen Island, West Vancouver, Burnaby
763 East Broadway, Vancouver, BC V5T 1X8
Also has online chat for youth: http://www.youthinbc.com
Crisis 24 hrs: 604-872-3311
Crisis 24 hrs TTY: 604-872-0113
Serving Powell River & area, Sunshine Coast, Squamish, Whistler, Pemberton and Howe Sound-the Sea to Sky corridor
Crisis 24 hrs: 1-866-661-3311
Crisis 24 hrs TTY: 1-866-872-0113
Business: 1-604-872-1811
Fax: 1-604-879-6216
email: ablaise@crisiscentre.bc.ca or lrobbins@crisiscentre.bc.ca
website: http://www.crisiscentre.bc.ca
Fraser Health Crisis Line c/o Options Community Service
Serves All of the Fraser Health region, including Abbotsford, Agassiz, Burnaby, Chilliwack, Coquitlam, Delta, Hope, Langley, Maple Ridge, Mission, New Westminster, Pitt Meadows, Surrey, and White Rock.
Crisis 24 hrs: 1-877-820-7444
9815-140th Street, Surrey, BC V3T 4M4
Business: 604-584-5811
Fax: 604-584-7628
Email: jackie.yurick@options.bc.ca
S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Chinese Help Lines
Cantonese Help Line, 10 am – 10 pm: 604-270-8233
Mandarin Help Line, 10 am – 10 pm: 604-270-8222
#220-700 Minoru Blvd., Richmond, BC V6Y 3Z5
email: chlvolunteer@success.bc.ca
CHIMO Services Crisis Intervention Program
Serves Richmond, South Delta, Ladner & Tsawwassen
Crisis Line 7 days a week from 8am to 12am: 604-279-7070
Live Chat Thursday 4pm to 10pm – www.ChimoServices.com
#120-7000 Minoru Blvd., Richmond, BC, BC V6Y 3Z5
email: chimo@chimocrisis.com
MANITOBA
Crisis Stabilization Unit
Serving Winnipeg Health Region
(WHRA Mental Health Crisis Response)
Crisis 24 hours: (204) 940-3633
Interlake Regional Health Authority Mental Health
(Crisis Stabilization Unit/Mobile Crisis Unit),
(877) 499-8770
Klinic Community Health Centre
Serving Winnipeg
Crisis 24 hours: 1-888-322-3019
Crisis 24 hours: (204) 786-8686
Manitoba Suicide Line: 1-877-435-7170
Mental Health Crisis Service
(Karen Devine Safe House)
Serving Central Regional Health Authority
Crisis 24 hours: 1-888-310-4593
Crisis 7 days/week 4:30pm-8:30am
North Central: (204) 857-6369
South Central: (204) 325-9700
Mobile Crisis Services
(Winnipeg Regional Health Authority Crisis Services)
Serving Winnipeg Health Region
Crisis 24 hours: (204) 940-1781
Mobile Crisis Unit (MCU)
(Westman Crisis Services)
Serving Brandon and Assiniboine regions
Crisis 24 hours: 1-888-379-7699
Crisis 24 hours: (204) 725-4411
Northern Regional Health Authority
Mobile Crisis Team – This service has been available since 2011 and provides a community-based service for youth who are in crisis due to mental health concerns, suicide and/or addiction issues. Mobile crisis will be the point of entry to Hope North Recovery Centre Crisis Stabilization beds. Mobile Crisis Team is available 365 days a year between the hours of 12:00 pm (noon) to 12:00 am (Midnight). To access consultation services, assessment or for inquiries regarding admission to Hope North Centre, please call: 204-778-1472 or toll Free 1-866-242-1571.
Crisis Stabilization Unit – Opened June 2017 – provides a safe environment for youth to take a break from current life circumstances, where they will receive support, encouragement and skills to improve quality of life, increase protective factors, enhance resiliency while decreasing symptoms of stress, reducing risk factors for suicide, address mental health issues and temporarily suspend access to substances.
Youth Drug Stabilization Unit – Opened February, 2018 – This program provides a short-term support to caregivers with a child/youth 17 years of age and under who has severe and persistent misuse of alcohol or drugs. This program must be accessed by parents or legal guardians of youth, aged 12 to 17 years of age. Parents and Guardians who would like to consult on this service are welcome to contact Hope North nursing staff who are on shift daily from the hours of 10:00 am to 10:00 pm. The nurses at Hope North will guide parents and guardians as to best option(s) for their family and on the process for accessing services, which may include one of the addiction stabilization beds.
Sara Riel Crisis Stabilization Unit
Serving Winnipeg and surrounding areas
Crisis 24 hours: (204) 233-2756
NEW BRUNSWICK
Chimo Helpline (Chimo Helpline Inc.)
Serving New Brunswick 24 hours
Bilingual
Provincial toll-free Crisis line: 1-800-667-5005
Fredericton area: 450-HELP (4357)
NEW FOUNDLAND & LABRADOR
Mental Health Crisis Centre (Newfoundland and Labrador)
Serving Newfoundland and Labrador
Crisis 24 hours: 1-888-737-4668
Crisis: (709) 737-4668
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES
NWT Help Line
Serving Northwest Territories
Crisis Line: 1-800-661-0844
NOVA SCOTIA
Crisis intervention: 902-429-8167 or toll free number: 1-888-429-8167
Available 24 hours/day, 7 days/week
NUNAVUT
Nunavuat Kamatsiaqtut Help Line
Serving Nunavut and Nunavik (Arctic Quebec)
Crisis 7pm-11pm (Eastern Standard Time) 7days/week: 1-800-265-3333
Crisis 7pm-11pm (Eastern Standard Time) 7 days/week: (867) 979-3333
ONTARIO
Connex Ontario Mental Health Help Line: 1-866-531-2600
Good 2 Talk – Ontario Post Secondary Students 1-866-925-5454
Kenora Rainy River District of Ontario – Kenora, Dryden, Fort Frances, Rainy River and everywhere in between. Our phone number is 1-866-888-8988
Cambridge
Distress Line: 519-658-5455
Here 24/7 Crisis Line: 1-844-437-3247
Durham County
Distress Line: 905-430-2522; 1-800-452-0688
Distress Centre Halton
Oakville: 905-849-4541
Burlington: 905-681-1488
Milton/Halton Hills: 905-877-1211
Hamilton
Crisis Line 905-522-1477
Kingston
Distress Line: 613-544-1771
Lanark, Leeds and Grenville Counties
Distress Line: 1-800-465-4442
London & District
Reach Out 24/7 – 519-433-2023 or toll-free 1-(866)-933-2023 or by webchat at www.reachout247.ca
Support Line 24/7 – 519-601-8055 or toll-free 1-(844)-360- 8055
Mental Health and Addictions Crisis Centre 24/7 walk-in – 648 Huron Street, London ON
Niagara Region
Distress Line: 905-688-3711
Mental Health and Addictions Access Line in Niagara 1-866-550-520
Ottawa & Region
Distress Line: 613-238-3311
Crisis Line: 613-722-6914 or 1-866-996-0991
Oxford and Surrounding Region
The Crisis & Outreach Services can be accessed 24/7 at 1-866-933-2023 or www.reachout247.ca
Peel and Dufferin Region
24/7 Crisis Support Peel Dufferin 905-278-9036 or 1-888-811-2222
Sarnia & Lambton County
Distress Line: 519-336-3000 or 1-888-347-8737
Six Nations Crisis Line
Six Nations Crisis Services
1-866-445-2204 or 519-445-2404
Toronto
Distress Line: 416-408-4357
Survivor Support Program: 416-595-1716
Waterloo Region
Here 24/7 at 1-844-437-3247
Wellington
Here 24/7: 1-844-437-3247
Windsor & Essex County
Distress Line: 519-256-5000
York and South Simcoe Regions
Distress Line: 1-855-310-COPE (2673)
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
Island Helpline
24 hour province wide Serving Prince Edward Island
24 hour province wide bilingual service: 1-800-218-2885
QUEBEC
Quebec National Crisis Line
Centre de prévention du suicide de Québec
Crisis 24 Hours 1-866-APPELLE (277-3553)
Suicide Prevention Centre and Crisis Intervention Bas-Laurent
Rimouski (Quebec)
Line of intervention: (418) 724-2463
KRTB the Suicide Prevention Centre
Rivière-du-Loup (Quebec)
Line of intervention: (418) 862-9658/ 1-866-CALLS (277-3553)
Saguenay/Lac St. Jean
Chicoutimi (Quebec) G7H 5G4
Line of intervention: (418) 545-1919
Capitale-National
Service Point Baie-Saint-Paul
Baie-St-Paul (Quebec)
Line of intervention: (418) 435-2212
Suicide prevention centre Portneuf – Arc-en-ciel
Donnacona (Quebec)
Line of intervention: 1-866-CALLS (277-3553)
Charlevoix Suicide Prevention Centre
La Malbaie (Quebec)
Line of intervention: (418) 665-3921
Suicide Prevention Centre of Quebec
Response Line: (418) 683-4588
St-Mauricie
Suicide Prevention Centre of Upper St-Mauricie
La Tuque (Quebec)
Line of intervention: 1-866-CALLS (277-3553)
Suicide Prevention Centre-de-la-Mauricie/Mekinac
Shawinigan (Quebec)
Line of intervention: (819) 539-3232
Suicide Prevention Centre Les Deux Rives
Trois-Rivières (Quebec)
Line of intervention: (819) 379-9238
Youth Line: (819) 691-0818
Estrie
JEVI Suicide Prevention Centre – Estrie
Sherbrooke, (Quebec)
Line of action: 1-866-CALLS (277-3553)
Montreal
Suicide Action Montreal
Montreal, (Quebec)
Line of intervention: (514) 723-4000
Outaouis
Help Centre 24/7
Hull (Quebec)
Line of intervention: (819) 595-9999
Suicide Detour
Maniwaki (Quebec)
Line of intervention: 1-866-CALLS (277-3553)
Abitibi-Temiscamingue
Amos Suicide Prevention Centre
Amos (Quebec)
Line of intervention: 1-866-CALLS (277-3553)
Abitibi-Ouest Suicide Prevention Centre
La Serre (Quebec)
Line of intervention: 1-866-CALLS (277-3553)
Phone line intervention for suicide prevention in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue (LITPSAT)
Malartic (Quebec)
Line of intervention: 1-866-CALLS (277-3553)
Suicide Prevention Centre of Malartic
Malartic (Quebec)
Line of intervention: 1-866-CALLS (277-3553)
Suicide Prevention Centre of Rouyn-Noranda
Rouyn-Noranda (Quebec)
Line of intervention: 1-866-CALLS (277-3553)
Suicide Prevention Committee Senneterre
Senneterre (Quebec)
Line of intervention: 1-866-CALLS (277-3553)
Suicide Prevention Centre-de-Golden Valley
Val-d’Or (Quebec)
Line of intervention: 1-866-CALLS (277-3553)
Témiscamingue Suicide Prevention Centre
Ville-Marie(Quebec)
Line of intervention: 1-866-CALLS (277-3553)
North Shore
North Shore Suicide Prevention Centre
Baie-Comeau, (Quebec)
Line of action: 1-866-CALLS (277-3553)
Nord-du-Quebec
Suicide Prevention Commmittee Lebel-sur-Quévillon
Lebel-sur-Quévillon, (Quebec)
Line of intervention: 1-866-CALLS (277-3553)
Gaspesie/Iles de la Madeleine
Suicide Prevention Centre and Crisis Intervention Bas-St-Laurent (for Gaspésie-Îles)
Rimouski (Quebec)
Line of Intervention: (418) 724-2463
Online Suicide Prevention Gaspésie-Îles
Line of intervention: 1-866-CALLS (277-3553)
Chaudiere-Appalaches
Regional Telephone Service Urgence-Distress Crisis
Line of Intervention: 1-866-CALLS (277-3553)
Listening Centre and Suicide Prevention Beauce-Etchemin
St-Georges-de-Beauce (Quebec)
Line of intervention: (418) 228-0001
Laval
Ilot-Laval Crisis Regional Service
Laval (Quebec)
Line of intervention: 1-866-CALLS (277-3553)
Lanaudiere
Lanaudière Suicide Prevention Centre
Joliette (Quebec)
Line of intervention: 1-866-CALLS (277-3553)
Laurentides
Faubourg Suicide Prevention Centre
St-Jérôme (Quebec)
Line of intervention: (450) 569-0101
Monteregie
The house under the trees
Crisis intervention line: (450) 699-5935 or 1-866-CALLS (277-3553)
Suicide Prevention Centre of the Haute-Yamaska
Granby (Quebec)
Line of intervention: (450) 375-4252
The Access
Crisis Intervention Centre in Longueuil
Line of intervention: (450) 679-8689 or 1-866-CALLS (277-3553)
Suicide Prevention Centre Pierre-de-Saurel
Sorel-Tracy (Quebec)
Line of intervention: (450) 746-0303
Contact Richelieu-Yamaska
Crisis Intervention Centre (St-Hyacinthe)
Line of intervention: (450) 774-6952
Haut-Richelieu Suicide Prevention Centre
St-Jean-Sur-Richelieu (Quebec)
Line of intervention: (450) 348-6300 or 1-866-CALLS (277-3553)
The Turn, Crisis Centre and Suicide Prevention
Suroit Region:
Valleyfield (Quebec)
Line of intervention: (450) 371-4090 or 1-866-CALLS (277-3553)
Centre du Quebec
Listening Centre and Preventing Suicide Drummond
Drummondville, (Quebec)
Line of intervention: 1-866-CALLS (277-3553)
Suicide Prevention Centre Les Deux Rives
Trois-Rivières, (Quebec)
Line of intervention: (819) 379-9238
Youth line: (819) 691-0818
Suicide Prevention Centre Athabasca-Érable
Plessisville, (Quebec)
MRC intervention Maple Line: (819) 362-8581
Intervention line MRC Athabasca: (819) 751-2205
SASKATCHEWAN
FHHR Mental Health & Addictions Intake Worker
(Five Hills Mental Health & Addictions Services)
Crisis 8am-5pm, Mon-Fri: 1-877-564-0543
Crisis 8am-5pm, Mon-Fri: (306) 691-6464
Hudson Bay & District Crisis Centre
Crisis 24 hours: 1-866-865-7274
Crisis 24 hours: (306) 865-3064
Mobile Crisis Service (Saskatoon)
(Saskatoon Crisis Intervention Service Inc.)
Crisis 24 hours: (306) 933-6200
North East Crisis Intervention Centre
Crisis 24 hours: 1-800-611-6349
Crisis 24 hours: (306) 752-9455
Prince Albert Mobile Crisis Unit
Crisis 24 hours: (306) 764-1011
Regina Mobile Crisis Services
Crisis 24 hours: (306) 525-5333
Crisis after hours: (306) 569-2724
Southwest Crisis Services
Swift Current
(306) 778-3386
West Central Crisis & Family Support Centre
Crisis Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm: (306) 463-6655
YUKON
Distress and Support Line – All Ages 7 pm-12 am 7 days a week (PST) 1-844-533-3030