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We are not an emergency or crisis service.

If you/a loved one is experiencing a mental health emergency or require immediate support, please call 9-1-1 or visit the nearest emergency room. Below are crisis line & quick-access mental health support options.

Suicide Crisis Helpline: call or text 9-8-8 (website: https://988.ca)

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Good2Talk.ca (available 24/7): Call 1-866-925-5454 or text GOOD2TALKON to 686868 (website: https://good2talk.ca/ontario)

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Kids Help Phone: call, text, or connect online via https://kidshelpphone.ca/need-help-now-text-us/

 

Counselling Connect offers quick access to a free counselling session (English or French). Available to
children, youth, adults, and families in the Ottawa area (https://www.counsellingconnect.org)

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Quebec: Mental health help & Support Resources
https://www.quebec.ca/en/health/mental-health/

 

RiseUp – Black Youth Helpline (Powered by Kids Help Phone)

 

One Stop Talk

  • Free, single-session virtual counselling service available across Ontario for youth ages 0-17; immediate access to free mental health support.

  • Monday to Friday from 12:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.; Saturdays from 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

  • Call: 1 (855) 416-8255 or 1 (855) 416-TALK

  • https://onestoptalk.ca

Kids Help Phone: First Nations Inuit and Métis Support

  • Text: FIRST NATIONS, INUIT or METIS to 686868

  • Connect with an Indigenous volunteer crisis responder; available 24/7

 

Hope for Wellness Helpline - Offers immediate help to Indigenous people across Canada. 

  • Call: 1-855-242-3310

  • Use the online chat (https://www.hopeforwellness.ca)

  • Available 24/7 

  • Offers counselling and crisis intervention support

  • Offered in English and French (online and phone), and Cree, Ojibway, and Inuktitut (via phone)

 

Naseeha – Muslim-Focused Mental Health Help Line

  • Call: 1-866-627-3342

  • Available 7 days a week, 12:00 p.m.- 12:00 p.m. EST; 9:00 a.m. -9:00 p.m. PST

  • Offers support for Muslim and non-muslims around the world. 

  • Available as a bridge for individuals who are going through life’s challenges, it provides a safe zone for youth and individuals to talk and connect to the help they need.

 

LGBT Youthline 

  • Call: 1-800-268-9688; Text: 647-694-4275

  • Get support through the online chat (https://www.youthline.ca)

  • Available Sunday to Friday from 4:00 pm–9:00 am

  • LGBT Youth Line offers confidential and non-judgmental peer support.

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Trans Lifeline

  • Call: 1-877-330-6366; https://translifeline.org

  • Offers trans peer support for and by trans people.

  • Services provided 24/7

  • Supported provided by a trans or nonbinary person.

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*NOTE: These resources are provided for information purposes only; they are not substitutes for individualized services/recommendations provided by licensed healthcare providers. RiverBe and Dr. Jennifer Metcalf do not specifically endorse or assume responsibility for any services, organizations, or external links listed above.

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