Resources
If you need help immediately:
Visit your local emergency department or call 911
If your school has a bench installed, you can find the local resources to help you here, where we can provide on-campus support services.
If you need help and you’re unsure where to start, the provincial resources below can help.
Nova Scotia
Mental Health Mobile Crisis Team
Telephone intervention throughout Capital District ,mobile response for Halifax, Dartmouth, Bedford
Crisis intervention & short term crisis management: 902-429-8167
Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Toll free number: 1-888-429-8167
Business: 902-446-3469
Fax: 902-431-1617
Eastern Region Help Line
Serving eastern region of Nova Scotia
1482 George Street, Sydney, NS B1P 1P3
Crisis 6pm-midnight, 7 days/week: 1-800-957-9995
Crisis 6pm-midnight, 7 days/week: (902)562-HELP(4357)
Business: (902) 567-0330
Fax: (902) 567-0330
Email: ERHL@hotmail.com
Pictou County Help Line
75 Lavinia Street, Suite 119
New Glasgow, NS B2H 1N5
Ph: 902-752-5952
Website: www.pictoucountyhelpline.ca
SOS Cape Bretton – Survivors of Suicide
General Inquiries: 902-565-7976
Fran Morrison * Available after 6pm and during weekends
Email: soscapebreton@gmail.com
Website: www.soscapebreton.ca
Feed Nova Scotia
Toll Free in NS: 1-877-521-1188
Halifax: (902)421-1188
TTY: (902) 443-2660 Halifax
TTY Toll Free in NS: 1-855-443-2660
The Helpline is open 24/7 including holidays. We offer supportive empathetic listening and referrals relationships, mental health issues, addictions, parent support, food and housing concerns.
Ontario
Need help immediately?
Dial 911 | Contact a nurse at Telehealth Ontario by dialing 1-866-797-0000 | Call the Kids Help Phone at 1 800 668-6868
Call the Good2Talk support line at 1-866-925-5454 (for post-secondary students in Ontario aged 17-25)
You can also get more information from these resources below.
Ontario Suicide Prevention Network
The website has lists of Ontario crisis centres.
Business: 905-897-9183
Website
Good 2 Talk / Allo J’ecoute
Post-Secondary Student Helpline
Business: 1-866-925-5454
Ontario Association of Distress Centres
The website has lists of Ontario distress centres website: www.dcontario.org/centres.html
Saskatchewan
Saskatoon Crisis Intervention Service
24-HOUR CRISIS LINE PHONE: +1 (306) 933-6200
Address: 103 ‒ 506 25th St East Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7K 4A7
Email: info@saskatooncrisis.ca
(This is an administrative email only and is not monitored outside business hours.)
Website: www.saskatooncrisis.ca
West Central Crisis & Family Support Centre
24hr Support Line: 306-933-6200
Crisis Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm: (306) 463-6655
Box 2235, 116-1 Avenue West, Kindersley, SK S0L 1S0
Business: (306) 463-6655
Fax: (306) 463-6410
Email: crisis@sasktel.net
Website: www.westcentralcrisis.ca
FHHR Mental Health & Addiction Intake Worker
(Five Hills Mental Health & Addiction Services Centre)
Crisis 8am-5pm, Mon-Fri: 1-877-564-0543
Crisis 8am-5pm, Mon-Fri: (306) 691-6464
455 Fairford Street East, Moose Jaw, SK S6H 1H3
Business: (306) 691-6491
Fax: (306) 691-6461
Email: sfry@fhhr.ca
North East Crisis Intervention Centre
Crisis 24 hours: 1-800-611-6349
Crisis 24 hours: (306) 752-9455
103 McKendry Avenue East, Melfort, SK S0E 1A0
Fax: (306) 752-3122
Email: necic@sasktel.net
Email: necic@shelternet.ca
Website: www.northeastoutreach.ca/services/
Hudson Bay & District Crisis Centre
Crisis 24 hours: 1-866-865-7274
Crisis 24 hours: (306) 865-3064
Box 403, 203 Patricia Street, Hudson Bay, SK S0E 0Y0
Business: (306) 865-3064
Fax: (306) 865-3391
Email: hudsonbaycrisis@sasktel.net
Regina Mobile Crisis Services
Mobile Crisis Helpline 24/7: (306) 757-0127
Crisis Suicide Helpline: (306) 525-5333
Crisis after hours: (306) 569-2724
1646-11 Avenue, Regina, SK S4P 0H4
Business: (306) 757-7809
Fax: (306) 757-7807
Email: mobilecrisis@accesscomm.ca
Website: http://www.mobilecrisis.ca
Mental Health & Addictions Child and Youth Services
Self Help Info: www.heretohelp.bc.ca
Suicide Crisis Line: Call HealthLine at 8-1-1
55 Diefenbaker Drive Moose Jaw, SK S6J 0C2
Phone: 306-691-6464
Fax: 306-691-6461
Prince Albert Mobile Crisis Unit
Crisis 24 hours: (306) 764-1011
196 B, 9 Street East, Prince Albert, SK S6V 0X5
Business: (306) 763-8181
Fax: (306) 922-9559
Email: pacrisis@sasktel.net
Website: www.pacrisis.ca
Centralized Intake
Dr. F.H. Wigmore Regional Hospital
55 Diefenbaker Drive, Moose Jaw, SK S6J 0C2
Phone: 306-691-6464
Fax: 306-691-6461
Website: www.fhhr.ca/MentalHealth.htm
Southwest Crisis Services
Box 1102 Swift Current, SK S9H 3X3
Crisis Line: (306) 778-3386
Helpline: 1-800-567-3334
(for residents of southwest Saskatchewan)
Website: www.swcrisis.ca
British Columbia
Canadian Mental Health Association Crisis Line
Serving the entire east Kootenay region, from Golden to the Alberta and USA borders
Crisis 24 Hour: 1-888-353-2273
39-13th Avenue South, Cranbrook, BC V1C 3H1
Business: 250-426-7477
Fax: 250-426-2134
Email: crisisline@cmhakootenays.org
Vancouver Island Crisis Society
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: www.pictoucountyhelpline.ca
Province-Wide
Crisis 24 hrs: 1-800-SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433)
310Mental Health Support: 310-6789 (no need to dial area code)
Business: 250-753-2495
Fax: 250-753-2475
Website: www.crisislines.bc.ca
S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Chinese Help Line
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
Business: 604-270-8611
Fax: 604-270-8611
Email: Johnson.ma@success.bc.ca
Alberta
Crisis Support Centre, a program of The Support Network
400 – 10025 106 Street, Edmonton, AB T5J 1G4
Crisis 24 hours:1-800-232-7288 (Toll free service available to Northern Alberta)
Crisis 24 hours: (780) 482-HELP (4357)
Seniors Abuse Helpline: (780) 454-8888
Business: (780) 482-0198
Fax: (780) 488-1495
Email: admin@crisissupportcentre.com
Website: www.crisissupportcentre.com
Distress Line of Southwestern Alberta (CMHA)
Serving Chinook Health Region and south part of Calgary
426-6 Street South, Lethbridge, AB T1J 2C9
Crisis 24 hours: 1-888-787-2880
Crisis 24 hours: (403) 327-7905
Business: (403) 329-4775
Fax: (403) 320-7432
Website: www.lethbridge.cmha.ab.ca
Distress Centre Calgary
Serving Calgary and surrounding areas
Suite 300, 1010-8 Avenue SW, Calgary, AB T2P 1J2
Crisis 24 hours
Main Crisis Line:(403) 266-4357
ConnecTeen: (403) 264-TEEN
on line chat
Support: www.calgaryconnecteen.com
Business: (403) 266-1601
Fax: (403) 262-2512
Email: info@distresscentre.com
Website: http://www.distresscentre.com
Newfoundland and Labrador
Mental Health Crisis Centre
47 St. Clare Avenue, St. John’s, NF A1C 2J9
Crisis 24 hours: 1-888-737-4668
Crisis: (709) 737-4668
Business: (709) 737-4271
Fax: (709) 737-4671
Newbrunswick
Serving New Brunswick bilingually 24 hours/day
P.O. Box 1033, Fredericton, NB E3B 5C2
Provincial toll-free Crisis line: 1-800-667-5005
Fredericton area: 450-HELP (4357)
Business: (506) 450-2937
Fax: (506) 450-2156
Email: chimo1@nb.aibn.com
Website: http://www.chimohelpline.ca
Prince Edward Island
Quebec National Crisis Line
Open 24/7
1-866-APPELLE (277-3553)
Association québécoise de prévention du suicide / Quebec Association for Suicide Prevention
1135 Grande Allée West, Suite 230
Québec (Quebec) G1S 1E7
Phone: (418) 614-5905
Fax: (418) 614-5906
Email: reception@aqps.info
Website: www.aqps.info/
Manitoba
Serving Winnipeg
870 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, MB R3G 0P1
Klinic Crisis Line – 24 hours: 1-888-322-3019 / (204) 786-8686 / TTY (204) 784-4097
Manitoba Suicide Line: 1-877-435-7170 (1-877-HELP170)
Kids Help Phone (national line available to Manitoba Youth): 1-800-668-6868
Klinic Sexual Assault Crisis Line: 1-888-292-7565 / (204) 786-8631 / TTY (204) 784-4097
Manitoba Farm & Rural Support Services: 1-866-367-3276
Business: (204) 784-4090
Fax: (204) 772-7998
Email: klinic@klinic.mb.ca
Website: www.reasontolive.ca
Website: www.klinic.mb.ca
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
P.O. Box 419, Iqaluit, NU X0A 0H0
Business: (867) 979-2742
Fax: (867) 979-4380
Email: slevy@qikiqtani.edu.nu.ca
Website: www.nunavuthelpline.ca/
Northwest Territories
NWT Help Line
Serving Northwest Territories
Crisis 7pm-11pm (Mountain Standard Time) 7days/week:1-800-661-0844
Yellowknife, NT X1A 2PG
Business: (867) 873-9903
Email: nwthehelpline@mail.tamarack.nt.ca
Website: www.nwthelpline.ca
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