In the event of an emergency or crisis, please contact your local crisis hotline or proceed to your nearest emergency department. Mental health supports are available! Please reach out.
988
Suicide support and prevention hotline available 24/7/365. Dial or text 988. Available for both the individual and crisis or a loved one wanting support around how to help.
Crisis Services Canada
1-833-456-4566
https://www.crisisservicescanada.ca
Suicide prevention and support, available 24/7/365
Canadian Mental Health Association: https://cmha.ca
Offering mental health support across Ontario
BounceBack: https://bouncebackontario.ca
A free, guided self-help program that’s effective in helping people aged 15 and up who are experiencing mild-to-moderate anxiety or depression, or may be feeling low, stressed, worried, irritable or angry.
ConnexOntario: 1-866 -531-2600 or www.connexontario.ca
Free and confidential health services information for people experiencing problems with alcohol and drugs, mental health and/or gambling. Available 24/7.
Crisis Services Canada: 1-833-456-4566 or text 45645 https://www.crisisservicescanada.ca
Suicide prevention and support, available 24/7/365
Distress and Crisis Ontario: http://www.dcontario.org/
Distress Centres (DC’s) across Ontario offer support and a variety of services to their communities. At a DC you can find a listening ear for lonely, depressed, and/or suicidal people, usually 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The website also offers a chat function.
Good2Talk Helpline: 1-866-925-5454 or text GOOD2TALKON to 686868
Ontario’s 24/7 helpline for postsecondary students.
Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868 or text CONNECT to 686868
Youth mental health support available 24/7.
Children’s Mental Health Ontario Centres: www.cmho.org/findhelp/
100 member organizations operating in every region in Ontario, providing treatment and support to children, youth, and families. Free. No referral required.
Hope for Wellness Help Line: 1-855-242-3310
Offers immediate mental health counselling and crisis intervention to all Indigenous peoples across Canada. Phone and chat counselling is available in English, French, Cree, Ojibway and Inuktitut.
National Indian Residential School Crisis Line: 1-866-925-4419
Offers support to former residential school students and those affected. Available 24 hours.
Talk4healing (for Indigenous women): 1-855-554-4325
LGBT Youthline Ontario: 647-694-4275 + https://www.youthline.ca/ (chat, text and email currently available)
Ontario-wide peer support for lesbian, gay bisexual, transgender, transsexual, two-spirited, queer and questioning young people.
Trans Lifeline: 1-877-330-6366
Provides peer support by trans people for trans and questioning callers. Crisis and other supports and resources are provided in both English and Spanish from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m. EST.
Assaulted Women’s Helpline:
TOLL-FREE: 1-866-863-0511
TOLL FREE TTY: 1-866-863-7868
#SAFE (#7233) on your Bell, Rogers, Fido or Telus Mobile
24-hour telephone and TTY crisis line for all women in Ontario who have experienced any form of abuse.
Seniors Safety Line: 1-866-299-1011
Provided by Elder Abuse Ontario, the Seniors Safety Line provides contact and referral information for local agencies across the province that can assist in cases of elder abuse.
Ontario Caregiver Helpline: 1-833-416-2273 + live chat also available at https://ontariocaregiver.ca/
Provides caregivers with a one-stop resource for information and support.
All of Eastern Ontario
Crisis Line https://crisisline.ca/
Bilingual Toll Free: 1-866-996-0991
Bilingual Crisis Line: 613-722-6914
Ottawa & Region
Distress Centre Ottawa & Region
Crisis Line: 613-238-3311
Peterborough
Telecare Distress Centre of Peterborough
705-745-2273
Elgin, Middlesex, and Oxford Counties
Supportive Listening Line - Distress Line supporting individuals 16+yo
Call: 519-601-8055
Reach Out Crisis Line - Crisis Line
Call or Text: 519-433-2023
Toll Free: 1-866-933-2023
Cambridge
Telecare Cambridge – Crisis Line: 519-658-5455
Durham Region
Distress Centre Durham
Toll Free: 1-800-452-0688
Crisis Line: 905-430-2522
Grey Bruce Owen Sound Area
Grey Bruce Owen Sound CMHA https://greybruce.cmha.ca/
Toll Free: 1-877-470-5200
Kingston
Telephone Aid Line Kingston https://www.telephoneaidlinekingston.com/
Crisis Line: 613-544-1771
Kingston, Frontenac & Addington Public Health https://www.kflaph.ca/en/index.aspx
Frontenac County Toll-Free: 1-855-477-2963
Toll Free: 1-855-558-5151
Lanark Leeds and Grenville Mental Health Crisis Line
https://developmentalservices.com/services-distress
Toll Free: 1-866-499-8445
Niagara
Crisis Outreach and Support Team (COAST) Niagara/ Mental Health Access Line
1-866-550-5205
Pathstone Mental Health Crisis Services
Provides 24-7 crisis and intervention services to children and youth (up to 18) who are in crisis and their families who reside in the Niagara Area.
1-800-263-4944
Distress Centre Niagara
St. Catharine’s, Niagara Falls & Area Crisis Line: 905-688-3711
Port Colborne, Wainfleet & Area Crisis Line: 905-734-1212
Fort Erie & Area Crisis Line: 905-382-0689
Grimsby & West Lincoln Crisis Line: 905-563-6674
Halton
CMHA Halton Crisis Line
1-877-825-9011
TTY: 1-844-646-1700
Distress Centre Halton
North Halton Crisis Line: 905-877-1211
Oakville Crisis Line: 905-849-4541
Burlington (Hamilton) Crisis Line: 905-681-1488
Northern Ontario
CMHA Thunder Bay https://thunderbay.cmha.ca/programs-services/crisis-response-services/
807-346-8282
District/Toll Free: 1-888-269-3100
Northwest Region: 1-866-888-8988
Sudbury Mental Health and Addictions https://www.hsnsudbury.ca/portalen/Programs-and-Services/Mental-Health-and-Addictions/Crisis-Intervention-Services
705-675-4760 (Sudbury and Manitoulin Districts)
Toll-free: 1-877-841-1101
Talk4Healing (for Indigenous women)
Toll Free: 1-855-554-HEAL (4325)
Québec & Ontario
Tele-Aide Outaouais
Sans frais: 1-800-567-9699
Ligne d'intervention (Gatineau): 819-775-3223
Ligne d'intervention (Ottawa): 613-741-6433
Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area
Distress Centres of the Greater Toronto Area
Crisis Line: 416-408-4357
Survivor Support Program
416-595-1716
Waterloo, Wellington & Dufferin Counties
Here 24/7 https://here247.ca/
1-844-437-3247 (HERE247)
TTY: 1-877-688-5501
Torch Light https://www.torchlightcanada.org/
Crisis Line: 519-821-0140
Distress Line: 519-821-3760
Toll-Free Number: 1-888-821-3760
TeleCheck ~ Dufferin: 519-415-3764
Youth Support Line: 519-821-5469
Windsor & Essex County
Community Crisis Centre
519-973-4435
York
York Support Services Network Community Crisis Response Service
1-855-310-COPE (2673)
Ready for support? Feel like we could be a good fit? Please reach out! Complimentary 15-minute phone consults available.
Hanna Watkins Psychotherapy
35 Main Street North, Waterdown, Ontario L0R 2H6
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