If you’re in an emergency, you should always call 9-1-1.
For crisis centres and supports in your area, refer to the list below.
- Canada
- Canada Suicide Prevention Services is a national crisis and suicide line offering live call and text support. Toll-free, 24 hours a day: (1-833) 456-4566 or Text 45645 from 4 pm – 12 am
The Hope for Wellness Helpline is available for Indigenous peoples across Canada. Call toll-free at (1-855) 242-3310 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, or use the chat box link.
- Alberta
- Distress Centre Calgary
- 24-hour: (1-403) 266-4357
Distress Line of Southwestern Alberta
- 24-hour: (1-403) 327-7905
Doctor Margaret Savage Crisis Centre
Lakeland- 24-hour, toll-free: (1-866) 594-0533
- 24-hour: (1-780) 594-3353
Salvation Army Hope Line
Greater Edmonton- Monday – Friday, 9:00 am – 11:30 pm: (1-780) 424-9223
Distress Line
Edmonton- 24-hour: (1-780) 482-4357
Wheatland Crisis Society Helpline
Strathmore- 24-hour toll-free: (1-877) 934-6634
- Crisis 24-hour: (1-403) 934-6634
- British Columbia
- Crisis Centre
Provincial- 24-hour toll-free: (1-800) 784-2433
- Noon – 1am: online chat (BC and Yukon)
BC 211
Provincial- 24-hour: 2-1-1
Burnaby Mental Health and Addictions Centre
Burnaby- Intake: (1-604) 453-1900
Canadian Mental Health Association Crisis Line
Kootenay, Vernon, Kelowna, Williams Lake- 24-hour:(1-888) 353-2273
Crisis Prevention, Intervention, and Information Centre
Northern British Columbia- 24-hour: (1-888) 562-1214/li>
S.A.F.E.R. (Suicide Attempt Follow-up, Education, & Research)
Vancouver- 7:30 am – 11 pm: (1-604) 675-3700
Vancouver Island Crisis Society
Vancouver Island- 24-hour: (1-888) 494-3888
KUU-US Crisis Line Society
Provincial – Indigenous- 24-hour:(1-250) 723-4050
Telecare Crisis and Caring Line>
Provincial- Toll-free: (1-888) 852-9099
- Abbotsford: (1-604) 852-9099
Fraser Health Crisis Line
Fraser Health region, including Abbotsford, Agassiz, Burnaby, Chilliwack, Coquitlam, Delta, Hope, Langley, Maple Ridge, Mission, New Westminster, Pitt Meadows, Surrey, and White Rock.- Toll-free: (1-877) 820-7444
- Local:(1-604) 951-8855
S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Chinese Helplines
Richmond and area- 10 am – 10 pm, 7 days a week
- Cantonese: (1-604) 270-8233
- Mandarin: (1-604) 270-8222
CHIMO Services Crisis Intervention Program
Richmond, South Delta, Ladner & Tsawwassen- 8 am – midnight: (1-604) 279-7070
- Manitoba
- Crisis Stabilization Unit
Winnipeg- 24-hour: (1-204) 940-3633
Interlake Regional Health Authority
View the area served here- 24-hour toll free: (1-866) 427-8628
- Local:(1-204) 482-5419
Klinic Community Health Centre
Winnipeg- Manitoba Suicide Prevention & Support Line, 24-hour:(1-877) 435-7170
- Crisis line 24-hour: (1-204) 786-8686
- Crisis line 24-hour toll-free: (1-888) 322-3019
MB Farm, Rural & Northern Support Services
- 24-hour toll-free: (1-866) 367-3276
Reason to Live Suicide Line
Provincial- 24-hour toll-free: (1-877) 435-7170
First Nations and Inuit Hope for Wellness Help Line
Counselling available in English and French – upon request, in Cree, Ojibway, and Inuktut- 24-hour toll-free: (1-855) 242-3310
- Hope North Crisis Response, Mon-Fri 8:30-4:30 pm:(1-204) 778-9977
Prairie Mountain Health
Brandon, Assiniboine, Parkland- North 24-hour toll-free: (1-866) 332-3030
- South 24-hour toll-free: (1-888) 379-7699
Southern Health-Santé Sud
- East of Red River, 24-hour toll-free: (1-888) 617-7715
- West of Red River, 24-hour toll-free: (1-866) 588-1697
- New Brunswick
- Chimo Helpline
Provincial, bilingual- 24-hour toll-free: (1-800) 667-5005
- Online chat 5pm – 12am
Tele-care: 8-1-1
- Newfoundland & Labrador
- Mental Health Crisis Line
Provincial- 24-hour toll-free:(1-888) 737-4668
- Northwest Territories
- NWT Helpline
Territory-wide- 24-hour, toll-free: (1-800) 661-0844
- Nova Scotia
- Mental Health Crisis Line
Provincial- 24-hour, toll-free: (1-800) 661-0844
- Nunavut
- Nunavut Kamatsiaqtut Help Line
Provincial, available in English, French, and Inuktitut- 24-hour toll-free: (1-800) 265-3333
- Local: (1-867) 979-3333
- Ontario
- Connex Ontario
Providing information on mental health and addiction services- 24-hour, toll-free: (1-866) 531-2600
- Online chat here
Good 2 Talk – for post-secondary students
Provincial- 24-hour, toll-free: (1-866) 925-5454
Crisis Response Services
Kenora Rainy River District- 24-hour, toll-free: (1-866) 888-8988
Cambridge Distress Line
- 24-hour: (1-905) 430-2522
Hamilton Crisis Line
Telephone Aid Line Kingston (T.A.L.K)
- 7 pm – 3 am: (1-613) 544-1771
Kitchener Waterloo Distress Line
Distress Centre
Lanark, Leeds, and Grenville- 5 pm – 12 am: (1-800) 465-4442
Support Line
London and Middlesex- 24-hour, local: (519) 601-8055
- 24-hour, toll-free: 1-844) 360-8055
- St. Catharines Niagara Falls and Area, 24-hour: (1-905) 688-3711
- Port Colborne, Wainfleet and Area, 24-hour: (1-905) 734-1212
- Fort Erie and Area, 24-hour: (1-905) 382-0689
- Grimsby, West Lincoln, 24-hour: (905) 563-6674
Mental Health and Addictions Access Line
Niagara- 24-hour: (1-866) 550-5205
- Oakville:(1-905) 849-4541
- Burlington: (1-905) 681-1488
- North Halton: (1-905) 877-1211
- Outbound:TeleCheck (they call you for a 10-minute check-in)
Distress Centre of Ottawa and Region
- Ottawa, 24-hour: (1-613) 238-3311
- Outaouais, 24-hour: 1-866-676-1080
Crisis lines
- Ottawa, 24-hour: (1-613) 722-6914
- Champlain, 24-hour: (1-866) 996-0991
- Grey and Bruce, 24-hour: (1-877) 470-5200
Peel Crisis Capacity Network
Brampton, Mississauga, Caledon- Canada Mental Health Association Peel, 24-hour: (1-905) 278-9036
- Distress Centre Peel, 24-hour: (1-905) 278-7208
Spectra Helpline
Peel region – multiple languages available- Brampton & Mississauga, 24-hour: (1-905) 459-7777
- Caledon, 24-hour: (1-877) 298-5444
- Texting, 24-hour: (1-905) 278-4890
Distress Line – Sarnia Lambton
- (1-519) 336-3000
- Toll-free: (1-888) 347-8737
Six Nations Crisis Services
Ohsweken- Toll-free: (1-866) 445-2204
- (1-519) 445-2404
Distress Centres of Greater Toronto
- Distress line: (1-416) 408-4357
Torchlight Distress Line
Guelph, Dufferin- Toll-free, 24-hour: (1-888) 821-3760
The Distress Centre of the Downtown Mission
Windsor- 12 pm – 12 am: (1-519) 256-5000
- Text 2 pm – 2 am: 258258
- Online chat from 2 pm – 2 am
- 24-hour, toll-free: (1-855) 310-2673
- Text: 1-866-323-7785
- Live chat, 7 am – 12 am here
- Prince Edward Island
- The Island Helpline
Provincial, bilingual- 24-hour, toll-free: (1-800) 218-2885
- Québec
- Centre de prévention du suicide de Québec
Provincial, bilingual- 24-hour, toll-free: (1-866) 277-3553
KRTB the Suicide Prevention Centre
Centre de prévention du suicide et d’intervention de crise du Bas-Saint-Laurent
Saguenay/Lac St. Jean
Service Point Baie-Saint-Paul
Baie-St-Paul
Suicide prevention centre Portneuf – Arc-en-ciel
- 24-hour, toll-free: (1-844) 285-3283
- Local: (1-418) 285-3283
Charlevoix Suicide Prevention Centre
La Malbaie- Local services, 8:30 – 12 pm and 1 – 4:30 pm: (1-418) 665-0096
Suicide Prevention Centre of Quebec
Quebec City- Local services, 8:30 am – 4:30 pm: (1-418) 683-4588
Suicide Prevention Centre Les Deux Rives
Trois-Rivières (Quebec)- Local: (1-819) 379-9238
JEVI Centre de prévention du suicide – Estrie
Sherbrooke, (Quebec)- Local, 8:30 am – 4:30 pm: (1-819) 564-1354/li>
Suicide Action Montreal
Montreal, (Quebec)- Local, 9:30 am – 5 pm: (1-514) 723-3594
Suicide Detour
Maniwaki- Local info: (1-819) 441-1010/li>
Amos Suicide Prevention Centre
Amos- Local: (1-819) 732-5473
Abitibi-Ouest Suicide Prevention Centre
La Serre- Local, 8 am – 4 pm: (1-819) 339-3356
Suicide Prevention Centre of Malartic
Malartic- Local: (1-819) 757-6645
Suicide Prevention Centre of Rouyn-Noranda
Rouyn-Noranda- Local, 8:30 am – 12 pm, 1 pm – 4:30 pm: (1-819) 764-5099
Témiscamingue Suicide Prevention Centre
Ville-Marie- Local services: (1-819) 625-2500/li>
Suicide Prevention Centre and Crisis Intervention Bas-St-Laurent (for Gaspésie-Îles)
Rimouski- Local: (1-418) 724-2463/li>
Chaudiere-Appalaches Regional Telephone Service
- Local: (1-800) 220-8893
Suicide Prevention Beauce-Etchemin
St-Georges-de-Beauce- Local: (1-418) 228-0001
Ilot-Laval Crisis Regional Service
Laval- Local: (1-450) 629-2911
Lanaudière Suicide Prevention Centre – Joliette
Centre prevention suicide Faubourg
St-Jérôme- Local: (1-450) 569-0101
Crisis and suicide prevention centre La Maison Sous les Arbres
Châteauguay- Local: (1-450) 699-5935
- (1-855) 699-5935
Centre de prévention du suicide de la Haute-Yamaska
Granby- Local intervention: (1-450) 375-4252
Centre de crise L’Accès
Montérégie-Est- Local intervention: (1-450) 679-8689/li>
Centre de crise et de prévention du suicide La Traversée
Sorel-Tracy- Local: (1-450) 746-0303
Centre de crise et de prévention du suicide du Haut-Richelieu Rouville
St-Jean-Sur-Richelieu- 24-hour: (1-450) 348-6300
Le Tournant
Salaberry -de-Valleyfield- 24-hour: (1-450) 371-4090
- 24-hour, toll-free: (1-833) 371-4090/li>
Le Centre d’écoute et de prévention suicide Drummond
Drummondville, (Quebec)- 24-hour: (1-819) 477-8855
Le Centre de prévention suicide Arthabaska-Érable
Victoriaville- MRC d’Arthabaska : (1-819) 751-2205
- MRC de l’Érable : (1-819) 362-8581
- Saskatchewan
- Five Hills Mental Health & Addictions Services
Moose Jaw- Crisis Intake 8am-5pm, Mon-Fri: (1-306) 691-6464
Saskatoon Crisis Intervention Service
- 24-hour: (1-306) 933-6200
North East Outreach and Support Services
Melfort- 24-hour: 1-800-611-6349
Prince Albert Mobile Crisis Unit
Mobile Crisis Services
Regina- 24-hour: (1-306)-757-0127
Southwest Crisis Services
Swift Current- Southeast Saskatchewan: 1-(800) 567-3334
- 24-hour: 1-306-778-3386
West Central Crisis & Family Support Centre
Kindersley- 24-hour: (1-306) 933-6200/li>
- Yukon
- Distress and Support Line
- 7 pm – 12 am: (1-844) 533-3030
