Confidentiality

Our conversations are for you and will not be shared with others except in the following circumstances:

  1. Immediate threat of harm or danger to yourself or to others – I will share only what is necessary to protect you or others.
  2. Harassment or criminal activity – I will share only what is required by law upon request from court.

If you are in crisis, I will help you find contact information to a crisis centre or other support in your area.

If your life or others are at risk, call 911 immediately.

In the US, please call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline 1-800-273-8255

In Canada, please contact your local crisis centre.

Alberta

Distress Centre Calgary

Serving Calgary and surrounding areas
Crisis 24 hours
Main Crisis Line: (403) 266-4357
ConnecTeen: (403) 264-TEEN

National Emergency Number for Canada is 911

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

Wheatland Shelter Crisis Line (Community Crisis Society, Wheatland Shelter)

Crisis 24 hours: 1-877-934-6634
Crisis 24 hours: (403) 934-6634

Wood’s Homes

Calgary
Crisis 24 hours: 1-800-563-6106
Crisis 24 hours: (403) 299-9699

British Columbia

Burnaby Mental Health and Addictions

Burnaby residents seeking counselling for persons in suicidal crisis or support for persons conerns about someone at risk to suicide.
Intake: 604-453-1900

Campbell River Crisis Line

Crisis 24 hrs: 250-287-7743

Canadian Mental Health Association Crisis Line

Serving the entire east Kootenay region, from Golden to the Alberta and USA borders
Crisis 24 Hour: 250-426-8407
Crisis 24 Hour: 1-800-667-8407

Central Fraser Valley Telecare Crisis Line

Crisis 24 hrs: 604-852-9099

CHIMO Services Crisis Intervention Program

Serves Cirhmond, South Delta, Ladner & Tsawwassen
Crisis 15 hrs (9 am – midnight): 604-279-7070

Crisis & Counselling Program (Williams Lake)

Jubilee Care/CMHA
Crisis 24 hrs: 250-398-8224

Crisis Centre for Northern BC

Serves all of Northern BC north of Quesnel, except the Peace River Country, Fraser Lake, Fort Fraser & Vanderhoof
Prince George Crisis, 24 hrs: 250-563-1214
Youth Line, 4-11 pm: 250-564-8336
Crisis, 24 hrs.: 1-888-562-1214
Fraser Lake Crisis Line: 250-699-6315

Crisis Intervention & Suicide Prevention Centre of BC

Serves Vancouver, North Vancouver city & district, Bowen Island, West Vancouver, Burnaby
Also has online chat for youth: 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

Crossroads Crisis Centre Society

Serving the Comox Valley area
Crisis 24 hrs: 250-334-2455

East Kootenay Crisis Line

Serving entire east Kootenay region, from Golden to the Alberta & USA borders
Crisis 24 hrs, Cranbrook: 250-426-8407
Crisis, 24 hrs, outside of Cranbrook: 1-800-426-8407

Fraser Valley Regional Crisis Line

Serves Mission, Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Agassiz/Harrison, Hope, Yale & Boston Bar
Crisis 24 hrs: 604-820-1166
Crisis 24 hrs: 1-877-820-7444

G.R. Baker Memorial Hospital (Q.U.E.S.S.T. Unit )

Crisis, 24 hrs: 250-992-9414

Kelowna Crisis Line

Serves Kelowna, Westbank, Winfield, Lakecountry
Crisis 24 hrs: 250-763-9191

KUU-US Crisis Line Society

Serving Port Alberni, Ucluelet, Tofino, Bamfield, and West coast of Vancouver Island
Crisis 24 hrs: 250-723-4050
Teen line: 250-723-2040
Crisis 24 hrs: 1-800-588-8717

North Island Crisis & Counselling Centre Society

Crisis 24 hrs: 250-949-6033

Penticton & Area Crisis Line

Serves Penticton, Summerland, Oliver, Osoyoos & Princeton
Crisis 24 hrs: 250-493-6622

PIN Crisis Intervention Society (PIN Crisis Line)

Crisis 24 hrs: 250-545-2339
Salmon Arm: 250-833-1488
Enderby: 250-838-0880
Revelstoke: 250-837-6601

Province-Wide British Columbia, BC

Crisis 24 hrs: 1-800-SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433)

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 loss.
Intake Worker, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday: 604-675-3985

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

South Fraser Regional Crisis Line c/o Surrey Community Services

Serves Surrey, Whiterock, Langley and Delta
Crisis 24 hrs: 604-951-8855

Vancouver Child and Youth Mental Health Referral

For suicidal children and youth (18 & under) at risk to suicide.
Intake: 604-709-4111

Vancouver Island Crisis Line

Serves: All of Vancouver Island and Select areas of the Northern Interior (follows Island Health regional boundaries)

Vancouver Island Crisis Line (24/7): 1-888-494-3888
Suicide: 1-800-Suicide (1-800-784-2433) (BC wide – 24/7)
Mental Health Information: 310-6789 (BC wide – 24/7)
Crisis Chat Services – online emotional support from a trained Crisis Line Worker – accessible through website every day from 6-10pm.
Business Office: toll-free 1-877-753-2495 or local 250-753-2495 (Mon – Fri, 9am-12pm & 1pm-4pm)

West Kootenay – Boundary Regional Crisis Line

Serves Trail & Rossland, the West Kootenay and Boundary regions, including Nelson, Grand Forks, Castlegar, Christina Lake, New Denver, Nakusp and Salmo
Crisis 24 hrs: 250-364-1718
Crisis 24 hrs: 1-800-515-6999

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),
(204) 482-91272

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

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)

Newfoundland & 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, Yukon & Nunavut

Awareness Centre

This is a temporary RCMP crisis line
Crisis 24 hours: (867) 982-0123

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

NWT Help Line

Serving Northwest Territories
Crisis 7pm-11pm (Mountain Standard Time) 7days/week: 1-800-661-0844

Nova Scotia

Eastern Regional Help Line

Serving eastern region of Nova Scotia
Crisis 6pm-midnight, 7 days/week: 1-800-957-9995
Crisis 6pm-midnight, 7 days/week: (902)562-HELP(4357)

Feed Nova Scotia

Crisis 24 hours Youth
1-800-420-3240

Crisis 24 hours Adults
(902) 421-1188

Eastern Regional Help Line
Serving eastern region of Nova Scotia
Crisis 6pm-midnight, 7 days/week
1-800-957-9995

Crisis 6pm-midnight, 7 days/week
(902)562-HELP(4357)

Telephone intervention throughout Capital District ,mobile response for Halifax, Dartmouth, Bedford
crisis intervention & short term crisis management: 902-429-8167
available 20 hours/day 9am-5am, 7 days/week
toll free number: 1-888-429-8167

Mental Health Mobile Crisis Team (MHMCT)

crisis intervention & short term crisis management
Telephone intervention throughout Capital District ,mobile response for Halifax, Dartmouth, Bedford
902-429-8167

available 20 hours/day 9am-5am, 7 days/week
toll free number
1-888-429-8167

Pictou County Help Line

Serving Nova Scotia
Crisis 12 noon-12 midnights, 7 days/week
(902) 752-5952

Ontario

Cambridge

Distress Line: 519-658-6805

Durham County

Distress Line: 905-430-2522; 1-800-452-0688

Hamilton

Crisis Line 905-522-1477

Kingston

Distress Line: 613-544-1771

Kitchener Waterloo

Distress Line 519-745-1166

Lanark, Leeds and Grenville Counties

Distress Line: 1-800-465-4442

London & District

London Mental Health Crisis Line: 519-433-2023
Distress Line: 519-667-6711
Seniors Helpline (SHL): 519-667-6600

Niagara Region

Distress Line: 905-688-3711

Mental Health and Addictions Access Line in Niagara 1-866-550-5205

North Halton

Distress Line: 905-877-1211

Oakville

Distress Line: 905-849-4541

Ottawa & Region

Distress Line: 613-238-3311
Crisis Line: 613-722-6914 or 1-866-996-0991

Peel Region

Distress Line: 905-278-7208
Mobile Crisis Line: 905-278-9036 or 1-800-363-0971

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

Distress Line: 519-745-1166

Wellington and Dufferin Counties

Distress Line: 519-821-3760 or 1-888-821-3760
Crisis Line: 519-821-0140 or 1-877-822-0140

Windsor & Essex County

Distress Line: 519-256-5000

Prince Edward Island

Island Helpline

24 hour province wide Serving Prince Edward Island
24 hour province wide bilingual service: 1-800-218-2885

Quebec

Centre de prévention du suicide de Québec

Services d’intervention 24 heures/24, 7jours/7 (1-866-APPELLE)
1-866-277-3553

si tu as besoin d’aide immédiatement ou…
Services d’intervention 24 heures/24, 7jours/7
418-683-4588

si tu as besoin d’aide immédiatement

Saskatchewan

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

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