Immediate and Crisis Resources

More than a “Helpline” and serving all youth, our “Helpline” serves as the point of contact to our professional services from youth, families, school districts and a variety of youth serving stakeholders.

Service in French and other languages available upon request.

Available everyday from 9 am – 10 pm.

This line is a free, confidential and culturally safe crisis line providing emotional and crisis support to Indian Residential School Survivors, intergenerational Survivors, their families and Indigenous communities.

Trained Indigenous counsellors and support workers can provide immediate emotional support, crisis intervention, grounding and referrals to culturally relevant services.

Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Text HOME to 741741 from anywhere in the United States – 24/7, free, confidential. Crisis Text Line is here for you. A live, trained volunteer Crisis Counselor will receive your text and respond with care and compassion. They’re here to listen, support you, and help you move from a hot moment to a cool calm.

Distress Centres of Greater Toronto provides 24-hour support, 7 days a week, 365 days a year to individuals in our community at risk and their most vulnerable.

408-Help Whether you’re struggling with overwhelming emotional distress, social marginalization and mistreatment, or having thoughts of suicide, our 408 helpline allows you to connect with our well-trained volunteer responders who can provide you with timely support.

For adults 16+ in the City of Toronto who are dealing with mental health, concurrent, or substance use issues and are currently in crisis.

Our services include 24/7 telephone support, in-person mobile crisis team, community support referrals, substance use crisis management, follow-up and access to short-term crisis beds.

Over-the-phone interpretation services are available 24/7 in over 180 languages through RIO Network.

Good2Talk provides 24/7 free, confidential support services for post-secondary students in Ontario and Nova Scotia.

Support in Ontario can be accessed by calling, texting or through Facebook Messenger.

Support in Nova Scotia can be accessed by calling or texting.

Hope for Wellness Helpline is a free, confidential and culturally safe service available to all Indigenous people across Canada.

Experienced counsellors are available by telephone and online chat to provide immediate emotional support, crisis intervention and referrals to community-based services.

Support is available in English and French, as well as Cree, Ojibwe and Inuktitut by request.

Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Kids Help Phone is Canada’s 24/7 e-mental health service offering free, confidential support to young people in English and French.

We’re here for kids, teens and young adults from coast to coast to coast and offer the following immediate support:

• Texting with a crisis responder any time, about anything, via Tap to Text.
• Getting support from a crisis responder through Facebook Messenger.
• Calling a crisis responder any time, about anything, via the helpline 1-800-668-6868.

YouthLine offers free, anonymous and non-judgemental peer support for 2SLGBTQ+ youth aged 29 and under in Ontario.

Connect with trained 2SLGBTQ+ youth peer supporters.

We offer help in multiple languages. Our trained volunteers are happy to assist individuals in the areas of emotional distress, relationship issues, and life changes. We strive to create a welcoming environment for people of all backgrounds, cultures, and languages.

Apart from our English line which is available 24/7, we also offer services in:

Mandarin (国语), Cantonese (粤语), Spanish (Español), Portuguese (Português), Hindi (हिन्दी), Urdu (اردو), Punjabi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ)

Multilingual support is available Monday-Friday, from 10am-10pm

We’re Canada’s First 24/7 Muslim Youth Helpline
Thousands of youth. Every hour, every night, because a crisis doesn’t wait for business hours, and neither do we.

When life feels overwhelming, you do not have to face it alone.
Naseeha is here 24/7 with a free helpline, accessible online therapy, and compassionate mental health education.

Community-funded through Sadaqah and Zakat.

RiseUp powered by Kids Help Phone is a Canada-wide, 24/7, bilingual e-mental health support service for African, Caribbean, and Black youth. The service is free and available from coast to coast to coast.

RiseUp is unique in how we celebrate and support young people from across the Afro-diaspora through every aspect of Kids Help Phone’s services. Together, we’re shaping and developing a future free from systemic anti-Black racism – grounded in a deeper understanding of the structural barriers that young Black people face when they connect for mental health and wellness support.

If you are feeling like you have lost hope and are struggling to cope, if you are dealing with thoughts of suicide, or if you are worried about someone else, 9-8-8: Suicide Crisis Helpline is here for you. When you reach out, a trained responder will listen without judgement, provide support and understanding, and can tell you about resources that will help.

9-8-8 is here to provide moments of connection that create hope, support recovery and save lives.

Service available 24/7 and 365 days per year.

It’s Okay to Ask for Help

The Toronto Community Crisis Service (TCCS) provides free, confidential, in-person mental health supports city-wide from mobile crisis worker teams.

TCCS supports Toronto residents 16 years of age or older and is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The service provides a non-police-led, community-based, client focused, and trauma-informed response to mental health crisis calls and wellness checks. A trauma informed approach promotes healing and recovery and takes into account a client’s life experiences.

TCCS also provides:

• referrals and connections to other services
• resources and information
• post-crisis follow-up supports

A trained and experienced peer counsellor is available to speak with any and all survivors of sexual and gender-based violence and their supporters, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Our counsellors are here to listen to you, hold space, and offer emotional support.

Our crisis line is available 24/7.

Trans Lifeline is a  free, confidential and anonymous peer support hotline run by and for trans and questioning people. Trained trans and nonbinary peer operators provide emotional support, crisis assistance and connections to community resources.

Trans Lifeline does not contact emergency services without the caller’s explicit consent.