Urgent Support
Helplines
If you are experiencing a crisis please phone Crisis Services Canada at 1-833-456-4566 or the Distress Center Helpline at 1-416-408-HELP (4357) or text 45645. In the case of an emergency, please call 911 or proceed to your nearest hospital emergency department.
KIDS HELPLINE – 1-800-668-6868
Provides professional counselling in English or French 24/7. The service is also available in Ukrainian, Russian, Pashto, Dari, Mandarin, and Arabic. Available for kids, teens, and young adults.
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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 am to 4:00 am EST.
TORONTO RAPE CRISIS CENTRE
MULTICULTURAL WOMEN AGAINST RAPE
416-597-8808
Provides private and confidential crisis intervention and support services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to: anyone who has been raped, sexually assaulted or experienced physical, sexual, emotional, psychological, ritual, or financial abuse; anyone who has had unwanted sexual touching; incest survivors; survivors of childhood and adult sexual assault and family and/or friends. Referrals can be made to other services.
THE TREVOR PROJECT – 1-866-488-7386
Text START to 678-678
Provided crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning (LGBTQ) young people under 25. The service is offered 24/7, 365 days a year.
https://www.thetrevorproject.org
BULLYING CANADA HOTLINE
1-877-352-4497
GERSTEIN CENTER 416-929-5200
Offers 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.
TALK 4 HEALING 1-855-554-HEAL (4325)
Text: 1-855-554-HEAL (4325)
Chat: talk4healing.com
Provides support and resources for Indigenous women, by Indigenous women, across Ontario, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Services are grounded in Indigenous culture, wisdom and tradition and are available in Oji-Cree, Ojibway, Cree, Algonquin, Inuktitut, Mohawk, Oneida, Odawa, Potawatomi, Micmac, Black Foot, Anishinaabe, Moose Cree, Swampy Cree and English and French
LGBT YOUTHLINE – 1-800-268-9688
or text 647-694-4275
A peer-support phone line for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, two-spirited, queer and all youth exploring gender and sexuality. Youth Line offers confidential and non-judgemental peer support through our telephone, text and chat services. Get in touch with a peer support volunteer from Sunday to Friday, 4:00PM to 9:30 PM
GOOD2TALK – 1-866-925-5454
Support for post-secondary students in Ontario and Nova Scotia. Connects you with information around referrals and supports for mental health, and addictions on and off campus.
Additional Support Networks
THE 519
An organization that responds to the needs of the LGBTQ2S community.
SEX&U
A Canadian trusted and wonderful resource that provides inclusive and diverse information around anything connected so your sexual health.
ACROSS BOUNDARIES
Provides equitable mental health and addiction services for racialized communities and is anchored in an anti-racist, anti-Black racism and anti-oppression framework. This organization serves individuals above the age of 16.
PLANNED PARENTHOOD
A sexual and mental health information service. This organization provides information on sexual health as well as offering counseling and a life resources program.
PFLAG CANADA
Helping Canadians with issues of sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression.
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