Alberta Crisis Lines and Support Resources

 

Mental Health Helpline

  • Toll Free: 1-877-303-2642
  • Available 24/7 for mental health support, crisis intervention, and referrals
  • Can also dial 811 and follow prompts to speak with Addiction and Mental Health team

Health Link 811

  • Call: 811
  • 24/7 health advice and information service
  • Includes mental health support and navigation services

Addiction Helpline

  • Toll Free: 1-866-332-2322
  • 24/7 confidential support for addiction services and information

211 Alberta

  • Call: 211
  • Community services information and referrals
  • Available 24/7, free, confidential, and multilingual

Family Violence Support

  • Call or Text: 310-1818
  • Online chat available

Distress Centre Calgary (Calgary and Southern Alberta)

  • Crisis Line: 403-266-HELP (4357)
  • ConnecTeen (Youth): 403-264-TEEN (8336)
  • Daily chat and text support available

Sexual Violence Support

  • Toll Free: 1-866-403-8000
  • Text: 1-866-403-8000
  • Available 9 AM to 9 PM, 7 days a week

National Helplines

988 Suicide Crisis Helpline

  • Call or Text: 9-8-8
  • National suicide prevention and support

Crisis Services Canada: Canada Suicide Prevention Service

  • Toll Free: 1-833-456-4566
  • Text: 45645
  • Available to anyone thinking about or affected by suicide

Kids Help Phone

  • Toll Free: 1-800-668-6868
  • Text: 686-868
  • Free, anonymous counselling for youth

First Nations and Inuit Hope for Wellness Help Line

  • Toll Free: 1-855-242-3310
  • Crisis intervention counselling for First Nations and Inuit persons

Indian Residential School Crisis Line

  • Toll Free: 1-866-925-4419
  • Available 24/7 for former Residential School students

Crisis Text Line

  • Text: CONNECT to 741741
  • Free, 24/7 crisis support via text

Emergency Services

  • Immediate Emergency: Call 911
  • For additional resources in Alberta: Contact 211 Alberta

Please keep this information readily available and do not hesitate to use these services if needed.

 

Quebec Crisis Lines and Support Resources

Info-Social 811

  • Call: 811
  • Mental health information and support

Quebec Suicide Prevention and Help Line

  • Toll Free: 1-866-APPELLE (1-866-277-3553)
  • Text: 535353
  • Chat: suicide.ca
  • Available 24/7 for suicide prevention and support

Tel-jeunes (Youth 12-17 years)

  • Toll Free: 1-800-263-2266 (6 AM to 2 AM)
  • Text/Chat: 514-600-1002 (8 AM to 10:30 PM)
  • Free and confidential service for youth

Tel-jeunes Parents

  • Toll Free: 1-800-361-5085 (6 AM to midnight)
  • Live chat (6 AM to 10:30 PM)
  • For parents of children aged 0-20 years

Family Peer Supporters

  • Toll Free: 1-800-349-9915
  • For families and loved ones of people with mental disorders
  • Monday 1-4 PM, Tuesday-Thursday and Saturday 1-6 PM

Phobies-Zéro (Anxiety Disorders)

  • Toll Free: 1-866-922-0002
  • Support for anxiety disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder

ANEB (Eating Disorders)

  • Help Line: 1-800-630-0907
  • Information and services for eating disorders

National Helplines

988 Suicide Crisis Helpline

  • Call or Text: 9-8-8
  • National suicide prevention and support

Crisis Services Canada: Canada Suicide Prevention Service

  • Toll Free: 1-833-456-4566
  • Text: 45645
  • Available to anyone thinking about or affected by suicide

Kids Help Phone

  • Toll Free: 1-800-668-6868
  • Text: 686-868
  • Free, anonymous counselling for youth

First Nations and Inuit Hope for Wellness Help Line

  • Toll Free: 1-855-242-3310
  • Crisis intervention counselling for First Nations and Inuit persons

Indian Residential School Crisis Line

  • Toll Free: 1-866-925-4419
  • Available 24/7 for former Residential School students

Crisis Text Line

  • Text: CONNECT to 741741
  • Free, 24/7 crisis support via text

Emergency Services

  • Immediate Emergency: Call 911

  • For additional resources in Quebec: Contact Info-Social 811

Please keep this information readily available and do not hesitate to use these services if needed.

Nunavut Helplines

Kamatsiaqtut Helpline

  • Local Phone: 867-979-3333
  • Toll Free: 1-800-265-3333
  • Available 24 hours a day, every day
  • Toll-free, anonymous, confidential telephone listening/counselling service

Elders Support Phone Line

  • Toll Free: 1-866-684-5056
  • Monday to Friday, 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM
  • Peer-to-peer counselling for Inuktitut-speaking Elders

National Helplines

988 Suicide Crisis Helpline

  • Call or Text: 9-8-8
  • National suicide prevention and support

Crisis Services Canada: Canada Suicide Prevention Service

  • Toll Free: 1-833-456-4566
  • Text: 45645
  • Available to anyone thinking about or affected by suicide

Kids Help Phone

  • Toll Free: 1-800-668-6868

  • Text: 686-868

  • Free, anonymous counselling for youth

First Nations and Inuit Hope for Wellness Help Line

  • Toll Free: 1-855-242-3310
  • Crisis intervention counselling for First Nations and Inuit persons

Indian Residential School Crisis Line

  • Toll Free: 1-866-925-4419
  • Available 24/7 for former Residential School students

Crisis Text Line

  • Text: CONNECT to 741741
  • Free, 24/7 crisis support via text

Emergency Services

  • Immediate Emergency: Call 911
  • For additional resources in Nunavut: Contact 211 Nunavut

Please keep this information readily available and do not hesitate to use these services if needed.