A few HELPFUL Resources for Toronto
in a mental health emergency, go to your nearest emergency department.
Posted 2020-05-31
If you are seeking support or therapy related to the discovery of more than 200 bodies of children who were in the care of the Kamloops Indian Residential School, some resources are listed below:
KUU-US Crisis Line
1-800-588-8717 (BC-wide Toll-free)
Indian Residential School Survivors and Family
1-866-925-4419
Tsow-Tun-Le-Lum Society
1-888-403-3123
Aboriginal Wellness Program
604-675-2551 or 1-866-884-0888
(Resources listed 2020-05-30 by Burnaby Now)
During the Covid-19 crisis
WELLNESS TOGETHER CANADA
https://ca.portal.gs/
PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO
https://www.publichealthontario.ca/
PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA
https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health.html
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
https://www.who.int/
Other Resources
Please note that downtown Toronto resources are listed below where multiple options exist.
HELPLINE 24/7 - Greater Toronto
Distress Centres of Greater Toronto | www.dcogt.com/408-help-line | 416-408-4357 | TEXT 45645 Available Daily 4pm-12am ET
HELPLINE 24/7 - Ontario
ConnexOntario | www.connexontario.ca | 1-866-531-2600 | Webchat | Email
HELPLINE 24/7 -- Canada
http://www.crisisservicescanada.ca | Toll-free 1-833-456-4566 | TEXT 45645 Available Daily 4pm-12am ET
FIRST NATIONS and INUIT HOPE FOR WELLNESS HELP LINE 24/7
https://www.hopeforwellness.ca/ | 1-855-242-3310
KIDS HELP PHONE 24/7
www.kidshelpphone.ca | 1-800-668-6868 | Text #686868 (#CONNECT) | Live Chat (up to age 30)
HELPLINE (Students at Ontario’s publicly-funded colleges & universities) 24/7
Good2Talk--www.good2talk.ca | 1-866-925-5454 or 2-1-1
CHILD ABUSE HOTLINE 24/7
Children's Aid Society of Toronto: http://torontocas.ca/ | 416-924-4646
RAPE/SEXUAL ASSAULT CRISIS HELPLINE 24/7
Toronto Rape Crisis Centre/Multicultural Women Against Rape | https://trccmwar.ca/ | Email: crisis@trccmwar.ca | 416-597-8808
ASSAULTED WOMEN’S HELPLINE 24/7
www.awhl.org | 1-866-863-0511 | Text #7233 (#SAFE–Rogers, Fido, Bell, Telus cellphones)
ASSAULTED WOMEN HELPLINE 24/7 (Francophone)
www.femaide.ca | 1-877-336-2433
REPORTING NEGLECT OR ABUSE - ADULTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY 24/7
ReportOn | https://www.mcss.gov.on.ca/en/mcss/programs/developmental/reportON/ | reportONdisability@ontario.ca | 1-800-575-2222
REPORTING ELDER ABUSE
Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario | http://www.eapon.ca/ | 1-866-299-1011
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE INFORMATION 24/7
CAMH | www.camh.ca | 416-535-8501
HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICES
Emergency 9-1-1
AMBULANCE PARAMEDIC EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES UNIT
Non-emergency 416-392-2000 | Email ems@toronto.ca. | Emergency 9-1-1
TEXT AND CHAT SERVICE -- Youth
Youthspace.ca (NEED2 Suicide Prevention, Education & Support) | www.youthspace.ca | Youth Text (6pm-12am PT): (778) 783-0177 | Youth Chat (6pm-12am PT)
TEXT AND CHAT SERVICE -- Ontario
ONTX Ontario Online & Text Crisis Service | Crisis Text (2pm-2am ET): 258258 | Crisis Chat (2pm-2am ET): www.dcontario.org/ontx.html
VANAULEY STREET YMCA CENTRE FOR YOUTH
https://ymcagta.org/about-us/our-new-ys/vanauley-street-ymca | 416-504-9700
HOMELESS HELP
https://www.toronto.ca/community-people/housing-shelter/homeless-help/ | Call 311 for advice
YOUNG ADULT MENTAL HEALTH
Stella's Place | https://stellasplace.ca/ | 416-461-2345
CHILDREN’S SERVICES - CITY OF TORONTO
https://www.toronto.ca/community-people/children-parenting/ | Email childcare@toronto.ca | 311 or Subsidy information 416-338-8888 press 2
LGBTTQQ2SI SUPPORT
LGBT youthline | www.youthline.ca | 647-694-4275 | Text #647-694-4275 | Webchat
The 519 | https://www.the519.org/ | Info@The519.org | 416-392-6874
SEXUAL HEALTH / HIV-AIDS TESTING
www.sexualhealthontario.ca
TORONTO PUBLIC HEALTH
publichealth@toronto.ca | 416-338-7600
Hassle Free Clinic https://www.toronto.ca/community-people/health-wellness-care/health-clinics/sexual-health-clinics/ | 416-922-0566
SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR GAMBLING - ConnexOntario
www.connexontario.ca | Toll Free 1-866-531-2600 | Webchat | Email
NEWCOMER SERVICES
Orientation to Ontario | https://settlement.org/o2o/ | 1-885-626-0002
SENIORS HELP LINE (Toronto)
https://torontoseniorshelpline.ca/ | 416-217-2077
INDIGENOUS HEALTH AND WELLNESS PROGRAM
Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre - Niiwin Wendaanimak (Four Winds) | Queen West Site
https://pqwchc.org/programs-services/niiwin-wendaanimak-four-winds/detail-on-niiwin-wendaanimak-four-winds-indigenous-health-and-wellness-program/ | 416‑703‑8480 ext 2426
VICTIM SUPPORT LINE - Toronto
http://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/ovss/ | 416-314-2447
TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, COMMUNITY, COURT AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS
For Women: Elizabeth Fry Toronto | https://efrytoronto.org/ | 416-924-3708
For Men: John Howard Society (Pardon Program for men/women) | https://johnhoward.on.ca/toronto/ | 416-925-4386
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS -- Toronto
www.aatoronto.org | info@aatoronto.org | 416-487-5591 | Text 416-928-2521
THERAPY EXPLOITATION LINK LINE
www.therapyabuse.org | info@therapyabuse.org
MEDICAL CLINIC / GENERAL PRACTITIONER
www.health.gov.on.ca/en/public/programs/hco/options/family.aspx
TELEHEALTH ONTARIO: Toll Free 1-866-797-0000
COLLEGE OF REGISTERED PSYCHOTHERAPISTS OF ONTARIO
www.crpo.ca | info@crpo.ca | 416-479-4330
Other: www.211.ca
Other: www.eMentalHealth.ca
Other:
Please note: This is information is provided as a starting point for finding resources or as an example of resources which may exist for specific communities or within specific areas/regions. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this information at the time of posting but information may be changed by service providers at any time. Where possible, check with sources.
Last edited: November 26, 2020
If you are seeking support or therapy related to the discovery of more than 200 bodies of children who were in the care of the Kamloops Indian Residential School, some resources are listed below:
KUU-US Crisis Line
1-800-588-8717 (BC-wide Toll-free)
Indian Residential School Survivors and Family
1-866-925-4419
Tsow-Tun-Le-Lum Society
1-888-403-3123
Aboriginal Wellness Program
604-675-2551 or 1-866-884-0888
(Resources listed 2020-05-30 by Burnaby Now)
During the Covid-19 crisis
WELLNESS TOGETHER CANADA
https://ca.portal.gs/
PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO
https://www.publichealthontario.ca/
PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA
https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health.html
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
https://www.who.int/
Other Resources
Please note that downtown Toronto resources are listed below where multiple options exist.
HELPLINE 24/7 - Greater Toronto
Distress Centres of Greater Toronto | www.dcogt.com/408-help-line | 416-408-4357 | TEXT 45645 Available Daily 4pm-12am ET
HELPLINE 24/7 - Ontario
ConnexOntario | www.connexontario.ca | 1-866-531-2600 | Webchat | Email
HELPLINE 24/7 -- Canada
http://www.crisisservicescanada.ca | Toll-free 1-833-456-4566 | TEXT 45645 Available Daily 4pm-12am ET
FIRST NATIONS and INUIT HOPE FOR WELLNESS HELP LINE 24/7
https://www.hopeforwellness.ca/ | 1-855-242-3310
KIDS HELP PHONE 24/7
www.kidshelpphone.ca | 1-800-668-6868 | Text #686868 (#CONNECT) | Live Chat (up to age 30)
HELPLINE (Students at Ontario’s publicly-funded colleges & universities) 24/7
Good2Talk--www.good2talk.ca | 1-866-925-5454 or 2-1-1
CHILD ABUSE HOTLINE 24/7
Children's Aid Society of Toronto: http://torontocas.ca/ | 416-924-4646
RAPE/SEXUAL ASSAULT CRISIS HELPLINE 24/7
Toronto Rape Crisis Centre/Multicultural Women Against Rape | https://trccmwar.ca/ | Email: crisis@trccmwar.ca | 416-597-8808
ASSAULTED WOMEN’S HELPLINE 24/7
www.awhl.org | 1-866-863-0511 | Text #7233 (#SAFE–Rogers, Fido, Bell, Telus cellphones)
ASSAULTED WOMEN HELPLINE 24/7 (Francophone)
www.femaide.ca | 1-877-336-2433
REPORTING NEGLECT OR ABUSE - ADULTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY 24/7
ReportOn | https://www.mcss.gov.on.ca/en/mcss/programs/developmental/reportON/ | reportONdisability@ontario.ca | 1-800-575-2222
REPORTING ELDER ABUSE
Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario | http://www.eapon.ca/ | 1-866-299-1011
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE INFORMATION 24/7
CAMH | www.camh.ca | 416-535-8501
HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICES
Emergency 9-1-1
AMBULANCE PARAMEDIC EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES UNIT
Non-emergency 416-392-2000 | Email ems@toronto.ca. | Emergency 9-1-1
TEXT AND CHAT SERVICE -- Youth
Youthspace.ca (NEED2 Suicide Prevention, Education & Support) | www.youthspace.ca | Youth Text (6pm-12am PT): (778) 783-0177 | Youth Chat (6pm-12am PT)
TEXT AND CHAT SERVICE -- Ontario
ONTX Ontario Online & Text Crisis Service | Crisis Text (2pm-2am ET): 258258 | Crisis Chat (2pm-2am ET): www.dcontario.org/ontx.html
VANAULEY STREET YMCA CENTRE FOR YOUTH
https://ymcagta.org/about-us/our-new-ys/vanauley-street-ymca | 416-504-9700
HOMELESS HELP
https://www.toronto.ca/community-people/housing-shelter/homeless-help/ | Call 311 for advice
YOUNG ADULT MENTAL HEALTH
Stella's Place | https://stellasplace.ca/ | 416-461-2345
CHILDREN’S SERVICES - CITY OF TORONTO
https://www.toronto.ca/community-people/children-parenting/ | Email childcare@toronto.ca | 311 or Subsidy information 416-338-8888 press 2
LGBTTQQ2SI SUPPORT
LGBT youthline | www.youthline.ca | 647-694-4275 | Text #647-694-4275 | Webchat
The 519 | https://www.the519.org/ | Info@The519.org | 416-392-6874
SEXUAL HEALTH / HIV-AIDS TESTING
www.sexualhealthontario.ca
TORONTO PUBLIC HEALTH
publichealth@toronto.ca | 416-338-7600
Hassle Free Clinic https://www.toronto.ca/community-people/health-wellness-care/health-clinics/sexual-health-clinics/ | 416-922-0566
SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR GAMBLING - ConnexOntario
www.connexontario.ca | Toll Free 1-866-531-2600 | Webchat | Email
NEWCOMER SERVICES
Orientation to Ontario | https://settlement.org/o2o/ | 1-885-626-0002
SENIORS HELP LINE (Toronto)
https://torontoseniorshelpline.ca/ | 416-217-2077
INDIGENOUS HEALTH AND WELLNESS PROGRAM
Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre - Niiwin Wendaanimak (Four Winds) | Queen West Site
https://pqwchc.org/programs-services/niiwin-wendaanimak-four-winds/detail-on-niiwin-wendaanimak-four-winds-indigenous-health-and-wellness-program/ | 416‑703‑8480 ext 2426
VICTIM SUPPORT LINE - Toronto
http://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/ovss/ | 416-314-2447
TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, COMMUNITY, COURT AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS
For Women: Elizabeth Fry Toronto | https://efrytoronto.org/ | 416-924-3708
For Men: John Howard Society (Pardon Program for men/women) | https://johnhoward.on.ca/toronto/ | 416-925-4386
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS -- Toronto
www.aatoronto.org | info@aatoronto.org | 416-487-5591 | Text 416-928-2521
THERAPY EXPLOITATION LINK LINE
www.therapyabuse.org | info@therapyabuse.org
MEDICAL CLINIC / GENERAL PRACTITIONER
www.health.gov.on.ca/en/public/programs/hco/options/family.aspx
TELEHEALTH ONTARIO: Toll Free 1-866-797-0000
COLLEGE OF REGISTERED PSYCHOTHERAPISTS OF ONTARIO
www.crpo.ca | info@crpo.ca | 416-479-4330
Other: www.211.ca
Other: www.eMentalHealth.ca
Other:
Please note: This is information is provided as a starting point for finding resources or as an example of resources which may exist for specific communities or within specific areas/regions. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this information at the time of posting but information may be changed by service providers at any time. Where possible, check with sources.
Last edited: November 26, 2020