Social and Health Resources
Our list of mental health, sexual health, substance use and COVID-19 resources are organized by location, starting with Canada-wide resources and then alphabetically by provinces and territories.
Canada-wide
- Crisis Services Canada
- Phone: 1-833-456-4566 (27/7)
- Website: www.crisisservicescanada.ca
- Suicide Prevention Canada
- Website: suicideprevention.ca/Need-Help
- Hope for Wellness Help Line for Indigenous People
- Phone: 1-855-242-3310 (24/7)
- Sex and U
- Website: www.sexandu.ca
- The Sex You Want (for guys into guys)
- Website: thesexyouwant.ca
- Free Naloxone training online
- Website: www.naloxonetraining.com
- Government of Canada COVID-19 Resources and Information
- Youthspace (crisis support and resources)
- Text: 1-778-783-0177 (6pm-midnight PST, year-round)
- Website: youthspace.ca/youthspace-resources/
Alberta
- Mental Health Helpline
- Phone: 1-877-303-2642 (24/7)
- Alberta Health Services
- Website: www.albertahealthservices.ca
- MyHealth Alberta Online Resource and Directory
- Website: myhealth.alberta.ca/
- Health Link:
- Phone: 811 (24/7)
- Alberta Sexual and Reproductive Health Services
- Addiction Helpline
- Phone: 1-866-332-2322 (24/7)
- Alberta COVID-19 Resources and Information
- Alberta COVID-19 Self-Assessment
British Columbia
- Mental Health Support Line
- Phone: 310-6789 (24/7; no need to dial an area code
- BC 211 Red Book Online
- Website: redbookonline.bc211.ca
- Mental Health and Substance Use Supports in BC
- Health Link BC
- Phone: 811 (24/7)
- SmartSexResource
- Website: smartsexresource.com/
- Get Checked Online
- Options for Sexual Health
- Website: www.optionsforsexualhealth.org
- Health Initiative for Men
- Website: checkhimout.ca
- Alcohol & Drug Information and Referral Service
- Phone: 1-800-663-1441 (toll-free in B.C.)
- Phone: 604-660-9382 (Lower Mainland)
- BC Centre for Disease Control COVID-19 Resources and Information
- BC COVID-19 Self-Assessment
- Website: bc.thrive.health/covid19/en
- Foundry (for youth ages 12-24)
- Website: foundrybc.ca
Manitoba
- Manitoba Suicide Prevention and Support Line
- Phone: 1-877-435-7170
- Sexuality Education Resource Centre MB
- Website: serc.mb.ca
- Mental Health and Addictions
- Website: www.gov.mb.ca/health/mh/
- Manitoba Addictions Helpline
- Phone: 1-855-662-6605
- Website: mbaddictionhelp.ca/
- Manitoba COVID-19 Resources and Information
- Website: www.gov.mb.ca/covid19/index.html
- Manitoba COVID-19 Screening Tool
New Brunswick
- ChimoHelpline
- Website: www.chimohelpline.ca/
- Tele-Care
- Phone: 811 (24/7)
- New Brunswick Community Services Database
- Website: www.nbinfo.ca/
- New Brunswick Addiction Centres
- New Brunswick COVID-19 Resources and Information
- New Brunswick COVID-19 Self-Assessment
Newfoundland and Labrador
- Mental Health Crisis Line
- Phone: 1-888-737-4668 (24/7)
- Bridge the gApp Online Mental Health Resource
- Website: www.bridgethegapp.ca/
- Health and Wellness Directory
- Website: www.gov.nl.ca/health-and-wellness/
- Health Line
- Phone: 811 (24/7)
- Newfoundland Sexual Health Centre
- Website: www.plannedparenthoodnlshc.com
- NL COVID-19 Resources and Information
- Website: www.gov.nl.ca/covid-19/
- NL COVID-19 Self-Assessment
Northwest Territories
- NWT Help Line
- Phone: 1-800-661-0844
- Facebook page: www.facebook.com/NWTHelpLine/
- Mental Health Services
- Phone: 867-767-9061
- Website: www.hss.gov.nt.ca/en/services/mental-health
- Email: mha@gov.nt.ca
- Yellowknife Sexual Health Clinic
- Addiction Services
- NWT COVID-19 Resources and Information
- Website: www.gov.nt.ca/covid-19/
- NWT COVID-19 Self-Assessment
Nova Scotia
- Mental Health Crisis Line
- Phone: 1-888-429-8167 (24/7)
- Mental Health and Addictions Services Directory
- Phone: 1-888-922-1122 (Mon-Fri, 8:30 am-4:30pm; voicemail available during evenings, weekends, and holidays)
- Website: www.nshealth.ca/mental-health-addictions
- Health Line
- Phone: 811 (24/7)
- Sexual Health Nova Scotia
- Website: shns.ca
- Nova Scotia COVID-19 Resources and Information
- Website: novascotia.ca/coronavirus/
Nunavut
- Kamatsiaqtut Nunavut Helpline
- Phone: 1-800-265-3333 (24/7)
- Health Facilities and Services
- Website: gov.nu.ca/health
- Nunavut COVID-19 Resources and Information
- Nunavut COVID-19 Self-Assessment
- Website: nu.thrive.health/covid19/en
Ontario
- Connex Ontario Addiction, Mental Health, and Problem Gambling Services
- Phone: 1-866-531-2600 (24/7)
- Website: www.connexontario.ca/
- Good2Talk (for post-secondary students only)
- Phone: 1-866-925-5454 (24/7)
- Sexual Health Ontario
- Website: sexualhealthontario.ca/en/home
- Health Care Options
- Website: www.ontario.ca/locations/health/
- Telehealth
- Phone: 1-866-797-0000 (24/7)
- Ontario COVID-19 Resources, Information and Self-Assessment
- Website: covid-19.ontario.ca/index/html
Prince Edward Island
- The Island Helpline
- Phone: 1-800-218-2885 (24/7)
- Website: www.theislandhelpline.com/
- Mental Health Services
- Peers Alliance
- Website: www.peeralliance.ca/home
- After-Hours Sexual Health Walk-in Clinics
- Addiction Services
- PEI Addiction Treatment Services
- Phone: 1-888-299-8399 (toll-free)
- PEI COVID-19 Resources and Information
Québec
- Québec Crisis Line
- Phone: 1-866-277-3553 (24/7; toll-free)
- Mental Health Resources
- Info-Santé
- Phone: 811 (24/7)
- Québec Sexual Health Services Directory
- RÉZO (for gay and bisexual cis and transmen)
- Website: www.rezosante.org
- Drugs: Help and Referrals
- Phone: 504-527-2626 (Montreal area)
- Phone: 1-800-265-2626 (Everywhere in Québec)
- Website: www.drogue-aidereference.qc.ca/www/index.php?locale=en-CA
- Québec COVID-19 Resources and Information
Saskatchewan
- HealthLine
- Phone: 811 (24/7)
- 211 Saskatchewan Directory
- Phone: 211 (24/7)
- Website: sk.211.ca/
- Saskatoon Sexual Health
- Website: saskatoonsexualhealth.ca
- OUT Saskatoon
- Mental Health and Addiction Services
- Saskatchewan COVID-19 Resources and Information
- Saskatchewan COVID-19 Self-Assessment
Yukon
- HealthLine
- Phone: 811 (24/7)
- Yukon Distress and Support Line
- Phone: 1-844-533-3030 (7pm-3am)
- Queer Yukon
- Website: www.queeryukon.com
- Better to Know
- Website: bettertoknow.yk.ca
- Sex Sense Helpline
- Phone: 1-800-739-7367 (9am-9pm, Mon.-Fri.; toll-free throughout BC & Yukon)
- Mental Wellness and Substance Use Services
- Website: www.hss.gov.yk.ca/mwsu.php
- Yukon COVID-19 Resources and Information
- Website: yukon.ca/en/covid-19-information
Resources and Information for First Nations and Inuit communities
- Addictions services:
- Mental health and Wellness
- Hope for Wellness Help Line:
- Phone: 1-855-242-3310 (24/7)
- Online Chat: hopeforwellness.ca
- Sexual Health
- Website: www.aboriginalsexualhealth.ca/index_e.aspx
- PrEP poster: www.cbrc.net/indigenous_prep_poster
- COVID-19 Resources and Information for Indigenous communities
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