Mental Health Resources
If you have or suspect you are experiencing a health emergency, please promptly visit a hospital Emergency Department in your area or dial 911.
If you are in a mental health crisis, please contact emergency services by calling 911 or call/text 988 for the Suicide Crisis Helpline.
Dial or Text 211 for non-critical social services, programs and community support in Ontario. You may also visit their website 211ontario.ca
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Province Wide Resources (Ontario)
*Emergency Services: Dial 911
*Suicide Crisis Helpline: Dial/Text 988
*Social Services/Programs/Resources: Dial 211*/Text 211/Chat 211ontario.ca
*24/7 Resources
ConnexOntario:
1-866 -531-2600 or www.connexontario.ca
Free and confidential health services information for people experiencing problems with alcohol and drugs, mental health and/or gambling. Available 24/7.
Talk Suicide:
1-833-456-4566 or talksuicide.ca
Phone line available 24/7 or text 45645 between 4 p.m. and midnight ET.
Offers toll-free support to people in Canada who have concerns about suicide.
Distress and Crisis Ontario:
Text SUPPORT to 258258 http://www.dcontario.org/
If you are in distress, crisis, or are experiencing suicidal ideation: Text support 2 PM-2AM daily.
Good2Talk Helpline:
1-866-925-5454 or text GOOD2TALKON to 686868
Ontario’s 24/7 helpline for postsecondary students.
Kids Help Phone:
1-800-668-6868 or text CONNECT to 686868
Youth mental health support available 24/7.
Hope for Wellness Help Line:
1-855-242-3310
Offers immediate mental health counselling and crisis intervention to all Indigenous peoples across Canada. Phone and chat counselling is available in English, French, Cree, Ojibway and Inuktitut.
LGBT Youthline Ontario:
647-694-4275 + https://www.youthline.ca/ (chat, text and email currently available) Ontario-wide peer-support for lesbian, gay bisexual, transgender, transsexual, two-spirited, queer and questioning young people.
Niagara Region Resources
Pathstone Crisis Support Line
Help for children and youth up to 18 years old.
1-800-263-4944
Provides 24/7 support, information, and professional counselling over the phone.
Crisis Outreach and Support Team (COAST) Niagara
1-866-550-5205 ext. 1
COAST Niagara is a 24/7 mobile crisis outreach and intervention service for individuals age 16 years and older offering phone counselling and, if necessary, on-site intervention at home or in the community by mental health professionals with specially trained officers from Niagara Regional Police Service.
Mental Health and Addictions Access Line
1-866-550-5205 accesslineniagara.com
Mental Health and Addictions Access Line can be the first point of access to adult (age 16 and older) mental health and addiction services in the Niagara Region. Trained volunteers provide confidential 24/7 phone support and connections to appropriate local mental health and addictions services.
Distress Centre Niagara
A 24/7 confidential phone support service for all ages. Highly skilled volunteers listen to concerns, help solve problems, and provide information and referrals.
Fort Erie and area
905-382-0689
Grimsby and West Lincoln
905-563-6674
Port Colborne, Wainfleet, and area
905-734-1212
St. Catharines, Niagara Falls, and area
905-688-3711