You are not alone. See below for numerous provincial, country-wide, and local 24/7 crisis support lines that can assist individuals feeling distressed, overwhelmed, unsure, or in need of immediate help.
Many of these phonelines offer trauma-informed services focused on crisis intervention, timely counselling, safety, and the provision of resources suited to clients’ personal situations. Please note that some of the organizations listed here specialize in responding to sexual violence, delivering peer support, or assisting specific groups.
Finding emergency help
If you or someone else is in immediate danger, please call 9-1-1. If you or someone else is feeling lost, hopeless, or thinking about suicide, please call 9-8-8 or visit 988.ca for more information.
Provincial & National 24/7 Crisis Support Lines
Assaulted Women’s Helpline
This helpline provides counselling, safety planning, emotional support, and more.
Fem’aide
A nationally available, regionally delivered suicide prevention service with voice, text and chat methods.
First Nations, Inuit and Metis Hope and Wellness Line
Available 24/7 to First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples seeking emotional support and crisis intervention.
Good2Talk – Helpline for Post-secondary Students
A free, confidential service for postsecondary students in Ontario.
Info & Referral Services for Male Survivors of Sexual Violence
24-hour, multilingual, toll-free phone line for immediate crisis and referral services for male survivors.
LGBT Youthline
The LGBT Youthline provides peer support and resources for 2SLGBTQ+ youth across Ontario.
Suicide Crisis Helpline
The Suicide Crisis Helpline is here to provide moments of connection that create hope, support recovery and save lives.
Talk4Healing (For Indigenous Women)
Help, support, and resources 24/7 through talk, text, and chat.
TELUS Health Student Support
TELUS Health Student Support provides 24/7 support or appointment-based confidential support for health, mental health, school or general supports. They are available by call or text in 146 languages.
Trans Lifeline
A grassroots hotline and non-profit organization offering direct emotional and financial support to trans people in crisis.
Other Centres, Crisis Lines, and Support Services
The Ending Violence Association of Canada website features a list of other resources, shelters, and 24/7 crisis support lines at the provincial and national level.
Mississauga-based 24/7 Crisis Support Lines
24/7 Crisis Support Peel
Provides intervention services to people who are in mental health or addiction crisis.
Embrave (formerly Interim Place)
Embrave’s 24-hour crisis support line provides immediate support to survivors in the community experiencing any form of violence. As a client-centred program, clients define and identify their needs and desired supports.
REVIVE (formerly Hope 24/7: Sexual Assault Centre of Peel)
REVIVE is an accredited, culturally grounded, trauma-informed organization that centres on the healing and wellness of survivors of gender-based violence and trauma from marginalized communities.
Victim Services of Peel
Victim Services of Peel provides comprehensive, trauma-informed, culturally responsive, 24/7 support to individuals and communities in the Region of Peel, helping victims of domestic abuse, sexual assault, and more.
Toronto-based 24/7 Crisis Support Lines
Distress Centres of Toronto
Confidential support and referrals provided 24 hours a day. Interpreters for callers are available in 151 languages. They also offer teletypewriter services for the hearing impaired.
Ernestine’s Women’s Shelter
Ernestine’s Women’s Shelter 24/7 crisis line offers access to a trained counsellor who will listen to you and provide important information on how to be safe, as well as resources to meet your immediate needs.
Gerstein Crisis Centre
24-hour community-based crisis services for adults 16+ in the City of Toronto.
Homeward Family Shelter – Julliette’s Place
Homeward Family Shelter (operating as Julliette’s Place) takes a client-centred approach in delivering comprehensive support to women and their children fleeing violence.
Toronto Rape Crisis Centre
24/7 emotional support for all survivors of sexual and gender-based violence.
Scarborough-based 24/7 Crisis Support Lines
Community Crisis Line – Scarborough and Rouge Hospital
24/7 telephone crisis support offering service to majority of the Scarborough area (north cutoff: Steeles Avenue / west cutoff: Victoria Park / east cutoff: Port Union Road).
Discuss Centres of Greater Toronto
Distress Centres of Greater Toronto is a service agency dedicated to providing timely emotional support, crisis intervention, and suicide prevention to people in distress.
Other Resources
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