If your health, safety, or property is in imminent danger and you need help right away, call 911.
- Phone: 1-800-668-6868 (24/7)
- Text: CONNECT to 686868 (24/7)
- Chat online with a professional counsellor (7:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m.)
Always open, providing a safe and trusted place for young people (aged 5-20) in any moment of crisis or need. Free, confidential support to young people in English and French. The Kids Help Phone helps boost understanding of mental health so kids, teens and young adults can feel more empowered to talk about it.
Kids Help Phone also offers information about how your thoughts, feelings and behaviours are connected and what you can do to care for your well-being. They have various resources on a variety of topics as well as quizzes, games and tools for supporting a friend.
- Phone a counsellor: 1-800-263-2266 (6:00 a.m. – 2:00 a.m.)
- Text a counsellor: 1-514-600-1002 (8:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.)
- Online chat with a professional (8:00 a.m. – 10:30 p.m.)
A phone, email, text and online chat service where their professional counsellors equip young people with the tools they need to get better control over their lives. Guided by a counsellor, Tel-jeunes users are invited to reflect, leading them to choose behaviours that will help them meet their needs.
Tel-jeunes has a forum to find answers to your questions in a space by and for teens, as well as videos, podcasts, and testimonials on all themes including love, sex, drugs and alcohol, family and friends, and something’s wrong.
Aire ouverte’s mission is to offer young people aged 12 to 25 integrated services addressing mental health, physical and sexual health, addictions, relationships and basic needs, as well as socio-professional development.
Two nurses are available to answer your questions about your physical, sexual or mental health. For example, they can screen for STIs, prescribe hormonal contraception, emergency contraception, help you quit smoking, and more. Appointments with a nurse can be booked online or drop-in on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Youth in Mind Foundation (Fondation Jeunes en Tête)
Through its awareness-raising programs, this foundation prevents psychological distress in youth aged 11 to 18 cross Québec. They provide teens, their parents, and school staff with online tools and awareness workshops in schools to destigmatize (overcome unfair beliefs), raise awareness and empower.
- Text: 778-783-0177
- Online chat
Youthspace.ca is a free online crisis and emotional support chat service for youth under 30 across Canada. They are open 9:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m., 365 days a year. They listen without judgement, and keep chats confidential and anonymous.
Their website includes online resources, links to email counselling, how-to guides on supporting others, and suicide intervention toolkits.
A community-based, youth-led charitable non-profit organization focused on youth, family and community engagement for mental health education, support, advocacy, and change.
Under the resources tab on their website you will find youth mental health resources and tools, workshops, facts, brochures, a youth mental health and wellness library, and you can watch a documentary film.
For young people aged 14 to 29 to empower them to co-create interactive tools and innovative resources to build capacity and resilience.
Their website contains wellness tips, tools and resources, a blog, as well as information about mental health illnesses.
A website dedicated to helping improve the mental health of youth. It includes resources for teening your parent or parenting your teen. There is also a page where anyone who is interested can learn more about adolescent mental health and the teen brain.
Phone: 1-833-294-8650 (Every day, 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.)
Email: info@blackyouth.ca
A helpline that serves all youth and specifically responds to the need for a Black youth specific service, positioned and resourced to promote access to professional, and culturally-appropriate support for youth, families and schools.
Initial intake followed by professional assessment helps identify root causes of issues and challenges. Development of a support plan follows. Services include stay-in-school initiatives, parent and family support and systems navigation assistance.