Crisis & Immediate Support

ConnexOntario
Free 24/7 phone, text, or chat support. They’ll connect you to local services for mental health, substance use, and gambling concerns.
📞 1-866-531-2600 | Text: “CONNEX” to 247247
🌐 www.connexontario.ca

988 – Suicide Crisis Helpline
Available across Canada, 24/7. Free and confidential support for anyone thinking about suicide or in emotional distress.
📞 Call or text 988

Hope for Wellness Help Line
24/7 crisis counselling support for all Indigenous peoples in Canada. Services available in English, French and multiple Indigenous languages.
📞 1-855-242-3310
🌐 www.hopeforwellness.ca

Talk4Healing
24/7 support for Indigenous women. Culturally grounded, confidential help by phone, chat or text in several languages.
📞 1-855-554-4325
🌐 www.talk4healing.com

Toronto Community Crisis Service (TCCS)
Non-police mobile crisis intervention teams available through 211 or 911 in Toronto.
📞 Dial 211 or visit toronto.ca/communitycrisis

Youth & Student Supports

Kids Help Phone
Support for children and youth (ages 5–20) across Canada. Available by text, phone, or live chat 24/7.
📞 1-800-668-6868 | Text: CONNECT to 686868
🌐 www.kidshelpphone.ca

Good2Talk
Free, confidential support for post-secondary students in Ontario (ages 17–25).
📞 1-866-925-5454 | Text: GOOD2TALKON to 686868
🌐 www.good2talk.ca

Free Self-Guided Tools & Apps

BounceBack Ontario
Guided CBT-based self-help program for adults and youth (15+). Helps manage low mood, stress, and worry. Free and offered by CMHA Ontario.
🌐 www.bouncebackontario.ca

Wysa
An AI chat-based self-help app that offers tools for anxiety, grief, burnout and more. Includes journaling, CBT exercises, and mood tracking.
🌐 www.wysa.io

Calm Harm
An app designed for youth and adults experiencing urges to self-harm. Offers distraction and emotion-regulation tools.
🌐 www.calmharm.co.uk

PTSD Coach Canada
Provides education, self-assessment tools, coping strategies and links to professional help. Created by Veterans Affairs Canada.
🌐 www.veterans.gc.ca

HeadsUpGuys
Online resource for men facing stress, low mood or suicidal thoughts. Offers tools, therapist directory, and personal stories.
🌐 www.headsupguys.org

Community-Based & Government Services

Ontario Health – Centre of Excellence for Mental Health & Addictions
Provides clinical guidelines and helps coordinate mental health care across the province.
🌐 www.ontariohealth.ca

Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA Ontario)
Offers local supports across the province: counselling, housing supports, peer programs, and educational tools.
🌐 www.ontario.cmha.ca

211 Ontario
Call 211 to be connected to local mental health, housing, legal, financial, and community services anywhere in Ontario.
📞 Dial 2-1-1 or visit
🌐 www.211ontario.ca