Resources
The pandemic has been difficult on our mental and emotional health. Some of the survey questions may bring up particularly challenging experiences. We have compiled resources for mental health, sexual health, substance use, and social supports available across Canada during the pandemic.
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/
- Crisis Services Canada
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
- Mental Health Helpline
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
- Mental Health Support Line
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
- Manitoba Suicide Prevention and Support Line
New Brunswick
- ChimoHelpline
- Website: www.chimohelpline.ca/
- Tele-Care
- Phone: 811 (24/7)
- New Brunswick Community Services Database
- Website: https://nb.211.ca/search/
- New Brunswick Addiction Centres
- New Brunswick COVID-19 Resources and Information
- New Brunswick COVID-19 Self-Assessment
- ChimoHelpline
Newfoundland & 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
- Mental Health Crisis Line
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
- NWT COVID-19 Resources and Information
- Website: www.gov.nt.ca/covid-19/
- NWT COVID-19 Self-Assessment
- NWT Help Line
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/
- Mental Health Crisis Line
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
- Kamatsiaqtut Nunavut Helpline
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
- Connex Ontario Addiction, Mental Health, and Problem Gambling Services
Prince Edward Island
- The Island Helpline
- Phone: 1-800-218-2885 (24/7)
- Website: www.theislandhelpline.com/
- Mental Health Services
- Peers Alliance
- Website: https://www.peersalliance.ca/
- 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
- The Island Helpline
Québec
- Québec Crisis Line
- Phone: 1-866-277-3553 (24/7; toll-free)
- Mental Health Resources
- Suicide Action Montreal
- Info-Santé
- Phone: 811 (24/7)
- Québec Sexual Health Services Directory
- Drugs: Help and Referrals
- Phone: 504-527-2626 (Montreal area)
- Phone: 1-800-265-2626 (Everywhere in Québec)
- Website: https://www.aidedrogue.ca/en/
- Québec COVID-19 Resources and Information
- Tel Jeunes
- A confidential, free and non-judgmental space for adolescents (20 years old or less) seeking answers to their questions (love, sexuality, social relationship, mental health, substance use)
- Website: https://www.teljeunes.com/Tel-jeunes
- To access services offered by Tel Jeunes :
- Online chat with an adolescent (from Monday to Friday, 4pm to 10:30pm)
- Forum Tel Jeunes https://www.teljeunes.com/espacetj/ to share your experiences and find
- To find information and content on youth health by phone: 1 800 263-2266 https://www.teljeunes.com/Tel-jeunes/Tous-les-themes
- To talk to a health practitioner by phone, text or via an online chat: https://www.teljeunes.com/experiencetj/comment-ca-marche
- Québec Crisis Line
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
- HealthLine
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
- HealthLine
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: https://www.nativeyouthsexualhealth.com/
- Website: www.aboriginalsexualhealth.ca/index_e.aspx
- PrEP poster: www.cbrc.net/indigenous_prep_poster
- COVID-19 Resources and Information for Indigenous communities