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Many documents on this website deal with topics that may trigger some readers. Please engage in self-care, and know that help is available from many sources. Here are just some examples of mental health resources:
Government of Ontario
Ontario – Find Mental Health Support
Telephone: 1-866-797-0000
Ontario Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services
Government of Canada
Government of Canada - Indigenous Mental Health
Telephone: 1-855-242-3310
Hope for Wellness Help Line
Telephone: 1-855-242-3310
Canadian Mental Health Association
Canadian Mental Health Association – Provincial Mental Health Supports
Canadian Mental Health Association – Child and Youth Mental Health
Telephone: 1-800-875-6213
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
CAMH – Help and Resources
Telephone: 1-800-463-2338
CAMH – Francophone health and social services
Indian Residential Schools Crisis Line
Telephone: 1-866-925-4419
Kid’s Help Phone
Telephone: 1-800-668-6868
Mental Health Commission of Canada
Métis Nation of Ontario – 24 hour Mental Health and Addictions Crisis Line
Telephone: 1-877-767-7572
General
Find your Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA)
Web: www.cmha.ca/find-your-cmha
BounceBack
Tel: 1-866-345-0224
Web: www.bouncebackontario.ca
A free, guided self-help program that’s effective in helping people aged 15 and up who are experiencing mild-to-moderate anxiety or depression, or may be feeling low, stressed, worried, irritable or angry.
ConnexOntario
Tel: 1-866-531-2600
Web: www.connexontario.ca
Live web chat
Email
Free and confidential health services information for people experiencing problems with alcohol and drugs, mental health and/or gambling. Available 24/7.
211 Ontario
Tel: Call 2-1-1 or 1-877-330-3213
Web: www.211ontario.ca/
Live web chat
Email
Information and referral for community, government, social and health services, including mental health resources across Ontario.
Talk Suicide
Tel: 1-833-456-4566
Web: www.talksuicide.ca
Offers toll-free support to people in Canada who have concerns about suicide. Phone line available 24/7 or text 45645 between 4 p.m. and midnight ET.
Distress and Crisis Ontario
Web: http://www.dcontario.org/
Distress Centres (DC’s) across Ontario offer support and a variety of services to their communities. At a DC you can find a listening ear for lonely, depressed, and/or suicidal people, usually 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The website also offers a chat function.
Children’s Mental Health Ontario Centres
Web: cmho.org/findhelp
100 member organizations operating in every region in Ontario, providing treatment and support to children, youth, and families. Free. No referral required.
Find additional mental health services in your community here:
https://www.ontario.ca/page/mental-health-services
Anti-Black Racism & Mental Health Resources
Across Boundaries
Tel: (416) 787-3007
Web: www.acrossboundaries.ca/
Across Boundaries has a holistic approach to mental health care includes many of the same services offered by other mental health agencies, but is also anchored in an anti-racist, anti-Black racism and anti-oppression framework.
Black Creek Community Health Centre
Tel: 416-249-8000 or 416-246-2388
Web: www.bcchc.com
At Black Creek, you have access to care from physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, chiropodists, social workers, respiratory therapists, nutritionists, health promotion and harm reduction providers, among others allied healthcare providers. Care team members collaborate for a holistic approach that considers practical factors to support your health, wellness, and wellbeing.
Black Health Alliance
Web: www.blackhealthalliance.ca
The Black Health Alliance is a community-led registered charity working to improve the health and well-being of Black communities in Canada.
Rexdale Community Health Centre
Tel: 416-744-0066
Web: www.rexdalechc.com
Rexdale Community Health Centre provides Primary Health Care, Programs & Services in the North West region of Toronto.
TAIBU Community Health Centre
Tel: 416-644-3536
Web: www.taibuchc.ca
TAIBU Community Health Centre offers Black-identifying clients from throughout the Greater Toronto Area access to primary care, health promotion and disease prevention programs in a culturally affirming environment.
Women’s Health in Women’s Hands
Web: www.whiwh.com
Women's Health in Women's Hands is a Community Health Centre for racialized women living in Toronto and surrounding municipalities. Our primary health care team of highly skilled health care professionals specialize in the health and wellness needs of racialized women and prioritizes those from African, Caribbean, Latin American and South Asian communities.
Additional Anti-Black Racism Resources can be found here:
https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/96a4-t4a-abr-bmh-resources.pdf
Indigenous Resources
National Indian Residential School Crisis Line:
Tel: 1-866-925-4419
Offers support to former residential school students and those affected. Available 24 hours.
Hope for Wellness Help Line
Tel: 1-855-242-3310
Web: https://www.hopeforwellness.ca/
Live web chat
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.
Talk4healing (for Indigenous women)
Tel: Toll-free and text: 1-855-554-4325
Indigenous women can get help, support, and resources seven days a week, 24 hours a day, with services in 14 languages.
Lumino Health
Web: https://luminohealth.sunlife.ca/s/?language=en_US
Information and tools from Lumino Health and mental health partners.