(1 833 998-TALK (8255)) – Free confidential program offering culturally appropriate support and information about quitting smoking, vaping and commercial tobacco use to First Nations, Inuit, Métis and urban Indigenous communities
(1-800-668-6868) – They offer no judgement counselling for young people. No matter what you want to talk about, they will listen. It’s free, confidential, and available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Native Youth Crisis Line
(1-877-209-1266) – 24/7 crisis line for Indigenous Youth available for residents of Canada and the United States.
(613-238-3311) – 24 hours a day/7 days a week – Help line providing emotional support and encouragement, crisis management and intervention, suicide risk assessment and prevention, and community resource/referral information.
(613-562-2333) – Services available 7 days a week for survivors of sexual violence, supporters, family and friends of survivors. Accompaniment can be arranged through the crisis line to hospital and police.
(1-613-238-2762) – Emotional support, practical assistance (alarms or 911 cell phones) or victim compensation (safe accommodation when violence against women shelters are full.
(1-613-226-3234 ext. 100) – They provide free counselling, information and referrals to help you navigate your options and support folks around birth control, STIs, abortion, adoption, parenting or pregnancy
(1-866-488-7386 or text:678678) – Provides 24/7 information & support to 2SLGBTQ+ young people.
National Indian Residential School Crisis Line
(1-866-925-4419) – Survivors and family members of survivors may receive immediate emotional support by contacting the 24-hour National Indian Residential School Crisis Line.
(613-233-4443 ext. 2109) – They offers individual and couple psychotherapy in many languages in people living around downtown Ottawa. All appointments are currently done by phone.
(1-800-263-4889 Ext. 7) – MNO’s Mental Health and Addictions Program helps Métis Citizens of all ages in Ontario. Their service providers include mental health and addiction professionals.
(1-800-263-4889 Ext. 7) – MNO’s Health Promotion Program develops Métis-specific approaches to address commercial tobacco use, gaming, and gambling for all ages. We strive to protect the health of our citizens through education and prevention.
(613-704-5535) – Unsafe at Home Ottawa is a secure text and online chat service for women and members of 2SLGBTQ+ communities in Ottawa and Lanark County who may be living through increased violence and abuse at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. They offer personnel provides emotional support, safety plans, resources and referrals using encrypted technology so conversations are confidential and secure.
(647-931-7797) The Weaving Wellness Centre and its helpers are committed to innovation and education within the field of mental health, and endeavour to contribute and create positive change to understandings of wellness and healing within individual, community and National spaces.
(1-888-648-0070) Healing by Talking is a free telephone and virtual counseling program run by the Government of Nunavut’s Department of Health for northern residents.
