• 9-8-8 Suicide Crisis Helpline: Offers trauma-informed and culturally appropriate suicide prevention crisis support in English and French by phone and text for everyone living in Canada. Available 24/7.

      Call or Text: 9-8-8

    • Distress Centres of Greater Toronto (DCOGT): Provides support for those in crisis, at risk for suicide and those experiencing emotional distress through multi-lingual inbound, outbound and in-person programs. Available 24/7.

      DCOGT also provides multilingual crisis support for individuals of all ages offered in Cantonese, Mandarin, Portuguese, Spanish, Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu. Available Monday to Friday from 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM.

      Call: 416-408-4357 (GTA) or 905-459-7777 (Peel)

    • Hope for Wellness Helpline: Offers support to all Indigenous people across Canada. Experienced and culturally competent counsellors are reachable by telephone and online chat.Both telephone and online chat services are available in English and French. Telephone support is also available upon request in Cree, Ojibway (Anishinaabemowin), and Inuktitut. Available 24/7.

      Call: 1-855-242-3310 or visit their website to access their live chat

    • Kids Help Phone: Anonymous and confidential crisis support for kids, teens, and young adults. Offered in English or French. Available 24/7 by phone or text.

      Call: 1-800-668-6868 
      Text: 686868

    • LGBT National Hotline: Provides a confidential safe space where callers of any age can speak about sexual orientation or gender identity/expression issues. This includes coming out issues, relationship concerns, bullying, workplace issues, HIV/AIDS anxiety, safer sex information, suicide, and much more Calls are confidential and anonymous. No recordings are made of your conversation, and they will not call other suicide hotlines, 911, or rescue services on your behalf. Available Monday to Friday from 2:00 PM - 11:00 PM and Saturday from 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM. 

      Call: 1-888-843-4564

    • LGBT Youthline: Anonymous peer support for 2SLGBTQ+ youth under 30.The helpline is staffed by peer support volunteers, who are all 2SLGBTQ+ youth aged 16-29 and living across Ontario. Available Sunday to Friday from 4:00 PM to 9:30 PM by online chat or text.


      Text: 647-694-4275

    • National Overdose Response Service (NORS): A virtual safe consumption site available for all Canadians. This service is 100% confidential, anonymous and judgement free and aims to keep people who use drugs safe while they use drugs. NORS does not provide any information to an outside agency or the police. Available 24/7.

      Call or Text: 1-888-688-6677

    • Toronto Rape Crisis Centre (TRCC): Crisis support from a trained and experienced peer counsellor for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence and their supporters. This is a completely anonymous service. TRCC does not collect information about you to make a report. Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including all holidays.

      Call: 416-597-8808

    • Trans Lifeline: Offers direct emotional and financial support to trans people in crisis – for the trans community, by the trans community. Does not engage in nonconsensual active rescue (calling 911, emergency services, or law enforcement). Available Monday to Friday from 1:00 PM to 9:00 PM.

      Call: 877-330-6366

  • Youth-Specific Services

    • Central Toronto Youth Services (CTYS), provides free counselling services to youth (ages 12-24) and their families

    • Planned Parenthood, located in Toronto and provides free counselling services to youth ages 13-29

    • One Stop to Talk, offers free virtual confidential service that lets kids and youth under 18 years of age get immediate mental health support with a registered therapist

    • Stella’s Place, located in Toronto and provides free counselling services to youth ages 16-29

    • What’s Up Walk-In, located in Toronto and offers free, six-day-a-week mental health counselling walk-in service for infants, children, youth, young adults, and families. Therapists offer walk-in, single, solution focused sessions in-person or virtually

    Adult-Specific Services

    • 2-Spirited People of the 1st Nations, located in Toronto and offers free counselling to Indigenous Peoples of all ages, please contact them directly to inquire about their counselling services

    • Centre for Interpersonal Relationships, located in Toronto and provides sliding scale therapy options for adults (ages 18 and older)

    • David Kelley Services (Family Services Toronto), located in Toronto and provides free and sliding scale therapy services and mental health programs to 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals and couples as well as those living with and/or affected by HIV/AIDS

    • Family Services Toronto, offers single session consultations, same-day walk-in counselling and time limited on-going counselling for individuals, couples, and families that are 16 years of age or older. Regular services are offered on a sliding scale, and walk-in sessions are free

    • Gestalt Institute of Toronto Student Clinic, offers in-person and online low-cost counselling to individuals and couples by student therapists

    • Hard Feelings, located in Toronto and offers low-cost, session-limited therapy to individuals and couples

    • Rainbow Counselling Affordable Therapy Program, supports those seeking accessible, low-fee therapy, and is supported by their clinical interns

    • The Gatehouse, located in Toronto and provides low-cost counselling services and group programs to survivors of childhood sexual abuse (CSA)

    • The Toronto Institute for Relational Psychotherapy (TIRP), provides low-cost relational therapy with senior students and graduates of the Institute which is available on a sliding scale for both individual and couples therapy. Therapists practice in St. Catharines, Collingwood, Oakville, Waterloo, Brampton, Toronto, Hamilton, Newmarket, London, and Barry's Bay

    • Umbrella Mental Health Network, offers virtual low-cost and limited pro-bono psychotherapy and counselling services to individuals, couples, and families in the 2SLGBTQIA+ community that are located across Ontario

    • Woodgreen Walk-In Counselling (WIC), located in Toronto and offers same day sessions on a first-come first-served basis. New clients are prioritized. Individual, couple, and family sessions available. Sessions offers in-person and virtually

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