Canada-wide mental health resources

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Access mental health resources available across Canada.

Alberta

B.C.

Immediate crisis support

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If you need immediate support between scheduled appointments, contact a crisis line, visit your nearest hospital emergency room or call 9-1-1 if you are in immediate danger.

Suicide Crisis Helpline

If you are feeling like you have lost hope, trained responders are available 24-hours a day by call or text to 9-8-8.

Hope for Wellness Crisis Line

24-hour crisis support for First Nations, Inuit, and Metis seeking immediate emotional support: 1-855-242-3310, or by online chat at hopeforwellness.ca

National IRS Crisis Line

24-hour crisis support for people directly impacted by residential schools, and their families: 1-866-925-4419

Indian Residential School Survivors Society (IRSSS)

24-hour support for people impacted by residential schools: 1-800-721-0066

MMIWG Crisis Line

Crisis support for people directly impacted by the ongoing issue of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG): 1-844-413-6649

NWAC Elder Support Line

If you’re experiencing emotional distress and want to talk, call  +1-888-664-7808, Mon-Fri 6am-8am PT & 10am-12pm PT

Trans Lifeline

Call if you need someone trans to talk to: 1-877-330-6366

Additional resources for Indigenous peoples

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• Encountering strong emotional reactions (brochure)
• Federal Indian Day School (IDS) Health and Cultural Support Program
• Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future (2015)
• MMIWG Health and Cultural Support Program
• Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC) supports the social, economic, cultural and political well-being of Indigenous women, girls, Two-Spirit, transgender and gender-diverse people in Canada, inclusive of First Nations on and off reserve, status and non-status, disenfranchised, Métis and Inuit.  
• Reclaiming Power and Place: The Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (2019)
  
• For more information about booking a counselling session through NIHB or FNHA, click here.​

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