Mental Health & Parenting Resources

Canada-Wide Crisis Lines 

  1. Canadian Mental Health Association Crisis Services: 1-888-617-7715 (toll-free)

  2. Canada Services Canada: 1-733-456-4566 (toll-free) crisisservicescanada.ca/en/

  3. Kids Help Phone: Call: 1-800-668-6868 Text: CONNECT to 686868 kidshelpphone.ca

  4. First Nations & Inuit Hope for Wellness Help Line: Toll-free: 1-855-242-331 *services available in English & French, and upon request in Cree, Ojibway and Inuktut.

Canada-Wide Parenting Resources

  1. Canadian Government Parenting Resources and Support: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/health-promotion/childhood-adolescence/parent/parenting-resources-support (​Provides resources where parents may find support and answers to questions that are frequently asked when bringing up children and youth.)​​

  2. COVID-19 Support for Parents: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/coronavirus-disease-covid-19/resources-parents-children.html

Manitoba Resources

Provincial Crisis Lines & Services

Klinic Crisis Line (24/7)

  • Phone: 204-786-8686

  • Toll free: 1-888-322-3019

Manitoba Suicide Prevention & Support Line (24/7)

Crisis Response Centre

  • Mobile crisis service: 204-940-1781

  • Community intake: 204-788-8330

  • 817 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg MB

  • The CRC is open 24/7 for adults experiencing a mental health crisis.

Mobile Crisis Service

  • Winnipeg Mobile Crisis Service:

  • Phone: 204-940-1781

  • WRHA Mobile Crisis Service TTY Deaf Access:

  • Phone: 204-779-8902

  • The Mobile Crisis Service assists individuals experiencing a mental health or psychosocial crisis, including persons with a co-occurring mental health/substance use disorder.

Counselling and Peer Support

Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA) Community Mental Health Services

Aulneau Renewal Centre

  • Phone: 204-947-7090 (French-English bilingual)

  • Website: www.aulneau.com

  • Providing wellness checks related to COVID-19 anxiety via a counsellor. No charge.

  • Sliding scale counselling also available

Fort Garry Women’s Resource Centre

  • Phone: 204-477-1123 

  •  Website: fgwrc.ca  

  • Individual and group counselling services in Winnipeg. One-time counselling for assessment, by appointment only. No charge.

Family Dynamics

  • Phone: 204-947-1401

  • Behaviour support, counselling, family support for refugees, & in-home family support.

Family Dynamics In-Home Family Support/Respite

  • Intake line: call 204-947-1401 and ask to speak with someone in the In-Home Family Support Program

British Columbia Resources

Provincial Crisis Lines & Services

Interior Health

Interior Crisis Line Network

Fraser Health

Fraser Health Crisis Line

  • Phone: 604-951-8855

  • Toll-Free: 1-877-820-7444

  • Areas Served: Fraser Health Region from Burnaby to Boston Bar: New Westminster, Coquitlam, Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows, White Rock, South Surrey, Delta, Surrey, Langley, Abbotsford, Mission, Chilliwack, Hope, and Agassiz

Vancouver Coastal Health

Greater Vancouver Coastal Distress Line

  • Phone: 604-872-3311

  • Toll-Free: 1-866-661-3311

  • Crisis Chat:  www.youthinbc.com / www.crisiscentrechat.ca

  • Areas Served: Vancouver, North Vancouver city and district, Bowen Island, West Vancouver, Powell River and area, the Sunshine Coast, Squamish, Whistler, Pemberton, Howe Sound/the Sea-to-Sky Corridor

Chimo Crisis Services Crisis Lines

  • Phone: 604-279-707

  • Areas Served: Richmond, South Delta, Ladner, and Tsawwassen

 S.U.C.C.E.S.S Chinese Help Lines

Crisis Lines:  Cantonese 604-270-8233 / Mandarin 604-270-8222

Island Health

Vancouver Island Crisis Line and Chat

  • Toll-Free:  1-888-494-3888

  • Crisis Chat: www.vicrisis.ca

  • Crisis Text:  250-800-3806

  • Area Served: All of Vancouver Island

Northern Health

Prince George 24-Hour Crisis Line

  • Phone:  250-563-1214

  • Toll-Free: 1-888-562-1214

  • Areas Served: Alberta border to Haida Gwaii and from Quesnel north to the Yukon border

Alberta Resources

Mental Health Help Line 

  • Toll Free (24/7): 1-877-303-2642

Edmonton and area

Distress Line

  • 24/7

  • 780-482-HELP (4357) 

Calgary and area

Distress Centre

  • (403) 266-4357 

South Western Alberta 

Distress Line

  • (403) 327-7905 

Rural

Distress Line 

  • Toll Free: 1-800-232-7288

Dr. Margaret Savage Crisis Centre

  • 780-594-3353 

Wood’s Homes 

  • Toll Free: 1-800-563-6106

  • 403-299-9699