9-8-8: Suicide Crisis Helpline
National Crisis
Helplines
Kids Help Phone
Call: 1-800-668-6868 (24/7; English, French, and many other languages via interpreters).
Text: CONNECT to 686868 (24/7; English and French).
Website: kidshelpphone.ca
A 24/7 e-mental health service offering free, confidential support to young people in Canada.
Talk Suicide Canada
Call: 1-833-456-4566 (24/7)
Text: 45645 (4 p.m. to midnight ET)
Website: talksuicide.ca (Operated by Crisis Services Canada: crisisservicescanada.ca)
Provides 24/7, bilingual support to anyone who is facing suicide.
Indigenous Mental Health Resources
Hope for Wellness Help Line
Call: 1-855-242-3310 (24/7)
Chat: hopeforwellness.ca
Offers immediate mental health counselling and crisis intervention to all Indigenous peoples across Canada. Service available in English and French, and on request in Cree, Ojibway (Anishinaabemowin), and Inuktitut.
National Indian Residential School Crisis Line
Call: 1-866-925-4419
A national, 24-hour crisis line providing support to former Residential School students and their families.
Talk 4 Healing
Call or text: 1-855-554-4325
Website: talk4healing.com
A helpline for Indigenous women, by Indigenous women, available in 14 languages across Ontario.
MMIWG Crisis Line
Call: 1-844-413-6649
A 24/7 crisis line providing support to individuals impacted by the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people.
LGBTQ2S+ Mental Health Resources
Trans Lifeline
Call: 1-877-330-6366
Website: translifeline.org
A peer support hotline for trans folks, run by and for trans people.
LGBT YouthLine (Ontario)
Call: 1-800-268-9688
Text: 647-694-4275
Website: youthline.ca
Confidential, non-judgemental peer support for 2SLGBTQ+ youth (29 and under) in Ontario.
Interligne (Quebec)
Call or text: 1-888-505-1010 (Phone 24/7)
Website: interligne.co
A 24/7 helpline providing support for LGBTQ+ people and their loved ones across Quebec.
Black & African Canadian Mental Health Resources
Black Youth Helpline
Call: 1-833-294-8650 (9 a.m. to 10 p.m. ET)
Website: blackyouth.ca
Promotes access to professional, culturally appropriate support for youth, families, and schools.
CAFCAN (Caribbean African Canadian Social Services)
Call (GTA): 416-740-1056
Website: cafcan.org
Provides culturally appropriate social services, including counselling, to African, Caribbean, and Diaspora communities in the GTA.
Asian Canadian & Multilingual Mental Health Resources
South Asian Canadians Health & Social Services (SACHSS)
Distress Helpline: 647-367-4452
Website: sachss.ca
Offers culturally and linguistically appropriate services, including distress lines and counselling (Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu, Tamil, and more).
S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Helplines (British Columbia)
Website: successbc.ca
Mandarin: 1-888-721-0596 / Ext.1 (10 a.m. – 10 p.m., 7 days/week)
Cantonese: 1-888-721-0596 / Ext.2 (10 a.m. – 10 p.m., 7 days/week)
Korean: 1-888-721-0596 / Ext.3 (Hours vary)
Farsi-Dari: 1-888-721-0596 / Ext.4 (Hours vary)
Provides confidential emotional support and referrals in multiple languages.
Naseeha Mental Health
Call or text: 1-866-627-3342 (24/7)
Website: naseeha.org
Confidential support for Muslim and non-Muslim communities; multiple languages including Arabic, Bengali, Hindi, Punjabi, Somali, and Urdu.
Distress Centres of Greater Toronto (Multilingual Lines)
Call: 905-459-7777 (Brampton & Mississauga)
Website: dcogt.com/multilingual-distress-lines
Support available in Cantonese, Mandarin, Portuguese, Spanish, Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu (Mon–Fri, 10 a.m. – 10 p.m.).
Hispanic & Latine Mental Health Resources
Note: Canada’s 9-8-8 service is English/French. You can access 24/7 Spanish phone support via an interpreter by calling Kids Help Phone at 1-800-668-6868. Regional helplines also offer direct Spanish support:
Distress Centres of Greater Toronto: 905-459-7777 (Mon–Fri, 10 a.m. – 10 p.m.)
Madison Community Services (Toronto): madisoncs.org/hispanic-program — Mental health case management in Spanish (not a crisis hotline)
Centre for Spanish Speaking People (Toronto): spanishservices.org — Programs and services for Spanish-speaking communities (not a crisis hotline)
Indigenous Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Mental Health Resources