Mental Health Supports
Crisis Lines
Canada Suicide Prevention Service
Crisis phone: 1-833-456-4566; Text 45645
Email: info@CrisisServicesCanada.ca
Website: http://www.crisisservicescanada.ca
Telephone counselling and support for anyone thinking about or affected by suicide.
Toronto Distress Centre
Crisis Line: (416) 408-4357
Website: http://www.torontodistresscentre.com
Telephone counselling and support for anyone thinking about or affected by suicide.
Toronto Seniors Helpline
Telephone: 416-217-2077 OR 1-877-621-2077
Website: https://torontoseniorshelpline.ca
COVID19 — Face-to-face crisis assessments and crisis support to seniors in Toronto who are 65+.Clients are triaged, phone support offered whenever possible.
Online Support
United We Care
Website: https://www.unitedwecare.com/ca
Mental and emotional health support. Can also connect clients to lawyers, psychotherapists and social workers. Fee for service.
The Big White Wall
Website: https://www.bigwhitewall.com/?lang=en-ca
Online peer support community for mental health including anxiety, depression and other common mental health issues. Peer to peer, anonymous conversation moderated 24 hours a day, seven days a week by trained practitioners.
Wellness Together Canada
Website: https://ca.portal.gs
Free online resources, tools, apps and connections to trained volunteers and qualified mental health professionals when needed. Modules for addressing low mood, worry, substance use, social isolation and relationship issues.
Telephone & Online Support
AbilitiCBT
Free to Ontario and Manitoba residents age 16 or older for the anxiety, depression, and anxiety related to a pandemic programs.
Website: www.myicbt.com/home
Bounceback
Telephone: 1-866-345-0224
Website: https://bouncebackontario.ca/adults-19/
Free ongoing Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) program that provides guided mental health support for adults and youth, which utilizes workbooks, online videos, and phone coaching. Must register.
ConnexOntario
Telephone: 1-866-531-2600
Website: https://www.connexontario.ca
Information and referral on addiction and mental health services in Ontario.
Telephone Support – Adults 25 +
Yonge Street Mission – Virtual Walk In Counselling
Telephone: 416 355-3568
Monday to Friday from 10 am to 4:30 pm Thursdays 10 am – 7:30 pm
Telephone counselling to those feeling anxious or distressed.
Telephone Support – Youth
Kids Help Phone
Telephone: 1-800-668-6868
Website: https://kidshelpphone.ca/
Canadian nationwide 24/7 mental health support service which includes professional counselling, information and referral, and volunteer-led text-based support to youth (18 and under) in English and French.
Good2Talk
Telephone: 1-866-925-5454
Website: https://good2talk.ca/
A texting and phone call service that provides confidential support to post-secondary students
Yonge Street Mission – Virtual Walk In Counselling (Ages 16-24)
Telephone: 416 929-9614 ext 2269
Monday to Thursday from 10 am to 4:30 pm
Telephone counselling to those feeling anxious or distressed.
Virtual Art Therapy Clinic
Art therapy that adds together creative therapeutic processes and psychotherapy to increase healing, understanding and self-exploration. The clinic’s art therapy is provided by graduate students under the supervision of a Registered Art Therapist and Licensed Family Therapist.
*You have the option to donate toward the service, however they do not turn anyone away for financial reasons.
The virtual clinic runs on Vancouver, BC, Canada/Pacific Time.
Website: https://arttherapy.network/
Information on the Effects of Racism on Mental Health
Sunshine Behavioral Health (Based in the United States)
Website: https://www.sunshinebehavioralhealth.com/mental-health-issues-facing-the-black-community/