National Mental Health Crisis Support:
Canada Suicide Prevention Service 24 Hour Crisis Line:
9-8-8 Crisis Helpline
Call or text 9-8-8
Toll free, lines are open 24/7/365
Kids Help Phone 24 Hour Services:
1-800-668-6868 or text CONNECT to 686868
Live chat 7:00 pm – midnight EST: kidshelpphone.ca/live-chat
Crisis Support by Province: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/mental-health-services/mental-health-get-help.html#a2
Mental Health Crisis Lines and Mental Health Resources for Indigenous Community Members:
Hope for Wellness – Indigenous 24 Hour Help Line:
1-855-242-3310
Online chat: hopeforwellness.ca
Indian Residential School Survivor 24 Hour Crisis Line:
1-866-925-4419
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls 24 Hour Crisis Line:
1-844-413-6649
Kids Help Phone:
Indigenous Peoples can connect with an Indigenous volunteer crisis responder, when available, by texting FIRST NATIONS, INUIT or METIS to:
686868 for youth
741741 for adults
Government of Canada:
https://www.sac-isc.gc.ca/eng/1576089278958/1576089333975
Noojimo Health:
Noojimo is an Indigenous-owned company that offers culturally safe and timely virtual mental health services for Indigenous people by an Indigenous care provider. Counselling services are now available in Ontario, British Columbia and Saskatchewan.
https://www.noojimohealth.ca/
Talk 4 Healing:
Beendigen Talk4Healing has provided over 30,000 Indigenous women and their families with real-world solutions, without judgment, in a safe and accepting environment. Services available in 14 Indigenous languages.
https://www.beendigen.com/programs/talk4healing/
Not in crisis but need someone to talk to?
Talking Stick is a text-only chat platform for Indigenous people. It provides culture-based support on any topic at all. It’s a safe place to have confidential, judgement-free conversations with someone who is also Indigenous themselves.
Online chat: my.talkingstick.app
Download the Talking Stick App to anonymously chat (text only) with Indigenous peer advocates.
Province Specific Mental Health Crisis Lines and Resources for Indigenous Community Members:
Manitoba Métis Federation Mental Health Telephone Service
The MMF is prioritizing the mental health of its citizens. The need for Métis specific mental health supports is evident. One current mental health support is a telephone line that provides citizens access to Metis counsellors and resources.
1-833-390-1041 Ext. 1
Available 7 am to 11 pm daily
Alberta Indigenous Virtual Care Clinic
The Alberta Indigenous Virtual Care Clinic serves individuals self-identifying as First Nations, Inuit and Métis and their immediate family members.
1-888-342-4822
https://aivcc.ca/
Kamatsiaqtut Help Line
Nunavut Kamatsiaqtut Helpline continues to provide anonymous and confidential telephone counseling and contact service for any and all northerners who need ‘a listening and non-judgmental ear’ to talk about personal problems or who are in crisis, three hundred and sixty-five days a year.
Local Nunavut Phone Number: 867.979.3333
Toll Free Outside of Iqaluit and residents of Nunavumiut: 1.800.265.3333
Métis Nation of BC Crisis Line
1-833-Metis-BC (1-833-638-4722)
Available 24/7
