RESOURCES
You are not alone.
If you are in imminent danger, please call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room
1 (855) 242 3310
24/7 mental health counselling and crisis intervention services are readily available to Indigenous individuals throughout Canada. Support is offered in English, Cree, Ojibway, and Inuktitut languages.
Kids' Help Phone Line
BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services assists individuals facing mental health and substance use difficulties within British Columbia. Additionally, they provide aid to individuals in custody as well as those referred by courts for assessment and treatment.
If you're experiencing despair, managing mental health struggles, or contending with suicidal thoughts, dialing 9-8-8 can provide assistance. Skilled professionals are available to provide support and guidance, as well as to offer information regarding mental health services
Crisis Centre BC provides non-judgmental and confidential support via telephone and online platforms, 24-7. Their services are prompt and aim to dismantle stigmas associated with mental health while promoting awareness and enhancing skills for overall well-being
Kids Help Phone provides online resources aimed at aiding self-understanding. Should you encounter difficulties, you have the option to contact a trained volunteer via call or text for assistance, or engage with a counselor for support either through phone calls or online chat
Here2Talk provides no-cost counseling services and community referrals that are available 24/7 via an app, phone, or web platform. These services cater to all students enrolled in post-secondary institutions in BC, regardless of their nationality including domestic and international students.
1-800-563-0808
VictimLink BC aids individuals affected by various forms of crime, such as family and sexual violence, as well as human trafficking. Support workers offer legal guidance, connect individuals with victim and counselling services, and facilitate access to transition housing.
Thrive Lifeline supports underrepresented individuals 24/7 (person of color, LGBTQ2S+, person living with disabilities, neurodivergent, and/or other marginalized identities) experiencing obstacles because of or simply your identities. Text THRIVE to 1.313.662.8209.
Led by trained volunteers, the help lines provide non-English-speaking individuals (Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, Farsi-Dari, Ukrainian) with confidential emotional support and referrals to community resources that can support them to address a wide range of life issues.
The Trevor Project is a suicide prevention and crisis intervention nonprofit organization for LGBTQ+ young people. They information & support to LGBTQ+
young people 24/7, all year round.
MOSAIC provides services to immigrants, refugees, and those from diverse backgrounds to help advance an inclusive and thriving Canada. Staff and partners work together through employment, settlement, and language services to further the success and sense of belonging of newcomers and individuals from diverse backgrounds.
The Salal support Centre offers crisis line, text and chat support, victim and counselling services, and Indigenous and gender diverse support programs for women, trans, non-binary, Two-Spirit, gender diverse, and sex-working survivors.
Here2Talk for Students in BC
Victim link BC
THrive lifeline
s.u.c.c.e.s.s helplines
The trevor project
Salal Sexual Violence Support Centre
moSAIC
Crisis Centre BC
BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services
Indigenous Hope for Wellness Help Line
Canada Suicide prevention Line
crisis & Helpline services
Battered Women's Support Services provides counselling services to residents of the Lower Mainland. Trained professionals, such as Registered Clinical Counsellors, offer safe and non-judgmental counselling to women survivors of sexual abuse and assault, as well as survivors of residential schools.
Moving Forward family services
BCSMSSA provides counseling services at reduced rates or low-cost to residents of the Lower Mainland, including Port Moody, Coquitlam, and Port Coquitlam. Victim services, individual, and group counseling are offered by Registered Clinical Counsellors ($100/hour) and supervised clinical intern ($50/hour)
Shoreline Counselling offers reduced rate counselling to provide therapeutic services for those in the Langley and Vancouver area who may have limited financial resources. You can access clinical intern ($50/hour) post-graduate clinical fellow ($100/hour) who is supervised weekly by a Registered Clinical Counsellor.
The SFU Clinical Psychology Centre provides affordable counseling services to residents of the Lower Mainland, encompassing Port Moody, Coquitlam, and Port Coquitlam. These services are administered by student interns under the supervision of Registered Clinical Counsellors or Psychologists.
Moving Forward Family Services offers free and affordable short and long-term counselling within the Lower Mainland area. These counselling services are conducted by interns under supervision or by Registered Clinical Counsellors.
QMUNITY provides affordable (or no-cost) counseling services to LGBTQ2SAI+ individuals residing in the Lower Mainland area. It's important to mention that all clinicians offering support, such as Registered Clinical Counsellors, are specifically trained in LGBTQ2SAI+ and gender-diverse issues.
Vancouver Black Therapy & Advocacy Foundation offers support for Black folks in BC and the Lower Mainland. They offer free or reduced-cost counselling and advocacy services to low-income, newcomer, LGBTQIA+, and disabled people.
Metro Vancouver Indigenous Counselling offers counselling services to Indigenous residents of Metro Vancouver. Counselling services can be delivered by mental health professionals like Psychologists, Registered Clinical Counsellors and and Social Workers.
Free counselling for Lower Mainland residents, provided by registered clinical
counsellors in partnership with City University Community Clinic. Individuals, couples and groups.
Oak provides weekly counselling services to adults in need around Metro Vancouver for up to one year. Oak counsels individuals and couples on a wide range of areas, including those struggling with family dynamics, anxiety, depression, relationship conflict, trauma, grief and loss. Oak does not provide crisis, multi-year or active substance use counselling services
VAST assists refugees and other newcomers who have endured torture, trauma and political violence through counselling, documentation, education and referrals.
Family Services provides counseling services in Vancouver, Richmond, and New Westminster, delivered by Registered Clinical Counsellors or Social Workers. They offer support to survivors of trauma, sexual abuse, and individuals affected by family violence. All programs are trauma-informed, feminist, and anti-oppressive in nature.
