If you are in crisis, please contact your local distress centre, your local mobile crisis unit or 911 or go to your nearest hospital. Please also note that:
- Canadian Mental Health Association, Toronto Branch, has published a list of crisis resources, including phone numbers for local mobile crisis units, at http://toronto.cmha.ca/mental-health/find-help/
- Assaulted Women’s Helpline: 416-863-0511; Toll Free 1-866-863-0511; French Line: 1-677-336-2433; see http://www.awhl.org/
- Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention: see https://suicideprevention.ca/need-help/
- Crisis Services Canada: 1-833-456-4566; Text 45645 (national suicide prevention hotline; online chat also available; hours limited for chat/text; see http://www.crisisservicescanada.ca/
- Distress and Crisis Ontario lists distress and crisis centres in Ontario at http://www.dcontario.org/centres.html
- Distress Centres of Greater Toronto: 416-408-HELP (4357); Text741741 (helpline plus suicide survivor support program plus crisis text); see https://www.torontodistresscentre.com/
- Fem’Aide: 1-877-FEMAIDE, 1-877-336-2433; TTY: 1-866-860-7082 (provincial crisis line for the francophone women who have experienced violence in their lives); see http://femaide.ca/
- Gerstein Centre: 416-929-5200 (mobile crisis unit, crisis line, community visits, short term residence); see http://gersteincentre.org/
- Good2Talk: 1-866-925-5454 (helpline for Ontario post-secondary students); see http://www.good2talk.ca/
- Kids Help Phone/ Jeunesse J’écoute: 1-800-668-6868 (phone and online professional counselling for youth); see https://kidshelpphone.ca/
- Krasman Centre Warm Line and Crisis Line: 1-888-777-0979; see http://krasmancentre.com/programs/warm-line/
- North York/Etobicoke Mobile Crisis: 416-498-0043 (provided by Saint Elizabeth)
- Ontario Caregiver Organization: 1-833-416-2283 (CARE) (helpline for caregivers; see https://ontariocaregiver.ca/)
- York Support Services Network: 1-855-310-COPE (2673) 1-866-323-7785 (TTY) (mobile crisis unit, crisis line, mental health support team, short term crisis beds, crisis peer support); see http://www.yssn.ca/Crisis-Response-Services
- Scarborough Hospital Mobile Crisis Program: 416-495-2891 (telephone crisis response plus community crisis response); see https://www.tsh.to/areas-of-care/mental-health/regional-crisis-programs/
- Toronto Rape Crisis Centre: 416-597-8808; see https://trccmwar.ca/our-services/24-hour-crisis-line/
- Toronto Seniors Helpline: 416-217-2077 (on-call mobile crisis intervention and outreach service for seniors who have suspected or diagnosed mental health and/or addictions, 9 to 5pm); see https://www.woodgreen.com/ServiceDetail.aspx?id=268
- Youthdale’s Crisis Support Team: 416-363-9990 (telephone and mobile crisis response); see http://youthdale.ca/en/crisis_services/crisis_line.php
“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.”
quote by Viktor E. Frankl