If you are in crisis, feel unsafe, or need immediate support, please visit your nearest emergency room
or call 911 (emergency services) or 988 (crisis helpline).
Distress lines
Wellness Together Canada: text 741741
Toronto Distress Centres: 416-408-4357; or text 45645 (4pm-12am)
Gerstein Centre: 416-929-5200
Drop-In
Stella’s Place BeanBagChat App (16-29; Toronto)
Stella’s Place Drop-In (16-29; Toronto)
CAMH Virtual Urgent Care (Toronto)
Short-Term
Stella’s Place Individual Counselling (16-29, Toronto)
Hard Feelings (Toronto)
BounceBack (Ontario)
MindBeacon (Ontario)
Counselling Connect (Ottawa)
Specialized Resources
Assaulted Women’s Helpline
Provides anonymous and confidential crisis counselling, safety planning, emotional support, information and referrals 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for all women in Ontario who have experienced any form of abuse. Services are also available at all times for women who are deaf, deaf-blind and hard of hearing.
Phone: 1-866-863-0511 TTY: 1-866-863-7868
Progress Place Warm Line
Confidential and anonymous service for adults (18+) who are feeling lonely, isolated, anxious, depressed or in need of a friendly ear. This is not a crisis service.
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Call: 416-960-9276 (3 p.m. to midnight)
Text: 647-557-5882 (3 p.m. to midnight).