Mental Health Resources
Consider these free and accessible resources if you find yourself in crisis or in need of immediate support
Violence / Abuse / Sexual Assault
Assaulted Women’s Help Line
1-866-863-0511 / TTY 1-866-863-7868
www.awhl.org
Ontario Native Women’s Association (ONWA)
www.onwa.ca
Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres
http://www.sexualassaultsupport.ca
Victim Support Line (Ontario Victim Services)
1-888-579-2888
Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse Provincial Crisis and Support Line (Ontario Victim Services)
1-866-887-0015
Suicide Prevention
9-8-8
If you or someone you know is thinking about suicide, call or text 988.
Help is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 9-8-8 offers support that is bilingual, trauma-informed, culturally appropriate and available to anyone in Canada at no cost
COAST Niagara
Call COAST at 1-866-550-5205 for confidential crisis support 24/7. COAST is a mobile crisis outreach and intervention service that offers immediate telephone counselling and on-site crisis outreach intervention as needed for individuals 16 and older.
Distress Centre Niagara
905-688-3711
Volunteer-run hotline that operates 24/7 365 days providing emotional support, suicide and crisis prevention and intervention
Urgent (Crisis) Supports
ShelterSafe
www.sheltersafe.ca
Kids Help Phone
1-800-668-6868
www.kidshelpphone.ca
Seniors Safety Line
1-866-299-1011
Trans Lifeline
1-877-330-6366
Crisis Text Line
Text: HOME to 741741
https://www.crisistextline.org/