Resources
If there is any immediate threat of harm to yourself or someone you know, please call 9-1-1. For other crises, here are some free resources that may be able to help you through a difficult time:
- For all ages
- Phone and text
- Open 24/7 for calls
4pm-12am for texts
Phone: 1-833-456-4566
Text: 45645
- For children and youth
- Phone, text, and online
- Open 24/7
Call: 1-800-668-6868
Text: CONNECT to 686868
- For people between the ages of 17-25 & post-secondary students in Ontario
- Phone and text
- Open 24/7
Call: 1-866-925-5454
Text: GOOD2TALKON to 686868
Additional Resources
Mental Health Helpline
For for all ages
Call: 1-866-531-2600
What's Up? Walk In
Open 9 am - 7 pm, Monday to Friday
Call: 1-866-585-6486
COAST
Hamilton: 905-972-8338 / 1-844-972-8338 (toll free)
Niagara: 1-866-550-5205
Halton: 1-877-825-9011
R.O.C.K. Crisis Response (Halton Region)
Call: 905-878-9785
LGBT Youth Line
Text: 647-694-4275
Trans Lifeline
Call: 1-877-330-6366
For spousal abuse, if there is immediate danger call 9-1-1, otherwise call 519-836-5710 for Guelph-Wellington Women in Crisis or (905) 529-8149 from Inasmuch House, Hamilton. For reports of child abuse, please contact your local Children’s Aid office (905-522-1121 for Hamilton). For witnessed or experienced abuse or neglect of an adult with a disability, if there is immediate danger call 9-1-1, otherwise call ReportOn 1-800-575-2222.