Crisis support and counselling services

Find support services that can help you with trauma and mental health concerns.

For Indigenous peoples

• Battered Women’s Support Services — Indigenous women’s program — Free support services with trained counsellor/advocate — Call 1-855-687-1868 or text 604-687-1867
• Hope for Wellness Help Line — Free online service with experienced and culturally competent counsellors — Call 1-855-242-3310 (24 hours every day)
• Indian Residential School Survivors Crisis Line — Call 1-800-721-0066 (24 hours every day)
• Kuu-us Crisis Line Society — Call 1-800-588-8717 (24 hours every day; no charge anywhere in BC)
• Métis Crisis Line — Call 1-833-638-4722 (24 hours every day)
• Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Support Line — Call 1-844-413-6649 (24 hours every day)
• Native Youth Crisis Hotline — Call 1-877-209-1266 (24 hours every day)
• Women Against Violence Against Women, Indigenous counselling program — Free, confidential counselling and support groups informed by traditional healing practices — Call 604-255-6344

For everyone

• 310Mental Health Support — Call 310-6789 (no area code needed, 24 hours every day)

For children and youth

• Kids Help Phone — Free, confidential e-mental health services — Call 1-800-668-6868 or text 68-68-68 (24 hours every day)

For 2SLGBTQ+ folk

• QMUNITY, BC’s Queer, Trans, and Two-Spirit Resource Centre — Free counselling, support groups, and referral services — Call 604-684-5307

For victims of violence

• VictimLinkBC — confidential support for victims of violence, and counselling and referral services — Call 1-800-563-0808 (24 hours every day)
• Women Against Violence Against Women Crisis & Information Line — Call 1-877-392-7583 or 604-255-6344 (24 hours, across BC)