Support and resources

Find mental health support, wellness resources, and help accessing food in your community. These resources are available to people across Canada.

Need support right now?

If you or someone you know is in immediate danger, call 9-1-1.

9-8-8: Suicide Crisis Helpline
If you are thinking about suicide or worried about someone you know, call 988 or text 988. Support is available across Canada, 24 hours a day, in English and French.

https://988.ca/

Mental health support

Talk to someone

Kids Help Phone

Support for children, teens, and young adults.
Call 1-800-668-6868
Text CONNECT to 686868.

Hope for Wellness Helpline

Support for Indigenous people across Canada.
Call 1-855-242-3310 or visit the website for online chat. Support in Cree, Ojibway, and Inuktitut is available on request; availability varies.

Information and resources

Canadian Mental Health Association

Find information about mental health, local programs, and ways to support yourself or others.

Anxiety Canada resources

Downloadable anxiety resources now hosted by the Vancouver CBT Centre following Anxiety Canada’s closure.

Grief and loss

MyGrief.ca

Online resources for understanding and moving through grief.

KidsGrief.ca

Help for adults talking with children and teens about serious illness, dying, and death.

YouthGrief.ca

Resources created with and for grieving youth.

Wellness apps

MindShift CBT

Tools based on cognitive behavioural therapy to help manage anxiety. Visit the developer’s page for current app information.

Insight Timer

A free library of guided meditations, sleep audio, and mindfulness practices. Some features may require payment.

Smiling Mind

Mindfulness and mental fitness activities for children and adults.

Check each app’s website for current availability and pricing.

Help accessing food

Find food banks, community meal programs, and other food supports near you.

Find a food bank

Food Banks Canada directory

Search by location to find food banks in your community.

Find community services

211 Canada

Find local food programs and other community, government, and social services.

Resource list updated November 10, 2026.