Community Resources
If you require emergency assistance please dial 911
Crisis Management
24/7 phone: 1-800-668-6868
text: 686868
Youth Service Bureau (YSB) of Ottawa
24/7 crisis line: (613) 260-2360
24/7 live chat: click here
Distress Centre of Ottawa Region
24/7 distress line: (613) 238-3311
24/7 crisis line: (613) 722-6914
Crisis Line (Ontario-wide)
24/7 phone: (613) 722-6914
outside Ottawa: 1-866-996-0991
Hope for Wellness (24/7 Indigenous support)
24/7 phone: 1-855-242-3310
live chat also available
24/7 phone: 1-833-294-8650
Ottawa Police Services (non-emergency line)
phone: (613) 236-1222
phone: (613) 562-2333
phone: (613) 747-7800
Medical/Mental Health
Eastern Ontario Resource Centre (Gloucester Centre)
phone: (613) 741-6025
email: info@eorc-creo.ca
1 Call 1 Click.ca (Virtual Counselling)
Counselling Connect (Virtual Counselling)
Orleans-Cumberland Community Resource Centre
phone: (613) 830-4357
Wellness Together Canada (Canada.ca)
The Walk-in Counselling Clinic (free in-person and virtual counselling without appointment)
phone: (613) 725-3601
Youthline (LGBTQ+ peer support)
4 - 9:30pm text or phone: (647) 694-4275
The Child, Adolescent and Family Centre of Ottawa (CAFCO)
phone: (613) 567-0777
Parents' Lifeline of Eastern Ontario (PLEO)
phone: (613) 321-3211
Ottawa Centre for Resilience (OFR) (Trauma-informed Counselling)
phone: (613) 714-0662
Abundant Living Counselling Group
phone: (613) 727-4455
Rideauwood Addiction & Family Services
phone: (613) 724-4881
Catholic Family Services (NOT faith-based)
Jewish Family Services Counselling Group (NOT faith-based)
phone: (613) 287-3799
Find Mental Health Supports
Social Services & Housing
phone: (613) 745-7001
Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health
phone: (613) 748-0657
Ottawa Community Immigrant Services Organization (OCISO)
phone: (613) 725-0202
Newcomer Youth Leadership Development Program (YMCA-YWCA)
phone: (613) 291-1824
email: nyld@ymcaywca.ca
IG: @nyldottawa
Ontario 211 (Community Services)
24/7 phone: 211
Subsidized Housing Info (Ottawa)