Helplines & Other Services

Helplines & Virtual "Walk-In" Services

Black Youth Hotline 

• Phone: 416-285-9944 

• Website: https://blackyouth.ca/

Canadian Mental Health Association

• Phone:  519-433-2023 or 1-866-933-2023 

• Website: https://cmhamiddlesex.ca/

Children's Mental Health Ontario

• Phone: 416-921-2109 

• Website: https://cmho.org/

Crisis Text Line

• Text: Text HOME to 686868

Hong Fook Mental Health Association

• Phone: 416 493-4242

• Website: https://hongfook.ca/

Inuit and First Nations Hope for Wellness Line

• Phone: 1-855-242-3310

• Website & Live Chat: https://www.hopeforwellness.ca/ 

Kids Help Phone

• Kids Help Phone offers free virtual counseling over phone, text, and live chat and is available 24/7.

• Phone: 1-800-668-6868 

• Text: text CONNECT to 686868

• Website & Live Chat: https://kidshelpphone.ca/

LGBTQ Youth Line

• The LGBTQ Youth Line provides free LGBTQ+ peer support through phone, text, live chat, & email from Sunday to Friday, 4:00 pm to 9:30 pm.

• Phone: 1-888-687-9688

• Text: 647-694-4275

• Email: askus@youthline.ca 

• Website & Live Chat: https://www.youthline.ca/

Naseeha Organization

• Phone: 1-866-Naseeha (627-3342)

• Website: https://naseeha.org/

Telehealth Ontario

• Phone: 1-866-797-0000

• Website: https://www.ontario.ca/page/get-medical-advice-telehealth-ontario or https://health811.ontario.ca/static/guest/home

Trans Lifeline

• Phone: 1-877-330-6366

• Website: https://translifeline.org/

What's Up Walk-In/Mental Health T.O.

• What's Up Walk-In offers free virtual mental health counseling in the form of phone or video sessions, which are available Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to 7:00 pm. Youth can request an LGBTQ+ counselor when they call in.

• Phone: 1-866-585-6486

• Website: https://www.whatsupwalkin.ca/ or https://www.tdsb.on.ca/Portals/0/docs/MHTO%20Flyer%20April2020.pdf