| Contact | novascotia.cmha.ca |
| Information | CMHA provides a list of mental health resources and education/information about mental health. |
| Service area | Nova Scotia |
| Resource type | Resource hub |
| Support type | Wellness support |
| Target demographic | General population |
| Serves children (0–12) | Yes |
| Serves youth (13–17) | Yes |
| Serves adults (18+) | Yes |
| Serves families | Yes |
| Language spoken | English 🍁 |
About this directory of supports
Navigating mental health support can be challenging during emergency situations, such as Canada's ongoing wildfires. This comprehensive guide aims to simplify that journey by providing a curated list of evidence-informed and free mental health and well-being resources available across Canada to all communities.
Whether you or your family members are in need of immediate assistance through crisis support, seeking ongoing wellness supports, requiring tools to help navigate further resources, or looking for counselling services, this resource list is designed to help you find the right support to maintain and enhance your mental well-being before, during, and after an emergency.
Although the majority of these resources are tailored to meet the needs of the broader community in Canada (adults, youth, children, and families), a smaller subset of these resources are tailored to specific occupational groups — including public safety personnel (PSP), health care providers (HCP), military members and Veterans — as well as to equity-deserving groups like Indigenous populations, BIPOC communities, and LGBTQ2SIA+ individuals.
Please select the resource that is best tailored to your own needs.
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Canadian Mental Health Association Nova Scotia
Provides a list of mental health resources and education/information about mental health
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Doctors Nova Scotia’s Professional Support Program
Provides confidential peer-to-peer support for members and their families who are dealing with personal or professional problems
Contact 1 (855) 275-8215 Information Provides confidential peer-to-peer support for members and their families who are dealing with personal or professional problems. Service area Nova Scotia Resource type Telephone Support type Peer support Target demographics Health care providers, health care provider families Serves children (0–12) Yes Serves youth (13–17) Yes Serves adults (18+) Yes Serves families Yes Language spoken English 🍁 -
Eskasoni Crisis Line
24/7 Crisis support for members of Mi’kmaq communities
Contact 1 (855) 379-2099 Information 24/7 Crisis support for members of Mi'kmaq communities. Service area Nova Scotia Resource type Telephone Support type Crisis support Target demographic Indigenous population Serves children (0–12) — Serves youth (13–17) — Serves adults (18+) Yes Serves families — Language spoken English 🍁 -
Eskasoni Mental Health Services
Provides in-person mental health services for Indigenous peoples of Eskasoni, Nova Scotia
Contact eskasonimentalhealth.org Information Provides in-person mental health services for Indigenous peoples of Eskasoni, Nova Scotia. Service area Nova Scotia Resource type In-person service Support type Wellness support Target demographic Indigenous population Serves children (0–12) Yes Serves youth (13–17) Yes Serves adults (18+) Yes Serves families Yes Language spoken English 🍁 -
Healthy Minds Cooperative
Offers free wellness programs, peer-support groups, and navigation to mental health services (in-person and online)
Contact healthyminds.ca Information Offers free wellness programs, peer-support groups, and navigation to mental health services (in-person and online). Service area Nova Scotia Resource types Online service, in-person service Support type Wellness support Target demographic General population Serves children (0–12) — Serves youth (13–17) — Serves adults (18+) Yes Serves families — Language spoken English 🍁 -
Nova Scotia Health: Mental Health and Addictions Program Intake Service
Clinicians available from Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Contact 1 (855) 922-1122 Information Clinicians available from Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Service area Nova Scotia Resource type Telephone Support types Wellness support, addiction support Target demographic General population Serves children (0–12) — Serves youth (13–17) — Serves adults (18+) Yes Serves families — Language spoken English 🍁 -
Nova Scotia Health: Mental Health Mobile Crisis Team
24/7 provincial telephone crisis line for children, youth, or adults who are experiencing a mental health crisis. Service is mobile for Halifax region
Contact 1 (902) 429-8167 Information 24/7 provincial telephone crisis line for children, youth, or adults who are experiencing a mental health crisis. Service is mobile for Halifax region. Service area Nova Scotia Resource type Telephone Support type Crisis support Target demographic General population Serves children (0–12) Yes Serves youth (13–17) Yes Serves adults (18+) Yes Serves families Yes Language spoken English 🍁 -
Nova Scotia Health: Peer Support Phone Service
For all Nova Scotians aged 18+. Staffed by trained peer supporters who have personal or family-based lived experience with mental health and/or substance use challenges
Contact 1 (800) 307-1686 Information Available to all Nova Scotians aged 18 and older. The line is staffed by trained peer supporters who have personal or family-based lived experience with mental health and/or substance use challenges. Service area Nova Scotia Resource type Telephone Support type Wellness support Target demographic General population Serves children (0–12) — Serves youth (13–17) — Serves adults (18+) Yes Serves families — Language spoken English 🍁 -
Nova Scotia Health: prideHealth
Provides access to mental health and addictions providers, peer support, social groups, and workshops
Contact (902) 487-0470 Information Provides access to mental health and addictions providers, peer support, social groups, and workshops. Service area Nova Scotia Resource type Online service Support type Wellness support Target demographic LGBTQ2SIA+ Serves children (0–12) Yes Serves youth (13–17) Yes Serves adults (18+) Yes Serves families Yes Languages spoken English 🍁, French ⚜️ -
Nova Scotia Health: Provincial Mental Health and Addictions Crisis Line
Provides 24/7 crisis intervention for children, youth, and adults
Contact 1 (888) 429-8167 Information Provides 24/7 crisis intervention for children, youth, and adults. Service area Nova Scotia Resource type Telephone Support type Crisis support Target demographic General population Serves children (0–12) Yes Serves youth (13–17) Yes Serves adults (18+) Yes Serves families — Language spoken English 🍁 -
Nova Scotia Warm Line
Staffed by “peers” who have had their own experiences of trauma
Contact 1 (833) 927-6546 Information Staffed by "peers" who have had their own experiences of trauma. Service area Nova Scotia Resource type Telephone Support type Wellness support Target demographic General population Serves children (0–12) — Serves youth (13–17) — Serves adults (18+) Yes Serves families — Language spoken English 🍁 -
NS First Responders Mental Health
Offers treatments, resources, and education on mental health for first responders in Nova Scotia
Contact firstrespondersmentalhealthns.com Information Offers treatments, resources, and education on mental health for first responders in NS. Service area Nova Scotia Resource type Online service Support type Wellness support Target demographics Health care providers, health care provider families, public safety personnel, public safety personnel families Serves children (0–12) Yes Serves youth (13–17) Yes Serves adults (18+) Yes Serves families Yes Language spoken English 🍁