| Contact | getready.govt.nz/emergency/mental-wellbeing |
| Information | Mental health tools and resources for before and after disaster. |
| Service area | International: New Zealand 🇳🇿 |
| Resource type | Resource hub |
| Support type | Psychosocial emergency preparedness |
| Target demographic | General population |
| Serves children (0–12) | — |
| Serves youth (13–17) | — |
| Serves adults (18+) | Yes |
| Serves families | — |
| Languages spoken | Arabic 🇸🇦, Easy read, English 🍁, Gagana Samoa 🇼🇸, Hindi 🇮🇳, Japanese 🇯🇵, Lea Faka-Tonga 🇹🇴, New Zealand Sign Language 🤟, Punjabi 🇮🇳, Reo Kuki Airani 🇨🇰, Simplified Chinese 🇨🇳, Spanish 🇪🇸, Tagalog 🇵🇭, Te Reo Māori 🇳🇿, Traditional Chinese 🇨🇳, Vagahau Niue 🇳🇺 |
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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Government of PEI: Mental Health Support and Services
Many mental health resources, services, and ways to access counselling in PEI
Contact princeedwardisland.ca/en/information/health-pei/mental-health-support-and-services Information Many mental health resources, services, and ways to access counselling in PEI. Service area Prince Edward Island 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 Languages spoken English 🍁, French ⚜️ -
Government of Quebec: Ministry of Health and Social Services
Telephone line providing access to health and social services information, assessment, and support 24 hours a day, seven days a week
Contact 8-1-1 | quebec.ca/en/health/finding-a-resource/info-social-811 Information Telephone line providing access to health and social services information, assessment, and support 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Seniors can speak with nurses and social workers who provide: mental health assessment and guidance, crisis intervention support, information about available mental health and social services for older adults, navigation assistance to appropriate resources, and referrals to specialized services. Aims to ensure seniors receive appropriate care and support in timely manner. Service area Quebec Resource type Telephone Support types Crisis support, wellness support Target demographics Seniors, older adults Serves children (0–12) — Serves youth (13–17) — Serves adults (18+) Yes Serves families — Languages spoken English 🍁, French ⚜️ -
Healing by Talking Program
A free telephone counselling service provided by the government of Nunavut’s Department of Health
Contact 1 (888) 648-0070 Information A free telephone counselling service provided by the government of Nunavut's Department of Health. Service area Nunavut 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 🍁 -
Health Canada: Get help with substance use
Services available 24/7 in multiple languages with free, confidential support for substance use and addiction across all provinces and territories
Contact canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/substance-use/get-help-with-substance-use.html Information Comprehensive national resource page providing Canada-wide services, provincial and territorial health supports, programs for Indigenous peoples, harm reduction services, overdose prevention resources, quit smoking services, and mental health support. Includes helplines, peer support groups, supervised consumption sites, naloxone access points, and culturally sensitive resources. Services available 24/7 in multiple languages with free, confidential support for substance use and addiction across all provinces and territories. Service area National Resource type Resource hub Support types Wellness support, addiction support Target demographic General population Serves children (0–12) Yes Serves youth (13–17) Yes Serves adults (18+) Yes Serves families Yes Languages spoken English 🍁, French ⚜️ -
Health PEI: First Nations Mental Health Resources
Provides information on mental wellness, contact information for counselling, and other programs in PEI
Contact src.healthpei.ca/first-nations-mental-health-and-culturally-appropriate-resources Information Provides information on mental wellness, contact information for counselling, and other programs in PEI. Service area Prince Edward Island Resource type Resource hub Support type Wellness support Target demographic Indigenous population Serves children (0–12) Yes Serves youth (13–17) Yes Serves adults (18+) Yes Serves families — Language spoken English 🍁 -
HealthLine 811
Education and support line available to the people of Saskatchewan for confidential, 24-hour advice about health, mental health, and addictions
Contact 8-1-1 | saskatchewan.ca/residents/health/accessing-health-care-services/healthline Information Confidential, 24-hour health, mental health, and addictions advice, education, and support line available to the people of Saskatchewan. Service area Saskatchewan Resource type Telephone 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 Languages spoken French ⚜️, English 🍁, Arabic 🇸🇦, Cantonese 🇭🇰, Hindi 🇮🇳, Inuinnaqtun 🇳🇺, Inuktitut ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ, Japanese 🇯🇵, Khmer 🇰🇭, Korean 🇰🇷, Punjabi 🇮🇳, Simplified Chinese 🇨🇳, Traditional Chinese 🇨🇳, Somali 🇸🇴, Spanish 🇪🇸, Ukrainian 🇺🇦, Urdu 🇵🇰, Vietnamese 🇻🇳