| Contact | albertahealthservices.ca |
| Information | Find healthcare services, including mental health, provided in Alberta. |
| Service area | Alberta |
| Resource types | Resource hub, navigation tool, online service |
| 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 ⚜️, Arabic 🇸🇦, Simplified Chinese 🇨🇳, Traditional Chinese 🇨🇳, Cree ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ, Hindi 🇮🇳, Punjabi 🇮🇳, Somali 🇸🇴, Spanish 🇪🇸, Vietnamese 🇻🇳 |
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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Hope for Wellness Helpline (Chat)
Immediate, culturally competent telephone crisis intervention counselling support for First Nations and Inuit
Contact hopeforwellness.ca Information Immediate, culturally competent telephone crisis intervention counselling support for First Nations and Inuit. (Cree, Ojibway, and Inuktitut chatters available upon request.) Service area National Resource type Online service Support type Crisis support Target demographic Indigenous population Serves children (0–12) — Serves youth (13–17) Yes Serves adults (18+) Yes Serves families — Languages spoken English 🍁, French ⚜️, Cree ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ, Ojibway ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᒧᐎᓐ, Inuktitut ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ -
Hope for Wellness Helpline (Telephone)
Immediate culturally competent, telephone crisis intervention counselling support for First Nations and Inuit. Open 24/7
Contact 1 (855) 242-3310 Information Immediate culturally competent, telephone crisis intervention counselling support for First Nations and Inuit. Open 24/7. (Cree, Ojibway, and Inuktitut speakers available upon request.) Service area National Resource type Telephone Support type Crisis support Target demographic Indigenous population Serves children (0–12) — Serves youth (13–17) Yes Serves adults (18+) Yes Serves families — Languages spoken English 🍁, French ⚜️, Cree ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ, Ojibway ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᒧᐎᓐ, Inuktitut ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ -
Substance Use Treatment Centres for First Nations and Inuit
Comprehensive directory of federally funded substance use treatment centres across Canada serving First Nations and Inuit communities
Contact sac-isc.gc.ca/eng/1576090254932/1576090371511#a5 Information Comprehensive directory of federally funded substance use treatment centres across Canada serving First Nations and Inuit communities. Includes residential and community-based treatment programs, youth services, family treatment options, and cultural programming. Centres located in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, and Atlantic regions. Services include concurrent disorders treatment, residential school trauma support, on-the-land programs, gender-based programs, prescription drug abuse treatment, and holistic approaches incorporating traditional cultural components. Service area National Resource type Resource hub Support types Wellness support, addiction support Target demographic Indigenous population Serves children (0–12) Yes Serves youth (13–17) Yes Serves adults (18+) Yes Serves families Yes Languages spoken English 🍁, French ⚜️, Cree ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ, Ojibway ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᒧᐎᓐ