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.
Mental health and addiction support for racialized communities around Toronto
| Contact | acrossboundaries.ca |
| Information | Mental health and addiction support for racialized communities around Toronto. |
| Service area | Ontario |
| Resource types | Online service, in-person service |
| Support types | Wellness support, addiction support |
| Target demographic | Racialized communities |
| Serves children (0–12) | — |
| Serves youth (13–17) | Yes |
| Serves adults (18+) | Yes |
| Serves families | Yes |
| Language spoken | English 🍁 |
BOTG provides first responders and military members with an anonymous helpline wherein they can receive peer support
| Contact | 1 (833) 677-2668 |
| Information | BOTG provides first responders and military members with an anonymous helpline wherein they can receive peer support. |
| Service area | Ontario |
| Resource type | Telephone |
| Support type | Peer support |
| Target demographic | Public safety personnel |
| Serves children (0–12) | — |
| Serves youth (13–17) | — |
| Serves adults (18+) | Yes |
| Serves families | — |
| Language spoken | English 🍁 |
The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health’s Youth-VAST Dependence Program provides in-person or virtual care to young people in Ontario
| Contact | wehearyou.ca |
| Information | The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health's Youth-VAST Dependence Program is a personalized youth addiction program. It provides in-person or virtual care to address many types of addiction – including nicotine (vaping is the V in VAST), alcohol, substances, and technology. |
| Service area | Ontario |
| Resource types | In-person service, online service |
| Support type | Addiction support |
| Target demographic | General population |
| Serves children (0–12) | Yes |
| Serves youth (13–17) | Yes |
| Serves adults (18+) | Yes |
| Serves families | — |
| Languages spoken | English 🍁, French ⚜️ |
CMHA has many mental health resources, services, and projects
| Contact | ontario.cmha.ca |
| Information | CMHA has many mental health resources, services, and projects. |
| Service area | Ontario |
| 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 🍁 |
Information and resources for mental health of the LGBTQ2SIA+ community
| Contact | ontario.cmha.ca/documents/lesbian-gay-bisexual-trans-queer-identified-people-and-mental-health |
| Information | Information and resources for mental health of the LGBTQ2SIA+ community. |
| Service area | Ontario |
| Resource type | Resource hub |
| Support type | Wellness support |
| Target demographic | LGBTQ2SIA+ |
| Serves children (0–12) | Yes |
| Serves youth (13–17) | Yes |
| Serves adults (18+) | Yes |
| Serves families | Yes |
| Language spoken | English 🍁 |
Provides service information for people experiencing problems with gambling, drugs, alcohol, or mental health, 24/7
| Contact | 1 (866) 531-2600 |
| Information | Provides service information for people experiencing problems with gambling, drugs, alcohol, or mental health, 24/7. |
| Service area | Ontario |
| Resource type | Telephone |
| Support types | Wellness support, addiction support |
| Target demographic | General population |
| Serves children (0–12) | — |
| Serves youth (13–17) | Yes |
| Serves adults (18+) | Yes |
| Serves families | — |
| Languages spoken | English 🍁, French ⚜️ |
Offers in-person centres that operate 24/7, mental health helplines, and support services for Ontarians
| Contact | dcontario.org |
| Information | Offers in-person centres that operate 24/7, mental health helplines, and support services for Ontarians. |
| Service area | Ontario |
| Resource types | Online service, in-person service, 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 🍁 |
Supports the LGBTQ+ community with free counselling, housing, and social services across Ontario
| Contact | friendsofruby.ca |
| Information | Supports the LGBTQ+ community with free counselling, housing, and social services across Ontario. |
| Service area | Ontario |
| Resource types | Online service, in-person service |
| Support type | Wellness support |
| Target demographic | LGBTQ2SIA+ |
| Serves children (0–12) | — |
| Serves youth (13–17) | Yes |
| Serves adults (18+) | Yes |
| Serves families | — |
| Language spoken | English 🍁 |
Provides culturally specific mental health services in multiple languages for the Asian community in the Greater Toronto Area
| Contact | hongfook.ca/association |
| Information | Provides culturally specific mental health services in multiple languages for the Asian community in the Greater Toronto Area. |
| Service area | Ontario |
| Resource types | Online service, in-person service |
| Support type | Wellness support |
| Target demographic | Asian population |
| Serves children (0–12) | — |
| Serves youth (13–17) | Yes |
| Serves adults (18+) | Yes |
| Serves families | Yes |
| Languages spoken | English 🍁, Simplified Chinese 🇨🇳, Korean 🇰🇷, Vietnamese 🇻🇳, Khmer 🇰🇭 |
Offers mental health and addiction support services, including counselling and group therapy
| Contact | jacstoronto.org |
| Information | Offers mental health and addiction support services, including counselling and group therapy. |
| Service area | Ontario |
| Resource type | Online service |
| Support type | Addiction support |
| Target demographic | Jewish population |
| Serves children (0–12) | — |
| Serves youth (13–17) | — |
| Serves adults (18+) | Yes |
| Serves families | Yes |
| Language spoken | English 🍁 |
Culturally competent counselling, workshops, support groups, and more for Jewish families around Toronto
| Contact | jfandcs.com/mentalhealthandwellness |
| Information | Culturally competent counselling, workshops, support groups, and more for Jewish families around Toronto. |
| Service area | Ontario |
| Resource types | Online service, in-person service |
| Support type | Wellness support |
| Target demographic | Jewish population |
| Serves children (0–12) | Yes |
| Serves youth (13–17) | Yes |
| Serves adults (18+) | Yes |
| Serves families | Yes |
| Language spoken | English 🍁 |
24-hour mental health and addictions crisis line
| Contact | 1 (877) 767-7572 |
| Information | 24-hour mental health and addictions crisis line. |
| Service area | Ontario |
| Resource type | Telephone |
| Support types | Crisis support, addiction support |
| Target demographic | Indigenous population |
| Serves children (0–12) | — |
| Serves youth (13–17) | Yes |
| Serves adults (18+) | Yes |
| Serves families | Yes |
| Language spoken | English 🍁 |