North Bay Supports - General Helplines
North Bay Regional Health Centre – Crisis Intervention
50 College Drive
705-495-8198 or 705-495-8148
Toll-Free: 1-800-352-1141 (24/7)
Ojibway Womens Lodge - Crisis Support Program
131 Commanda Crescent, North Bay
705-472-3321 (24/7)
ofrc@nfn.ca
Mental Health Crisis Line
For children, youth, their families, caregivers, and service providers
Muskoka, Nipissing, Parry Sound
1-844-287-9072
Mattawa Hospital
East Nipissing Mental Health Services
Crisis Intervention Program
Telephone or in-person support
Monday-Friday from 9am-4pm
217 Turcotte Park Road
705-744-6014
West Nipissing General Hospital
Alliance Centre – Crisis Intervention
Telephone and in-person support
(in-person go to hospital switchboard)
7 days/week
4pm-11pm
725 Coursol Road, Sturgeon Falls
705-743-3110
Ontario - General Helplines
Good2Talk (Post-Secondary Students)
Call: 1 866 925 5454
Text: GOOD2TALKON to 686868
We Speak Student
If you are enrolled in the student health plan, you are eligible to receive free on-demand therapy and counselling through We Speak Student click here to get started or call 1-888-377-0002 (24/7).
211 Ontario
Call: 1 877 330 3213
– Information and referral for community, government, social and health services, including mental health resources across Ontario
CONNEX
Call: 1 866 531 2600 (24/7)
Web Chat: connexontario.ca
Canada-Wide - General Helplines
Suicide Crisis Helpline
Text: 9-8-8
Call: 9-8-8
Kids Help Phone
Text: “CONNECT” to 686868 (24/7 – also serving adults)
Call: 1 800 668 6868 (24/7 – also serving adults)
Text: “PARLER” to 686868 (French-speaking)
24/7 – also serving adults
National Overdose Response Service (NORS)
Call or Text: 1-888-688-6677 (24/7/365)
Youthspace.ca
Text: (778) 783 0177 (6pm-12am PT)
Chat: youthspace.ca (6pm-12am PT)
Bullying Hotline Canada
Text: 877 352 4497 (24/7/365)
Call: 877 352 4497 (24/7/365)
Wellness Together Canada
1-866-585-0445 (24/7)
Services available in other languages – Chat service
Indigenous Support - Helplines
Hope For Wellness Help Line (Canada-Wide)
Call: 1 855 242 3310 (24/7)
Available in English + French
Also available (on request) in Cree, Ojibway and Inuktitut
Talk4Healing
Call: 1 855 554 HEAL (4325)
24/7 – For Indigenous Women available in 14 languages across Ontario
Indian Residential School Survivors Society (Canada-Wide)
Crisis Line Toll-Free: 1 866 925 4419 (24/7)
Call: 1 800 721 0066
Métis Mental Health and Addictions Crisis Line (Ontario)
Crisis Line Toll-Free: 1 877 767 7572 (24/7)
Aboriginal Mental Health Program
(B’SAANIBAAMAADSIWIN) – Crisis Intervention
In-person support
Monday – Friday from 8:30am-4:30pm
26 James Street
Parry Sound
24/7 Crisis Line: 1-866-829-7049
2SLGBTQIA+ Helplines
LGBT Youthline (Canada-Wide)
Text: 647 694 4275
Call: 1-800-268-9688
Available: Sun-Fri, 4pm-9:30pm
Chat online: youthline.ca
Trans Lifeline (Canada-Wide)
Call: 1 877 330 6366 (Available 24/7)
Criss Line Toll-Free: 1 888 200 9997
BIPOC Helplines
Black Youth Helpline (Canada-Wide)
Call: 1 833 294 8650
9am-10pm / 7 days a week
NASEEHA
A mental health hotline for Muslims and non-Muslims;
Phone: 1 (866) 627-3342 7 days a week (12PM – 12AM EST)
Text: 1 (866) 627-3342
Veterans Helplines
Veterans Affairs Canada Mental Health Line (Canada-Wide)
Call: 1 800 268 7708
TDD/TTY: 1 800 567 5803
A confidential and free service available 24/7 to Veterans, former RCMP members, their family members or caregivers (Children up to 21 years old or up to 25 if they are full-time students).