Phone, Online Chat & Text
addWhether it’s by phone, online chat or text, connect with a counsellor or trained volunteer to ask questions, help you understand what’s going on for you and find resources online or in your community.
VictimLinkBC 24/7 PHONE AND VIDEO CHAT
VictimLinkBC provides information and referral services to all victims of crime and immediate crisis support to victims of family and sexual violence.
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VictimLinkBC is a toll-free, confidential, multilingual service available across B.C. and the Yukon 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and can be accessed by calling or texting 1-800-563-0808 or sending an email to VictimLinkBC@bc211.ca.
Read more about VictimLinkBC
Kids Help Phone 24/7 PHONE AND TEXT
Toll-free, 24-hour phone, counselling and referral service for young people.
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Kids Help Phone (1-800-668-6868) has toll-free, 24-hour phone, counselling and referral service for young people. You can also connect by texting CONNECT to 686868, and chat confidentially with a trained, volunteer Crisis Responder for support with any issue. If you would like to stop the conversation text STOP.
Phone, text message and messaging over Facebook Messenger are available 24/7 so you can connect whenever and however you want. It's safe, private and non-judgmental.
Read more about what to expect when connecting with Kids Help Phone.
Crisis Line and Chat 24/7 PHONE
Support for people having thoughts of suicide.
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BC's Crisis Line 1-800-SUICIDE (784-2433) provides direct support if you, or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide. Services also include phone outreach and follow up support. The phone line is available in over 140 languages using a language service.
KUU-US Crisis Line 24/7 PHONE
Support for Indigenous youth in BC.
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The KUU-US Crisis Line Society provides a First Nations and Indigenous specific crisis line available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, toll-free from anywhere in British Columbia.
KUU-US Crisis Line can be reached toll-free at 1-800-588-8717. Alternatively, individuals can call direct into the Youth Line at 250-723-2040.
Topics the KUU-US Crisis Line can support individuals with include, but are not limited to, mental health issues and crisis related to residential school, child welfare, addiction, health concerns, divorce and separation, suicide ideation and survivorship, grief and loss, crime, abuse, peer pressure and financial distress.
WAVAW Rape Crisis Centre TIMES VARY PHONE
WAVAW can connect you with services like counselling, hospital accompaniment, and police and court accompaniment.
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WAVAW provides immediate crisis and long-term support services to survivors of sexual assault. If you are in need of immediate crisis assistance, call 604-255-6344 in the Lower Mainland or call our national toll-free line at 1-877-392-7583. Support includes:
- 24-hour crisis and information line
- Hospital accompaniment
- Support navigating the medical and legal system
- One-to-one counselling and support groups
- Counselling for Indigenous survivors and the friends and family of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit people
Read more about WAVAW.
Here2Talk 24/7 PHONE, MOBILE APP AND WEBSITE
Counselling and community referral services for students in BC.
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Here2Talk connects students with mental health support when they need it. Through this program, all students currently registered in a B.C. post-secondary institution have access to free, confidential counselling and community referral services, conveniently available 24/7 via app, phone and web.
Call Toll Free 1.877.857.3397 or Direct 604.642.5212
If calling from outside Canada, dial +1.604.642.5212. Please note international calling charges may apply.
The Here2Talk app is available for Apple and Android devices. To download the app for your phone or tablet, visit the links below.
