If you are in crisis, help is available right now.
You do not have to wait for a standard, a system, or anyone's permission.
Emergency services can reach you and help right away.
Canada's Suicide Crisis Helpline is there 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, in English and French.
These services are free, confidential, and open to anyone in Canada.
Your province or territory.
Local lines often offer the fastest route to nearby, in-person support.
Every number below was verified against its own government's page on June 10, 2026, and this list is reviewed regularly.
Choose your province or territory.
Where a province runs no single crisis number, the surest routes are 811 and 9-8-8.
More ways to get help.
Kids Help Phone
For young people, ages 5 to 29. Available 24/7.
Hope for Wellness Help Line
For First Nations, Inuit, and Métis. Available 24/7, in English and French, and on request in Cree, Ojibway, and Inuktitut.
National Indian Residential School Crisis Line
For Survivors and their families. Available 24/7.
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Crisis Line
For anyone affected. Available 24/7.
A note from the Alliance.
We are not a crisis service, and this page is not a substitute for one.
The Alliance exists because the disability system too often becomes a source of harm. If it has harmed you, that was never acceptable. You deserve support now, from people trained to give it.