You do not have to be sure you are in crisis to use any of these. They are for anyone who is struggling, and for anyone worried about someone else.
Call the emergency services in Canada:
Canada's national three-digit crisis line. Call or text 988, free, in English or French, at any hour.
Call 988
Free from any phone in Canada, 24 hours a day.
Open 24 hours, every day
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Text 988
Texting reaches the same trained responders as the phone line.
Open 24 hours, every day
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Free, 24/7 counselling and text support for young people across Canada, in English and French.
Call Kids Help Phone
Open 24 hours, every day
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Text CONNECT to 686868
Open 24 hours, every day
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Immediate counselling and crisis intervention for all Indigenous peoples across Canada, available in Cree, Ojibway and Inuktitut on request.
Call the Hope for Wellness Helpline
Free, 24 hours a day. Cree, Ojibway and Inuktitut available on request.
Open 24 hours, every day
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Start a Hope for Wellness chat
Open 24 hours, every day
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A network of child helplines in more than 130 countries, for anyone under 18 who needs someone to talk to.
A free directory of verified crisis helplines in more than 130 countries, searchable by country and by how you want to talk.
The global professional body for suicide prevention, which maintains a country-by-country index of crisis centres.
Browse crisis centres by country
Open 24 hours, every day
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That is extremely common, and it is not a failure. There are text lines, chat services and email options that need no speaking at all.
Ways to get help without talkingEvery number above was checked by a person against the provider's own page, and each shows the date it was last confirmed. How we check them. If something here is wrong, please tell us — we treat a dead crisis number as the most serious thing that can go wrong on Rise From The Edge.