Kids Help Phone
Free, 24/7 counselling and text support for young people across Canada, in English and French.
Kids Help Phone is Canada's only 24/7 e-mental health service for young people, and it is free in every province and territory.
As well as phone counselling it runs a large text service, which for a great many young people is the only route they will actually use.
Kids Help Phone
Phone counselling and 24/7 text support for children and young adults.
- Canada
- Young people
- Students
- 1-800-668-6868
Call Kids Help Phone
Open 24 hours, every day
- Free to call
- Freephone number
- You do not have to give your name
Checked 26 August 2026 against their own page
- CONNECT to 686868
Text CONNECT to 686868
Text FIRST NATIONS, INUIT or METIS to the same number to ask for an Indigenous crisis responder, when one is available.
Open 24 hours, every day
- Free to call
- You do not have to give your name
Checked 26 August 2026 against their own page
People contact them about: thinking about suicide, hurting myself, bullying and harassment, things are bad at home, someone is hurting me, who i am, anxiety and panic.
Other organisations
- Trans LifelineA peer support line run by and for trans people — and one of the very few that has committed publicly to never calling emergency services without your consent.
- 9-8-8 Suicide Crisis HelplineCanada's national three-digit crisis line. Call or text 988, free, in English or French, at any hour.
- Hope for Wellness HelplineImmediate counselling and crisis intervention for all Indigenous peoples across Canada, available in Cree, Ojibway and Inuktitut on request.
- SamaritansFree, 24-hour listening for anyone who is struggling — you do not have to be suicidal to call, and you do not have to give your name.
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We are not affiliated with Kids Help Phone and we do not speak for them. This page describes their service as they publish it; their own site is always the authority.