Crisis Lines
If you need immediate assistance, call 9-1-1 or go to your nearest hospital.
Distress Centre
Distress Centre Calgary provides 24 hour crisis support in Calgary and southern Alberta through our 24 hour crisis line, email and daily chat and daily text for our youth. We also have professional counselling for clients with issues that can’t be resolved over the phone. For people needing information on community, social, community and health services we have 24 hour support on our 211 line. All our services are free.
9-8-8 Suicide Crisis Helpline
9-8-8 is a three-digit national helpline that provides urgent, live 24 hour support by phone and text for anyone who is thinking about suicide, or who is worried about someone they know. Call or text 9-8-8 toll-free, anytime.
Learn more: 988.ca
Phone or text (24/7): 9-8-8
Kids Help Phone: Online Messaging
You're not alone. Connect with a trained, volunteer crisis responder. Available to anyone in Canada ages 5 to 29.
Eastside Community Mental Health Services
Offers no-cost, immediate support to families and youth experiencing mental health challenges and parent-child conflict. Single session individual, family, and couple therapy via phone, video and in-person is available Monday to Saturday. Consultation with a group of mental health professionals is available to all families. Language options available.
Or visit the Wood's Home's Website
Calgary Communities Against Sexual Abuse (CCASA)
The support and information line is available to anyone who has been affected by any form of sexual violence. It offers judgment-free, emotional and empathetic support and information. This line offers crisis intervention, emotional support, collaborative problem-solving, supported decision making, education and information about the many forms of sexual violence, referrals and access to community resources.
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