If you or someone you know is in crisis and needs help immediately call 911 or go to the nearest hospital emergency department.
For Crisis Support and Services contact:
Distress Centre Calgary
Telephone: 403-266-HELP(4357) 24 hour crisis line
Teen Line: (call) 403-264-8336 (text) 587-333-2724
Website: https://distresscentre.com
Suicide Crisis Helpline:
Telephone: 988
Website: https://988.ca
HELP (formerly DOAP) Team
Telephone: 403-998-7388
Kids Help Phone:
1-800-668-6868
Website: www.kidshelpphone.ca
Mental Health and Addiction Help Lines
Mental Health Helpline: 1-877-303-2642
Addiction Helpline: 1-866-332-2322
Website: https://www.recoveryalberta.ca/page14060.aspx
For information on mental illness and service options contact:
ACCESS Mental Health
Provides mental health information and service options
Mon-Fri: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Telephone: 943-1500 (voicemail after hours)
Email: [email protected]
Health Link Alberta
Access to nurse advice and health information
24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Telephone: 811 or 1-866-408-5465 (Toll Free)
Website: myhealth.alberta.ca/811
Inform Alberta
General info about community, health, social, and government services across the province
Telephone: 2-1-1
Website: www.informalberta.ca
Calgary Communities Against Sexual Abuse
Telephone: 403-237-5888 (9:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m.)
Website: https://calgarycasa.com/
Other Mental Health Related Websites:
Canadian Psychiatric Association
www.cpa-apc.org
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
www.camh.ca
Centre for Suicide Prevention
www.suicideinfo.ca
Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention
www.suicideprevention.ca
Other Support Information:
Alberta Supports Contact Centre
Telephone: 1-877-644-9222 (Emergency Income Support)
YWCA 24 hour Crisis Line
Telephone: 403-266-0707 (for women at risk or experiencing domestic violence)
Website: https://www.ywcalgary.ca/
Alberta Sexual Assault Services
Telephone: 1-866-403-8000 (9:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m.)
Website: https://aasas.ca/
Trans Lifeline
Telephone: 1-877-330-6366
Website: https://translifeline.org/
Outlink (Calgary’s Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity)
Telephone: 403-234-8973
Website: https://www.calgaryoutlink.ca/
Alberta Elder Abuse Awareness Council
Telephone: 403-705-3250
Website: https://www.albertaelderabuse.ca/