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National services and resources

Shelters

Sheltersafe.ca: Provides information and a clickable map to help connect women and their children across Canada with the nearest shelter for safety and support.

For Women

iHEAL app: A free, private and secure app to help Canadian women who have experienced abuse from a current or past partner to find personalized ways to stay safe and be well.

For Youth and Young Adults

Kids Help Phone: Call 1-800-668-6868 (toll-free) or text CONNECT to 686868. Available 24 hours a day to anyone in Canada aged 5 to 29 who wants confidential and anonymous care from trained responders.

For Indigenous People

Hope for Wellness 24/7 Help Line: Call 1-855-242-3310 (toll-free) or connect to the online Hope for Wellness chat.

Services are available:

  • to all Indigenous people across Canada who need immediate emotional support, crisis intervention or referrals to community-based services
    • experienced and culturally sensitive help line counsellors can help if you want to talk
  • in English and French and, on request, in Cree, Ojibway and Inuktitut

For Older Adults

Canadian Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (CNPEA): CNPEA’s web site features information and links to resources to get help if you or someone you know is experiencing abuse or neglect as an older adult.

Legal help

For information about the laws relating to family violence and the kind of help that is available, please visit the Department of Justice Canada’s Get help with family violence web page.

Crisis lines and services in your province or territory

The following is a listing of crisis lines and services in each province or territory for people experiencing any type of family violence.

Alberta

Important numbers

  • Family Violence Information Line: 1-780-310-1818 (toll-free, 24/7, multilingual service available)
  • Alberta Abuse Helpline: 1-855-443-5722
  • Alberta 24/7 Community and Social Services Helpline: 211
  • Alberta's One Line for Sexual Violence: 1-866-403-8000
  • Child Abuse Hotline: 1-800-387-5437
  • Distress Line: 780-482-4357
  • Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868
  • Parent Information Line: 1-866-714-5437
  • Seniors Abuse Helpline: 780-454-8888

Links to services

British Columbia

Important numbers

  • VictimLinkBC: 1-800-563-0808 (toll-free, 24/7, multilingual service available)
  • Battered Women's Support Services Crisis Line: 1-855-687-1868
  • BC 24/7 Community and Social Services Helpline: 211
  • Helpline for Children in BC: 604-310-1234
  • Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868
  • Reporting child abuse: 1-800-663-9122
  • Seniors Abuse and Information Line: 1-866-437-1940
  • Youth Against Violence Line: 1-800-680-4264
  • WAVAW Rape Crisis Centre's Crisis and Information Line: 1-877-392-7583

Links to services

Manitoba

Important numbers

  • Domestic Abuse Crisis Line: 1-877-977-0007 (toll-free, 24/7)
  • A & O: Support Services for Older Adults Intake: 1-888-333-3121
  • Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868
  • Klinic Crisis Line: 1-888-322-3019
  • Klinic Sexual Assault Crisis Line: 1-888-292-7565
  • Reporting child abuse: 1-866-345-9241
  • Seniors Abuse Support Line: 1-888-896-7183
  • Support for Crime Victims and Witnesses: 1-866-484-2846

Links to services

New Brunswick

Important numbers

  • Chimo Helpline: 1-800-667-5005 (toll-free, 24/7)
  • After-Hours Emergency Social Services: 1-800-442-9799
  • Beauséjour Family Crisis Resource Centre
    • 506-533-9100 (daytime crisis line)
    • 506-312-1542 (evening crisis line)
  • Crossroads for Women 24/7 Crisis Line: 1-844-853-0811
  • Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868
  • Child Protection Services: 1-888-992-2873
  • Sexual Violence New Brunswick 24/7 Sexual Assault Support Line: 506-454-0437

Links to services

Newfoundland and Labrador

Important numbers

  • NL Sexual Assault Crisis and Prevention Centre 24/7 Support and Information Line: 1-800-726-2743
  • Children's Protection Services: 709-752-4619
  • Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868
  • SeniorsNL Resource Centre: 1-800-563-5599

Links to services

Northwest Territories

Important numbers

  • NWT Help Line: 1-800-661-0844 (toll-free, 24/7)
  • YWCA NWT 24/7 Crisis Line: 1-866-223-7775
  • Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868
  • NWT Seniors' Information Line: 1-800-661-0878
  • Native Women's Association of the NWT 24/7 Crisis Line: 1-866-459-1114

Links to services

Nova Scotia

Important numbers

  • Neighbours, Friends and Families (Abuse and Violence Support Line): 1-855-225-0220 (toll-free, 24/7)
  • Adult Protection Services: 1-800-225-7225
  • Avalon 24/7 Sexual Assault Helpline: 902-421-1188
  • Child Protection Services
    • 1-877-424-1177 (daytime crisis line)
    • 1-866-922-2434 (evening crisis line)
  • Eskasoni 24/7 Crisis Line: 1-855-379-2099
  • Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868
  • Nova Scotia 24/7 Community and Social Services Helpline: 211

Links to services

Nunavut

Important numbers

  • Kamatsiaqut Nunavut Helpline: 1-800-265-3333 (toll-free, 24/7)
  • Elder's Support Line: 1-866-684-5056
  • Emergency Measures 24/7 Line: 1-800-693-1666
  • Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868
  • Qimavvik Shelter 24/7 Crisis Line: 867-979-4500

Links to services

Ontario

Important numbers

  • Assaulted Women's Helpline: 1-866-863-0511 (toll-free, 24/7, multilingual service available)
    • on your Bell, Rogers, Fido or Telus mobile phone: #7233
  • Seniors 24/7 Safety Line: 1-866-299-1011
  • Fem'aide 24/7 Support Line: 1-877-336-2433 (French only)
  • Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868
  • Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse 24/7 Crisis Line: 1-866-887-0015
  • Ontario 24/7 Community and Social Services Helpline: 211
  • Talk4Healing 24/7 Helpline for Indigenous Women: 1-855-554-4325
  • Victim 24/7 Support Line: 1-888-579-2888

Links to services

Prince Edward Island

Important numbers

  • Island Help Line: 1-800-218-2885 (toll-free, 24/7)
  • Adult Protection Services: 902-368-4790
  • Child abuse reporting
    • 1-877-341-3101 (daytime line)
    • 1-800-341-6868 (evening line)
  • Chief Mary Bernard Memorial Women's Shelter 24/7 Crisis Line: 1-855-297-2332
  • Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868
  • PEI Family Violence Prevention Services 24/7 Crisis and Support Line: 1-800-240-9894

Links to services

Quebec

Important numbers

  • SOS violence conjugale 24/7: 1-800-363-9010 (bilingual service available)
  • Crime Victims Assistance Centres: 1-866-532-2822
  • Elder Mistreatment Helpline: 1-888-489-2287
  • Helpline for Victims of Sexual Assault: 1-888-933-9007
  • Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868
  • Quebec Community and Social Services Helpline: 211
  • Women Aware Support Line: 1-866-489-1110
  • Youth Protection Services: 1-800-567-6810

Links to Services

Saskatchewan

Important numbers

  • Mobile Crisis 24/7 Helpline: 306-757-0127
  • Child Abuse 24/7 Line: 306-569-2724
  • Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868
  • Saskatchewan 24/7 Community and Social Services Helpline: 211
  • Saskatchewan 24/7 Response and Crisis Lines
    • Prince Albert and area: 306-764-1011
    • Saskatoon and area: 306-933-6200
    • Regina and area: 306-757-0127

Links to services

Yukon

Important numbers

  • VictimLinkBC: 1-800-563-0808 (toll-free, 24/7, multilingual service available)
  • Family and Children's Services (report child abuse): 1-800-661-0408 (ext. 3002)
  • Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868
  • Law Line: 866-667-4305
  • Seniors' Services/Adult Protection Unit: 1-800-661-0408 (ext. 3946)
  • Victim Services/Family Violence Prevention Unit: 1-800-661-0408 (ext. 8500)
  • Women's Transition Home 24/7 Crisis Line: 867-668-5733

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