❤️🩹 EMOTIONAL & MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT ACROSS CANADA
Support for Victims of Fraud, Scams & Financial Crime
Fraud can affect much more than finances. Anxiety, grief, betrayal, shame, anger, isolation, depression and loss of trust can continue long after the fraud itself has ended.
The resources below can help you find emotional support, counselling and mental-health services in your province or territory.
🚨 NEED HELP RIGHT NOW?
Immediate danger: Call 911
988 Suicide Crisis Helpline
📞 Call or text 988
Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week across Canada.
You do not have to wait until things become overwhelming to seek support. The provincial and territorial resources below can also help with anxiety, grief, stress, depression and other emotional effects of fraud.
FIND SUPPORT IN YOUR PROVINCE OR TERRITORY
Select your province or territory to go directly to available services.
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario
Quebec
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Newfoundland & Labrador
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
BRITISH COLUMBIA
⭐ 1. 310 Mental Health Support
📞 310-6789 — no area code required
Free emotional support, mental-health information and help finding appropriate resources in British Columbia.
🌐 https://helpstartshere.gov.bc.ca/
- HealthLink BC
📞 811
Free, non-emergency health information and advice, including help navigating mental-health services.
🌐 https://www.healthlinkbc.ca/
- Foundry Virtual BC
Free virtual counselling, peer support, groups and other wellness services for young people ages 12–24 and their caregivers throughout BC.
🌐 https://foundrybc.ca/foundry-virtual-bc/
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ALBERTA
⭐ 1. 211 Alberta — Mental Health & Addiction Support
📞 211
💬 Text INFO to 211
Available 24/7, free and confidential. Navigators connect Albertans with counselling, professional and peer support, mental-health services and community resources. Service by phone is available in more than 240 languages.
- Health Link Alberta
📞 811
Available 24/7 for health advice and information and assistance finding appropriate health services.
🌐 https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/info/Page12630.aspx
- Recovery Alberta
Provides mental-health services, counselling, treatment and recovery supports across Alberta.
🌐 https://www.recoveryalberta.ca/
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SASKATCHEWAN
📞 811
Available 24/7, including mental-health and addictions support from qualified health professionals.
🌐 https://www.saskatchewan.ca/residents/health/accessing-health-care-services/healthline
- Counselling Connect Saskatchewan
Provides free rapid-access counselling for Saskatchewan residents. This could be particularly useful for someone experiencing anxiety, grief, shame or emotional distress following fraud.
🌐 https://www.counsellingconnectsask.ca/
- Saskatchewan Mental Health & Addictions Services
Provides access to local mental-health and addictions intake and treatment services throughout Saskatchewan.
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MANITOBA
⭐ 1. Klinic Crisis Line
📞 204-786-8686
📞 1-888-322-3019 — Toll-free
Available 24/7 for people experiencing emotional distress or crisis.
🌐 https://klinic.mb.ca/crisis-support/
- Manitoba 211
📞 211
Free and confidential 24/7 service connecting Manitobans with mental-health, counselling and community resources. Service is available in more than 150 languages.
- Klinic Community Health — Counselling
📞 Counselling Intake: 204-784-4059
📞 Drop-in Counselling: 204-784-4067
Provides free counselling and wellness programs, including drop-in counselling.
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ONTARIO
⭐ 1. ConnexOntario
📞 1-866-531-2600
Free and confidential information and navigation for people seeking help with mental health, addiction and related concerns. Live web chat and email options are also available.
🌐 https://www.connexontario.ca/
- 211 Ontario
📞 211
Connects people with mental-health, counselling, community and social services throughout Ontario.
- BounceBack Ontario / Ontario Structured Psychotherapy
📞 1-866-345-0224
Provides evidence-based cognitive behavioural supports for anxiety, depression and related mental-health concerns.
🌐 https://bouncebackontario.ca/
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QUEBEC
⭐ 1. Info-Social 811
📞 811 — Option 2
Available 24/7. Connects callers directly with a psychosocial professional for mental-health, emotional or social concerns.
🌐 https://www.quebec.ca/en/health/finding-a-resource/info-sante-811
- CLSC — Local Community Services Centres
CLSCs throughout Quebec provide mental-health and psychosocial services and can help connect people with appropriate professional care.
🌐 https://www.quebec.ca/en/health/health-system-and-services/service-organization/clsc
- Quebec Mental Health Resource Directory
Helps residents locate community mental-health organizations and services based on their needs and location.
🌐 https://www.quebec.ca/en/health/mental-health
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NEW BRUNSWICK
⭐ 1. New Brunswick 811
📞 811
Provides health advice and helps New Brunswick residents navigate appropriate health and mental-health services.
🌐 https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/departments/health/Tele-Care.html
- Chimo Helpline
📞 1-800-667-5005
Provides emotional support to New Brunswick residents experiencing distress or needing someone to talk to. The Government of New Brunswick identifies CHIMO among provincial mental-health support resources.
- Community Mental Health Centres
New Brunswick operates community mental-health centres throughout the province for assessment, counselling, treatment and other supports.
🌐 https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/departments/health/AddictionsandMentalHealth.html
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NOVA SCOTIA
⭐ 1. Mental Health & Addictions Intake Service
📞 1-855-922-1122
A clinician will listen to what the person is experiencing, assess their needs and connect them with appropriate publicly funded services. Self-referral is available.
- Access Wellness
📞 1-833-691-2282
Provides single-session one-to-one counselling for concerns including anxiety, grief, relationship problems, stress and other mental-health concerns. Sessions can be provided by phone, online or in person.
🌐 https://accesswellnessnovascotia.com/
- Peer Support Phone Service
📞 1-800-307-1686
Provides a safe space to talk with trained peer supporters who have personal experience with mental-health or substance-use challenges.
🌐 https://mha.nshealth.ca/en/services/peer-support-phone-service
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PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
⭐ 1. Mental Health & Addictions Phone Line
📞 1-833-553-6983
Available 24/7 and answered by trained mental-health professionals. People can call for themselves or someone they care about, and no health card or family doctor is required.
🌐 https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/topic/mental-health-support
- Open Access Counselling
Provides walk-in counselling for anxiety, depression and other mental-health concerns. No appointment is required.
🌐 https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/information/health-pei/open-access-counselling
- Mental Health & Addictions Patient Navigator
📞 902-218-3289
📧 MHApatientnavigator@ihis.org
Helps Islanders understand and navigate available mental-health and addictions programs and services.
🌐 https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/information/health-pei/mental-health-and-addictions-services
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NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR
⭐ 1. Newfoundland & Labrador 811 HealthLine
📞 811
📞 1-888-709-2929
Available 24/7. Nurses provide support, including immediate assistance for mental-health and addictions concerns and connection to local services.
🌐 https://www.811healthline.ca/
- Lifewise Provincial Warm Line
📞 1-855-753-2560 — English
📞 1-833-753-5460 — French
Peer-based telephone support for people experiencing mental-health difficulties, available seven days a week.
- Bridge the gapp / Doorways
Bridge the gapp provides free online mental-health information, programs and connections to local services. Doorways provides rapid-access counselling without requiring a referral.
🌐 https://nl.bridgethegapp.ca/
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YUKON
⭐ 1. Mental Wellness & Substance Use Services
📞 867-456-3838
📞 1-866-456-3838 — Toll-free
Provides counselling and mental-health services throughout Yukon. Rapid Access Counselling can be offered in person, virtually or by phone.
🌐 https://yukon.ca/en/health-and-wellness/mental-wellness
- CMHA Yukon — Reach Out Support Line
📞 1-844-533-3030
Provides immediate emotional support. Yukon government resources identify the line as available daily from 10 a.m. to 2 a.m.
- CMHA Yukon — Drop-In Counselling
📞 867-668-6429
Counselling and peer support are available in person, virtually and by phone.
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NORTHWEST TERRITORIES
⭐ 1. NWT Help Line
📞 1-800-661-0844
Free, confidential emotional support available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to residents of the Northwest Territories.
- NWT Community Counselling Program
Provides free counselling and mental-health/wellness services in communities throughout the Northwest Territories. The territorial government specifically directs residents to this program for mental-wellness support.
🌐 https://www.hss.gov.nt.ca/en/services/mental-wellness-and-addictions-recovery
- NWT 811
📞 811
Provides health information and helps residents navigate appropriate health and community services.
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NUNAVUT
⭐ 1. Nunavut Kamatsiaqtut Help Line
📞 1-800-265-3333 — Toll-free
📞 867-979-3333
Anonymous emotional support available 24 hours a day.
🌐 https://www.nunavuthelpline.ca/
- Embrace Life Council
📞 1-866-804-2782
📧 embracelife@inuusiq.com
Provides suicide-prevention, mental-wellness and community support resources in Nunavut.
- Healing by Talking Program
📞 1-888-648-0070
A Nunavut mental-health support option specifically identified by the Government of Nunavut among its current mental-health resources.
🌐 https://www.gov.nu.ca/en/health/mental-health-resources
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🤝 DON'T KNOW WHICH SERVICE TO CALL?
You don't need to know exactly what kind of help you need before reaching out. If you're struggling emotionally after fraud, start with the ⭐ #1 resource listed for your province or territory and explain what you're experiencing. They can help determine what support may be appropriate or direct you to another service.
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