Get help now
If you or someone you know is experiencing gender-based violence, support is available – whether it’s someone to talk to or help getting out of an unsafe situation.
- Call a crisis hotline
- Find a shelter
- Take a risk assessment
- Call a helpline
- Find mental health supports
If you are in an emergency situation, call 911 (in Canada), for emergency services in your area. If you are outside the 911 service area, please access the available emergency services in your area.
Provincial and territorial crisis hotlines
Contact a crisis hotline in your province or territory for immediate support and resources for people experiencing gender-based violence.
Alberta
Family Violence Info Line
Call or text: 310-1818 (toll free, 24/7, multilingual)
Online chat (8:00 am to 8:00 pm, English only)
Alberta's One Line for Sexual Violence
Call or text: 1-866-403-8000 (toll free, 9 am to 9 pm daily, multilingual)
Online chat (9 am to 9 pm daily, multilingual)
British Columbia
Victim Link BC
Call or text: 1-800-563-0808 (toll free, 24/7, multilingual)
Email: 211-VictimLinkBC@uwbc.ca
Manitoba
Domestic and family violence crisis line
Call: 1-877-977-0007 (toll free, 24/7)
Text: 204-792-5302 or 204-805-6682 (toll free, 24/7, multilingual)
Online chat (24/7)
New Brunswick
Chimo Helpline
Call: 1-800-667-5005 (toll free, 24/7, bilingual)
Online chat (5 pm to midnight daily, bilingual)
Newfoundland and Labrador
Domestic Violence Help Line
Call: 1-888-709-7090 (toll free, 24/7)
Newfoundland and Labrador Sexual Assault Crisis and Prevention Centre
Call: 1-800-726-2743 (toll free, 24/7)
Online chat
Iris Kirby House
Call: 709-753-1492 (local St. John’s, 24/7)
Call: 1-877-753-1492 (toll free, 24/7)
O’Shaughnessy House
Call: 709-596-8709 (local Carbonear, 24/7)
Toll Free: 1-888-596-8709 (24/7)
Hope Haven
Call: 709-944-2200 (local NL, 24/7)
Call: 1-888-332-0000 (toll free, 24/7)
Northwest Territories
Northwest Territories Helpline
Call: 811
Call:1-844-259-1793 (toll free, 24/7)
Nova Scotia
Transition House Association of Nova Scotia
Call or text: 1-855-225-0220 (toll free, 24/7)
Nunavut
Kamatsiaqtut Nunavut Helpline
Call: 867-979-3333 (local Nunavut, 24/7, multilingual)
Call: 1-800-265-3333 (toll free, 24/7, multilingual)
Ontario
Assaulted Women's Helpline
Call: 416-863-0511 (local Toronto, 24/7, multilingual)
Call: 1-866-863-0511 (toll free, 24/7, multilingual)
TTY: 1-866-863-7868 (toll free, 24/7, multilingual)
Text: #SAFE (#7233) on your Bell, Rogers, Fido or TELUS mobile phone
Online chat (Monday to Friday, 11 am to 8 pm EST)
Fem’aide helpline (French only)
Call or text: 1-877-336-2433 (toll free, 24/7, French only)
TTY: 1-866-860-7082 (toll free, 24/7, French only)
Online chat (24/7, French only)
Talk4Healing (helpline for Indigenous women)
Call: 807-346-4357 (local Thunder Bay, 24/7, multilingual)
Call or text: 1-855-554-4325 (toll free, 24/7, multilingual)
Online chat (24/7, multilingual)
Prince Edward Island
PEI Family Violence Prevention Services Inc.
Call: 902-892-0960 (local PEI, 24/7)
Call: 1-800-240-9894 (toll free, 24/7)
Text: 1-800-240-9894 (7am to 10 pm daily)
Online chat
Quebec
SOS violence conjugale
Call: 514-873-9010 (local Montreal , 24/7, bilingual)
Call: 1-800-363-9010 (toll free, 24/7, bilingual)
Text: 438-601-1211(toll free, 24/7, bilingual)
Email: sos@sosviolenceconjugale.ca
Sexual Violence Helpline
Call: 514-933-9007 (local Montreal, 24/7, bilingual)
Call: 1-888-933-9007 (toll free, 24/7, bilingual)
Online chat (24/7)
Saskatchewan
211 Saskatchewan
Call: 211 (toll free, 24/7, multilingual)
Text: 211 (toll free, 24/7, multilingual)
Online chat (24/7)
Provincial Association of Transition Houses and Services of Saskatchewan
Yukon
Women’s Transition Home crisis line
Call or text: 1-867-668-5733 (24/7)
Online chat (24/7)
Victim Link BC
Call or text: 1-800-563-0808 (toll free, 24/7, multilingual)
Email: 211-VictimLinkBC@uwbc.ca
Shelters
Contact your local shelter if you’re in crisis or to learn more about the services they offer.
- Sheltersafe.ca is an online resource for women across Canada seeking safety from violence and abuse. Use the interactive map to find the nearest shelter.
Risk assessment and planning
Do a risk assessment and create a safety plan.
- How to plan for your safety if you are in an abusive relationship
- iHEAL is a free, private and secure app that helps Canadian women who have experienced abuse from a current or past partner to conduct a risk assessment of their situation, integrate the appropriate safety planning and access a personalized list of crisis services in their area.
Helplines
Human trafficking hotline
The Canadian Human Trafficking Hotline connects victims and survivors with social services, law enforcement, and emergency services. They also receive tips from the public.
Call: 1-833-900-1010 (toll free, 24/7, multilingual)
Online chat (24/7)
Indigenous peoples helpline
Hope for Wellness is a helpline for Indigenous people across Canada who need immediate emotional support, crisis intervention or referrals to community-based services. The experienced and culturally sensitive counsellors offer a safe space to talk in English, French, Cree, Ojibway and Inuktitut.
Call: 1-855-242-3310 (toll-free, 24/7, multilingual)
Online chat (24/7, multilingual)
Suicide helpline
Suicide Crisis Helpline (988.ca) is a 24/7 safe space to talk to a trained responder that will listen without judgement, provide support and understanding, and share helpful resources.
Call or text: 988 (toll-free, 24/7, multilingual)
Trans hotline
Trans Lifeline Hotline provides peer support and resources for trans and gender-diverse people.
Call: 1-877-330-6366
Youth and young adult helpline
Kids Help Phone is a 24/7 helpline available to anyone in Canada aged 5 to 29 who wants confidential and anonymous care from trained responders.
Call 1-800-668-6868 (toll-free)
Text: CONNECT to 686868
(If you identify as Indigenous, text “FIRST NATIONS”, “INUIT” or “METIS” to 686868 to ask to be connected with a First Nations, Inuit or Métis crisis responder)
Mental health support
Consult Health Canada’s Mental health support page for a list of helplines, resources and programs for adults, youth, families, Indigenous people, and veterans.
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