Improves access to health care in rural and remote communities in BC by allowing qualified paramedics to provide primary care services in non-urgent settings such as patients' homes and in the community. Paramedics do outreach, working with health care provide...

National 24/7 overdose prevention hotline provides confidential, nonjudgemental support for individuals whenever and wherever they use drugs. Connects anyone who is alone and using drugs with a peer who can quickly call for help if needed. The peer checks in p...

Provides individuals with access to specialists in addictions medicine and psychiatry as well as mental health and wellness care coordinators. Services are free to all First Nations people and their family members living in BC, including family members who are...

A 10-bed stabilization and transitional living residence for men (cisgender and transgender) ages 19 and over with substance use issues. Provides supported recovery services that are client-centred and evidence-based, including expressive arts therapy, acupunc...

Privately run medical clinic which provides a supportive, multidisciplinary, outpatient opioid agonist treatment program for adults 19 and older who use heroin or other opioids. Offers long-term stabilization on methadone and suboxone, withdrawal management, a...

Offers short-term, in-home acute psychiatric care for adults with increased symptoms or distress related to mental illness and/or substance use, as an alternative to hospitalization. Designed to provide individuals who are currently experiencing a psychiatric ...

Provides short-term, intensive, inpatient support for youth ages 13 to 18 years of age who are experiencing serious concurrent mental health and substance use concerns. A multidisciplinary team provides support services with a holistic approach by offering ass...

Supports individuals with substance use issues or concurrent mental health and substance use issues to stabilize their health and establish a path toward long-term improvements in functioning. Services include a daily drop-in group, psychoeducational sessions ...

Provides services for people age 19 and over who have or may be developing a serious or persistent mental illness, and affected family members. Adult Community Support Services include case management, psychiatric consultation, family therapy, group therapy, a...

A 10-bed stabilization and transitional living residence for women and transgender individuals ages 19 and older with substance use issues. Provides supported recovery services that are client-centred and evidence-based, including expressive arts therapy, acup...

Provides free, confidential information and education regarding sexuality and health to youth ages 12 to 24. Services include birth control, emergency contraception, pap tests, and pregnancy testing and counselling, as well as testing and treatment of sexually...

Provides free integrated health and social services for youth ages 12 to 24 and their families. Mental health care, substance use services, primary health care, youth and family peer supports, and social services are accessible under one roof. Other services i...

Provides a range of health care and support services for adults ages 19 and up with addiction issues. Services include assessment, treatment, counselling, education, and referral to community resources. Supports clients who are enrolled in a methadone maintena...

A non-faith-based group of volunteers who patrol the Downtown Eastside on weeknights providing outreach after support services start closing for the day. Provides food items, harm reduction supplies, naloxone kits, toques, socks, gloves, scarves, jackets, ther...

Provides trauma-informed support and access to housing for individuals in the community who have experienced homeless and, in many cases, trauma, mental health, and substance use challenges. Services include health and support services to help participants sta...

A drop-in treatment centre for individuals struggling with illicit drug addiction and who have difficulty accessing mainstream services. Physicians and pharmacists provide opioid replacement therapy, with clients assessed and receiving treatment within hours o...

An integrated health centre provides free one-stop primary care, mental health and substance use services, harm reduction and addictions support, and specialized care to Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Provides culturally-inclusive health care acknowledging the...

Privately-run methadone maintenance and suboxone treatment program for individuals with opiate addiction. Fees apply. Office hours are 12 noon to 5 pm Mondays and Wednesdays, 9:30 am to 5 pm Tuesdays and Thursdays, and 9:30 am to 3 pm Fridays.

The Stabilization Program provides trauma-informed counselling and wraparound support for women who require an outreach worker's assistance to begin their recovery journey. The Supportive Recovery Program is a six- to 12- month residence for 15 adult women (ci...

Provides individual and group addiction counselling to children, youth, adults, and families, mainly in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside and Strathcona communities. Uses a client-centred, harm-reduction approach. Also offers preventive and early intervention prog...

A temporary stabilization program available to men (cisgender and transgender) seeking recovery, addictions treatment, or second stage support. The program is designed to support people accessing addictions recovery programs; participants must have a confirmed...

Six-month residential alcohol and drug recovery program for 64 men (cisgender and transgender) ages 19 and over who want freedom from addiction. Offers individual and group counselling, addiction education, life skills development, anger management training, s...

Provides mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual support and health services. Services include conventional mental health and addictions counselling as well as traditional, alternative healing and wellness services.

Provides supportive housing with 24-hour on-site care for 48 residents with chronic mental health challenges. Residents are encouraged to work toward self-directed wellness goals that are developed and achieved with input and assistance from care teams and fam...

Operates a drop-in clinical pharmacy specializing in comprehensive medication management and support of people with mental health and addiction issues. Also offers support programs for psychosis and hepatitis C; access to nurses and social workers; and informa...