Website that promotes positive mental health and provides leadership, best practices, resources, awareness, education, training, and supports for first responders such as firefighters, paramedics, and law enforcement officers. Provides a central inventory of r...

Offers virtual counselling sessions, youth and caregiver peer support, and workshops to young people ages 12 to 24 and their caregivers. Services are free and confidential. Youth can book a peer support or counselling appointment up to seven days in advance, o...

A 24-hour helpline for children and youth who may feel unsafe, confused, or scared, and wish to talk with someone; line is answered by child protection social workers. Children, parents, community members, or anyone having reason to believe that a child is, ha...

Empowers young leaders across Canada to revolutionize mental health. Trained youth form chapters at high schools, post-secondary campuses, and anywhere else that youth gather, and work to identify and break down barriers to positive mental health in their comm...

Through an online information hub, raises awareness of mental health resources and tools available to youth transitioning into adulthood. Provides information about mental health tools available to youth, their peers, family, teachers, and health care provider...

Empowers people with bipolar disorder to improve and self-manage their health and wellness. Website services include online information, webinars providing research, resources, and tools regarding quality of life; short videos on self-management strategies; in...

Provides youth with skills and support to face challenges in their lives. Website features wellness checks and personal stories that aim to end the stigma of anxiety, substance use, suicidal thoughts, and depression. Living Life to the Full for Youth is an eig...

Provides workshops and training for organizations in the health, education, emergency, and social services sectors. Topics include stress management, crisis intervention, safe and effective workshop facilitation skills, as well as suicide prevention, awareness...

An interactive eight-week mental health promotion course designed to help people deal with everyday life challenges and learn self-management skills based on the principles of cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT). Offers streams for youth ages 13 to 18, adults,...

Offers free, confidential, and nonjudgmental online support to youth and adults experiencing emotional distress, from 12 noon to 1 am daily in BC and in the Yukon. Chat service is accessed through www.YouthInBC.com (serves youth age 12 to 25) and www.CrisisCen...

Provides free, confidential, multilingual information and referral to young people across BC concerned with youth violence, bullying, peer pressure, and intimidation or threats by a person or a gang. Service includes non-judgmental support, information about o...

An alternate education program for vulnerable youth ages 15 to 19 (Grades 10 to 12) who are at risk of dropping out of school or who have already dropped out. Integrates academics with therapy, outdoor adventure-based learning, and community involvement. Aim i...

Provides specialized care for individuals ages 17 and up who are diagnosed with anorexia, bulimia, or other specified feeding or eating disorders. The tertiary inpatient program, 4 Northwest, provides multidisciplinary care for patients who are working towards...

An initiative dedicated to raising awareness of stigmas that exist in society, to helping develop an understanding of the challenges that people face, and to encouraging acceptance of oneself and of others. Programs support and educate individuals, especially ...

Provides referrals and professional counselling to children and youth ages five to 20 across Canada, by telephone, online tools, and live chat. Service is free, anonymous, confidential, and offered in English or French, and can address any concerns or issues f...

Facilitates access to the resources people require to maintain and improve mental health and community integration, and provides support in recovery from mental illness, substance use, and addictive behaviour. Promotes inclusion, advocacy, and research. Also p...

Provides free assistance to street-involved Vancouver youth, generally those who are in government care or receiving income assistance. Provides counselling and referral regarding education, employment, housing, medical care, and prenatal care. Also offers sup...

Aboriginal Mental Health Outreach provides culturally appropriate mental health counselling to Aboriginal youth and their families who have been unable to engage with or access mental health services. Services include assessment and therapeutic counselling and...

Provides a full range of court-ordered and court-related assessment and treatment services. These include court-ordered assessments of youth residing in the community; assessments or consultations of youth referred by a Youth Probation Officer; general and spe...

Provides long-term reduced rate counselling designed to support the mental health needs of self-identified men (trans, cis, and other men); two-spirit and non-binary folks who also identify as gay, bi, queer, or asexual; and/or guys who are have sex with guys ...

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. Peer support is ...

Provides information and referral, peer support, and advocacy to LGBTQ2SAI+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, Two-Spirit, asexual, and intersex) youth ages 14 to 25, and their friends and families. Youth Drop-In provides a safe place for youth to so...

Provides a drop-in centre, residential crisis program, long-term supportive transitional housing, and street outreach for homeless, runaway, and street-involved youth ages 16 to 24. The Community Support Services program provides street outreach, general and a...

Provides individual and family counselling to all age groups, addressing issues such as personal growth, relationships, parenting, and family violence. Youth services feature counselling, school-based skill development groups, and a multicultural program for a...

Provides support, counselling, information, and referrals to mental health services for clients and their friends and families. Services for friends and families include mental wellness information and educational materials, family education and support groups...