Resources
If you are in crisis, please follow your safety plan or call one of the crisis lines listed below. If it is an emergency, visit the nearest hospital emergency department or call 911.
Crisis Support
BC Crisis Line
crisiscentre.bc.ca
Call 1-800-784-2433 (1-800-SUICIDE)
or call your local crisis centre
Vancouver: 604-872-3311
Sunshine Coast/Sea to Sky: 1-866-661-3311
Mental Health Support Line: 310-6789
Seniors Distress Line: 604-872-1234
Online Chat Service for Youth (Noon to 1am)
Online Chat Service for Adults (Noon to 1am)
Other Crisis Lines
Trans Lifeline (crisis line run by and for trans people): 1-877-330-6366
Vancouver Mental Health Emergency Services: 604-874-7307
Suicide Crisis Line: 1-800-SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433)
VictimLink BC: 1-800-563-0808
KUU-US Crisis Line (crisis support for indigenous people): 1-800-588-8717
Trans Services
Trans Care BC
http://www.phsa.ca/transcarebc/
transcarebc@phsa.ca
1-866-999-1514
Trans Care BC supports the delivery of equitable and accessible care, surgical planning, and peer and community support for trans people across BC. Call or email to talk to the care coordination team, who helps connect people in BC to gender-affirming health and wellness supports.
Catherine White Holman Wellness Centre
cwhwc.com
Provides low-barrier wellness resources including counselling, nursing care (hormone injection teaching, hormone injection equipment, pelvic exams, chest exams, and STI/HIV/Hep C screening) and massage therapy to trans and gender diverse people.
Qmunity
qmunity.ca
BC’s queer resource centre, offering support groups, free counselling, and a transgender ID change clinic.
Victim Services
Victimlink
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/justice/criminal-justice/victims-of-crime/victimlinkbc
Call TTY at 604-875-0885
Text to 604-836-6381
VictimLinkBC@bc211.ca
call collect, please call the Telus Relay Service at 711
Toll-free, confidential, multilingual telephone service available across B.C. and Yukon 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at 1-800-563-0808. It provides information and referral services to all victims of crime and immediate crisis support to victims of family and sexual violence, including victims of human trafficking exploited for labour or sexual services.
VictimLinkBC provides service in more than 110 languages, including 17 North American aboriginal languages and is TTY accessible.
Women Against Violence Against Women
http://wavaw.ca/
24 hour crisis line: 604-255-6344
toll free 1-877-392-7583
WAVAW Rape Crisis Centre works to end all forms of violence against all women and trans people of all genders Free, confidential counselling, 24 hour crisis line, 24 hour hospital accompaniment, Indigenous program, victim services support.
Battered Women’s Support Services
www.bwss.org
Crisis + intake line: 604-687-1867
BWSS provides education, advocacy, and support services to assist battered women in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Open to all self-identified women.
BC Society for Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse
bc-malesurvivors.com
604-682-6482
Treatment and support services to male survivors of sexual abuse and support significant others and relatives of the survivors. Trans inclusive.
Free and Low Cost Counselling Services
UBC Scarfe Free Counselling Clinic
604-827-1523
Free Vancouver-based counselling. Open September to April
New Westminster UBC Free Counselling Centre
604-525-6651
Open September to June
Family Services of Greater Vancouver, Counselling Program
604-874-2938
Counselling fees based on household income.
Oak Counselling
604-266-5611
Reduced fee secular counselling services provided at the Vancouver Unitarian Centre. Individual, couples and family counselling.
Adler Centre – Counselling Clinic
604-742-1818
Sliding scale individual and couples counselling.
Catherine White Holman Wellness Centre
cwhwc.com
Free drop-in counselling for trans and gender diverse clients.
Qmunity: BC’s queer resource centre
qmunity.ca
604-684-5307
Free counselling for LGBTQ community members.
SAFER: S.A.F.E.R (Suicide Attempt Follow-up Education and Research)
Provides counselling and support to people who are feeling suicidal and to those who have attempted suicide. Also provides support and education for someone concerned about a loved one’s risk for suicide, and counselling for those who have lost someone to suicide. Coordinated through Vancouver Coastal Health’s Access and Assesment (AAC): (604) 675-3700.
Multicultural and Immigrant Services
Vancouver & Lower Mainland Multicultural Family Support Services Society
604-436-1025
Free, confidential, culturally sensitive services to immigrant, visible minority and refugee women and their families who are experiencing family violence.
Rainbow Refugee
Vancouver based community group that supports and advocates with people seeking refugee protection because of persecution based on sexual orientation, gender identity, or HIV status.
Immigrant Services Society of British Columbia
Programs for refugees, women, children, and youth, as well as support services in over forty-five languages. Services are available throughout Metro Vancouver, Squamish, and the Okanagan.
Mosaic
604-254-9626
Multicultural non-profit organization offering interpretation/translation services, free English classes, and specialized programs to help immigrants and refugees.
Other Resources
Credit Counselling Society
1-888-527-8999
Free Credit Counselling, Bankruptcy Help & Debt Consolidation Options
Family Caregivers Network Society
Victoria-based network with excellent online resources, including a free information package for family caregivers
Legal Aid
1-866-577-2525 or 604.408.2172
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