Resources & Supports
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Emergency
For Ambulance, Fire, Police, Call 9-1-1.
To find social supports and organizations that can help with anything from shoes to food to housing 24/7 call 2-1-1 from anywhere in Alberta, or find a list of resources online at ab.211.ca
Edmonton Area
Phone: 780-424-2424
Provides a single point of access to adult addiction and mental health community-based programs in Edmonton.
Calgary Area
Phone: 403-266-4357
E-Mail: info@distresscentre.com
24/7 crisis support, professional counselling, serving Calgary and southern Alberta.
Canada Wide
Online chat support.
Canada Wide
Phone: 1-800-668-6868
Available to young Canadians between 5-29 years old who are seeking 24-hour confidential and anonymous care with professional counsellors.
To find social supports and organizations that can help with anything from shoes to food to housing 24/7 call 2-1-1 from anywhere in Alberta, or find a list of resources online at ab.211.ca
Text INFO to 2-1-1
Online chat support.
Alberta Wide
Find a complete list of all shelters for family violence, including women’s emergency shelters, second stage housing, seniors’ emergency shelters, and homelessness including homeless shelters, short-term supportive housing, long-term supportive housing.
Alberta Wide
Phone: 780-422-2018
Provides 24/7 emergency shelter and support.
Calgary: 403-474-3237
Edmonton: 780-422-2018
Red Deer: 587-819-0015
Wetaskiwin: 780-314-8162
Calgary Area
Phone: 403-263-8384
E-Mail: gethelp@innfromthecold.org
24/7 emergency shelter and help with housing for families.
Youth Empowerment & Support Service (YESS)
Edmonton Area
Phone: 780-468-7070
24/7 shelter for youth 15-21 and day programs for youth 15-24.
If you suspect someone is experiencing family violence or abuse, phone:
Alberta Provincial Abuse Helpline
Alberta Wide
Phone: 1-855-443-5722
24/7 assistance in more than 100 languages.
Child Intervention Helpline
Alberta Wide
Toll Free: 1-800-638-0715
For help 24/7. Get help when you suspect a child or youth is being abused, neglected, or sexually exploited.
Edmonton Area
Phone: 780-454-8888
24/7. The Seniors Abuse Helpline provides confidential, non-judgemental, and short-term crisis intervention, emotional support, and resources to those who are experiencing or concerned about someone else experiencing seniors’ abuse.
Alberta Wide
Phone: 811
Do you have health concerns about you or your child? Call Health Link and you have options to speak with a variety of health care professionals including registered nurses, dieticians, dementia specialists and mental health and rehabilitation clinicians. They will help determine the best care for your individual situation.
To access Health Link within Alberta, call 8-1-1.
If you are unable to dial 8-1-1 from your phone, please call 403-943-5465 for Calgary or 780-408-5465 for Edmonton.
Indigenous Wellness Clinic (Anderson Hall) – Alberta Health Services
Edmonton Area
Phone: 780-735-4512
Toll Free: 1-844-441-4512
The Indigenous Wellness Clinic provides primary care services to Indigenous patients of all ages in the Edmonton zone and surrounding areas. Services include but are not limited to family medicine for all ages; chronic disease management; women’s and gender diverse reproductive health; palliative care; mental health and addictions.
Edmonton Area
Phone: 780-422-7333
Community-based health centre that serves Edmonton’s inner city.
(Formerly Boyle McCauley Health Centre)
Edmonton Area
Phone: 780-735-5963
E-Mail: indigenouswellnesscore@ahs.ca
This program provides service to First Nations (Status and Non-Status), Métis and Inuit clients and their families, to feel comfortable in hospital, make referrals, provide advocacy, and help plan and support a client’s discharge from hospital.
The Women’s Clinic WEAC
Edmonton Area
Phone: 780-423-4029
A satellite program of Radius (formerly the Boyle McCauley Health Centre), the Women’s Emergency Accommodation Centre is staffed by a Nurse Practitioner, Licensed Practical Nurse, and a receptionist providing a walk-in clinic, prenatal care, and STD services to address women’s unique health needs and foster healthy choices and behaviours. The clinic we are provides education on different options of family planning including contraception counselling, prenatal care, support, and education and gynaecological care.
Alberta Wide
Fourth Edition.
It’s your right to be treated with respect and without discrimination.
Alberta Wide
Phone: 780-474-1104
Toll Free: 1-833-900-1010
If you are a victim of human trafficking and need immediate assistance, please call your local police service or dial 9-1-1.
To report a human trafficking crime anonymously, contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477(TIPS).
If this a non-emergency situation, please call 780-474-1104. Free, safe, and confidential response services, coordination of resources and referrals for victims of human trafficking.
Alberta Wide
Phone: 1-877-644-9992
Find and apply for services and benefits for work or training, low income, disabilities, personal safety, homelessness, and more.
Alberta Wide
Phone: 1-866-644-5135
Financial help for Albertans who do not have the resources to meet their basic needs.
Alberta Wide
Phone: 1-866-845-3425
An Alberta-wide organization that provides affordable legal services in family law, domestic violence, child welfare, immigration, and youth and adult criminal defense.
Edmonton Area
Phone: 780-492-8180
E-Mail: pbsc@ualberta.ca
Edmonton Area
Phone: 780-242-4357
E-Mail: info@aboriginalcounseling.com
Canada Wide
Phone: 1-855-242-3310
Available to all Indigenous peoples across Canada who are seeking immediate crisis intervention 24/7.
Canada Wide
Phone: 1-855-242-3310
First Nations and Inuit – If you’re experiencing emotional distress and want to talk, call the First Nations and Inuit Hope for Wellness Help Line at 1-855-242-3310 or the online chat at hopeforwellness.ca, 24/7 toll-free.
- Eligible First Nations and Inuit are qualified for 20 hours of counselling each year through Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB), and even more if approved by your psychologist. See Government of Canada’s webpage on Mental Health Counselling Benefits (sac-isc.gc.ca/eng/1576441552462/1576441618847) for more information and details about eligibility.
- Please note some communities, such as Bigstone Cree First Nation, do not go through NIHB for mental health benefits. Please contact your band for counselling supports if they are not covered by NIHB.
- Contact First Nation Inuit Health Branch(FNIHB) for the most up-to-date list of psychologists in your area. Alberta Region General FNIHB inquiries – 780-495-2694, toll-free 1-800-232-7301.
National Indian Residential School Crisis Line
Canada Wide
Phone: 1-866-925-4419
The National Indian Residential School Crisis Line has been set up to provide support for former Residential School students. You can access emotional and crisis referral services by calling 24-Hour National Crisis Line – 1-866-925-4419.
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Support Phone Line
Canada Wide
Phone: 1-844-413-6649
Toll-free.
There are 14 sexual assault services in Alberta providing specialized and distinct core sexual assault services to individuals, families, and communities across the province of Alberta. Alberta’s one line for sexual violence is available to anyone in Alberta who is looking for support or referrals to specialized sexual assault service providers. Call or text 1-866-403-8000.
Alberta Wide
Phone: 310-1818
SMS: 310-1818
Call the Family Violence Info Line if you have experienced family violence. Get help 24/7, anonymously in more than 170 languages.
Clare’s Law (Disclosure to Protect Against Domestic Violence). Any individual who feels at risk of domestic violence can apply to get information about their partners so they can make informed choices about their safety.
Online Chat support.
Edmonton Area
For counselling or police and court support enquiries: counselling@sace.ca
24-hour Support & Information.
Edmonton Area
Phone: 780-455-6880
E-Mail: info@thetodaycentre.ca
After hours, call 2-1-1 for immediate help.
Offers free short-term support for adults targeted by family violence regardless of situation, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, culture or religion.