24/7 Youth Help LInes

If you or someone you know needs immediate help, call one of the following numbers. They are all available 24 hrs/day.

8-1-1 A free-of-charge provincial health information and advice phone line available in British Columbia 
8-1-1

9-1-1 Call if you or someone you know are having a medical emergency.
9-1-1

Helpline for Children
If you are a child or youth and would like to talk to someone call the Helpline for Children at 310-1234 (no area code needed).

Kid’s Help Phone
Call 1-800-668-6868 to speak to a professional counsellor.

Rape Crisis Line
Call 604-872-8212 for free, confidential, phone-based crisis intervention, information, and referral.

VictimLinkBC
Call 1-800-563-0808 (toll-free) for confidential support. VictimLinkBC provides information and referral services to all victims of crime and immediate crisis support to victims of family and sexual violence.

Youth in BC Distress Line
Call 604-872-3311 or 1-866-872-0113 (toll-free) to speak with counsellors and trained volunteers who are committed to helping youth in crisis.

Youth Crisis Text Line
Text HOME to 686868

The following sites are not for self-diagnosis purposes nor are they a substitute for professional advice. They are for your education and to give you information that will allow you to determine the best person to seek help from for your unique situation.

Cybertip.ca
This web site has information on online child sexual abuse and exploitation, and what teens can do if it happens to them. If you have concerns about shared intimate images, online luring, and other areas involving victimization on the internet, here is help.
https://www.cybertip.ca/en/

App: Crisis Centre Chat
Online chat is available from Noon to 1 AM in BC and Yukon Only
https://crisiscentrechat.ca/

App: "Foundry BC" 
 Foundry offers young people ages 12-24 health and wellness resources, services and supports – online and through integrated service centres in eight communities across BC.
https://webapp.foundrybc.ca/home#urgent-help

Government of B.C
"I need help" Emergencies; talk with a counsellor; send an anonymous report to your school
 https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/erase/help

 Integrated Mobile Crisis Response Team (IMCRT)
Child and youth mental health clinicians work alongside adult mental health clinicians, social workers, nurses and plain-clothes police officers to provide a rapid, mobile, community-based response to children, youth and families in crisis.

From 1:00 p.m. to midnight, seven days a week. serves southern Vancouver Island as far as Sooke/Port Renfrew, the South Malahat, Sidney and provides phone consultation to the Gulf Islands. Call the Vancouver Island Crisis Line: 1-888-494-3888 and ask to speak with IMCRT.

Kids Help Phone App: "Always There"
Kids Help Phone – Live Chat: Chat counselling lets you connect one-on-one, real time, with a Kids Help Phone counsellor, on the web or from a smartphone. Chats are for youth up to age 20. Available Wednesday to Sunday from 3pm to 11pm Pacific Time.
https://kidshelpphone.ca/

Kiwanis Emergency Youth Shelter
A 10-bed home environment that provides emergency housing for youth (ages 13-18) of all genders who are homeless and/or have no safe housing alternatives.
250-386-8282 or keys@yves.ca Address: 2117 Vancouver Street, Victoria, BC V8T 3Z9

Online:
Open Mind is an information hub containing mental health tools and resources for youth, families, teachers and health care providers. The site has been developed by Doctors of BC as part of a policy project designed to raise awareness of mental health among transition-age youth. There are many helpful links on this page as well.
https://openmindbc.ca/youth-young-adults