Crisis & Mental Health Contacts

11/13/20222 min read

If you are in an urgent mental health crisis situation:

  • Seek help from your doctor or mental health professional

  • Connect and talk with someone you trust

  • Share your thoughts and feelings

  • Remember, it is ok to ask for help

  • Follow your crisis plan (if you have one)

Call 911 to access emergency response services (ambulance or police),

or go to the emergency department at the nearest hospital.

Important Phone Numbers/Addresses:

Reach Out: A free, 24/7, confidential mental health and addictions support and services line for people living in Elgin, Middlesex and Oxford and London.

519-433-2023 or 1-866-933-2023 (reachout247.ca)

  • Webchat available on website

  • Mobile team (free transportation to mental health support)

  • Follow up with appropriate care

Walk-In Crisis Support (24/7): 648 Huron St. London, ON

London Health Science Center Emergency Rooms:

  • Victoria Hospital: 800 Commissioners Rd E London, Ontario; 519-685-8500

  • University Hospital: 339 Windermere Road London, Ontario; 519-685-8500

Talk Suicide: 1-833-456-4566 or talksuicide.ca. Offers toll-free support to people in Canada who have concerns about suicide. Phone line available 24/7 or text 45645 between 4 p.m. and midnight ET.

ConnexOntario: 1-866 -531-2600 or www.connexontario.ca. Free and confidential health services information for people experiencing problems with alcohol and drugs, mental health and/or gambling. Available 24/7.

Good2Talk Helpline: 1-866-925-5454 or text GOOD2TALKON to 686868. Ontario’s 24/7 helpline for postsecondary students.

Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868 or text CONNECT to 686868. Youth mental health support available 24/7.

Hope for Wellness Help Line: 1-855-242-3310. Offers immediate mental health counselling and crisis intervention to all Indigenous peoples across Canada. Phone and chat counselling is available in English, French, Cree, Ojibway and Inuktitut.

National Indian Residential School Crisis Line: 1-866-925-4419. Offers support to former residential school students and those affected. Available 24/7.

Talk4healing (for Indigenous women): 1-855-554-4325

LGBT Youthline Ontario: 647-694-4275 + https://www.youthline.ca/ (chat, text and email currently available). Ontario-wide peer-support for lesbian, gay bisexual, transgender, transsexual, two-spirited, queer and questioning young people.

Trans Lifeline: Provides peer support by trans people for trans and questioning callers. Crisis and other supports and resources are provided in both English and Spanish from 10:00 am to 4:00 am EST.Phone: 1-877-330-6366

Assaulted Women’s Helpline: (24-hour telephone and TTY crisis line for all women in Ontario who have experienced any form of abuse.)

  • TOLL-FREE: 1-866-863-0511

  • TOLL FREE TTY: 1-866-863-7868

  • #SAFE (#7233) on your Bell, Rogers, Fido or Telus Mobile

Seniors Safety Line: 1-866-299-1011. Provided by Elder Abuse Ontario, the Seniors Safety Line provides contact and referral information for local agencies across the province that can assist in cases of elder abuse.

Ontario Caregiver Helpline: 1-833-416-2273 + live chat also available at https://ontariocaregiver.ca/ Provides caregivers with a one-stop resource for information and support.