Crisis Support & Resources

 
 


Telephone Crisis Support & Safe Beds– 24 hours a day

Canada-Wide

Calling or texting 9-8-8 connects you with a suicide crisis support line that is staffed 24/7 and is toll-free.

 

Hamilton

The Barrett Centre Crisis Line & Short Stay Safe Beds

https://goodshepherdcentres.ca/services/barrett-centre-for-crisis-support/

905-529-7878

 

Toronto

Gerstein Centre Crisis Line
http://www.gersteincentre.org

416-929-5200

 

Niagara 

CMHA Safe Beds

https://niagara.cmha.ca/safe-beds/

1-866-550-5205, extension 2

 

 

Free Short-Term Grief Counselling Resources & Groups

 

Hamilton

Bereaved Families of Ontario (BFO)

https://www.bfoscr.com/programs

905-318-0070

 
 
 

Hospice Niagara (St. Catharines)

https://www.hospiceniagara.ca/programs

905-984-8766

 
 

Brantford

Stedman Community Hospice

https://www.sjlc.ca/bereavement-support-programs

519-751-7096, ext. 251

 

Toronto

Dorothy Ley Hospice (Etobicoke)

https://dlhospice.org/get-support/

416-626-0116

Kensington Hospice

https://www.kensingtonhealth.org/hospice/living-kensington/support

416-963-9640

 

Suicide Intervention Resources

Carly Boyce: https://www.tinylantern.net/suicide-intervention-resources

The Fireweed Collective: https://fireweedcollective.org/crisis-toolkit/