Resources
For help finding the right resource:
If you or someone you know is thinking about suicide, you can contact a counsellor at any time by phone, text or chat.
Grief and loss
1 888 LE DEUIL
French
Provincial Resource
Helpline for people who have lost a loved one.
1 888 533-3845
Grief and loss
Mental health/distress
Suicide prevention
1-866-277-3553
French
English
24/7
Provincial Resource
1-866-277-3553 is Quebec’s suicide prevention hotline. This toll-free number is available 24/7 across Quebec. You can call if you’re in distress, worried about a loved one, or grieving a suicide. You’ll talk to a qualified trained counsellor who will be able to help.
1-866-277-3553
Men
Violence
À cœur d'homme
French
Provincial Resource
À cœur d'homme - Réseau d'aide aux hommes pour une société sans violence is an association of 31 autonomous community organizations throughout Quebec that help men who are struggling with violent behaviour in a conjugal and family context. Its objective is to encourage the prevention of conjugal and family violence and to actualize the development and consolidation of a men's support network for a society without violence.
1-877-660-7799
Website2SLGBTQIA+
Aide aux Trans du Québec (ATQ)
French
English
24/7
Provincial Resource
The ATQ offers trans, non-binary people and those questioning their gender identity a range of services, including individual consultations, a helpline and discussion groups.
1-855-909-9038
WebsiteDelinquency
Legal problems
Social and professional reintegration
Alter Justice
French
Provincial Resource
Non-profit organization that offers various intervention, information and support programs for people affected by judicialization and detention in a Quebec correctional institution (sentence of two years less a day). The organization offers a telephone information service, an accompaniment service for applications for suspension of a criminal record (pardon application), information workshops and awareness activities.
418 522-4343
WebsiteLoved ones
Mental health/distress
AMI-Québec
French
English
Provincial Resource
Community organization that provides support, training, information, and outreach services to people dealing with the consequences of mental illness in a family member or friend.
1 877 303-0264
WebsiteEating disorders
Anorexie et boulimie Québec
French
English
Provincial Resource
ANEB provides immediate and free professional help to people affected by eating disorders.
1 800 630-0907
WebsiteChronic Pain
Physical health, illness, and disability
Association québécoise de la maladie de Lyme (AQML)
French
Provincial Resource
The AQML provides information about Lyme disease as well as a private discussion and support group on Facebook.
Chronic Pain
Physical health, illness, and disability
Association québécoise de l'encéphalomyélite myalgique (AQEM)
French
Provincial Resource
The mission of the Association québécoise de l'encéphalomyélite myalgique (AQEM) is to promote awareness and recognition of myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) in order to help sufferers and their families cope with this disabling disease.
1-855-369-0386
WebsiteFarmers
Au coeur des familles agricoles (ACFA)
French
Provincial Resource
Au coeur des familles agricoles is a free service to help, support, inform and establish contacts. ACFA's mission is to create a network of mutual aid within the agricultural community. The organization favours a proactive and participatory approach to intervention. This implies the mobilization of all people involved with agricultural workers and their families.
450 768-6995
Website