Resources

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If you or someone you know is thinking about suicide, you can contact a counsellor at any time by phone, text or chat.

Financial problems

Food Banks of Quebec

French

English

Provincial Resource

Food Banks of Quebec offers a tool on its Website to find the food bank closest to your home.

1-877-478-4040

Website

Financial problems

Legal problems

Option consommateurs

French

English

Provincial Resource

Option consommateurs offers several services to help consumers directly (legal information service, budget consultations, Prêt du quartier microcredit program, information and awareness activities).

514-598-7288

Website

Financial problems

Interpersonal problems

Legal problems

Loneliness and isolation

Men

Mental health/distress

Victims of sexual assault

Aide Homme (Centre de ressources pour hommes du sud de Lanaudière)

French

Lanaudiere

Non-profit organization concerned with men's health and well-being, offering men in difficulty support in their personal development to help them become more self-reliant.

450-961-1241

Website

Financial problems

Aide-Parents Plus

French

Saguenay / Lac-Saint-Jean

Aide-Parents Plus offers services such as food assistance, clothing (thrift counter), a breastfeeding room, and a community kitchen.

418 547-4792

Website

Financial problems

APIC Côte-Nord

French

Côte-Nord

APIC (the Association for the Protection of Consumers' Interests) is a non-profit organization that aims at empowering consumers to improve their living conditions, both in terms of their finances and their consumption habits, through democratic participation, consumer education and the development of critical thinking, all for the betterment of today's society.

1-877-589-7324

Website

Financial problems

Association coopérative d’économie familiale (ACEF) du Nord de Montréal

French

Montreal

The Association coopérative d'économie familiale (ACEF) du Nord de Montréal is an autonomous community organization that intervenes in the field of consumer education.

514-277-7959

Website

Financial problems

Association coopérative d'économie familiale (ACEF) du Grand-Portage

French

Bas-Saint-Laurent

The Association Coopérative d'Économie Familiale (ACEF) is an organization specialized in personal finance and consumer protection. Since 1990, it has been providing services in the areas of budgeting and debt to help individuals and families improve their financial health.

1-866-762-0269

Website

Financial problems

Association coopérative d'économie familiale (AECF) Appalaches-Beauce-Etchemins

French

Chaudière-Appalaches

ACEF - Appalaches-Beauce-Etchemins is a non-profit association dedicated to helping consumers, tenants and citizens on social assistance defend their rights. Our main methods of intervention are budget consultation and popular education.

1-888-338-4755

Website

Financial problems

Association coopérative d'économie familiale de la Péninsule

French

Gaspésie / Îles-de-la-Madeleine

Present in the community since May 1990, the Association Coopérative d'Économie Familiale (ACEF) de la Péninsule is a non-profit organization with the status of a social purpose cooperative that offers direct assistance services to the population and organizes information, education and intervention activities.

1-866-566-7645

Website

Financial problems

Association coopérative d'économie familiale de Lanaudière

French

Lanaudiere

The Association coopérative d'économie familiale is a non-profit community organization that has been involved in the Lanaudière region since 1971. Its mission is to support, inform and raise awareness among individuals regarding personal finances, credit use, debt prevention and debt solutions.

1-866-414-1333

Website

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