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.
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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