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

Loneliness and isolation

Social and professional reintegration

Répit du passant

French

24/7

Bas-Saint-Laurent

Répit du passant is a shelter for people who are destitute and have no resources or place to sleep. They can eat their fill and sleep safely. Residents also learn skills to help take their lives in hand and manage and plan more effectively so they can be more autonomous.

418 722-6559

Website

Family caregivers

Loss of autonomy

Physical health, illness, and disability

Ressource d’aide aux personnes handicapées Bas-Saint-Laurent–Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine

French

Bas-Saint-Laurent

This resource works with community and government health and social services organizations to inform, guide, and assist people living with disabilities and their families with a view to helping them meet their needs.

418 722-7233

Website

Mental health/distress

Santé mentale Québec – Bas-Saint-Laurent (ACSM)

French

Bas-Saint-Laurent

Santé mentale Québec – Bas-Saint-Laurent is a nonprofit community organization dedicated to promoting mental health, preventing mental health problems, and providing support and self-help activities to the general population.

418 723-6416, poste 100

Website

Family caregivers

Loss of autonomy

Physical health, illness, and disability

Seniors

Société Alzheimer du Bas-Saint-Laurent (Rimouski-Mitis)

French

English

Bas-Saint-Laurent

The Alzheimer Society is a nonprofit organization that provides information and support services to people with Alzheimer's disease in the Lower St. Lawrence region.

418 724-7204, poste 5618

Website

Youth

Tandem-Jeunesse

French

24/7

Bas-Saint-Laurent

Tandem-Jeunesse is a community shelter for young people age 15 to 22 who are experiencing difficulties. It serves the Kamouraska, Rivière-du-Loup, Témiscouata, and Les Basques regional county municipalities.

418 856-2202

Website

2SLGBTQIA+

Alcohol or drug addiction

Anxiety disorders

Bipolar disorder

Borderline personality disorder

Breakup

Bullying

Burnout

Chronic Pain

Depression

Domestic violence

Eating disorders

Family caregivers

Farmers

Financial problems

Gambling addiction

Grief and loss

Indigenous peoples

Insomnia

Internet addiction

Interpersonal problems

Legal problems

Loneliness and isolation

Loss of autonomy

Loved ones

Men

Mental health/distress

Obsessive-compulsive disorder

Panic attacks

Physical health, illness, and disability

Postpartum depression

Posttraumatic stress

Schizophrenia

Self-harm

Seniors

Social and professional reintegration

Suicidal thoughts

Traumatic brain injury

Victims of crime

Victims of sexual assault

Violence

Women

Tel-Aide Québec

French

Bas-Saint-Laurent

Capitale-Nationale

Gaspésie / Îles-de-la-Madeleine

Mission: To provide a free listening and referral service to anyone experiencing loneliness, anxiety or distress, as well as to those with suicidal thoughts.
Hours of operation from 9:00 a.m. to midnight, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

418-686-2433 / Régions 1-877-700-2433

Website

Domestic violence

Loneliness and isolation

Men

Social and professional reintegration

Violence

Trajectoires Hommes du KRTB

French

Bas-Saint-Laurent

Trajectoires Hommes is a community organization that works with men who are dealing with personal or work-related difficulties or engaging in violent behaviour. It offers shelter, assistance and support services for men who want to change.

418 605-0878

Website

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