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

Mental health/distress

Youth

L’Ancrage de L’Isle-aux-Coudres

French

Capitale-Nationale

L'Ancrage de L'Isle-aux-Coudres has poverty reduction, youth, family, and physical and psychological preventive healthcare components and manages a transitional residence.

418 438-1616

Loneliness and isolation

Loved ones

Mental health/distress

L’Ancre

French

Capitale-Nationale

L'Ancre offers support services for friends and family of people living with mental illness or serious mental health disorders to help them overcome isolation and realize their potential.

418 248-0068

Website

Loneliness and isolation

Loved ones

Mental health/distress

Social and professional reintegration

Suicidal thoughts

Suicidal thoughts

L’Arc-en-ciel (Portneuf)

French

Capitale-Nationale

L'Arc-en-Ciel is a community organization that works in mental health. Its services are offered to all residents of the Portneuf RCM and include suicide prevention, psychosocial rehabilitation, friend and family support groups, social and job market reintegration, and housing support.

418 285-3847

Website

Delinquency

L’Arc-en-soi

French

Bas-Saint-Laurent

L'Arc-en-soi is a halfway house for offenders from the Lower St. Lawrence and Gaspé regions that promotes their gradual social reintegration and provides an alternative to incarceration.

418 862-3721

Website

Alcohol or drug addiction

Social and professional reintegration

L’Arrimage, centre de traitement des dépendances

French

Bas-Saint-Laurent

L'Arrimage's mission is to restore the dignity and well-being of every person suffering from addiction. It goes beyond cessation to help people feel better about themselves and reclaim their place in society.

Service général : 418 724-0460

Website

Anxiety disorders

L’Autre Rive

French

Estrie

Helps people who have phobias, fears, or anxieties (panic disorder) that prevent them from functioning normally.

819 564-0676

Website

Domestic violence

Women

L’Escale de l’Estrie

French

English

24/7

Estrie

L'Escale's mission is to help and support women and children who are victims of domestic violence by providing a safe, open and non-judgmental environment.

819-569-3611

Website

Interpersonal problems

Mental health/distress

Social and professional reintegration

L’Éveil de Brome-Missisquoi

French

English

Estrie

L'Éveil is a community mental health resource that helps people with emotional difficulties and mental health problems remain in or reintegrate into the community.

450 263-6240

Website

Domestic violence

Victims of crime

Victims of sexual assault

Women

La Bouée

French

English

24/7

Estrie

Shelter and intervention services for victims of physical, psychological, verbal, economic, or sexual abuse.

1 888 583-1233

Website

Loneliness and isolation

Loved ones

Mental health/distress

La Boussole

French

English

Capitale-Nationale

La Boussole brings together and provides support to the families and friends of people with clinical symptoms of mental health disorders. The organization offers a range of assistance and information services and other resources to help improve their quality of life.

418 523-1502

Website

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