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.

Posttraumatic stress

Veterans Affairs Canada

French

English

24/7

Provincial Resource

Call 1-800-268-7708 to speak to a mental health professional right now. A confidential and free service available 24/7 to Veterans, former RCMP members, their family members, or caregivers.

1-800-268-7708

Website

Veterans

Veterans Affairs Canada

French

English

Provincial Resource

If you are a current or former member of the CAF or RCMP, or a family member, Veterans Affairs Canada have targeted services and benefits to improve your well-being.

1-866-522-2122

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 de Rimouski-Neigette et Mitis

French

Bas-Saint-Laurent

ACEF Rimouski-Neigette et Mitis informs, educates and assists the population in their personal budgeting by establishing educational programs and offering services to promote individual economic autonomy. 

418-723-0744

Website

Social and professional reintegration

Auberge du cœur Le Transit

French

24/7

Bas-Saint-Laurent

Auberge du coeur Le Transit is a shelter for people aged 17 to 30 with low incomes who wish to embark on a journey of personal growth.

418 724-9595

Website

Alcohol or drug addiction

Aux trois mâts

French

English

Bas-Saint-Laurent

Aux Trois Mâts is a community organization whose mission is to support people affected by alcoholism and drug addiction in their efforts to reintegrate into society.

418 725-2541

Website

Anxiety disorders

Depression

Mental health/distress

Canadian Mental Health Association Quebec Division

French

English

Abitibi-Témiscamingue

Bas-Saint-Laurent

Capitale-Nationale

Centre du Québec

Chaudière-Appalaches

Côte-Nord

Estrie

Gaspésie / Îles-de-la-Madeleine

Lanaudiere

Laurentides

Laval

Mauricie

Montérégie

Montreal

Nord-du-Québec

Outaouais

Saguenay / Lac-Saint-Jean

The CMHA – Quebec Division is a provincial organisation that offers programmes and a coherent ecosystem of actions aimed at prevention, recovery, awareness and strengthening individual and collective capacities in the face of mental health disorders. 

514-657-2106

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Loneliness and isolation

Mental health/distress

Centre alternatif en santé mentale et sociale Le Marigot de Matane

French

Bas-Saint-Laurent

Le Marigot de Matane is an alternative living environment that provides assistance and self-help for adults with current or previous mental health problems, concerns about their mental health, emotional difficulties, or difficulties integrating or reintegrating into society.

418 562-4247

Website

Family caregivers

Loss of autonomy

Seniors

Centre d’aide aux proches aidants des Basques (CAPAB)

French

Bas-Saint-Laurent

CAPAB's mission is to improve living conditions for family caregivers in the Des Basques regional county municipality so they can continue providing care.

418 851-4040

Website

Bullying

Victims of crime

Victims of sexual assault

Centre d’aide aux victimes d’actes criminels (Bas-Saint-Laurent)

French

Bas-Saint-Laurent

CAVACs provide front-line services to crime victims and their families and to witnesses of crime. Assistance is provided whether or not the perpetrator is identified, arrested, prosecuted, or convicted.

1 800 820-2282

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