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.

Loneliness and isolation

Youth

Association des parents d’adolescents de Chicoutimi

French

Saguenay / Lac-Saint-Jean

The association brings together parents who want to reflect on their role in raising their teenage children. It provides support and resources to parents whose children have behavioural problems (substance use related or not), promotes self-help, and overcomes isolation.

418 543-3877

Interpersonal problems

Loneliness and isolation

Association des parents d’ados du Fjord

French

Saguenay / Lac-Saint-Jean

Association des Parents d'Ados du Fjord works directly with families experiencing interpersonal difficulties. It helps parents take stock of their resources and reflect on their role in raising their teenage children

418 544-4135

Website

Loneliness and isolation

Physical health, illness, and disability

Association des personnes aphasiques du Saguenay

French

Saguenay / Lac-Saint-Jean

Association des Personnes Aphasiques du Saguenay helps people with aphasia overcome the isolation they frequently experience. It promotes self-help and welcomes people while respecting their differences.

418 545-1925

Website

Loneliness and isolation

Loss of autonomy

Physical health, illness, and disability

Association des personnes handicapées de Desbiens

French

Saguenay / Lac-Saint-Jean

The association promotes the integration and development of people with disabilities.

418 346-1066

Traumatic brain injury

Association Renaissance des personnes traumatisées crâniennes du Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean

French

English

Saguenay / Lac-Saint-Jean

Association Renaissance des personnes traumatisées crâniennes provides services to people with traumatic brain injuries and their families in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region.

418 548-9366

Website

Breakup

Domestic violence

Women

Auberge de l’amitié Roberval

French

24/7

Saguenay / Lac-Saint-Jean

Auberge de l'amitié Roberval's mission is to eliminate violence against women and provide support and shelter to women victims of spousal violence and their children, witnesses and victims of violence.

418 275-4574

Website

Interpersonal problems

Loneliness and isolation

Social and professional reintegration

Café-Jeunesse de Chicoutimi

French

Saguenay / Lac-Saint-Jean

Café-Jeunesse de Chicoutimi welcomes young adults age 18 to 30 and helps them take charge of their lives individually and/or collectively.

418 696-2871

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

Website

Loneliness and isolation

Mental health/distress

Seniors

Centre communautaire Horizon 3e âge Chicoutimi

French

Saguenay / Lac-Saint-Jean

This community centre helps seniors remain independent, regain a sense of harmony, and have fun with others.

418 545-8317

Bullying

Domestic violence

Victims of crime

Victims of sexual assault

Centre d’aide aux victimes d’actes criminels (Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean)

French

Saguenay / Lac-Saint-Jean

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

1 877 543-9695

Website

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