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.
Saguenay / Lac-Saint-Jean
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
WebsiteLoneliness 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
WebsiteLoneliness 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
WebsiteBreakup
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
WebsiteInterpersonal 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
WebsiteAnxiety 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
WebsiteLoneliness 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