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.
Bas-Saint-Laurent
Breakup
Domestic violence
Loneliness and isolation
Women
Centre-femmes La passerelle du Kamouraska
French
Bas-Saint-Laurent
Supports women experiencing social, psychological, and economic hardship.• Provides women with opportunities to meet and share their experiences.• Shares information about the status of women.• Promotes and enhances the status of women.
418 492-1449
WebsiteFamily caregivers
Loss of autonomy
Comité d’accompagnement La Source
French
English
Bas-Saint-Laurent
La Source is a nonprofit organization that works with palliative care patients and their families to help them navigate the final phases of illness as serenely as possible.
418 867-4827
WebsiteBreakup
Domestic violence
Men
Mental health/distress
Suicidal thoughts
Violence
C-TA-C
French
Bas-Saint-Laurent
C-TA-C works with men experiencing difficulties in their relationships as a result of their use of inappropriate, impulsive, controlling, or violent behaviour or because they are going through a crisis or difficult period (breakup, loss, questions about their life, etc.).
418 725-2822
WebsiteGrief and loss
Loved ones
Youth
Deuil-Jeunesse (Bas-Saint-Laurent)
French
Bas-Saint-Laurent
Deuil-Jeunesse provides professional counselling to young people and families dealing with serious illness, the death of a loved one, or hardship related to parental separation, abandonment, or adoption. The organization works directly with young people and their parents, family, and friends.
418-624-3666
WebsiteGrief and loss
Youth
Deuil-Jeunesse (Bas-Saint-Laurent, KRTB Kamouraska–Rivière-du-Loup–Témiscouata–Les Basques)
French
Bas-Saint-Laurent
Deuil-Jeunesse provides professional counselling to young people and families dealing with serious illness, the death of a loved one, or hardship related to parental separation, abandonment, or adoption. The organization works directly with young people and their parents, family, and friends.
1 855 889-3666
WebsiteLoss of autonomy
Physical health, illness, and disability
Hôtellerie Omer-Brazeau
French
English
Bas-Saint-Laurent
Association du cancer de l'Est du Québec offers various services at Hôtellerie Omer-Brazeau to help people cope with illness, whether it's cancer or another disease.
418 724-2120
WebsiteDelinquency
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
WebsiteAlcohol 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
WebsiteDomestic violence
Women
La Débrouille
French
24/7
Bas-Saint-Laurent
La Débrouille is an independent community organization that advocates for the rights of women who are victims of domestic violence and their children. It offers support and shelter services and helps them in their efforts to regain control over their lives.
418 724-5067
WebsiteBreakup
Domestic violence
Loneliness and isolation
Social and professional reintegration
La Gigogne
French
Bas-Saint-Laurent
La Gigogne is a community organization in the Matane region that specializes in domestic violence and literacy. It offers services to women who are victims of domestic violence and their children, with or without shelter (emergency shelter and second stage housing). The organization also runs Alpha de La Matanie, a grassroots literacy service that teaches basic math and computer skills. The service is open to everyone.
418 562-3377
Website