If you feel suicidal or that you may harm yourself, please go to your nearest hospital emergency room or contact Canada’s Suicide Crisis Helpline by calling or texting 988.
Some helplines specifically focus on supporting survivors of violence, and others focus on addressing a broad range of mental health concerns. A directory of sexual assault centre crisis lines across Ontario can be found at sexualassaultsupport.ca/get-help/
Assaulted Women's Helpline
416.863.0511 or 1.866.863.0511
TTY 1.866.863.7868
www.awhl.org/
Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse Provincial Crisis and Support Line
1.866.887.0015
www.counsellingccs.com/male-survivors-program/
Toronto Rape Crisis Centre
416.597.8808
www.trccmwar.ca/
Women’s Support Network of York Region
905.895.7313
www.womenssupportnetwork.ca/
Kawartha Sexual Assault Centre
705.741.0260
www.kawarthasexualassaultcentre.com/
Distress Centres of Greater Toronto
416.408.4357
www.dcogt.com/
Distress Centre Toronto
416.408.4357 (HELP)
TTY 416.408.0007
Distress Centre Peel
905.459.7777
Hope for Wellness (for Indigenous Peoples)
1.855.242.3310
Online chat is also available
www.hopeforwellness.ca/
Talk4Healing (for Indigenous women)
1-855-554-HEAL
Text and online chat is also available
www.beendigen.com/programs/talk4healing/
Gerstein Crisis Centre
416.929.5200
www.gersteincentre.org/
Good2Talk (Post Secondary Student Helpline)
1.866.925.5454 or text: 686868
www.good2talk.ca/ontario/
Online messaging is also available
GTA municipalities have a central intake access line for emergency housing. They can also triage for access to specific shelters for people fleeing violence and abuse. Women experiencing abuse can also connect with their local shelter using sheltersafe.ca/get-help/
City of Toronto Emergency Housing Central Intake
416.388.4766
Peel Region Emergency Housing Central Intake
905.450.1996
York Region Emergency Housing Central Intake
1.877.464.9675 ext. 76140
Yellow Brick House
905.727.1944 or 1.800.263.3247 (text or call)
www.yellowbrickhouse.org/
Embrave
905.403.0864 or 1.855.676.8515
www.embrave.ca/
Family Life Resource Centre (Salvation Army)
905.451.4115
https://www.tsavawservices.ca/about-us/
North York Women’s Shelter
1.866.863.0511
www.nyws.ca
Nellie’s
416.461.1084
www.nellies.org
The Redwood
416.533.8538
www.theredwood.com
Ernestine’s Women’s Shelter
416.746.3701
www.ernestines.ca/
Interval House
1.888.293.5516
www.intervalhouse.ca
YWCA Arise Shelter
416.929.3316
https://www.ywcatoronto.org/ourprograms/shelterandhousing
In Ontario, there is a province-wide directory for sexual assault centres which are organizations offering a range of supportive programming for survivors of violence. Additionally, there is a province-wide directory for hospital-based sexual assault/domestic violence treatment centres which provide immediate medical assistance, referrals to police and follow-up care for survivors.
Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres
https://sexualassaultsupport.ca/
Ontario Network of Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Treatment Centres
https://www.sadvtreatmentcentres.ca/
Survivors of sexual assault in Ontario may be eligible to receive up to four hours of free, confidential legal advice from a lawyer.
Independent Legal Advice for Survivors of Sexual Assault
https://www.ontario.ca/page/independent-legal-advice-survivors-sexual-assault
Barbara Schlifer Commemorative Clinic
https://www.schliferclinic.com/
There are several community agencies across the GTA which offer counselling for survivors of violence and abuse. Counselling may be one-on-one and/or in a group setting. The majority are free and some offer sliding scale or low-cost fees.
Family Services Toronto
416.595.9618
www.familyservicetoronto.org
Catholic Family Services Toronto
416.921.1163
www.cfstoronto.com/
Rexdale Women’s Centre
416.745.0062
www.rexdalewomen.org/
COSTI Family and Mental Health Services Centre
416.658.1600
www.costi.org/
YWCA Healing Through Arts Program
Email: Breakthrough@ywcatoronto.org
Yellow Brick House Community Counselling and Support Services
1.877.222.8438
416.323.9149
www.schliferclinic.com/
416.597.1171
905.895.3646
Everyone in Ontario is required by law to report suspected child abuse/neglect. If you believe a child is being harmed or at risk of being harmed, contact a children’s aid society for assistance.
Children’s Aid Society of Toronto
416.924.4646
1.866.527.0833
www.torontocas.ca
Peel Children’s Aid Society
905.363.6131
www.peelcas.org
York Region Children’s Aid Society
905.895.2318
1.800.718.3850
www.yorkcas.org
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