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Mental Health Resources & various helplines

Here are 24/7/365 Help Line Services:

NWT Help Line: 1.800.661.0844

First Nations & Inuit Hope for Wellness Help Line: 1.855.242.3310 or connect to the online chat at hopeforwellness.ca

Kids Help Phone: 1.800.668.6868 or text TALK to 686868

Kids Help Phone has expanded its services during the COVID-19 pandemic to Canadians of all ages:

  • All ages: Text WELLNESS to 741741 to be connected with a Crisis Responder

  • Healthcare workers: Text FRONTLINE to 741741

  • Young people from Canadian military families can text CAFKIDS to 686868 and adults can text WELLNESS to 741741

  • support is offered in French and English

Canadian Mental Health Crisis Line at 1.888.353.2273

Follow this link for Canada Suicide Prevention Services/Crisis Services or call 1.833.456.4566 for 24/7/365 services or text support is offered 2pm to 10pm daily: 45645.

National Residential School Crisis Line: 1.866.925.4411

Territorial Residential School Crisis Line: 1.800.464.8106

Call 9-1-1 if you or someone you know is in immediate danger.

Below are additional support services

NWT Community Counselling - residents can access same day counselling through the Community Counselling program.

Arctic Indigenous Wellness Foundation Traditional Counselling

William Greenland: 867.446.1346

Ruth Mercredi: 867.444.1949

Annie Mitsima: 867.688.3027

Follow this link for Wellness Together Canada which provides a variety of mental health and substance use supports. Wellness Together Canada will connect Canadians to peer support workers, social workers, psychologists and other professionals for confidential chat sessions or phone calls, and will make it easier to find credible information and help address mental health and substance use issues.

Follow this link to the Canadian Centre for Mental Health and Support which identifies additional Canada-wide mental health resources.

Trans Lifeline at 1.877.330.6366

Follow this link for Family Violence supports and resources.