SUPPORT SERVICES

Are you in a crisis?

Contact us directly during business hours
( Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. )
Alison Tweedy, BSW, RSW
Prevention, Support and Intervention Coordinator
Location: Toronto Military Family Resource Centre, 5 Yukon Lane, Toronto, ON M3K 0A1 ( Click here for a map )
Hours: varies by personal appointment
Phone: 416-633-6200 ext. 4330
E-mail: tweedy.a@forces.gc.ca

If you need help outside of our regular hours, please contact your local emergency department (911) or one of the Community Telephone Support Lines listed here.

Community Telephone Support Lines

Violence Against Women

Assaulted Women's Helpline (24 hours/day)
A 24-hour telephone and TTY crisis line for women in Ontario. Call the helpline if you or someone you know is being abused.
Phone: 416-863-0511 (GTA)
Toll Free: 1-866-863-0511 (toll free - Ontario)

Toronto Rape Crisis Centre
A 24-hour telephone crisis line. When you call, leave a message with your first name (any name) and a telephone number where they can reach you. They will call you back and we will talk to you only. You can also e-mail them. A counsellor will return your mail Monday - Friday during business hours: 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST
Phone: 416-597-8808
E-mail: crisis@trccmwar.ca

Suicide Prevention – adults & youth

Distress Centres of Toronto (24 hours/day, 7 days/week)
Provides emotional support, crisis intervention and suicide prevention to those who request their services.
Phone: 416-408-HELP (4357)

Crisis Line (for children, teens and adults)
Phone: 416-310-COPE (2673)

Kids Help Phone (for children of any age)
Provides help to children in Canada on a variety of issues, such as relationships, school, bullying, suicide, and abuse.
Toll free: 1-800-668-6868

H.E.Y.Y. (Hearing Every Youth Through Youth – peer support line)
Toronto's helpline for youth ... chat with friends or with a HEYY Counsellor in a confidential, anonymous and private chat room. Counsellors available Monday-Friday, 9:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Phone: 416-423-HEYY (4399) - Collect calls accepted

Services in French

Oasis Centre des Femmes (24 heures / 24 – 7 jours / 7)
À Oasis Centre des femmes, nous vous accueillons dans une atmosphère respectueuse, chaleureuse et ouverte, où la confidentialité est respectée. Nous offrons nos services aux femmes francophones qui sont victimes de violence, qui sont immigrantes, réfugiées ou nouvelles arrivantes, ou qui sont à la recherche d'un emploi.
San frais: 1-877-femaide (336-2433)

Elle-Écoute ligne de crise (24 heures / 24 – 7 jours / 7)
A 24-hour crisis hotline for French-speaking women. Provides crisis and emergency information on services, short-term counselling for women in crisis and provides referrals to services available in French.
Phone: 416-657-2229
San frais: 1-877-679-2229