Mental Health Support

Resources for Youth

• Canadian Mental Health Association Crisis Support for youth 16 and older. Call 905.278.9036 / 1.888.811.2222.
  
  
• BounceBack® Ontario is a free skill-building program designed to help youth 15+ manage low mood, mild to moderate depression and anxiety, stress or worry.
  
  
• Tangerine Walk-in-Counselling offers free 45-minute brief consultations by phone.
  
  
• Kids Help Phone counsellors are available 24/7 via phone, text or online chat. Call 1.800.668.6868 or text CONNECT to 686868.
  
  
• Peel Children’s Centre Crisis Response Line is available 24/7 for families and children 0-18. Call 416.410.8615.
  
  
• Naseeha Youth Helpline is an anonymous, non-judgemental, confidential peer support for youth experiencing personal challenges and to support them in working through those challenges. Call 1.866.627.3342.
  
  
• Black Youth Helpline is a culturally responsive mental health and crisis support for youth, families, and those supporting them. Call 1.833.294.8650.
  
  
• The LGBT Youth Line is a free peer-support phone line for lesbian, gay bisexual, transgender, transsexual, two-spirited, queer and questioning young people.
  
  
• To help support student mental health at home, School Mental Health Ontario has online resources.
  
  
• Peel District School Board COVID-19 Community and Mental Health Resources are available for families. View Peel District School Board's mental health week resources.
  
  
• Roots Community Services offers an interactive online series for youth and parents to cultivate social connection and emotional resilience amid the challenges of social isolation. Click here to register.
  
  
• Child Development Institute offers programs for children 0-12 and youth 13-18 and their families across four streams: Early Intervention Services, Family Violence Services, the Integra Program and Healthy Child Development.
  
  
• Centre for Grief and Healing (BFO-HP) offers one-to-one peer support sessions and group support session for youth ages 6+. Call 905.848.4337 and leave a message with your contact details.
  
  

• YMCA Youth Substance Abuse Program provides free one-to-one counselling for youth 14-24.
  
  

• Rapport Youth & Family Services - ECLYPSE Youth Centre is a multi-service organization serving at risk youth in Peel ages 12-24. Call 905.790.7707.

Resources for All Ages

• Ontario.ca/coronavirus provides information about the different virtual mental health and wellness options, including Internet-based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
  
  
• Contact the Region of Peel Works Harm Reduction Team to request free harm reduction supplies (safer injection equipment, safer inhalation equipment, condoms and lube, safer piercing kits, sharps containers, and naloxone for those at risk of opioid overdose). Call or text 647.225.1623.  Service is confidential.
  
  
• The Children's Aid Society of Peel provides 24/7 counseling, teaching and support programs to help create safe and loving homes for children. Call 905.363.6131 or toll free 888.700.0996.
  
  
• www.WhereToStart.ca is an access point for free and confidential mental health services in Peel Region.
  
  
• Canada Suicide Prevention Service offers telephone crisis and suicide text service from 4 pm to midnight. Call 1.833.456.4566 or text 45645.
  
  
• Mental health resources are available on the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) website.
  
  
• Victim Services of Peel provides support to victims of crime and tragedy to help them overcome the impact of domestic and sexual assault, robbery, homicide, suicide and other circumstances.
  
  
• ConnexOntario Addiction, Mental Health, and Problem Gambling Treatment provides free, confidential and personalized responses 24/7 to individuals about mental health, addiction and problem gambling services. Call 1.866.531.2600.
  
  
• Spectra Helpline provides confidential distress and emotional support. Multilingual lines are open Monday to Friday, 10 am to 10 pm in English, Punjabi, Hindi, Urdu, Spanish and Portuguese. Call 905.459.7777.
  
  
• Canada Suicide Prevention Service offers telephone crisis and suicide text service from 4 pm to midnight. Call 1.833.456.4566 or text 45645.
  
  
• Wellness Together Canada is a new mental health portal from the Government of Canada, which offers online resources, tools, apps and connections to qualified mental health professionals.  If you need immediate assistance, send a text to the Crisis Text Line. Text WELLNESS to 741741.
  
  
• Big White Wall offers free peer-to-peer support for anyone dealing with anxiety, depression or other mental health issues. The online community is moderated 24/7 by clinical professionals who keep members safe and facilitate the process of people helping people.
  
  
• Canadian Mental Health Association Peel and Dufferin offers a range of virtual services including groups, telephone support and, if deemed urgent, a community visit to assist you.
  Call 905.451.2123 or 1.877.451.2123 (8am to 8pm Monday to Friday). For 24/7 Crisis Support Peel Dufferin, call 905.278.9036.
  
  
• Indigenous Hope for Wellness provides mental health counselling and crisis intervention to all Indigenous peoples across Canada. Call 1.855.242.3310.
  
  
• Peel Crisis Capacity Network is a coalition of Peel organizations that provide resources and consultation to individuals with a disability in times of crisis.
  
  
• Family Services of Peel is a not for profit, multi-service agency offering counselling, family law, trauma intervention, and services for adult with developmental disabilities.
  
  
• Region of Peel mental health resources.
  
  

This is a list of community resources available to residents and businesses of Brampton. This information was made available to the City of Brampton by the respective community group, and in no way signifies the City’s partnership and/or endorsement of the organizations or their offerings. For any questions relating to the resources, please connect directly with the respective organization.