Get Help
If you are a youth or parent in crisis, please contact:
Youth Services Bureau 24/7 Crisis Line
Phone: 613-260-2360 or 1-877-377-7775 (toll free for Eastern Ontario)
Chat: ysb.ca/services/ysb-mental-health/24-7-crisis-line/
Email: crisis@ysb.on.ca
For school-based addictions counselling (at OCDSB, OCSB, CECCE, or CEPEO), please contact your school’s guidance counsellor directly.
For free, quick access to phone or video counselling sessions for youth, young adults, and families with options for African, Caribbean and Black communities; Indigenous peoples; and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, book a session through Counselling Connect.
The Distress Centre of Ottawa and Region is also available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at 613-238-3311 or by texting 343-306-5550 between 10am to 11pm.
For mental health and addictions counselling services for youth, adults, and parents in English:
Rideauwood Addictions and Family Services
Phone: 613-724-4881
Email: rideauwood@rideauwood.org
For mental health and addictions counselling services for youth, adults, and parents in French:
Centre Le CAP
Phone: 613-789-2240
Email: info@centrelecap.ca
To learn more about the supports offered by project step’s community-based service delivery partners:
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