Mental Health & Substance Use Resources

Crisis Lines

If you are experiencing a mental health or substance use crisis, please contact one of the crisis lines below:

Vancouver Island Crisis Line: 1-888-494-3888

• Emotional support or assistance 24-hours a day, every day of the year. 
• Crisis Chat
• Crisis Text: 250-800-3806

Suicide Crisis Helpline: call or text 9-8-8

• A safe space to talk or text, 24 hours a day, every day of the year.

KUU-US Crisis Line: 1-800-588-8717

• Resource for Indigenous people on Vancouver Island and across the province. Support is available 24-hours a day, every day of the year. 
• Adult Crisis Line: 250-723-4050      
• Youth Crisis Line: 250-723-2040

Information and Support

• Call Island Health’s Service Link at 1-888-885-8824
• Explore Island Health’s Mental Health and Substance Use Services
• Find health information on the HealthLink BC website or dial 8-1-1 
• Find services through BC Mental Health and Substance Use
• Explore topics at HelpStartsHere.gov.bc.ca
• Find a Registered Clinical Counsellor: BC Association of Clinical Counsellors
• Find local programs: Canadian Mental Health Association BC Division

Use of Unregulated Substances 

• New actions announced to keep people safe in hospitals and public spaces
• Decriminalization in BC: Health Canada and Province of BC
• Island Health Harm Reduction Services for People Who Use Substances
• Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction

Children and Youth

• Child & Youth Services
• Foundry
• ABCs of Youth Substance Use