Crisis Lines and Community Resources

General

• Get Help Now! (CHEO)
• Community Resources (CHEO)

Crisis Lines

• Kids Help Phone. A toll-free, 24/7, bilingual phone number for children and youth anywhere in Canada. Professional counselors support the caller over the phone (or internet) and can help connect the caller to local community resources: 1-800-688-6868.
• Distress Centre: 613-238-3311.
• Child, Youth and Family Crisis Line for Eastern Ontario: 613-260-2360 / 1-877-377-7775.
• Youth Service Bureau Mobile Crisis (up to age 18): 613-260-2360.
• Youth Crisis Beds (ages 12-15 years): 613-260-2360.
• Adult Mobile Crisis (ages 16+ years): 613-722-6914.
• Adult Mobile Crisis beds (ages 16+ years) 613-722-6914.

Child/Youth Services

• Youth Service Bureau: 613-562-3004.
• Youth Service Bureau Walk-in Clinic: 613-562-3004.
• Children’s Aid Society: 613-647-7800.
• Crossroads: 613-723-1623.
• Youth Net: 613-738-3915.
• The Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) and the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre (by physician’s referral), 613-737-7600 ext. 2496. For more information on CHOE’s programs, www.cheo.on.ca.

Outside of Ottawa

• Renfrew County: Phoenix Centre for Children, Youth and Families, with offices in Renfrew and Pembroke. 613-735-2374 or toll-free 1-800-465-1870, www.phoenixpembroke.com.
• Leeds and Grenville County: Child and Youth Wellness Centre, with offices in Brockville, Elgin, Gananoque and Prescott. 613-498-4844, www.cywc.net.
• Lanark County: Open Doors for Lanark Children and Youth, with offices in Carleton Place, Smiths Falls and Perth. 613-283-8260, www.opendoors.on.ca.
• Valoris for Children and Adults of Prescott-Russell 1-800-675-6168, www.seapr.ca.