Hope for Wellness Help Line (24/7 support for Indigenous people)

A phone and online chat line, open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, where experienced and culturally competent counsellors give emotional support, crisis intervention and referrals to community-based services.

Program in Canada-wide. Mental health Counselling Health & care

How to reach them

1. Go to the phone line.
2. Say who you are and what you are offering or asking.
3. Come back here and tell us if they answered.

Other ways, if that one is quiet

• PhoneCall 1-855-242-3310
  It workedNo answer

Where else they are

Their website is hopeforwellness.ca.

Good to know

• For whomAll Indigenous people across Canada, including First Nations, Inuit and Métis people.
• LanguagesEnglish, French, Cree (phone, on request), Ojibway (phone, on request), Inuktitut (phone, on request)
• Their stepsCall toll-free 1-855-242-3310 any time, day or night. Press 1 for English or 2 for French. Or chat online with a counsellor: go to hopeforwellness.ca and select Chat Now. You can ask for telephone counselling in Cree, Ojibway (Anishinaabemowin) or Inuktitut, but these languages are not available around the clock. The counsellor listens and may suggest ways to cope or community resources. Donna Cona, the Indigenous organization that runs the line, keeps no identifiable records such as your phone number.

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