Mental Health
& Community Services
If you are experiencing a crisis, call the Distress Centres at 416-408-4357 or text 45645 & the Gerstein Crisis Centre at 416-929-5200. View more crisis resources. For non-emergency support, please see the resources below.
Therapists and Counsellors
Toronto Mental Health Resource List
Ultimate Toronto mental health resources list.
Affordable Therapy Ontario
Directory of affordable, sliding-scale therapists across Ontario.
OHIP Covered Psychotherapy
Registered medical professionals who also do psychotherapy, covered by Ontario Health Insurance Plan.
Community Supports
Sherbourne Health Centre
Free counselling and support groups for those who have trouble accessing quality care due to poverty, gender identity, homophobia/biphobia/transphobia, racism/xenophobia, substance use and social isolation.
Maggie’s
Resources and activism for sex workers, by sex workers in Toronto.
Sheena’s Place
Free group programs and supports for those experiencing difficult relationships with eating.
St. Stephen’s Community House
Social support services for marginalized and vulnerable people in Toronto.
Toronto Distress Centres
Free 24h phone line for crisis, distress, and a nonjudgemental ear to talk to about whatever is on your mind: 416-408-4357 (*need not be in Toronto) as well as suicide prevention resources and supports for survivors and loved ones.
Planned Parenthood Toronto
Sex education and sexual health resources.
People With AIDS
Stigma-free supports, health services, and food Market for people living with HIV/AIDS.
Native Canadian Centre of Toronto
Empowering the Indigenous community in Toronto by providing programs that support their spiritual, emotional, physical and mental well-being.
Gerstein Crisis Centre
Telephone and in-person crisis response.
Toronto Rape Crisis Centre
A grassroots, women-run collective providing support for survivors of sexual assault. Call the 24h crisis line: 416-597-8808.
AIDS Committee of Toronto
Programs, services, and education around HIV/AIDS including sexual health resources and counselling
Anti-Black Racism and Mental Health
Resources, supports and education around black mental health and anti-black racism in Toronto.
Kids & Youth
Children’s Mental Health Ontario
Mental health resources for children and families.
Yorktown Family Services
Mental Health supports for children and youth, and violence against women services.
Stella’s Place
Free counselling, peer support and programming for young adult mental health.
Sketch
A community org for marginalized youth to create change through the arts.