Support for Mental Well-Being

Crisis line 

If you are not in immediate danger but need emotional support and guidance, you can access the 24/7 services of local or national crisis lines by phone and text message.

Local

• 2-1-1
  • 24/7, 365 days a year, 
  • Phone: 2-1-1
  • Navigation service connecting people living on PEI with human, social community and government services. 
• PEI Rape and Sexual Assault Centre Counselling Request Phone and Chat line 
  • During office hours, there is someone available to take your counselling requests by phone (1-888-368-8055) and text (902-368-8055). Setting up a counselling appointment can be an important act of self-care in the immediate aftermath of a sexual assault. 
  • Survivors of recent sexual assaults will be seen as soon as possible. 
  • Charlottetown, Summerside, and O’Leary, PEI 
• Mental Health and Addictions Phone Line 
  • 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, all ages
  • Phone: 1-833-553-6983 
• Family Violence Prevention Services 
  • 24 hours a day, 365 days a year 
  • Phone or text: 1-800-240-9894
• Chief Mary Bernard Memorial Women’s Shelter 
  • 24 hours a day, 365 days a year  
  • Phone: 1-855-297-2332

National

• 9-8-8
  • 24/7, 365 days a year
  • Phone or text 9-8-8 
  • Suicide crisis help for individuals and friends and family supporting someone who is suicidal.
• Kid’s Help Phone (also for youth)
  • 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
  • Phone: 1-800-668-6868  
  • Non-judgmental, confidential, and anonymous support for people 20 and under. 
  • To use the free chat service, text CONNECT to 68686
• Youthspace 
  • 6pm-Midnight PST, 365 days a year 
  • For chat service, text 788-783-0177
• National Residential School Crisis Line
  • 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
  • Phone: 1-866-925-4419
  • Support to former Residential School students in crisis
• Hope for Wellness Helpline
  • 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
  • Phone: 1-855-242-3310, online chat at www.hopeforwellness.ca
  • Immediate support and crisis intervention to all Indigenous people across Canada 
• Canadian Human Trafficking Hotline
  • 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
  • Phone: 1-833-900-1010
  • Crisis response for people being trafficked. 
• Trans Lifeline
  • 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
  • Phone: 1-877-330-6366
  • Trans Lifeline’s Hotline is a peer support phone service run by trans people for our trans and questioning peers.

In Person Support 

You can also access short-term in person support for mental well-being after the experience of sexual violence

• Mental Health Walk-in Clinics 
  • Mental health walk-in clinics offer immediate mental health support to help with anxiety, as well as life events causing stress and other mental health issues. Check website for office hours. 
  • Souris, Montague, Charlottetown, Summerside, O’Leary, and Alberton 
• Mobile Mental Health Response Service
  • Mobile Mental Health Response Service is for the assessment, treatment and connection to ongoing mental health care during a time of crisis. The team of trained health care professionals provides in-person care when situations require more than phone-based support. 
  • This service is available via the Mental Health and Addictions Phone Line at 1-833-553-6983, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.
  • Island-wide 

For more information on additional mental health services available in PEI, visit “Mental Health Support and Services”