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Youth Mental Health

VWAT Family Services Mental Health Resource Guide for Youth in Toronto 

(Adapted from Restart Project Resource Guide – Toronto, 2021)

Crisis Line

Service Provider

Phone Number

Availability

Toronto Emergency Line 

911

24 Hours

Toronto Distress Centres 

416-408-4357 

24 Hours 

Gerstein Centre 

416-929-5200 

24 Hours

Assaulted Women’s Helpline 

416-863-0511 or 1-866-863-0511 

24 Hours

Warm Line, Progress Place 

416-863-0511 or 416-960-WARM 

8:00pm-12:00am 

Kids Help Phone 

1-800-668-6868 

24 Hours

Youthdale Psychiatric Crisis Service 

416-363-9990 

24 Hours

Anishnawbe Mental Health Crisis Management Services 

416-891-8606 

24 Hours

Toronto Rape Crisis Centre 

416-597-8808

24 Hours

Dr. Roz’s Healing Place 

416-264-4357 

24 Hours

Additional Support Lines

Service Provider

Phone Number

Description/Availability

LGBT Youth Line 

1-800-268-9688 

Confidential, free, non-judgement peer support. 

Sunday-Friday 4:00-9:30pm 

TRIP 

647-822-6435 

If you are having a bad drug-use experience or just need some information on safe sex or drugs. 

What’s Up Walk In, Virtual Mental Health Counseling 

1-866-585-6286 

Immediate mental health counselling for children, youth, and young adults. 

Monday-Friday 9:00am-7:00pm 

Yonge Street Mission Telephone Counselling 

416-929-9614 ext. 2269 

Telephone counselling available by appointment. 

Monday-Thursday 10:00am-4:30pm 

Etobicoke/North York Support Services 

1-855-310-2673 

 

Mental Health Helpline 

1-866-531-2600 

 

Children’s Aid Society of Toronto 

416-924-4646 

 

Catholic Children’s Aid Society 

416-395-1500 

 
Support Programs

Service Provider

Phone Number

Description/Availability

Central Toronto Youth Wellness Hub Ontario (12-26 years old) 

40 Orchard View Blvd. Unit 255 

416-482-0081 (press 5) 

Offers integrated mental health and substance use services for young people, no health card is required, walk-in available. 

Monday & Friday: 10:00am-2:00pm 

Tuesday & Thursday: 2:00pm-6:00pm 

Wednesday 4:00pm-8:00pm 

Griffin Community Support Network (+18) 

Gerstein Centre 

416-222-3563 

Provides crisis and transitional supports to assist adults with developmental disability including those with complex needs. 

Monday-Friday 6:00pm-9:00am 

Hong Fook (12-24) 

647-619-9030 

Walk-In/virtual or phone counselling and short term-youth counselling offered in English, Vietnamese, Cantonese, Mandarin. 

MLSE Launchpad 

259 Jarvis St. Toronto Ontario M5B2C2

416-482-0081

Lumenus Community Services offers mental health counselling to youth and their families in the hub of Launchpad, a state-of-the-art, barrier-free

reachOUT (12-18) 

1124 Finch Ave West 

416-222-1153 

Inclusive program of support for 2SLGBTQ+ youth in the GTA. 

Street House 

338 Dundas Street East Toronto, Ontario, M5A 2A1 

416-921-8668 

Nursing available Monday & Wednesday 10:00am-3:00pm, OPS, harm reduction and personal care supplies, social insurance number on-line application support. 

Monday, Wednesday-Friday 10:00am-4:00pm 

Tuesday 11:00am-4:00pm 

Strides Toronto 

1200 Markham Road, Suite 200, Scarborough, ON, M1H 3C3 

416-438-3697 

Services to youth who have been charged or are at risk of being charged with an offence and are diagnosed or are suspected to have mental health problems, brain injury, and developmental disability.