Resources
If you are looking for further resources, please browse the topics below.
General & Mental Health Support
Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868 or https://kidshelpphone.ca/urgent-help
Canada Suicide Prevention Service: Call 1-833-456-4566 or text 45645
Find a Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) near you: https://cmha.ca/find-help/find-cmha-in-your-area
Good2Talk Helpline: 1-866-925-5454
Ontario's 24/7 helpline for post-secondary students
LGBT Youthline: confidential and non-judgemental peer support through call, text, or live chat
Naseeha: a mental health hotline for Muslim and non-Muslim youth via call or text
Hope for Wellness Help Line: offers immediate mental health counselling and crisis intervention to all Indigenous peoples across Canada
Grief Support Agencies
The Lighthouse for Grieving Children
Provides free peer support groups for children, teens, and their families who have experienced a death in their family (in-person and virtual programming, as well as consultation supports)
Provides free programs to survivors of suicide through 1:1 support, support groups, and community education
Bereaved Families of Ontario South Central Region (Hamilton)
Provides peer support programming to individuals who have experienced a death loss
*Other chapters available across Ontario
Provides free grief support through groups, retreats, and educational seminars
The Hummingbird Centre for Hope (Kitchener)
Provides free peer support for families who have experienced spousal/parent loss
The Nightingale Centre (Guelph/Wellington)
Provides free grief and bereavement services for children, adolescents, and their families who have experienced, or are anticipating, the death of a family member
A worldwide community for 20 and 30-year olds who have experienced the loss of a partner, parents, child, sibling, other close family member or friend. Find one-to-one support or a virtual dinner party that you'd like to join
The Canadian Alliance for Grieving Children and Youth
A national directory for children and youth grief support programs by province and city
Online Resources
An online resource to help move through grief from the comfort of their own home, at their own pace
An online resource for parents, caregivers, and educators to help support children when someone in their life is dying, or has died
Sesame Street in Communities: Helping Kids Grieve
An online resource for parents with games, videos, and activities to help support children through their grief
An online resource created BY grieving youth FOR grieving youth
An online mental health and wellness resource for young people ages 14-29