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Life-threatening medical, fire, or police emergency.

Free, confidential 24-hour line staffed by registered nurses trained in crisis intervention. The single point of entry for a mental health or addictions crisis in NL.

National line for anyone thinking about suicide, or worried about someone who might be. Call or text.

Free, confidential text-based crisis support. Adults text WELLNESS to 741741; youth text CONNECT to 686868.

Province-wide, 24/7 support for anyone impacted by sexual violence, run by End Sexual Violence NL.

Call or text — automatically routes to the nearest transition house based on your region.

A clinician and police officer respond together, in person, to mental health crises in the Northeast Avalon, Corner Brook region, and Labrador West.

24-hour poison information and advice.

Crisis support and referral for anyone concerned about their own or someone else's gambling. Now routed through 811 (the NL HealthLine), staffed 24/7.

Culturally competent crisis counselling for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis people, by phone or online chat. Telephone support in Cree, Ojibway, and Inuktitut available on request.

NL's flagship adult mental health and addictions hospital, opened April 2025. Houses the Psychiatric Assessment Unit (24/7 walk-in mental health emergency, no referral needed), acute inpatient units, ECT, and outpatient clinics.

Emergency Department staffed 24/7 by an RN with mental health training, with on-call psychiatry.

Free, confidential professional counselling for children and youth, in English and French. Call 1-800-668-6868, or text CONNECT to 686868, any time.

Safe, confidential shelter and support for women (with or without children) fleeing intimate partner violence.

Transition house serving Carbonear and the surrounding region.

Transition house serving Corner Brook and the surrounding region.

Transition house serving Gander and the surrounding region.

Transition house serving Marystown and the Burin Peninsula.

Transition house serving Labrador City and Wabush.

Transition house serving Happy Valley-Goose Bay.

Transition house serving Nain.

Transition house serving Rigolet.

Province-wide support for anyone impacted by sexual violence: peer support, accompaniment, and the Journey Project (legal/justice-system support, all genders, 16+).

National backup crisis line.

Maternal mental health support line, call or text.

Peer crisis support, by and for the trans community. Use the Canadian number; hours vary and it is not staffed 24/7, so confirm before relying on it in a crisis.