If you are experiencing significant mental health and/or addiction problems that you feel require immediate attention, or are at a high risk of harm to yourself or others, go to the nearest Emergency Department.

For life-threatening emergencies, please call 911.

  • Urgent Care Centres provide access for unexpected, but non-life-threatening health concerns. Addiction and mental health services are available at all Urgent Care Centres throughout the Calgary Zone, including rural areas. The following offer specific resources for addiction and mental health crisis intervention.

    Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre (adult)

    • Address: 1213 4th Street SW Calgary

    • Hours: Weekdays 8:00 am - 10:00 pm, Weekends 8:00 am - 8:00 pm

    South Calgary Health Centre (all ages)

    • Address: 31 Sunpark Plaza SE Calgary

    • Hours: Daily 8:00 am - 10:00 pm

    Canmore General Hospital (all ages)

    • Address: 1100 Hospital Pl Canmore

    • Hours: Daily 2:00 pm - 9:00 pm

    Banff Mineral Springs Hospital (all ages)

    • Address: 305 Lynx Street Banff

    • Hours: Daily 2:00 pm - 9:00 pm

  • Several options are available within Calgary and the surrounding area that provides crisis support and/or counselling.

    Crisis Services Canada (all ages - 24 hour)

    • Phone: 1-833-456-4566

    • Text: 45645 (4:00 pm - midnight EST)

    Wellness Together Canada

    • Immediate, free and confidential mental health and substance use help.

    • Phone: 1-866-585-0445

    • Adults text WELLNESS to 741741

    • Youth text WELLNESS to 686868

    • Frontline workers text FRONTLINE to 741741

    HealthLink Alberta (all ages – 24 hour)

    • Phone: 8-1-1

    Distress Centre Calgary (all ages – 24 hour)

    • Phone: 403-266-HELP (4357)

    Distress Centre Calgary ConnecTeen (youth 21 years or less – 24 hour)

    • Phone: 403-264-TEEN (8336)

    Suicide Prevention Line (all ages – 24 hour)

    • Phone: 1-800-SUI-CIDE (784-2433)

    Wood’s Homes Community Resource Team (youth 12 to 17 years – 24 hour)

    • Phone: 403-299-9699, 1-800-563-610

    Alberta Mental Health Helpline (24/7)

    • Crisis intervention and mental health program and service information.

    • Phone: 1-877-303-2642

    Bullying Helpline (24 hour)

    • Helpline to help those struggling with bullying. Provided by the Government of Alberta, in 170 languages.

    • Phone: 1-888-456-2323

    • Web chat: click here

    Kid’s Help Phone (24/7 - youth 24 and under)

    • Phone: 1-800-668-6868

    • Text message chat available – text CONNECT to 686868

    Mobile Response Team (North of Anderson Road S) or Psychiatric Outreach Response Team (South of Anderson Road S) (12 years and up)

    • Phone: 403-266-HELP (4357) Access through the Distress Centre

    • Hours: Daily 9:30 am – 9:30 pm

    • Services provided: crisis intervention, crisis stabilization, prevention, urgent psychiatric assessments, and trauma response.

    Calgary Communities Against Sexual Abuse

    • Support for survivors of sexual assault or abuse.

    • Hours: Daily from 9:00 am - 9:00 pm

    • Phone: 403-237-5888

    Men’s Resource Line (24/7)

    • Support for men by trained counsellors. Provided by Men&.

    • Phone: 1-833-327-MENS(6367)

    • Website: menand.ca

  • Calgary Counselling Centre

    • Phone: 403-691-5991

    Carya

    • Dedicated to creating strong families and communities by providing support with mental, physical, emotional and financial wellbeing.

    • Phone: 403-205-5244

    • Website: https://caryacalgary.ca/

    Community Connect YYC

    • Affordable and barrier-free access to phone or video counselling sessions.

    • Services include rapid-access counselling, suicide bereavement, family support for those supporting someone with a mental illness, counselling for children and families, low-income family supports, and sexual health counselling.

    • Website: https://www.communityconnectyyc.ca/

  • The Summit: Marian & Jim Sinneave Centre for Youth Resilience (youth 18 years and under)

    • Phone: 587-534-7200

    • Address: 1015 - 17 Street NW Calgary

    • Hours: 10:00 am - 10:00 pm (daily)

    • Service provided: single-session therapy, multiple-session therapy

    Mental Health Walk-In - South Calgary Health Centre (all ages)

    • Phone: 403-943-9374

    • Address: 2nd floor, 31 Sunpark Plaza SE Calgary

    • Hours: Mon to Thurs 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm, Fri 10:00 am - 1:00 pm

    • Service provided: single-session therapy

    Mental Health Walk-In - Cochrane Community Health Clinic (all ages)

    • Phone: 403-851-6100

    • Address: 60 Grande Blvd Cochrane

    • Hours: Mon to Thurs 11:00 am - 5:00 pm, Fri 11:00 am - 2:30 pm

    • Service provided: single-session therapy

    Wood’s Homes Eastside Family Centre (all ages)

    • Phone: 403-299-9696, 1-800-563-6106

    • Address: Northgate Mall, 255 495-36th Street NE Calgary

    • Hours: Mon to Thurs 11:00am - 7:00 pm, Fri 11:00 am - 6:00 pm, Sat 11:00 am - 2:00 pm

    • Service provided: single-session therapy

    • Guardians for those under 18 years should attend the visit.

    Adult Addiction Services (adults)

    • Phone: 403-297-3071

    • Address: 2nd Floor, 1177 11th Avenue SW Calgary

    • Hours: Weekdays at 12:45 pm

    • Service provided: intake and assessment

    Youth Addiction Services (youth 12-17 years)

    • Phone: 403-297-4667

    • Address: 1005 17th Street NW Calgary

    • Hours: Mon, Wed, and Fri from 8:30 am - 10:00 am

    • Service provided: intake and assessment

    Addiction and Mental Health Walk-In - Airdrie Regional Health Centre (all ages)

    • Phone: 403-912-8500

    • Address: 604 Main Street S Airdrie

    • Hours: Mon to Fri 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

    • Service provided: single-session therapy

  • Your family physician is your first point of contact for your health, including your mental health and addiction-related needs. Family physicians may have appointments available for urgent needs or offer after-hours care. Call your physician’s office during business hours. During non-business hours, call HealthLink Alberta.

    • HealthLink Alberta: 403-943-LINK (5465), 1-866-408-LINK (5465)

    If you are already connected with an addiction or mental health provider, most services will accommodate an urgent appointment.

  • AWO TAAN Healing Lodge

    • Phone: 403-531-1970 ext. 200

    Indigenous Mental Health Program

    • Phone: 403-955-6645

    Healing in Colour

    • Canada wide mental health support for BIPoC individuals

    Hope for Wellness Help Line

    • Immediate help, including counselling and crisis intervention, to all Indigenous people across Canada 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in English, French, Cree, Ojibway, or Inuktitut

    • Phone: 1-855-242-3310

    • Online chat: click here

    • Website: hopeforwellness.ca

  • Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans Youth Line

    • Available for calls on Mon and Tues from 2:00 pm - 7:30 pm. Available for text and web chat from Sun to Fri from 2:00 pm - 7:30 pm.

    • Phone: 1-800-268-9688

    • Text: 647-694-4275

    • Website: youthline.ca

    Trans Lifeline (24/7)

    • Providing peer support for trans individuals. Run by and for trans people.

    • Phone: 1-877-330-6366

    You Matter: 2SLGBTQ+ Peer Support and Resource Line

    • A non-crisis peer support and resource line run by Calgary Outlink volunteers

    • Hours: Monday - Thursday; 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

    • Phone: +1 587-800-4121

    The Alex Youth Health Centre (ages 12-24)

    • A safe and supportive place for youth ages 12-24 to get health and social care from a trustworthy and caring team of doctors, nurses, and social workers.

    • Phone: 403-520-6270

    • Text: 403-680-9627 (drop-in hours apply)

    • Address: 104 2840 2 Ave SE Calgary

    • Website: thealex.ca/program/youth-health-centre

    • Drop-in hours: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Monday to Friday

    • Appointment hours: 10:30 am – 5:15 pm Monday to Friday

    • Services offered: single-session therapy, multiple-session therapy

    Skipping Stone

    • Connecting trans and gender-diverse youth, adults, and families with comprehensive and low-barrier access to support.

    • Phone: 587-333-4342

    • Address: 1250 - 407 2 St SW Calgary

    • Website: skippingstone.ca

    • Services offered: 1:1 support, resources, and education for trans and gender-diverse individuals

  • Food Addicts Anonymous

    • Program for those who struggle with their relationship to food, or other distressing eating patterns.

    • Website: https://foodaddicts.org/

    Alberta Quits Helpline

    • A free, confidential telephone counselling service for smokers and spit tobacco users.

    • Hours: Daily from 8:00 am - 8:00 pm

    • Phone: 1-866-710-7848 (QUIT)

    Alberta’s Virtual Opioid Dependency Program

    • Connecting individuals with doctors, case workers, and other supports via technology to provide ongoing care for Alberta residents with opioid addiction

    • Phone: 1-844-383-7688

    • Website: vodp.ca

    Drug Rehab Services

    • Free, confidential, professional help and resource for drug and alcohol addiction in Canada

    • Phone: 1-877-254-3348

    • Website: drugrehab.ca

  • Alberta Health Services: Help in Tough Times

    The University of Calgary Self Help Resource Page

    Healing in Colour

    Mind Your Mind

    • Website: mindyourmind.ca

    • Interactive tools and resources by and for young adults to help create mental wellness.

    Kickstand

    • Website: mykickstand.ca

    • Collection of supports and services for Alberta youth regarding mental health, sexual health, and substance use.

    Drug Safe

    Anxiety Coach

    • Website: www.anxietycoach.com

    • Self help and education about anxiety from Clinical Psychologist Dr. Dave Carbonell

    Be There

    • Website: betherecertificate.org

    • Learn to support someone struggling with their mental health through this online course. Earning your Be There certificate is free, and only takes approximately two hours of your time.

  • If you’re not sure where to go, Access Mental Health is here to help:

    • Through telephone consultation, professionals can help you better understand and get connected to the most helpful supports. They are familiar with both Alberta Health Services and community-based programs in the Calgary area for all ages.

The Kopala Sibley Lab would like to acknowledge and thank the following funding sources:

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The C-BRAID lab would like to acknowledge that this study is conducted on the traditional territories of the people of the Treaty 7 region in Southern Alberta, which includes the Blackfoot Confederacy (comprised of the Siksika, Piikani, and Kainai First Nations), as well as the Tsuut’ina First Nation, and the Stoney Nakoda (including the Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Goodstoney First Nations). The City of Calgary is also home to the Metis Nation of Alberta, Region III.