IF IT IS AN EMERGENCY
If you are in an emergency situation right now, call 9-1-1 or go to your nearest emergency room.
GREATER TORONTO AREA & TORONTO
CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETIES
CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY OF TORONTO
Registered charity funded by Ontario's Ministry of Children and Youth Services. Responsible for caring for children and youth and preventing them from experiencing abuse and neglect. If you would like to report a child experiencing abuse or neglect in Toronto, call this resource. Call will be answered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
​
Access:
To Report: 416-924-4646
​
​
YORK REGION CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY
Registered charity funded by Ontario's Ministry of Children and Youth Services. Responsible for caring for children and youth and preventing them from experiencing abuse and neglect. If you would like to report a child experiencing abuse or neglect in the York Region, call this resource. Call will be answered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
​
Access:
To Report: 905-895-2318
Toll-Free: (1) 800-718-3850
http://www.yorkcas.org/contact.asp
​
​
DURHAM CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY
Registered charity funded by Ontario's Ministry of Children and Youth Services. Responsible for caring for children and youth and preventing them from experiencing abuse and neglect. If you would like to report a child experiencing abuse or neglect in the Durham Region, call this resource. Call will be answered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
​
Access:
To Report: 905-433-1551
​
​
HALTON CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY
Registered charity funded by Ontario's Ministry of Children and Youth Services. Responsible for caring for children and youth and preventing them from experiencing abuse and neglect. If you would like to report a child experiencing abuse or neglect in the Halton Region, call this resource. Call will be answered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
​
Access:
To Report: 905-333-4441
​
​
PEEL CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY
Registered charity funded by Ontario's Ministry of Children and Youth Services. Responsible for caring for children and youth and preventing them from experiencing abuse and neglect. If you would like to report a child experiencing abuse or neglect in the Peel Region, call this resource. Call will be answered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
​
Access:
To Report: 905-363-6131
HELP-LINES
211 Central
Offers 24/7 information and referral services to community and social services. Can call, text, Live Chat or use website to search for resources.
​
Access:
Call 2-1-1
TTY: (1) 888-340-1001
Text: 21166
​
​
GERSTEIN CRISIS CENTRE
Offers 24-hour community based crisis services for adults 16+ in Toronto that are dealing with mental health, concurrent, or substance use issues and are currently in crisis. Telephone crisis line, mobile crisis team, community-based crisis beds, short term follow-up support, and referrals to other beneficial health and social services. Free and confidential.
​
Access:
Crisis-Line: 416-929-5200
​
​
DISTRESS CENTRES OF GREATER TORONTO
24-hour support offered 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Canada's oldest volunteer-delivered crisis, emotional support and suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention service agency.
​
Access:
416-408-4357
Text: 45645
https://www.torontodistresscentre.com/
​
​
TORONTO RAPE CRISIS CENTRE
Offers anti-oppressive, feminist support to survivors of sexual violence through counselling, group support, education, and activism. Help-line also available 24/7.
​
Access:
416-597-8808
RELATED ORGANIZATIONS
RECLAIM YOUR VOICE
Survivor-led grassroots organization founded in 2012 which creates safe spaces for stories of abuse and sexual violence to be shared.
​
Access:
https://www.reclaimyourvoice.org/
https://www.facebook.com/ryvorg/
Instagram: @reclaimyourvoice
RECLAIM YOUR VOICE
Grassroots organization that creates safe-spaces for stories of abuse and sexual violence to be shared.
​
Access:
WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR MORE RESOURCES
Please don't hesitate to contact us with any suggestions for resources that we can add to our list. Let's combat abuse as a community!