Search online for programs and services that cover everything from mental health services and financial assistance to food banks and emergency shelters.

Phone: bc211 provides support by phone in over 150 languages across B.C, available 24 hours, seven day a week. Access for the deaf or hard of hearing community available at 1-604 875-0885.

Text: Text the name of your city to 2-1-1 in Metro Vancouver, Fraser Valley, Squamish-Lillooet, Sunshine Coast Regional Districts, Vancouver Island, or the Gulf Islands to chat with an Information & Referral Specialist, seven days a week between 8am to 11pm.

Chat: Available from anywhere in B.C. through web chat between 8am to 11pm, seven days a week.

bc211 is provided by 211 British Columbia Services Society.

Whether by phone, text or online, connect with a Kids Help Phone counsellor any day, at any time.

Call 1-800-668-6868 to talk to a counsellor or text CONNECT to 686868 for crisis support. 

This service provides articles, tools and resources to help young people through challenges they might face. Professional help is available for youth in any moment of need.

Have a question? Use the online form.

Everyone has questions about sex. Sex Sense is a free, pro-choice, sex-positive, and confidential services that can help answer questions about sex and sexuality, birth control and emergency contraception, safer sex, gender and sexual orientation, and much more. 

Call to get help or submit a sexual health question through email form.

Find an in-person sexual health clinic and their operating hours through the Clinic Finder.

This service can help you learn about prevention resources, support groups, and other topics related to addiction and substance use. This includes referrals to detox and treatment programs.

Free, multilingual phone assistance is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. This service is provided by 211 British Columbia Services Society.

Trans Care BC provides information to help people access gender-affirming care and supports. Services support those who identify as trans, Two-Spirit and gender diverse, their families, friends and loved ones as well as service providers. 

Find support by phone, find and drop into a peer support group, or email by submitting an online form to get support.

Trans Care BC's main office is located in Vancouver but information and consultation services are available to all residents of British Columbia.