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GTA Services: Counselling

  • Consent Comes First

    Consent Comes First (CCF) provides free, confidential, trauma-informed, healing-centred support to Toronto Metropolitan students affected by sexual violence and other forms of gender-based violence. They create opportunities for people affected by violence to cultivate safety, healing and leadership on their own terms. With campus partners and the broader community, CCF provides education, programming and advocacy […]

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  • Central Toronto Youth Services

    Central Toronto Youth Services (CTYS) is a community-based, accredited Children’s Mental Health Centre that serves many of Toronto’s most vulnerable youth. Services: Group and individual counselling programs for Black, African, and Caribbean Youth Community counselling for youth aged 13-18 Transitional support for youth aged 16-24 2SLGBTQ+ youth and family counselling Youth justice outreach and support […]

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  • Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)

    The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is Canada’s largest mental health teaching hospital and one of the world’s leading research centres in its field. CAMH is fully affiliated with the University of Toronto and is a Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization Collaborating Centre. Services: Mental health support Crisis support Addictions counselling Please […]

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  • 4 Villages

    4 Villages is a non-profit, community governed, primary health care agency. Since 1991 they have been providing health care services and programs to individuals and families living in West Toronto. Many of their services and programs focus on the needs of seniors, families with young children (particularly newcomers) and youth, they include: Regular medical check-ups […]

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  • WoodGreen Community Services

    WoodGreen is one of the largest social service agencies in Toronto, serving 37,000 people each year. They work to help people find safe, affordable housing, seniors live independently, internationally-trained professionals enter the job market, parents access childcare, children and youth access after-school programs, newcomers settle in to Canadian life, homeless and marginalized people get off […]

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  • Kids Help Phone

    Kids Help Phone is Canada’s only 24/7 national service offering bilingual (English and French) professional counselling, information and referrals and volunteer-led, text-based support to young people. Kids Help Phone’s e-mental health services include phone, text/message and online chat support. Our one-to-one services are free and available in English and French. And, our phone service is […]

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  • Stella’s Place

    Stella’s Place provides free mental health services for young adults ages 16 to 29. They have a holistic menu of programs, including peer support, clinical services, employment support, wellness, art, and recovery programs. They work to help young adults learn skills, build community and be empowered to manage their own mental health. All of their […]

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  • Jessie’s | The June Callwood Centre for Young Women

    Jessie’s is a Toronto-based, multi-service centre for youth aged 21 or under who are pregnant or have children. They offer Health Services, Options Counselling, Mental Health Support, Parenting Groups, High School, Housing Support, Respite Care, Community Education, Meal Programs, and more. Please visit their website for up-to-date information: jessiescentre.org Last updated: October 2022.

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  • Planned Parenthood Toronto

    Planned Parenthood Toronto is a pro-choice community health centre that advances and advocates for the sexual health, health, and well being of youth. They offer birth control, IUDs, emergency contraception, pregnancy testing and options, medical abortion, STI testing and treatment, PrEP, and anonymous HIV testing. They also offer mental health and primary health care support. […]

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  • YouthLink

    YouthLink runs a hub of community programs in Scarborough, including: Pathways to Education, What’s Up walk-in mental health counselling service for youth, supportive co-op housing, homeless youth shelter, and more. Please visit their website for up-to-date information: youthlink.ca Last updated: September 2021.

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