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Right now, youth in Canada are in crisis.

One that affects us all.

Suicide is the second-leading cause of death among youth.

And youth are struggling more than we even know.

Help should not be hard to find.

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Where you live, or the colour of your skin, can dictate the difference between accessing support and living in silent struggle. There is no equity in health care, but there is at Kids Help Phone — where hope is always online: for all youth, from all places.

Unlocking hope for youth to thrive

And when the COVID-19 pandemic shut the world down, Kids Help Phone scaled up — serving millions more than ever before. As Canada’s only national, 24/7, free and bilingual e-mental health service for young people, Kids Help Phone is the go-to space for all youth to express their fear, worry, anger, confusion and despair.

To let it all out.

Give Their Feelings a Place to Go

To feel out loud – Support without obstacles – Help with any hardship – No challenge too big – No feeling too small.

Together, we can unlock the hope young people need to thrive in their world.

Kids Help Phone is leading the largest movement for youth mental health in Canada’s history. By raising $300 million, we will support young people across Canada over 30 million times.

Three strategies to unlock hope

Delivering clinical service in every corner of Canada

Rapidly scale access to mental health services to meet the extraordinary, unique needs of all youth in every community of Canada.

($165M Goal)

Advancing equity for all youth in Canada

Radically innovate with world-leading technology to create services and programs where equity-deserving communities can feel seen, heard and safe.

($45M Goal)

Transforming the landscape of e-mental health

Seismically shift the entire youth mental health system in Canada through unparalleled data, research, partnership and advocacy.

($90M Goal)

What Kids Are Saying

My volunteer crisis responder helped me so much. I shared things with them that I don’t speak much about and they really made me feel seen and heard.

An African American youth male standing in the park setting

What Kids Are Saying

It’s so hard to connect with mental health resources designed just for Indigenous youth. Being able to speak with someone who understands where I’m coming from has been an incredible experience. I finally feel seen and heard.

Am Indigenous female youth smilying, sitting in the classroom setting

75%

of service users said they shared something with Kids Help Phone that they’ve never shared before.

8.6%

of service users self-identify as Indigenous (compared to 4.9% of the total population).