Resources for domestic abuse
— if you or someone you love is a victim of domestic abuse, here are some resources in your province to seek help.
Resources by province
British Columbia
VictimLink BC (24-7 helpline)
Phone: 1-800-563-0808
Text: 604-836-6381
Email: VictimLinkBC@bc211.caBattered Women’s Support Services
Crisis line: 604-687-1867Toll-free: 1-855-687-1868Surrey Women’s Centre
Phone: 604-583-1295B.C. Society of Transition Houses
Alberta
Family Violence Info Line (toll-free, 24-7, multilingual)
Phone: 780-310-1818Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters
Phone: 1-866-331-3933Camrose Women’s Shelter Society
Phone: 780-672-1035 (main line)
Toll-free crisis line: 1-877-672-1010Sucker Creek Women’s Emergency Shelter
Phone: 780-523-2929
Crisis line: 780-523-4357
Toll-free: 1-866-523-2929
Saskatchewan
24-hour Crisis and Abuse Line
Phone: 1-800-214-7083Abused Women’s Crisis Line
Phone: 1-888-338-0880North East Crisis Line
Phone: 1-800-611-6349 or 1-800-668-6868Prince Albert Domestic Violence Crisis Intervention
Crisis line: 306-764-1011Provincial Association of Transition Houses and Services of Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Province wide Family Violence Helpline (toll-free, 24-7)
Phone: 1-877-977-0007
TTY: 1-888-987-2829Klinic Crisis Line
Crisis line: 204-786-8686
Toll-free: 1-888-322-3019
TTY: 204-784-4097Manitoba Association of Women’s Shelters
Ontario
Assaulted Women’s Helpline
Toll-free: 1-866-863-0511
Toll-free TTY: 1-866-863-7868The Ontario Network of Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Care and Treatment Centres
Phone: 416-323-7327Legal Aid Ontario Domestic Abuse Hotline
Phone: 1-800-668-8258Fem’aide (provincial helpline for francophone women in Ontario dealing with violence)
Telephone: 1-877-336-2433
TTY: 1-866-860-7082Talk for Healing (available to Indigenous women living throughout Northern Ontario)
Phone: 1-855-554-4325Ontario Victim Services
Victim support line: 1-888-579-2888 or 416-314-2447 in Toronto areaShelter Safe (network of women’s shelters across Canada)
Quebec
Domestic Violence Hotline
Phone: 514-873-9010
Toll-free: 1-800-363-9010Fédération des maisons d’hébergement pour femmes
Quebec Victims Services
Phone: 1-888-933-9007 or 514-933-9007 in Montreal region
Nova Scotia
General helpline run by Feed Nova Scotia
Toll-free: 1-877-521-1188
TTY: 1-855-443-2660Transition House Association of Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia Domestic Violence Resource Centre
Transition House Association of Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Fredericton Sexual Assault Crisis Centre
Phone: 1-506-454-0437
Email: fsacc@nb.aibn.comNew Brunswick Victim’s Services
Crossroads for Women Inc., Moncton
Phone: 506-857-8028Domestic Violence Outreach, Saint John
Phone: 506-632-5616 or 506-649-2580
Newfoundland
Hope Haven Transition House Crisis Line
Crisis line: 709-944-6900
Toll-free: 1-888-332-0000
Prince Edward Island
P.E.I. Family Violence Prevention Services
Phone: 1-800-240-9894Prince Edward Island Victim Support Services
Queens and Kings County: 902-368‑4582
Prince County: 902-888‑8218
Yukon
Kaushee’s Place/Yukon Women’s Transition Home
Crisis line: 867-668-5733 (collect calls accepted from outside Whitehorse)
Phone: 867-633-7720Yukon Victim Services
Phone: 867-667-8550
After-hours support VictimLink: 1-800-563-0808
Northwest Territories
NWT Help Line
Phone: 1-800-661-0844Yellowknife Victim Services
24-hour crisis line: 867-765-8811
Nunavut
Nunavut Kamatsiaqtut Helpline (open nightly, 7-12 p.m. ET)
Toll-free: 867-979-3333Cambridge Bay, St. Michael’s Crisis Shelter
Phone: 867-983-5232Qimavvik Shelter, Iqaluit
Phone: 867-979-4500Kugaaruk Family Violence Centre
Phone: 867-769-6100