Emergency Services

If you or someone you know needs emergency services, here is a list of contacts and resources.

9-1-1 is the number to call in an immediate emergency.

BC Mental Health Support Line

The 310 – Mental Health support line is available 24 hours per day across BC: Call 310-6789 (no area code needed) toll-free anywhere in BC to access emotional support, information and resources specific to mental health and substance use issues.

  • Emergency services by Health Authority

    • Visit the Vancouver Coastal Health webpage regarding emergency mental health services.

    • Visit the Fraser Health webpage regarding emergency mental health services, including First Nations emergency contacts.

    • Visit the Island Health webpage regarding mental health crisis and emergency services.

    • Visit the Interior Health webpage regarding acute psychiatry services, for patients presenting to Emergency, or see IHA’s general mental health services webpage.

    • Visit the Northern Health webpage regarding mental health services, including emergency contacts.

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Are you looking for support related to schizophrenia in British Columbia? BCSS helps guide families navigating the mental health system.

We acknowledge that the various land on which BCSS operates and supports families is the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of British Columbia’s Indigenous Peoples. We are honoured and privileged to share this land, and are committed to reconciliation, decolonization, and building relationships in our communities.