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.

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  • 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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We acknowledge that the lands on which BCSS operates and supports families are the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Peoples. We are honoured and privileged to live and work on this land we all share. We are committed to reconciliation, decolonization, learning from and with Indigenous peoples, and building relationships within our communities.