Foundry – Free & Confidential Youth Wellness Support
Get Urgent Help
If you find yourself in need of immediate help, call 911 or go to your nearest emergency department.
Seek immediate help if you are:
Thinking about ending your life or trying to end your life.
Experiencing sensations that aren’t real and/or beliefs that can’t possibly be true.
Becoming unable to care for yourself, and it’s putting you at risk of serious harm.
Experiencing an alcohol or any other drug overdose, or have taken a dangerous combination of substances.
Foundry is not a crisis service. For mental health or substance use crisis support at any time:
Suicide Crisis Helpline (24/7): Call or text 9-8-8 to access to bilingual, trauma-informed, and culturally appropriate suicide prevention support.
Mental Health Crisis Line (24/7): Call 310-6789 anytime for emotional support, information and resources.
Kids Help Phone (24/7): Text “CONNECT” to 686868, or call 1-800-668-6868 to talk to a trained volunteer crisis responder about anything you’re going through. No issue is too big or too small.
Call 310-6789 (no code needed) if you’re experiencing a mental health crisis. Crisis Centre BC provides 24/7, barrier-free, nonjudgmental support via phone and SMS / text services to anyone experiencing emotional distress, crisis, or suicidal thoughts.
Kids Help Phone’s free, 24/7, confidential e-mental health support services offer young people across Canada a non-judgmental space. Text 686868 or call 1-800-668-6868
Love is respect provides information and advocacy to young people between the ages of 13 and 26 who have questions or concerns about their romantic relationships.
This quiz (based off the Myers Briggs Personality Test) is a free tool that is used to identify how people see the world and make decisions. Like many personality measurement tools, this test should be taken with a grain of salt, but it can give you some insight into how your mind works.
There are many types of professionals that can help with challenges you may be facing. Note: Medical doctors (including psychiatrists) can make a diagnosis of a mental illness and prescribe medication.