Mental Health Supports for Toronto Residents and Healthcare Providers during COVID-19
The City of Toronto has developed a COVID-19 Mental Health Support Strategy that responds to the needs of vulnerable residents. To support children and youth, seniors, frontline workers, and those with intersectional identities, such as Indigenous, Black, persons with disabilities and LGBTQ2S, who are struggling with isolation, stress and anxiety exacerbated by COVID-19 measures, the city has partnered with these organization to provide free mental health supports to diverse communities:
- Across Boundaries
- Caribbean African Canadian Social Services
- Crisis Text Line
- Gerstein Crisis Centre
- Kids Help Phone
- Native Child and Family Services of Toronto
- Ontario Psychological Association
- Toronto Seniors Helpline (WoodGreen)
- Warm Line (Progress Place)
To learn more about the range of available resources to help support mental health, including free telephone, text and online mental health support during the COVID-19 pandemic, visit: COVID-19: Mental Health Resources or call 211 to be connected with mental health support that best meets their specific needs.
For resources for frontline workers, including health care providers, and their families, with limited or no insurance coverage, call 211 to be connected with more than 300 Ontario psychologists available to provide care at no cost.
Mental Health Resources for the Black Community in Toronto
This piece offers a list of organizations providing mental health support for black Canadians in the GTA. To this list, OPDI has added the peer support services being offered for communities of colour through Stella's Place. Please find more information about their Community Healing Project and Peer Support, as well as view their current list of youth peer support lines.
If you would like to see this list fleshed out into other regions of Ontario, please email at opdi@opdi.org.