Guide
Finding Quality Addiction Care in Canada: Drug and Alcohol Treatment Guide
Publication date:
2017
Mental Health and Substance Use Support
If you are in immediate danger or need urgent medical support, call 9-1-1.
If you or someone you know is thinking about suicide, call or text 9-8-8.
Support is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week through 9-8-8: Suicide Crisis Helpline.
CCSA does not provide treatment services, but there is help available.
Free mental health and substance use support is available to everybody in Canada. The Public Health Agency of Canada has a list of services offered across the country.
You can also contact your provincial or territorial helpline for information on available treatment services. Toll free numbers might not work outside of your province or territory, so use the local numbers listed below.
Addictions Treatment for First Nations and Inuit is a listing of programs offered to First Nations and Inuit, listed by province.
Alberta Addiction Helpline, Alberta Health Services)
1-866-332-2322
British Columbia (Alcohol and Drug Information and Referral Service)
1 800 663-1441
Manitoba (Addictions Foundation of Manitoba)
Adult services: 1-855-662-6605
Youth services: 1-877-710-3999
204-944-6200
New Brunswick (Addiction Centres, Department of Health)
1-866-355-5550
Newfoundland and Labrador (Addictions Services, Department of Health and Community Services)
1-877-999-7589
(709) 752-3916
Northwest Territories (Department of Health and Social Services)
1-844-259-1793
Nova Scotia (Mental Health and Addictions Services, Nova Scotia Health Authority)
1-888-429-8167
Nunavut (Kamatsiaqtut Help Line)
1-800-265-3333
867-979-3333
Ontario (ConnexOntario)
1-866-531-2600
Prince Edward Island (Addiction Services, Health PEI)
1-833-553-6983
902-368-4120
Quebec (Drugs: help and referral)
1-800-265-2626
514-527-2626
Saskatchewan (HealthLine, Ministry of Health)
811 or 1-877-800-0002
306-766-6600
Yukon (Mental Wellness and Substance Use Services, Health and Social Services)
1-866-456-3838 (for Yukon, Nunavut and NWT)
867-456-3838
Finding Quality Addiction Care in Canada
Finding Quality Addiction Care in Canada is a guide to help people make informed decisions when seeking substance use treatment for themselves or their loved ones. Canadian Executive Council on Addictions partnered with the Government of Alberta and CCSA to develop the resource. Materials to help healthcare professionals promote the guide, including waiting room images and posters, are also available.
Let us know your feedback on how useful the guide is by emailing us at ceca@ccsa.ca. If you'd like to distribute, reproduce, modify or adapt it, please request permission.