Off-campus supports
is a Peer Assisted Care Team Model operated by AVI Health and Community Services. The CRCL Team includes both individuals with lived/living experience, and mental health professionals. It focuses on health, well-being, and community support.
Available between 7:30am and 12:30am, 7 days a week.
Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP) is a confidential program that includes professional counselling, information and referral services for staff, faculty and dependents. Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
is a confidential, multilingual service available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Connects human trafficking victims and survivors with emergency, social services and law enforcement and receives tips from the public.
is a toll-free service for immediate, non-judgemental support and services. Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
1-800-SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433)
offers counselling by volunteer counsellors trained and supervised by the Centre.
Location: 941 Kings Road, Victoria, BC, V8T 1W7
serves Residential School Survivors, families, and Indigenous communities across BC with health and cultural support.
The society operates a 24-hour crisis line to provide urgent emotional support for Survivors, families, and Indigenous communities across BC and beyond.
provides sexual health care for all people and offers a variety of products to affirm gender expression, promote sexual health, and increase pleasure.
is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for Indigenous people across Canada to chat with a culturally competent counsellor.
operates a 24 hour provincial Indigenous crisis line. KUU-US provides a non-judgmental listening ear and effective problem-solving to help callers return to a pre-crisis state. They maintain a comprehensive referral database to connect callers with additional resources.
Chat & text support is available 7 days a week, from 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 a.m. (778-601-8009)
offers treatment and support for adult/late adolescent male survivors of physical, emotional or sexual trauma.
Toll-free: 1-866-793-6367
Location: 301-3491 Saanich Road, Victoria BC
is a national, independent, support line for anyone who requires assistance. Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Toll-free: 1-844-413-6649
is a multi-service grassroots agency that was established by, with, and for sex workers in 1995. Through direct service delivery and community partnerships, Peers provides an array of outreach and drop-in harm reduction and support services alongside education and employment training for current and former sex workers.
- General contact: 250-388-5325
- Night outreach: 250-744-0171
Location: 1-744 Fairview Road, Victoria, BC, V9A 5T9
is a BC queer, trans, and Two-Spirit resource centre that offers low-cost counselling, support groups and referral services.
offers free restorative justice services to anyone in the Greater Victoria Area, including restorative justice dialogues, community accountability dialogues, peacemaking circles and victim healing circles.
is a crisis line to support survivors of gender-based violence, including sexualized violence. Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
604-255-6344 (Lower Mainland)
1-877-392-7583 (Toll-free national line)
is a peer support phone service run by trans people for trans and questioning peers.
provides short-term, non-judgemental support, crisis intervention, information and resources to those experiencing a crisis.
Crisis Line: 1-888-494-3888 (24 hours a day, 7 days a week)
Crisis Text-Message: 250-800-3806 (6 p.m. - 10 p.m. / 7 days a week)
provides information and referral services to all victims of crime and immediate crisis support to victims of family and sexual violence. It is a toll-free, confidential, multilingual service available across BC and Yukon through call, text or email. Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Call or text: 1-800-563-0808
Email: 211-VictimLinkBC@uwbc.ca
works to provide survivors with immediate access to non-judgmental, emotional/psychosocial support and a continuum of care as they navigate the personal impacts of trauma experienced due to sexualized violence.
Location: 3060 Cedar Hill Road #201, Victoria, BC V8T 3J5