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National Directory for Canadian Families
Youth Recovery and Treatment services
Welcome to Sober Kids’ National Directory for treatment providers and programs. We have set out listings for youth services in all major cities and towns in Canada.
To find local services in your area, please use the following search tools from the menu below.
- Select your province or territory
- Scroll to your city/town
- Click the orange “Search Now” button to bring up results in your local community
- For online services, please select “Online” located within the listing of major towns/cities in your province/territory.
If you are a treatment provider and wish to have your facility/contact added to our Directory, please email info@soberkids.ca
4003 Cities and Towns
Kids Help Phone – Crisis Text Line
- 1-800-668-6868
- https://kidshelpphone.ca/text/
Mental Health Counselling & Mental Health Treatment Services
Offers live chat with a trained, volunteer Crisis Responder for support at any time.
Kids Help Phone – Live Chat Counselling
- 1-800-668-6868
- https://kidshelpphone.ca/live-chat/
Mental Health Counselling & Mental Health Treatment Services
Offers live chat counselling, information and referral from professional counsellors to youth in Canada
Kids Help Phone – Peer to Peer
- 1-800-668-6868
- https://peertopeer.kidshelpphone.ca/
Mental Health Counselling & Mental Health Treatment Services
An online community of support with other young people across Canada. Throughout these moderated forums, youth can privately share their experiences, offer inspiration and ask questions to connect, comfort and cheer each other on. The forums feature a wide range of topics so that youth can find and share information for specific questions or concerns.
Kids Help Phone – Telephone Counselling
- 1-800-668-6868
- https://kidshelpphone.ca/call/
Mental Health Counselling & Mental Health Treatment Services
Offers telephone counselling, information and referral from professional counsellors to youth in Canada
Kids Kare Agency (KKA) Private practice
- 34 Mayo Ave, Ottawa, ON, K2E 6X5
- 613-371-3804
Youth Addictions
Residential treatment services for children aged 8 years old and older.
Services for youth with acting out behaviours, mental health / abuse issues, and difficulties at home or school.
Services include residential care, micro-residential treatment foster care, group programs and therapeutic foster homes.
Kinark Child and Family Services
- 20 Strathy Rd, Unit 3, Cobourg, ON, K9A 5J7
- https://www.kinark.on.ca
Crisis lines
COVID19 Programs suspended until further notice. Responding to phone and email inquiries.Regular ServiceKinark is an Accredited Children"s Mental Health Centre offering a range of services for children and youth and families of Northumberland County. A variety of programs are offered to support parents and provide counselling for children and youth with behavioural, social and emotional problems. Services include: family, individual, and group counselling (office in Cobourg; satellite office in Campbellford and Brighton) community Triple P parent education groups; Youth Crisis Response for children/youth who are suicidal or severely aggressive; Kawartha Pine Ridge Supervised Access Centre (Cobourg Site) Tel: 1-800-386-6561 ext.345; 705-742-3803 offers separated parents a safe, neutral, child friendly location for visits and exchanges with their children under the supervision of specially trained staff. Skilled professionals, Social Workers and Child and Youth Workers provide the above services in consultation with a multi-disciplinary team including psychology and psychiatry. Depending on the program, services are offered at Kinark offices, in schools, family homes, and the community. For referrals call Intake
Kinark Child and Family Services
- 34 Simcoe St, Suite 301, Barrie, ON, L4N 6T4
- https://www.kinark.on.ca
Community Mental Health Centers & Crisis lines & In person crisis services
Individual and family counselling for children up to 18 years of age who are experiencing emotional, social, behavioural difficulties range of services offered to families includes prevention through education in child development and management, family counselling, group and individual therapy, and parenting groups assists family to examine the inter-relationships of family members to learn more about the difficulties being experienced by themselves and their child, and to learn ways to overcome these difficulties services are provided by a multidisciplinary team of professionals from the fields of social work, child and youth work, psychiatry, psychology, nursing and education
Kinark Child and Family Services
- 20 Sunray Street, Whitby, ON, L1N 8Y3
- 905-668-2411
Youth Addictions
Lead agency for child and youth mental health services including counseling / therapy * Autism Program * Forensic Services * Kinark Outdoor Centre * Supervised Access.
Special Services During Pandemics (e.g. COVID/Corona), Disasters and Related Emergencies
Services provided virtually during the pandemic.
Kinark Child and Family Services – Barrie Branch
- 34 Simcoe St., Barrie, ON,
- 705-726-8861
Youth Addictions
Children"s mental health organization in Ontario that provides help to children and youth, families and communities.
Kinark Child and Family Services. Durham Region
- Oshawa Centre, 419 King St W, Suite 3550A, Oshawa, ON, L1J 2K5
- https://www.kinark.on.ca
Community Mental Health Centers
COVID19 -- Select in-person services re-opened while also continuing to provide services virtuallyMental health treatment for children and youth including: Brief Services includes "quick access", usually up to six sessions of therapy to address the immediate or presenting needs individual, family and group counselling family/caregiver capacity building and support intensive treatment services Austism Spectrum Disorder services
Kinark Child and Family Services. York Region
- 184 Simcoe St, Georgina, ON, L4P 2H7
- http://www.kinark.on.ca
Community Mental Health Centers
Mental health support for children and youth living at home or in their communities, as well as children in residential care assessment and treatment services individual, family and group counselling
Kinark Child and Family Services. York Region
- 218 Earl Stewart Dr, Unit 7, Aurora, ON, L4G 6V7
- http://www.kinark.on.ca
Community Mental Health Centers & In person crisis services
COVID19 Telephone, virtual and select in-person support available; call, email or visit website for update----------Assessment and treatment services, and individual, family and group counselling in settings that meet client needs, such as Kinark CFS offices, client home, community agencies, schools, and child and youth residential care intensive treatment group programs day treatment live-in treatment crisis services in collaboration with local community agencies supervised access consultation and assessments multidisciplinary team from fields of social work, child and youth work, psychiatry, psychology, nursing and educationVisit website for online list of Triple P (Positive Parenting Program) service providers in Ontario; contact Julie K London, Program Coordinator, 905-713-0700, julie.london@kinark.on.ca
Kinark Child and Family Services. York Region
- 8551 Weston Rd, Unit 9A, Vaughan, ON, L4L 9R4
- http://www.kinark.on.ca
Community Mental Health Centers & In person crisis services
COVID19 Telephone, virtual and select in-person support available; call, email or visit website for update---------Assessment and treatment services, and individual, family and group counselling in settings that meet client needs, such as Kinark offices, client home, community agencies, schools, and residential care for children and youth intensive treatment group programs day treatment live-in treatment crisis services in collaboration with local community agencies supervised access consultation and assessments multidisciplinary team from fields of social work, child and youth work, psychiatry, psychology, nursing and education
Kind Space
- 400 Cooper St, Suite 9001, Ottawa, ON, K2P 2N1
- http://www.kindspace.ca
Support Groups
Social service for the health and wellness of all gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans, two spirits (transsexual, transgender, genderqueer), two-spirit and questioning ( 2SLGBTQ+) people in the Ottawa/Outaouais region.Identifying and addressing the needs of these groups: community development the provision of online, referral and library resources advocacy for safer sex practices, sex positive dialogue, an understanding of 2SLGBTQ+ issues in the heterosexual and cisgendered (non-trans) community the delivery of respectful and inclusive services and programs provided in a safe environment that affirms equality and is free of discriminationEducational services: information resources referral services educational workshops and seminars training programs for health and social service professionals speakers" bureau library of 2SLGBTQ+ -related materials (including books, magazines, audio-visual resources, and historical documents) variety of discussion and support groups outreach and educational services to the communities-at-large
Kitchener Waterloo Secular Community & Home Oriented Learners Activities, Recreation, & Support
- https://groups.google.com/g/kwscholars/
Support Groups
Field trips, social groups, learning co-ops and other member-initiated activities are available for all interested members. For those who homeshool or are interested in homeschooling.