Off campus support
Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP)
1-844-880-9142 (24/7)
Services: Employee and Family Assistance Program is a confidential program that includes professional counselling, information and referral services for staff, faculty and dependents.
Greater Victoria Citizens’ Counselling Centre
Location: 941 Kings Road, Victoria, BC, V8T 1W7
Services: Greater Victoria Citizens’ Counselling offers counselling by volunteer counsellors trained and supervised by the Centre.
KUU-US Crisis Line Society
Services: KUU-US Crisis Line Society operates a 24 hour provincial Aboriginal crisis line. First Nations and Aboriginal Peoples helping First Nations and Aboriginal Peoples.
Men's Therapy Centre
Toll-free: 1-866-793-6367
Location: 102-1022 Pandora Ave., Victoria, BC V8V 3P5
Services: Men's Therapy Centre offers treatment and support for adult/late adolescent male survivors of physical, emotional or sexual trauma.
NEED2
Youth (30 and under) Text Crisis Support: 778-783-0177 (6pm-midnight)
Youth Online Chat Crisis Support: (6pm-midnight)
Services: NEED2 offers suicide prevention, education and awareness.
Peers Victoria Resources Society
Night outreach: 250-744-0171
Harm reduction: 250-217-0410
Location: 1-744 Fairview Road, Victoria, BC, V9A 5TA
Services: Peers Victoria 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
Trans Lifeline
Services: Trans Lifeline Hotline staffed by trans people for trans people in crisis.
Vancouver Island Crisis Society
Crisis Line: 1-888-494-3888 (24 hours / 7 days a week)
Crisis Text-Message: 250-800-3806 (6pm-10pm / 7 days a week)
Services: Vancouver Island Crisis Society provides short-term, non-judgemental support, crisis intervention, information and resources to those experiencing a crisis.
VictimLINK
Services: VictimLINK is a toll-free, confidential, multilingual telephone service available across BC and Yukon 24/7. Provides information and referral services to all victims of crime and immediate crisis support to victims of family and sexual violence.
Victoria Sexual Assault Centre
250-383-3232 (24/7)
Location: 3060 Cedar Hill Road #201, Victoria, BC V8T 3J5
Services: Victoria Sexual Assault Centre provides a confidential, accessible and welcoming environment for recent survivors of sexual assault including medical and forensic exams, crisis support, options for reporting to police, and connections to other community supports and resources.