Canada's free, confidential helpline for finding government and community services: food, housing, emergency financial help, mental health, family programs. A trained navigator answers and works out what exists in your area.
This is for you if
- You need something specific and local, and do not know where to start
- Money, housing or food is the actual problem underneath everything else
How to reach it
- Hours
- 24/7
- Cost
- Free
- How it is delivered
- Phone, Text, Online chat, Online
- Languages
- English, French, 150+ via interpretation
Details last checked on September 6, 2026. OurFather is not affiliated with United Way Centraide Canada, receives nothing for listing them, and does not screen or endorse providers. Services change — if something here is wrong, please tell us and we will correct or remove it.