Vancouver Island Crisis Line: 1‑888‑494‑3888

The 24-hour Vancouver Island Crisis Line is a service contracted by Provincial Health Services Authority.

Crisis Text

250-800-3806

from your mobile.
Available from 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Pacific Time, seven days a week.

If we are ever offline between 6:00 pm and
10:00 pm, we invite you to call the Crisis Line
at 1-888-494-3888, available 24/7.

If you have unlimited coverage for
SMS text messages with your mobile service
provider, the texting service will be free of charge.

Crisis Chat

Available seven days a week,
from 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Pacific Time.

If we are ever offline between 6:00 pm and
10:00 pm, we invite you to call the Crisis Line
at 1-888-494-3888, available 24/7.

Vancouver Island Resources

A comprehensive database,
serving Vancouver Island,
provides access to community resources.

Submit or update your resource.

Crisis Society News

Vancouver Island Crisis Society updates for and by the communities we serve. We present current volunteering and employment opportunities. We thank those who donate and contribute their time to support the Crisis Society.

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Helping People Find their Way

The Vancouver Island Crisis Society is contracted by Provincial Health Services Authority to provide the Vancouver Island Crisis Line service to the entire island, the islands of the Georgia Strait, and the mainland communities between Powell River and Rivers Inlet.

We are a registered non-profit agency whose services include 24-hour Crisis Lines, as well as Crisis Chat and Crisis Text services, through which we provide short-term nonjudgemental support, crisis intervention, information, and resources; training in schools with youth, teachers, counsellors, and parents; suicide bereavement support throughout Vancouver Island, as well as regional consultation and workshops regarding suicide bereavement support; and various workshops and customized training addressing suicide prevention, crisis intervention, and communication skills and other three-hour workshops for individuals and agencies throughout our communities.

We also work in partnership with Island Health to provide public access to Mental Health and Substance Use crisis teams in the communities administered by Island Health.

We support people of all ages including folks from senior, youth, military, Indigenous, and LGBTQIA2S+ communities. Group-specific resources can be accessed from our Community Resource Database, which we also share with those who access our Crisis Services, and from a set of Resource Links, which includes resources pertaining to suicide.

The Vancouver island Crisis Line
is a service contracted by

Provincial Health Services Authority

VICS is part of Canada’s Suicide Crisis Helpline, contracted by CAMH (Centre for Addiction and Mental Health)

VICS fait partie de la Ligne d’aide en cas de crise de suicide du Canada, contractée par CAMH (Centre de toxicomanie et santé mentale)

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Crisis is a point of opportunity as well as danger. Successful crisis intervention involves helping people take advantage of the opportunity and avoid the danger inherent in crisis.

Lee Ann Hoff
People in Crisis

We acknowledge the financial support of the Province of British Columbia for Community Education programming

 

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When registering for a VICS Community Education workshop, you help to financially support our Crisis Chat and Crisis Text services.