If you are in distress, you can call or text 988 at any time. If it is an emergency, call 9-1-1 or go to your local emergency department.

Feelings Are Valid, Resources Are Solid

Schizophrenia Quality Standards Toolkit

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Standardized, evidence-based care shouldn’t take decades to reach those who need it. Access Advancing Schizophrenia Care through the Schizophrenia Quality Standards – An Implementation Toolkit...

Beyond Survival: Addressing the Mental Health Crisis Among the World’s Displaced

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By Karla Thorpe, Vice President, Programs and Priorities, Mental Health Commission of Canada. The statistics are staggering, but they represent real human lives: 117 million...

The Living Legacy of a Stillborn Child

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Even the briefest life creates profound impacts. Krista Beneš honours someone the world never met, her second son, Max. Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day...
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Free Suicide Prevention Training for Health-care Providers: Gain a Lifetime of Confidence in Just Three Hours

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By Karla Thorpe, Vice President, Programs and Priorities, Mental Health Commission of Canada Today in Canada, thirteen people will die by suicide. At least six...
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Where to Get Mental Health Care

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When you need mental health support, your options vary depending on where you live, how much money you make, whether you have access to benefits,...

World Suicide Prevention Month 2025 Statement

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Ottawa — September 2, 2025 Each September, World Suicide Prevention Month offers us space to reflect on what makes prevention possible: connection, compassion, and a...

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Glossary of Terms, Abbreviations, and Acronyms

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Who We Are

We believe everyone should get the chance to achieve their fullest health potential.

At the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC), we shine a light on mental health and work to improve the lives of people who experience mental health problems and illnesses (as well as their families and caregivers).

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LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The Mental Health Commission of Canada head office is located on the unceded traditional territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabe Nation. As a national organization, we also acknowledge that we work on the traditional lands of many different nations.