Support Phone Lines
- Sexual Assault Crisis Line: 780-423-4121 (24 Hour Sexual Assault Crisis Line - accepts collect calls)
- LGBTQ Youth Line Provides confidential phone and text support for 2LGBTQA youth, operating Sunday - Friday 4pm - 9:30PM (Toll-Free: 1–800–268–9688 Text: 647–694–4275)
- Trans Lifeline Hotline 24/7 Confidential hotline staffed by transgender people for transgender people. ( Toll free : 1–877–330–6366)
- Support Service for Male Survivors of Sexual Assault: 24/7 (Phone: 1–888–887–0015)
Child Sexual Abuse
- Allies in Healing: When the Person You Love Was Sexually Abused as a Child by Laura Davis
- The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse, 20th Anniversary Edition by Ellen Bass and Laura Davis. A workbook is also available.
- Victims No Longer: The Classic Guide for Men Recovering from Sexual Child Abuse by Mike Lew
- Childhood Sexual Abuse: Homeweb
- Living Bridges Project
- #LoveWITHAccountability
- The Firecracker Foundation
Online Harrassment
- Speak Up & Stay Safe(r): A Guide to Protecting Yourself From Online Harassment, external link
- Heartmob - Report harassment, receive support, and help end online harassment
Sexual Health & Gender Resources
Action Canada Access Line
For information about sexual and reproductive health, including pregnancy options, and for referrals to clinics and hospitals that provide reproductive health services anywhere in Canada use the Access line a 24-hour Canada wide toll free number that provides information on reproductive and sexual health and referrals on pregnancy options.
1-888-642-2725 or access@actioncanadaSHR.org
Scarleteen
An independent, grassroots sexuality and relationships education and support organization and website. Founded in 1998, Scarleteen.com is visited by around five million diverse people each year -- around 5,000 of whom we typically speak with directly through our direct services and in-person outreach -- most between the ages of 15 and 25.
Transgender Sexual Violence Survivors: A Self Help Guide to Healing & Understanding
Partner Abuse
- 11 Truths Every Survivor of Intimate Partner Violence Needs to Know, external link
- 6 Ways to Confront Your Friend Who’s Abusing their Partner, external link
- 5 Common Ways Our Communities Fail to Address Intimate Partner Violence, external link
- PDF fileThe Revolution Starts at Home: Confronting Intimate Violence Within Activist Communities
If You Identify As a Man
- Calgary Communities Against Sexual Abuse: Calgary Communities Against Sexual Abuse is the only sexual assault centre in Calgary and surrounding areas that offers specialized counselling and support for male survivors of sexual violence.Calgary Communities Against Sexual Abuse offers both individual counselling for male sexual violence survivors as well as male group counselling.
- One in Six, external link: Canada’s knowledge centre on male sexual trauma and recovery. (Ontario based, but offers good resources)
- Support Services for Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse: Provides help for male survivors of sexual abuse, both recent and historical. The program is the first of its kind in Canada and is delivered by agencies across the province. Survivors also have access to a 24-hour, multilingual, toll-free phone line for immediate crisis and referral services. 1-866-887-0015
The Support Services for Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse program provides help for male survivors of sexual abuse, both recent and historical. The program is the first of its kind in Canada and is delivered by agencies across the province.
Approximately one in six men will experience sexual abuse in their lifetime. If you or someone you know has been a victim of sexual abuse, you are not alone and there is help available.
Male survivors of sexual abuse have access to a number of specialized services to help them deal with the impact of abuse, including:
- individual and group counselling
- peer support
- telephone and online counselling
- referrals to other appropriate community support services to meet other long-term needs that clients may have
Survivors also have access to a 24-hour, multilingual, toll-free phone line for immediate crisis and referral services at 1-866-887-0015.
Read what male survivors have said about the help they've received:
- I've stopped blaming myself for the sexual abuse I survived when I was a child.
- My relationships with my family and friends have improved enormously.
- I don't feel so alone any more.
- For the first time in years I can manage my emotions when I'm dealing with negative situations.
- Thank you. The help of this program has given me hope for the future.
To find local services in your community, call 1-866-887-0015. For information on the full range of services available to victims of crime, male victims may also visit the Victim Services Directory.
Human Trafficking: Canadian Resources
- I am not for sale app to help victims and report offenders
- Alliance Against Modern Slavery
- The Action Coalition on Human Trafficking
- Beyond Borders
- Chrysalis Anti-Human Trafficking Network Support Line
- Defend Dignity
- Joy Smith Foundation