About Kids Help Phone

Every day, Kids Help Phone’s professional counsellors hear from kids who are experiencing the cruelty of bullying, the loneliness of depression, the paralyzing fear of anxiety, or are feeling the pressures to succeed, compete, or conform.

Kids Help Phone is Canada’s leading mental health and well-being youth counselling service. We are available 24/7/365, ensuring the 6.5 million young people in Canada have continued access to free, professional counselling, information and referrals, when and how they need it most.

Kids Help Phone plays an important role in the promotion of positive mental health; it gives young people a space to express themselves without fear of judgment, and helps them develop the confidence to make healthy decisions based on personal needs, values and beliefs.

Learning the skills to effectively respond to the stresses and challenges of everyday life is important to mental health and well-being.

By promoting the understanding that asking for help isn’t a sign of weakness, but a sign of hopefulness and resourcefulness, Kids Help Phone helps to reduce stigma and encourage help-seeking in young people.