Government of Canada - Indigenous Services Canada

Offers immediate help to all Indigenous peoples across Canada through telephone and online chat counselling and crisis intervention. Experienced and culturally competent counsellors can help if you:

Provides immediate and culturally appropriate counselling supports to former Indian Residential School students who are experiencing pain or distress as a result of their Residential School experience.

Provides mental health and emotional support to eligible individuals and their families.

Ensures Inuit children have access to the essential government funded health, social and educational products, services and supports they need, when they need them.

Responds to unmet needs of First Nations children no matter where they live in Canada. Includes:

Mental health counselling, emotional support, community based cultural support services, and some assistance with transportation costs is available to those affected by missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.

Phone line provides support for anyone who requires emotional assistance related to missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.

A national program that provides coverage to registered First Nations and recognized Inuit for a specified range of medically necessary items and services that are not covered by other plans and programs. The benefit categories are:

Website provides information on how to apply for a Secure Certificate of Indian Status (secure status card) or Certificate of Indian Status (status card).