Medicine Hat & Area

Crisis services: 

  • Help Line (provincial) 1-877-303-2642
  • Mobile Crisis Team through Community Mental Health Clinic 529-3500 or Help Line after hours.
  • Farm Stress Line 1-866-898-0280 
  • Child Protection Crisis Line 1-800-638-0715
  • Canadian Red Cross Society (financial crisis situations, housing, meds at 1-888-800-6493 for 24 hr service) http://www.redcross.ca/
  • Phoenix Safe House (for battered women/children) 1-800-661-7949  http://mhwss.ca/
  • Salvation Army Family Support Centre (homeless shelter) Medicine Hat 526-9699        
  • Victim Assistance (Medicine Hat Police Services) 529-8480
  • Victim Services Unit of Redcliff RCMP 548-7848
  • Bow Island/Foremost RCMP Victim Service 545-2784
  • Cantera Safe House (Brooks Women’s Shelter) (403) 793-2232

Suicide related services: 

  • Mobile Crisis Team through Palliser Community Mental Health Clinic 529-3500 daytime or 1-877-303-2642 after hours and weekends, call 911, or go to Emergency at Regional Hospital
  • Suicide Prevention Program (educational awareness, ASIST training, Hope and Healing after Suicide Support Group, Yellow Ribbon Program) at our CMHA ASER 504-1811

Youth-related mental health services: 

  • http://palliserpcn.ca/
  • Youth Mental Health Services through Community Mental Health Clinics: Medicine Hat  529-3500, Brooks 793-6655, Bow Island 545-5120, Oyen 664-3803
  • Palliser Adolescent Services (hospital outreach) 529-8903
  • Children’s Health and Development Services (CHADS) 529-8966
  • Community Mental Health 529-3500
  • Youth Wellness Coordinator 527-4249

Senior-related mental health services: 

  • Seniors Mental Health Community Outreach at 502-8617
  • Geriatric Outpatient Mental Health 529-8913
  • Seniors Outreach Worker 502-8718
  • C.R.A.N.E. (Community Response to Abuse and Neglect of the Elderly) 529-4798

Affordable Housing: 

  • Medicine Hat Community Housing Society (Subsidized Housing) 527-4507
    https://mhchs.ca/
  • Transitional Housing 526-5200
  • Outreach Department Supervisor or MH Community Housing Society 527-3053
  • Champion’s Centre Supportive Housing (for men) 504-0342        
  • Musasa House (second stage housing for women and children) 580-8206
    http://mhwss.ca/
  • Miywasin Society of Aboriginal Services 526-0756

Local food banks:

  • Salvation Army Family Support Centre 526-9699
  • Medicine Hat Food Bank Client Services 528-4566
  • Brooks Food Bank 793-2535
  • Oyen Food Bank 664-2255
  • Community Food Connections Association Bow Island 502-6096
  • Community Food Connections (Good Food Box, community gardens, community kitchens) 502-6096 or 502-8209 
  • Neighborhood Kitchen 528-4313
  • Meals on Wheels 529-8383

Local shelters:

  • Inn Between Youth Shelter 527-1588 (daytime) or 529-6367 (evenings)
  • Salvation Army Family Support Centre 526-9699
  • Medicine Hat Women’s Shelter Society 1-800-661-7949
  • Cantera Safe House (Brooks Women’s Shelter) (403) 793-2232

Support services related to substance abuse: 

  • AADAC 529-3582
  • AADAC Help Line (gambling, alcohol or drugs) 1-866-332-2322
  • Medicine Hat Community Detox Program 529-1222  
    https://www.von.ca/
  • Alcoholics Anonymous 527-2065
  • Alanon and Alateen 527-8252
  • Cocaine Anonymous 528-7758
  • Narcotics Anonymous 979-2440 ore 1-877-463-3537

Mental health support services:

  • Community Mental Health Clinic (children, adolescents, adults, seniors, groups) 529-3500
  • Schizophrenia Society (client support, Unsung Heroes, Family Support) 526-8515 https://www.schizophrenia.ab.ca/
  • Concurrent Disorder Support Group (AADAC 529-3582 or Mental Health 529-3500)
  • Mood Disorders Association 580-4224       
  • Whispers of Wellness Mental Health Club (CMHA) 504-1811          
  • Routes to Work Mental Health Employment Program 526-5742  
  • Making It Work Specialized Employment Program 527-3400       
  • Bereavement Support Groups 504-8026
  • Partial Hospitalization Program (support groups) 529-8030
  • Bridges Family Program 526-7473
  • Phoenix Safe House Women’s Support Group 527-8223
  • Men’s Work Aftercare Group (Med Hat John Howard Society) 526-5916
  • Family Life Education Programs (Med Hat Family Service) 504-8026
  • Sexual Health Clinics (no appointment necessary) 502-8305
  • Family and Friends Support Group (CMHA) 504-1811
  • Family and Friends of Adults with FASD 526-5742

Legal aid:   

  • Legal Aid Alberta 529-3553
  • Dial-a-Law and Lawyer Referral Services 1-800-332-1091

How to find a family physician: 

  • Palliser Health Region General Inquiries 529-8000

Local counseling services: 

  • Community Mental Health Association 529-3500
  • Medicine Hat Family Service (individual, couple, family, EAP, groups) 504-8026
  • Sexual Abuse Recovery Counseling 529-3500
  • Pregnancy Support Centre 504-8560
  • Community Mental Health Oyen Clinic (403) 664-3803
  • Community Mental Health Bow Island Clinic (403) 545-5120
  • Community Mental Health Brooks Clinic (403) 793-6655
  • Lifetalk Counselling Services (Brooks) (403) 362-2210

Other important resources available: