Mental health support: Get help
Mental Health Pocket Guide – Military Family Services
Veterans Affairs Canada
Mental Health & Wellness
Counselling and compensation for your mental health needs, such as PTSD or depression.
Strengthening the Forces Health Promotion Program
The Strengthening the Forces (STF) health promotion program gives Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members and their families information, skills and tools to promote and improve health and well-being.
Talk to a Mental Health Professional 24/7 for FREE – 1-800-268-7708
Why Veterans Explode Over Small Things (It’s Not What You Think)
Preventing Suicide -Suicide. It’s a difficult topic to bring up. However, when someone talks about suicide or brings up concern for a loved one, it’s important to take action and seek help quickly.
U.S Department of Veteran Affairs – National Center for PTSD
Canadian Mental Health Association
We champion universal mental health, support those with mental illness and addictions in the community, and offer mental health services. Committed to community development, mental health awareness, and destigmatizing mental illness. Visit our website for more info and local chapters.
Traumatology Institute
Trauma Recovery Program (TRP) is a self-guided program to help you in your trauma recovery journey, every day. For more information see our website.
Eggshells NEWSLETTER
Wellbeing is complicated for many people, including Veterans and Veteran Families impacted by substance use.
Military Career Transition – Government of Canada
Canadian Armed Forces and Veterans Affairs Canada are working together to help you on the path to civilian life and the civilian workforce.
Military Family Resources -Alberta
Links to information on education, health care and more to help military families and veterans get set up and settled in Alberta.
Wellness Centre
The Mustard Seed Wellness Centre provides hope and wellbeing to adults experiencing homelessness or poverty by providing an easily accessible, client-centered program with the goal of improving health. The Wellness Centre assists clients in identifying health needs, removing barriers, and supporting clients in achieving and maintaining health.
Veteran Homelessness Program: Directives
The purpose of the Veteran Homelessness Program (VHP) is to prevent and reduce Veteran homelessness in Canada. The program delivers contribution funding through two streams:
- The Services and Support Stream focuses on the delivery of rent supplements and wrap-around services (such as counselling and treatment for substance use) to Veterans experiencing or at imminent risk of homelessness.
- The Capacity Building Stream focuses on research and improved data collection on Veteran homelessness, as well as increasing the capacity of organizations to deliver tailored initiatives to address the needs of Veterans experiencing or at imminent risk of homelessness.
Breath Training for Trauma Recovery
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), related responses and disorder can occur when you are exposed to very disturbing incidents or situations. Exposure to acts of violence, military combat or war, serious injury, accidents, illness, or threat of death personally or to those who you know or with whom you have contact, can lead to Post-Traumatic Responses. Being exposed to a significant trauma can leave us feeling frightened, hopeless, helpless and out-of-control in our lives.
Soldier On
Soldier On is a program of the Canadian Armed Forces Transition Group (CAFTG) which contributes to the recovery of ill and injured CAF members and veterans by providing opportunities and resources through sport, recreational, and creative activities. Soldier On is recognized for improving the quality of life of the ill and injured and is a highly visible and integral component of the Department of National Defence and the CAF’s commitment to the care of ill and injured members. Generous Canadians support the program through donations and fundraising to the Soldier On Fund, which is managed by Canadian Forces Morale and Welfare Services.
Royal Canadian Legion
Your Royal Canadian Legion makes a real difference in the lives of Veterans and their families, offering vital support programs, helping communities thrive, and keeping the memory of those who sacrificed for Canada alive.