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Programs and supports for First Nations, Inuit and Métis people. Nothing here is run by NationWorks — each one belongs to the organization named, and links to their own site.

We list services that cover all of Canada, plus services in Alberta. More provinces as we verify them.

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Crisis and help lines

Hope for Wellness Help Line
All of Canada · 24 hours, every day

Counselling and crisis intervention for all Indigenous people in Canada. Chat online or call.

Call 1-855-242-3310
Indian Residential Schools Crisis Line
All of Canada · 24 hours, every day

Emotional support for former residential school students and their families.

Call 1-866-925-4419
Suicide Crisis Helpline
All of Canada · 24 hours, every day

Call or text 988 from anywhere in Canada.

Call 988
Kids Help Phone
All of Canada · 24 hours, every day

Counselling for young people. Text CONNECT to 686868.

Call 1-800-668-6868
MMIWG Crisis Line
All of Canada · 24 hours, every day

Support for anyone affected by missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people.

Call 1-844-413-6649

Health and wellness

Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB)
All of Canada

Drug, dental, vision, medical supplies, mental health counselling and medical transportation for registered First Nations and recognized Inuit.

Call 1-800-232-7301
Indian Residential Schools Resolution Health Support Program
All of Canada

Cultural, emotional and professional counselling support connected to residential school claims.

Call 1-866-925-4419
Alberta Mental Health Help Line
Alberta · 24 hours, every day

Confidential mental health advice from Alberta Health Services.

Call 1-877-303-2642
Indigenous Wellness Core, Alberta Health Services
Alberta

Indigenous health programs, Elder services and cultural helpers in AHS facilities.

Call 1-844-944-4744
Treaty 6, 7 and 8 patient navigators (AHS Indigenous Hospital Liaison)
Alberta

Hospital liaisons who help patients and families navigate care, discharge and travel.

Call 1-844-944-4744

Treatment centres

Poundmaker's Lodge Treatment Centres
Alberta

Residential addiction treatment grounded in Indigenous culture; adult and youth programs.

Call 1-780-458-1884

Family, children and safety

Family Violence Info Line
Alberta · 24 hours, every day

Alberta-wide, no area code needed. Interpretation available.

Call 310-1818
Bent Arrow Traditional Healing Society
Edmonton, Alberta

Family, youth and employment programs for urban Indigenous people in Edmonton.

Call 1-780-481-3451
Awo Taan Healing Lodge Society
Calgary, Alberta

Emergency women's shelter and family programs rooted in Indigenous culture.

Call 1-403-531-1972

Friendship Centres

Alberta Native Friendship Centres Association
Alberta

Twenty-one Friendship Centres across Alberta: employment, housing, youth, Elders and cultural programs for Indigenous people living off-reserve.

Call 1-780-423-3138

Housing

Indigenous Housing Capital Program (Alberta)
Alberta

Capital grants to Indigenous governments and organizations for affordable housing.

Employment and training

Rupertsland Institute
Alberta

Training and employment services for Métis Albertans.

Call 1-888-486-3847
Trade Winds to Success
Edmonton, Alberta

Pre-apprenticeship trades training for Indigenous people.

Call 1-780-471-9100

Education

Yellowhead Tribal College
Alberta

First Nations post-secondary programs and upgrading.

Call 1-780-484-0303
Maskwacîs Cultural College
Alberta

Cree language, culture and post-secondary programs.

Call 1-780-585-3925

Other supports

Indigenous Services Canada — public enquiries
All of Canada

Status registration, band membership, general enquiries.

Call 1-800-567-9604
Alberta 211
Alberta · 24 hours, every day

Directory of community, social and government services anywhere in Alberta. Call, text or chat.

Call 211
Alberta Addiction Help Line
Alberta · 24 hours, every day

Advice, referral and treatment information for alcohol, drugs, tobacco and gambling.

Call 1-866-332-2322
Métis Nation of Alberta
Alberta

Citizenship, housing, education, employment and health programs for Métis Albertans.

Call 1-780-455-2200

Every phone number in this directory was checked against the organization's own website — most recently on August 30, 2026. Services we could not check are not listed. Numbers and hours change; if something here is wrong, the organization's own site is the authority.

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