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Key LGBTQ+ Supports for York Region Families & Youth

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Immediate Crisis and 24/7 Support (use first if someone is in crisis)

Phone: 1-800-668-6868
Text: 686868
Web chat: kidshelpphone.ca
Website: Kids Help Phone

Free confidential support in English/French and >100 languages.

Canadian hotline: 1-877-330-6366 (peer-run; not a general crisis/suicide line but staffed by trans peers).
Website: Trans Lifeline

Hours vary; check website for latest.

24/7 chat/text/phone for LGBTQ young people. Useful for youth in crisis or thinking about self-harm. 

Website: The Trevor Project

Local York Region — Direct Supports and Community Groups

Provides individual, couples and family counselling and hosts the York Rainbow Support Network. Contact via Family Services York Region website (search “York Rainbow Support” on their site).

Website: Family Services York Region

Local Pride organization for York Region (events, community connection, volunteer opportunities). Good for family-friendly Pride events and community outreach.

Website: York Pride

Regional / GTA Organizations That Serve York Region Residents

These often provide clinical programs, youth groups, family supports, or referral services accessible to York residents.

Primary care, trans health supports, mental health and community programs.

Phone: 416-324-4100
Address: 333 Sherbourne St, Toronto.
Website: Sherbourne Health

Sherbourne provides culturally competent 2SLGBTQ care for people across the GTA.

Community centre offering programs, referrals, counselling and social supports for 2SLGBTQ+ people (GTA access).

Phone: 416-392-6874
Email: info@the519.org
Address: 519 Church St, Toronto
Website: The 519

Community/wellness programs and supports for 2SLGBTQ+ people (includes youth programming). Contact via HQToronto website; phone listed in directory.

Rainbow Health Ontario

Provincial / National Supports and Advocacy (Referral, Info, Training)

Provincial hub for health information, service directory, and supports for 2SLGBTQ+ people and families in Ontario.

Phone: 416-324-4100
Website: Rainbow Health Ontario

National LGBTQ2S+ research, education and advocacy organization; resources for youth and families and legal/education guidance across Canada.

Website: egale.ca

School & Youth Supports (York Region)

The YRDSB has active elementary and secondary Gender & Sexuality Alliances (GSAs), a Positive Space initiative, and gender identity/expression guidelines; the board web pages describe how students/families can access supports and how to report concerns.

See YRDSB site for contacts at schools and the Human Rights Commissioner’s Office.

Website: York Region District School Board

Note: local dynamics vary and some policies/decisions have been contested; families may prefer to connect with pflag York, Egale, or provincial resources for advice and advocacy.

Local news reporting shows contested debates in the past — check board announcements for up-to-date guidance.(Newmarket Today)

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