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Crisis numbers in Canada
- 9-8-8 Suicide Crisis Helpline, call or text, at any hour: Tel: 9-8-8 | Text: 9-8-8
- Kids Help Phone, 1-800-668-6868, for children and young adults: Tel: 1-800-668-6868 | Text: CONNECT to 686868
- Hope for Wellness Help Line, 1-855-242-3310, for Indigenous people: Tel: 1-855-242-3310
- National Indian Residential School Crisis Line, 1-866-925-4419: Tel: 1-866-925-4419
- All crisis lines in Canada
Canada has 767 therapists listed on TherapyRoute, including registered psychotherapists, registered social workers and psychotherapists (registered).
At a glance
- Therapists listed
- 767 (Registered Psychotherapists 111, Registered Social Workers 85, Psychotherapists (Registered) 68, Registered Psychotherapists (Qualifying) 66, Registered Counsellors 41, Psychotherapists 29, Counsellors 22, Psychologists 19). Professions given by 576 of them.
- How they see clients
- in person 79 (10%), online 30 (4%), online and in person 657 (86%).
- Languages
- English 99%, Hindi/Urdu 9%, French 8%, Punjabi 5%, Farsi 5%.
The summary above sets out how the practitioners listed across Canada differ from one another. If you know where you want to be seen, the city pages below each carry that place's own list. Filtering for practitioners who work online shows everyone in Canada available by video, wherever they are based. Two or three enquiries is normal, and a first conversation is where most people decide.
Cities in Canada with therapists listed
- Toronto (173)
- Calgary (56)
- Vancouver (41)
- Ottawa (38)
- Markham (27)
- Mississauga (22)
- Brampton (20)
- Edmonton (20)
- Hamilton (20)
- London (17)
- Vaughan (16)
- Waterloo (16)
- Kitchener (15)
- Montreal (15)
- Oakville (15)
- Burlington (14)
- Victoria (14)
- Niagara Falls (12)
- Sturgeon Falls (12)
- Surrey (12)
- Wallaceburg (12)
- Newmarket (10)
- Barrie (9)
- Burnaby (9)
Every other city in Canada with a therapist listed (116)
A (8 cities)
B (4 cities)
C (13 cities)
D (2 cities)
E (3 cities)
F (3 cities)
H (3 cities)
I (2 cities)
K (3 cities)
L (4 cities)
M (11 cities)
N (7 cities)
O (6 cities)
P (11 cities)
Q (1 city)
R (4 cities)
S (14 cities)
T (3 cities)
A therapist who practises in more than one city is listed under each.
Places with a therapist and no page of their own yet (22)
These are recorded against a therapist on TherapyRoute and have no listing page yet, so there is nothing to send you to and no count we can stand behind.
Area D Roberts Creek, Chatham Kent, Clarington, Clearview, Halton Hills, Mackenzie County, Metro Vancouver Regional District, Moncton Parish, North Cowichan, North Grenville, Saanich, Sarnia, Sherbrooke, South Frontenac, Spruce Grove, Strathmore, Summerside, Unorganized Division No 18 Saskatchewan, West Grey, West Nipissing, Wood Buffalo, Yellowhead County
Canada has no national therapist licence. Health professions are regulated provincially, and each province registers through its own colleges: a psychology college, and, depending on the province, separate colleges for counselling therapy, psychotherapy, social work and psychiatric nursing. Quebec's bodies are ordres and carry French names.
No Canadian province runs a shared portal, so each college keeps its own register and no single national search covers them all. Our guide to how to check a Canadian therapist's registration, province by province sets out the steps.
In Canada a psychiatrist is a physician, so provincial health insurance covers their care with a referral; a psychologist is not, so in general it does not. That leaves most people paying privately or through work benefits. There is no national therapy price, because health care is provincial, so what a session costs depends on the province and on the practitioner.
Before booking, ask the fee and the session length. Ask whether your provider is a psychologist, a psychotherapist or a counsellor, and whether your group plan covers that designation. Ask what your plan's annual maximum and per-session cap are, and whether a sliding scale or intern rate exists.
Consultations in the public health and education networks are free. What a session costs varies with training, setting and where the practice is. What therapy costs in Canada sets out the current picture.
Real choice. Authentic, independent, clinician-led care.
TherapyRoute is a clinician-led directory that champions independent practitioners who answer to you and their professional ethics, not to investors or corporate interests. We don't take commissions, sell your data, or assign therapists by algorithm. You browse, compare, and choose.
Vincenzo (Enzo) Sinisi, Clinical Psychologist (HPCSA), Psychoanalyst (IPA/SAPA), Group Analyst (IGA)
TherapyRoute is not for emergencies and does not provide medical advice. All of our content is informational and cannot replace professional healthcare. In an emergency, contact a local emergency service. For immediate support, consider a local helpline.