Resources
If you need help now — and where to turn next.
Every number here is a public, verified line — never a treatment-facility intake number. Call any of them just to talk; you never have to be sure it's "serious enough." And the four medical red flags — fainting, chest pain, blood in vomit, rapid weight change — always mean 911, now.
The lines that matter
Emergency
Fainting, chest pain, blood in vomit, or rapid weight change — in either direction — mean emergency care now. Call 911.
988 Suicide Crisis Helpline
24/7
Call or text 988 — free, anywhere in Canada. If tonight feels unsafe, start here. You don't have to be sure it's "serious enough."
NEDIC — Canada's eating disorder information centre
Free, confidential, and staffed by people who understand exactly this — for you or someone you love. NEDIC can help you find providers, understand options, or simply say the thing out loud for the first time. A clinician's assessment is the primary route to care; NEDIC is the best-lit path toward one.
Information, family support, and peer fellowships
A clinician's assessment is the primary route to care — these are the official doors around it: navigation, family resources, and the two anchor fellowships. All seven fellowships, compared plan-neutrally, live on the fellowships page.
NEDIC — helpline & live chat
Canada's eating disorder information centre: provider search, plain-language information, and a human voice when you want one. The one call to make first if a doctor feels out of reach.
Kelty Eating Disorders — for families of children & youth
BC's provincial resource centre for children, youth, and families. Its plain-language guides for parents are useful anywhere in Canada, especially in the frightening early weeks.
Overeaters Anonymous — official site
The broadest peer fellowship, open to every eating pattern. Free meetings in person and online; the official site is the only current source for meeting times. Peer support complements clinical care — it doesn't replace it.
Eating Disorders Anonymous — official site
The fellowship that deliberately breaks from the abstinence model: balance, not perfection, and no food rules. Many members come from restrictive patterns where rigid rules were the illness, not the cure.
Want a person to walk it through with you?
Take the gentle self-check, or ask us to make one warm introduction to a program with clinician-led intake — free, and only with your consent.