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Canada’s 988 suicide crisis helpline sees over 300K calls, texts in 1st year - National | Globalnews.ca

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People having suicidal thoughts or other mental health distress can get help 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health leads the helpline, working with more than 2,000 responders from 39 community agencies across the country.

The average wait time in October was 44 seconds for phone calls and one minute and 47 seconds for text.

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71

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67

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92

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semi-formal

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English

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43

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likely offensive

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short-lived

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