Resources

211 Alberta - Help Starts Here

Call or text 211 to access to an entire network of community, social, health and government services. You will be answered by a professional 211 Community Resource Specialist trained to assess your needs and refer you to the most appropriate services.

This service is free, confidential and available in over 170 languages.
For more information, visit the 211 website here.

Community Supports & Resources Printable PDF

Toll Free Numbers

Addictions Help Line (24 hrs)
1-866-332-2322

Alberta One Call (Call before you dig)
1-800-242-9473

AlbertaQuits Helpline
1-866-710-7848

Bullying Help Line
1-888-456-2323

Canada Suicide Prevention
9-8-8

Child and Safety or Abuse (Safe Kid Hotline)
1-800-638-0175

Crime Stoppers
1-800-222-8477

Family Violence (24 hrs)
310-1818

Health Link Alberta
811

Emergency Social Services (24/7)
1-866-644-5135

Kids Help Line
1-800-638-0715

LGBTQ+ Youth Support Line
1-877-688-4765

No Food, No Shelter for Children (Child & Family Services - Edmonton Crisis Unit)
1-800-638-0715

Poison Control
1-800-332-1414

Seniors Information Line (Alberta Supports)
1-877-644-9992

Sexually Transmitted Diseases/Aids
1-800-772-2437

Teen Hot Line
1-800-852-8336

Local Numbers

Camrose Women's Shelter
780-672-1035

Lloydminster Interval Home
780-875-0966

Wainwright Adult Learning
780-842-3455

Wainwright Bylaw Officer
780-842-3381

Wainwright Fire and Rescue (Fire Chiefs Office)
780-842-3381

Wainwright Food Bank
780-842-6989

Wainwright Healthy Families Program
780-842-5481

Wainwright Hospital
780-842-3324

Wainwright Mental Health
780-842-7522

Wainwright Public Health
780-842-4077

Wainwright RCMP
780-842-4461

Wainwright Utility Emergencies (Water, Sewer, Gas;
After 5 PM, Weekends)
780-842-2564

Walking Through Grief Society
780-846-2576

Wainwright Schools
Wainwright Elementary School
780-842-3361

Wainwright Junior and Senior High School
780-842-4481

Wainwright Blessed Sacrament School
780-842-3808

Wainwright Ecole St. Christophe
780-842-2827

Wainwright Blessed Sacrament Outreach School
780-842-3944

Chauvin
Chauvin Village Office
780-858-3881

Chauvin Library
780-858-3744

Chauvin School
780-858-3744

Edgerton
Edgerton Village Office
780-755-3933

Edgerton Library
780-755-3933 ext 7

Edgerton School:
780-755-3810

Irma
Irma Village Office
780-754-3668

Irma School
780-754-3746

Tip Sheets & Infographics

Emergency Preparation Checklist

Talking to Children about Divorce

Teenagers
&
Drugs

Medication
Round
Up

Stopping
Family
Violence

Talking to
Teens About Marijuana

Benefits and Credits for Newcomers

Understanding
Mental Health
& Illness

Kids
&
Drugs

Links

Partner Municipalities

M.D. of Wainwright No. 61
www.mdwainwright.ca
The Town of Wainwright
www.wainwright.ca
The Village of Chauvin
www.villageofchauvin.ca
The Village of Edgerton
www.edgerton-oasis.ca
The Village of Irma
www.irma.ca

Local Resources

Wainwright Public Library
Town of Wainwright Recreation
Wainwright on Wellness
Wainwright Early Years Coalition
Catholic Social Services
Catholic Social Services is a multi-function social service agency that serves people of all faiths and cultures throughout central and northeast Alberta
Wainwright Military Family Resource Network
IMPACT

Formerly Wainwright & Area Social Action Committee

Useful Links

Government of Alberta - Elder Abuse Resources
Children’s Services
Leads child care & intervention, early childhood development, foster & kinship, adoption, and improvements for children & youth.
Seniors and Housing (Alberta)
Offers programs and services to support the well-being and quality of life of seniors and help Albertans access affordable housing.
Seniors Canada Online
Seniors Canada On-line provides single-window access to Web based information and services that are relevant to seniors 55+, their families, caregivers and supporting service organizations.
Poison & Drug Information Service

This service provides: emergency, immediate expertise and advice about
  poisonings; medication and herbal advice on prescription and over the counter
  drugs; drug information for health care professionals; poison research,
  education and prevention.

Elder Abuse Information (Alberta)
Recognize signs of elder abuse and learn how to get help.
Bullying Canada: Giving bullied kids a bright future
www.bullying.org is a multiple award-winning Web site that was created to help people with the issues of bullying within a safe, positive international community. www.bullying.org is a supportive community where people can learn that they are NOT alone in being bullied and teased, that being bullied and teased is NOT their fault and that they CAN do something positive about it.
Kids Help Phone Website
Kids Help Phone is committed to improving the well-being of Canada’s children. To that end, we are constantly seeking new ways to make a difference.
The Virtues Project™
The mission of The Virtues Project™ is to provide empowering strategies that inspire the practice of virtues in everyday life.
InformALBERTA
InformAlberta is one of many provincial partners in the national InformCanada network of community information and referral services.
Canadian Child Care Federation
Fédération Canadienne des Services de Garde à l’Enfance
Fifty Canadian non-profit organizations have come together under the banner of Child & Family Canada to provide quality, credible resources on children and families on an easy-to-navigate website.The managing partner of the consortium is the Canadian Child Care Federation.
Alberta Child Adoption

Wainwright AA and NA Meetings

Other Resources

Government of Alberta Publications
These relate directly to the FCSS Act: