Creating positive change and supporting Canada’s mental health

The impact of each interaction on Bell Let’s Talk Day has been felt across the nation. Thank you to all those who continue to speak up about mental illness. Together, we can all play a role in creating positive change.

The Bell Let’s Talk Community Fund will provide grants in the range of $5,000 to $25,000 to projects that improve access to mental health care, supports and services for people in Canada. Click here for more information.

In July 2020, Bell Let’s Talk announced a new $5 million Diversity Fund to support the mental health and well-being of members of Black, Indigenous and People of Colour communities across Canada. For more information, click here.

Small action. Big impact.

1,168,302,700

Total number of interactions

$108,415,135

committed

to mental health initiatives

657

Community Fund grants

$17.5 million in funding

Children & Youth

$2.2 million in funding

Indigenous communities

$1.82 million in funding

Military family support

Bell Let’s Talk has partnered with more than 1,000 organizations who have supported over

3,806,409

Canadians with access to mental health services

+$11 million

in Community Fund grants

2,312,193

crisis and distress

line users

1,739,136

children & youth reached

792,363

Canadians supported

through technology-based mental health programs

1,455,078

trained staff and volunteers

19,376

military families helped

through the Bell True Patriot Love Fund

83%

of Canadians reported believing attitudes about mental illness have changed for the better

since Bell Let’s Talk began

* Infographics representative of 2010-2020

Find out where the funds go

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Canadian Mental Health Association

Bell Let's Talk and the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) announced a $1 million donation to expand the mental health supports available remotely for Canadians with the introduction of the CMHA's BounceBack® program to the Atlantic provinces, Québec, Saskatchewan, Alberta and Yukon, and further expansion of the program in Manitoba. The announcement builds on an earlier $250,000 donation to CMHA in March to support the organization’s COVID-19 response.

Major gifts Québec 2020

Revivre

Bell Let's Talk announced a $650,000 donation to Revivre to kick off the SolidaiRevivre campaign and launch virtual mental health services to support more people during the COVID-19 crisis. The donation is part of a $5 million increase in Bell Let’s Talk funding in response to COVID-19, announced in March.

Major gifts Québec 2020

Kids Help Phone

Bell Let’s Talk and Kids Help Phone announced a national $1 million investment to enhance ongoing crisis support for young people coping with mental health challenges during the COVID-19 crisis and beyond. The donation is part of a $5 million increase in Bell Let’s Talk funding in response to COVID-19, announced in March.

Major gifts Québec 2020

Bell Let's Talk Diversity Fund

We have announced the launch of a $5 million #BellLetsTalk Diversity Fund to support the mental health and well-being of Black, Indigenous and People of Colour communities across Canada.

Diversity Fund Québec 2020

Black Youth Helpline

A donation of $250,000 to this volunteer-driven initiative founded in Winnipeg that supports Black youth and their families across Canada with a focus on education, health and community development.

Diversity Fund Ontario 2020

National Association of Friendship Centres

A donation of $250,000 will support the National Association of Friendship Centres, the network of more than 100 local Friendship Centres and Provincial/Territorial Associations throughout Canada providing culturally enhanced services for urban and off-reserve Indigenous people.

Diversity Fund Ontario 2020

Strongest Families Institute

Bell Let’s Talk and the Manitoba government donate a joint $1 million over 5 years to the Strongest Families Institute (SFI) to expand mental health services for children, youth and their families throughout Manitoba. SFI is an award-winning organization delivering evidence-based programs for children, youth and families dealing with mild to moderate mental illness and other health issues. Its unique distance coaching approach, which offers support for families day or night and in the privacy of their own homes, is also the only program of its kind in the country with a no-waitlist policy for families with children and youth.

Major gifts Prairies 2019

Bear Clan Patrol

Bell Let's Talk and the City of Winnipeg donate a combined $200,000 to Bear Clan Patrol, the community-based organization providing safety and belonging, mental wellness support, conflict resolution and crime prevention for vulnerable people in the community. Funding will help Bear Clan Patrol expand patrol coverage, grow its food distribution program and add a new resource for the counselling program.

Major gifts Prairies 2019