World Suicide Prevention Day - Outreach Centre Red Deer

World Suicide Prevention Day is a global event observed every year on September 10.

If you or someone you know is at risk, please reach out for help.

24/7 HELP LINES

Alberta Mental Health: 1.877.303.2642
Suicide Distress Line: 1.800.784.2433

Each year, more Albertans die by suicide than the number of people who die in motor vehicle collisions (Alberta Health Services, 2021).

10 Canadians die by suicide each day, with up to 200 others attempting suicide, making if the 9th leading cause of death in Canada (Canadian Association of Suicide Prevention, 2022).

Suicide creates an aftershock for those who knew the person; up to 100 people can be left affected by the death. This means over 400,000 Canadians are bereaving suicide loss each year (Canadian Associations of Suicide Prevention, 2022).

Experiencing conflict, disaster, violence, abuse, or loss and a sense of isolation are strongly associated with suicidal behaviour (World Health Organization, 2021).

In Partnership with:

~Margaret Mead

~Christina Gagne

~Jesse Jackson

~Dali Lama

~Dr. Seuss

~Maya Angelou

~Jason Mraz

~Abraham Lincoln

~Abraham Lincoln

~Abraham Lincoln

~John F. Kennedy

~John F. Kennedy

~M.K. Gandhi

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

~Roy Goodman

~Abraham Lincoln

~J.M. Power

~George Bernard Shaw I