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Need help immediately?

If there is an urgent safety concern, please call 9-1-1 or go to emergency at your nearest hospital.

Suicide hotline: 1-800-784-2433

Call BC Crisis Line: 604-310-6789

Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868

KUU-US Crisis Support Line (BC Wide Indigenous Toll Free Crisis and Support Line): 1-800-588-8717

Transitions provides assessment and treatment services with substance use (including alcohol or drugs) or mental health concerns (including mood and anxiety).

Assessment and treatment services for Richmond residents aged 19 and over with:

  • Substance use and/or mental health concerns
  • Services may include individual and/or group counselling, psychiatric assessment (anti-craving and concurrent disorders), referral/advocacy, acupuncture

How to access

  • Check eligibility

    Residents of Richmond aged 19 and older with substance use (including alcohol and/or drugs) and/or mental health concerns (including mood and anxiety issues.)

  • Get a referral or self-refer

    Self-referrals are welcomed by calling Central Intake at (604) 244-5488 or on a walk-in basis Monday to Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

    Some services may require a referral from a health professional or family doctor. 

    Please call (604) 204-1111 to connect with our teams that support children, youth, adults, and older adults in Richmond.

Hours of operation

Currently closed
  • Monday:   8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
  • Tuesday:   8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
  • Wednesday:   8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
  • Thursday:   8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
  • Friday:   8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
  • Saturday:   Closed
  • Sunday:   Closed

Evening appointments are available on Tuesdays. Self-referrals welcomed on a walk-in basis Monday to Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Parking & Transportation

Parking Access to the Parkade driveway only available when driving East on Granville Avenue

Pay parking is available on 1st two levels of the parkade – Pay machine on 1st level

$6.25 for 4 hours – accepts coins or credit cards.

Richmond Place – 8100 Granville Avenue

VCH Public Health works to improve the health and well-being of residents by preventing disease, promoting health, and prolonging life among the population as a whole.

Transitions Program

Provides short-term psychosocial intervention to help clients self-managing their mental health issues while in a mental health inpatient unit or the community.