24-hour help
Call 911 if you or someone you know is in immediate danger. Family violence is a crime.
Family Violence Info Line: 310-1818 to get help anonymously in more than 170 languages or find other supports.
Family violence includes physical, verbal, emotional, financial and sexual abuse, neglect, stalking or being kept from seeing other people or forced to stay in one place.
Helpline cards
Family Violence Information Line – business card (PDF, 288 KB)
Safer Spaces – business card (PDF, 223 KB)
Publications
COVID-19 resources
Family violence during COVID-19 (Resource is available in multiple languages)
Abuse of persons with disabilities
Abuse of Persons with Disabilities
Child abuse
Child Abuse/Children Exposed to Family Violence
Elder abuse
Preventing Abuse of Older Adults
Spousal or partner abuse
Abuse in Same-Sex and LGBTQ Relationships
Men Abused by Women in Intimate Relationships
Women Abused in Intimate Relationships
Substance abuse and family violence
Family Violence and Substance Use: What’s the Connection?
If There’s Drinking, Drugs or Violence at Home: What Youth Can Do
Support and prevention
Creating a Culture of Support: Alberta’s Protection Against Family Violence Act
Family Violence and the Workplace
Family Violence: What You Need to Know
Know Your Rights: Alberta’s Protection Against Family Violence Act
Sexual Harassment in Sport and Recreation
Strategies for Safety: Considerations for Individuals Experiencing Family Violence
What Faith Communities Can Do About Family Violence
What is a Healthy Relationship?
What Schools Can do About Child Abuse and Children Exposed to Family Violence
What the Health Care Community Can Do About Family Violence
Translated publications and audio
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Arabic
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Blackfoot
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Chinese
Family Violence: What You Need to Know – simplified Chinese
- Family Violence: What You Need to Know – traditional Chinese
Know Your Rights: Alberta’s Protection Against Family Violence Act – simplified Chinese
Child Abuse and Children Exposed to Family Violence – simplified Chinese
Women Abused in Intimate Relationships – simplified Chinese
Men Abused by Women in Intimate Relationships – simplified Chinese
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Farsi
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French
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Plains Cree
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Punjabi
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Somali
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Spanish
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Swahili
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Urdu
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Vietnamese
Reports
Family Violence Hurts Everyone: A Framework to End Family Violence in Alberta (2013)
Taking Action on Family Violence and Bullying: Report to Albertans 2008
Surveys
Albertans’ Perceptions of Family Violence, Bullying and Elder Abuse survey:
- 2018 perceptions of family violence and bullying survey
- 2016 perceptions of family violence and bullying survey
- 2014 perceptions of family violence and bullying survey
- 2012 perceptions of family violence and bullying survey
- 2010 perceptions of family violence and bullying survey
Order resources
You can order the helpline cards and copies of any publication, report or survey free of charge. Quantities may be limited.
To place your order, email css.familyandcommunitysafety@gov.ab.ca.