Gambling should be entertainment you can comfortably afford to lose. If it has stopped feeling that way, the support below is free, confidential and available across Canada.
ConnexOntario runs a free helpline on 1-866-531-2600, twenty-four hours a day, every day. The Responsible Gambling Council publishes prevention resources and self-assessment tools nationwide, and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health offers a self-assessment worth ten minutes of anyone's time. Gamblers Anonymous holds meetings in most Canadian cities and online.
Warning signs worth taking seriously: gambling with money set aside for something else, chasing losses with larger bets, hiding how much you play from people close to you, borrowing to fund a deposit, or feeling you have to keep going to get even.
Every operator listed on this site has deposit limits, session reminders and self-exclusion in the account settings, and they take effect immediately rather than after a cooling-off period. Setting a deposit cap the day you register, while nothing is wrong, is much easier than setting one later.
If you want to stop entirely, self-exclusion at the operator is the strongest tool available and it cannot be reversed on request during the period you choose. Use it before you feel you need it.