Get Better, Together
Group Therapy for Canadians, Without the Six-Week Wait.
Grouport connects Canadians in Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia and every province and territory with live, licensed group therapy over secure video. Sessions run $32 each ($140 per month), matching happens right away, and groups stay small at 6 to 12. No referral from a family doctor, no ferry to the nearest CMHA branch.
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The State of Mental Health in Canada.
Understanding the landscape of mental health care access and the challenges
residents face across the state.
Mental Illness Prevalence
16.7% of Canadian adults live with a mental health condition each year, reflecting the ongoing need for accessible therapy options.
Wait Time
26 weeks the average wait to secure a first mental health appointment in Canada's public system, an interval during which symptoms often deepen.
Median Household Income
$39,388 median household income in Canada, shaping what households can allocate to private mental health care.
Percentage Who Need Therapy
66.4% of Canadian adults with a mental health condition do not receive formal specialist treatment.
Provider Shortage
65% of Canada's mental health workforce falls short of what is needed to fully meet population demand for specialist care.
Mental Health Providers per 100k Residents
116.2 per 100,000 mental health workers in Canada, a density that shapes availability, wait times, and access across the country.
Canada looks well-resourced on paper: 116 mental health workers per 100,000 people is above the AMR regional average, and the country's $39,388 GNI per capita funds one of the more comprehensive public health systems in the OECD. But the WHO workforce figure is a national average across 41.3 million people spread from Windsor to Iqaluit, and a national average tells a Yellowknife resident very little. Statistics Canada's community health surveys have repeatedly found that roughly a third of adults who wanted mental health support did not get it.
UNDERSTANDING THE CHALLENGE
Understanding Mental Health Access in Canada.
The Problem
The Canadian mental health system runs on two tracks that rarely meet. Psychiatry sits inside provincial Medicare and is fully covered, but psychiatrists are scarce outside the Toronto-Montreal-Vancouver triangle and typically only take referrals for severe illness. Psychotherapy from psychologists and registered social workers is where most Canadians actually get talk therapy, and it is almost entirely private-pay or covered by employer benefits capped at a few hundred dollars a year. That funding gap is why the CMHA and provincial auditors keep publishing the same finding: about 1 in 3 Canadians who needed care last year went without.
The Impact
A six-week wait for a publicly funded intake is the median, in New Brunswick's Horizon Health Network and parts of northern Ontario, waits of six to twelve months for adult counselling have been documented by provincial ombudsman reports. For someone in Thunder Bay or Prince George, the practical options are often a two-hour drive to the nearest clinician, a private psychologist at C$220 a session, or an EAP hotline capped at three visits. The 116-per-100,000 workforce number does not solve that problem when 82.7% of Canadians live in urban areas and most clinicians live there too.
The Solution
Online group therapy sidesteps the geography and the price point at the same time. Grouport runs live video sessions with licensed clinicians and 6 to 12 members per group, which lets one therapist serve a full cohort at a fraction of one-to-one private-pay Canadian rates. Because the format is group-based and delivered over secure video, availability is not throttled by the provincial staffing shortages that create Canada's six-week queues. Sessions cost $32 each ($140 per month), well under the C$150-C$250 range Canadian psychologists typically bill.
65% of Canada's mental health workforce falls short of what is needed to fully meet population demand for specialist care.
Grouport's intake takes minutes online and matching is completed right away, so no family doctor referral or provincial waitlist entry is required. Sessions run over HIPAA-compliant video from wherever a member has stable internet, a condo in Liberty Village, a farm outside Saskatoon, a fly-in community in the Northwest Territories. Groups are conducted in English by licensed therapists working with Canadian members, so time zones are handled inside the scheduling flow. There are no travel costs, no time off work for a downtown appointment, and no per-visit benefits ceiling to hit.
Access and Availability Across Canada.
Access to therapy in Canada is a story of postal codes. The Canada Health Act guarantees hospital-based psychiatric care, but community counselling, the kind most people actually need, was largely left out of Medicare in 1966 and has been catching up unevenly ever since. What a resident of downtown Ottawa can access in a month is not what someone in Labrador City can access in a year.
Geographic Barriers
Extended Wait Times
Systemic Challenges
Urban-Rural Divide
Affordable Group Therapy Costs for Canada Residents.
Affordability and Income
At $140 per month for four weekly sessions, Grouport works out to under 0.26% of Canada's $39,388 GNI per capita on an annual basis, comparable to a mid-tier gym membership or a family cell phone line. That matters because Canadian Extended Health Benefits typically cap mental health coverage at C$500-C$1,500 per year. A member who exhausts a C$1,000 benefit at C$200 per session gets five appointments. The same $1,000 CAD at Grouport rates covers roughly seven months of weekly group therapy.
Hidden Cost and Barriers
The sticker price of a Canadian therapy session is only part of what a rural or suburban member actually pays. Downtown parking in Toronto or Vancouver runs C$20-C$40 per visit. Transit and taxi to a clinic from a suburb is another C$10-C$30. A round trip from Barrie to a Toronto psychologist eats three hours and roughly C$30 in gas. Time off work for a daytime appointment costs an hourly-wage earner one to two hundred dollars in lost income. Grouport removes all of that, the session happens in whatever room the member is already in.
Immediate Availability
Matching happens right after intake. Compare that to the six-week median for a publicly funded intake, or the two-to-three-week wait typical at busy private psychology practices in Canadian cities. When a Canadian decides they want therapy, the current system asks them to hold that decision for a month and a half. Grouport asks them to hold it for a day or two.
Private therapy in Canada is expensive. Registered psychologists in Ontario, BC, and Alberta typically bill C$180-C$250 per 50-minute session, and Registered Clinical Counsellors in the C$130-C$180 range. Grouport's $32-per-session pricing (about C$44 at current exchange) is roughly one-fifth of a Canadian psychologist's hourly rate, delivered by licensed clinicians in a small-group format that many members find more useful than one-to-one for anxiety, depression, and interpersonal issues.
How it Works
Choose your online therapy group
Choose your desired online therapy group and sign up for our weekly plan. Most of our groups are $35/session, but our skills groups are $25/session.
Personalized match
We’ll ensure you're matched to an online therapy group that best fits your mental health challenges and schedule. Don’t worry if you’re not entirely sure which group is right for you, as after signing up, a care coordinator can help make sure you get started in the group that’s right for you. We typically match you to a group right away!
Meet weekly with your group
Join your group over video chat at the same time each week for 60-minute sessions. You’ll meet with the same members & therapist with a group of up to 12 members. Additional membership perks can include weekly handouts, symptom tracking, and one-off workshops.
Mental Health Conditions We Treat in Canada.
Grouport runs groups for the concerns Canadian family physicians and EAP counsellors refer most often: generalized anxiety, social anxiety, depression, grief and loss, relationship issues, obsessive-compulsive patterns, PTSD, DBT skills, anger management, and burnout. Group formats are chosen because they work well for these presentations, peer feedback, shared skill practice, and consistent structure across weekly sessions. For acute crisis, active suicidality, or severe psychiatric illness, Canadian members are directed to provincial crisis lines (9-8-8) and hospital-based psychiatric services, which remain the appropriate front door for that level of care.
Get Help for:
Anxiety Disorders
Mood Disorders
Trauma & Stress Related Disorders
Obsessive-Compulsive & Related Disorders
Personality Disorders
Eating & Body Disorders
Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Life Challenges
Relationship Issues, Codependency, Attachment Issues, Divorce, Loneliness, Anger Management, Self-Esteem, Grief & Loss, Chronic Illness, Gender Dysphoria, Infertility, Fertility Treatment & IVF Support, Pregnancy Loss & Miscarriage, Couples Issues, Parenting, Supporting a loved one, LGBTQIA Support
Other Disorders
Self harm
Self-Harm, Suicidal Ideation, Self-injury, Suicide Survival
Common Treatments
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Exposure Response Prevention (ERP), Exposure Therapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR), Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT), Psychodynamic Therapy, Motivational Interviewing (MI), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT), Narrative Therapy, Schema Therapy, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), Somatic Therapy, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Prolonged Exposure (PE), Interpersonal Therapy (IPT), Behavioral Activation
Meet Our Therapists
Our therapists represent a wide range of clinical specialties & diverse backgrounds. They all undergo the most stringent credentialing process. Grouport therapists are caring, expert mental health professionals with years of experience helping people get the tools they need to see long-lasting change.
Grouport's clinicians are licensed therapists, LCSWs, LMFTs, LPCs, and PhD/PsyD psychologists, with graduate training in group facilitation. Sessions with Canadian members run in English, and clinicians are familiar with the specific context Canadian clients bring: employer benefit ceilings, the difference between a family physician referral and a psychiatric one, seasonal affective patterns in northern latitudes, and the distinct pressures of newcomer, francophone, and Indigenous experiences (though for culturally-specific care, we always encourage members to explore Indigenous-led programs where available). Every group is small enough that the therapist knows each member by name.
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Grouport’s Results
80% of our members start with moderate to severe mental health symptoms
70% of our members feel significantly better within just 8 weeks
50% of our members achieve remission levels within just 8 weeks
80%
of our members start with moderate to severe mental health symptoms
70%
of our members feel significantly better within just 8 weeks
50%
of our members achieve remission levels within just 8 weeks
Find your Group
Affordable Group Therapy & Care Options in Canada.
Group, individual, couples, family, IOP, and teen therapy — all online, all therapist-led. Mix and match care options to fit your needs — and get discounted pricing when you bundle.
Group Therapy
$35/session
billed at $140/month
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Individual Therapy
Couples Therapy
Family Therapy
IOP Therapy
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Teen Therapy
Meaningful Results
Check out how our services have helped our members see life-changing results
Stephanie
“Grouport is time flexible and affordable and if it didn’t exist, I don’t know where I would go. I had looked into other places before Grouport and there really wasn’t any option like it.”
Michael
“I highly recommend this to anyone who is struggling with anxiety or depression. The therapists are top notch and have made me feel really comfortable and my anxiety has improved tremendously in only a few sessions!”
Isabel
"I joined Grouport to work on myself and to heal. I’m learning so much at every session! The change I see not only in myself but in my fellow group members is abundantly encouraging and profoundly fulfilling. Group therapy with Grouport is a powerful healing tool."
Sheldon
“I was feeling very down at the end of 2020 and I was ready to do something drastic that I know I'd likely regret. The group definitely helped show me that there are people who feel the same way as I do.”
Nancy
“The therapy from Grouport is high quality and convenient. I am becoming much more self aware and am liking myself more. My relationships at work are better and I’m much happier.”
Emily
“I like the connection you can make with total strangers and the confidentiality it comes with.”
Danielle
"Grouport can help you with your issues. Their therapists are well trained to work with you on your issues. I felt my anxiety greatly improve after only a few sessions. I highly recommend it!"
Glenn
"Grouport's approach to DBT is a real strength. This approach provides tools and methods for working with difficult emotions and getting a handle on them. It has given me hope where other approaches have failed."
Common Questions About Group Therapy in Canada.
What if I need more intensive treatment than weekly therapy?
You have room to step up. Many members add sessions during a difficult period, or combine individual therapy with group therapy, couples sessions, or family sessions. For a higher level of support, Grouport also offers a virtual intensive outpatient program, which blends nine group sessions with one to three individual sessions each week, depending on the plan. A care coordinator can help you work out which level fits, and you can change course later as your needs evolve. Ask anytime, no pressure.
Can individual therapy help with anxiety, depression, grief or trauma?
Yes, these are among the most common reasons people start:
- Anxiety: tools for worry, avoidance, and panic
- Depression: rebuilding routine, motivation, and connection
- Grief and loss: space to mourn and process
- Trauma and PTSD: processing hard experiences at your pace
Your licensed therapist tailors the approach to you, and a care coordinator can match you with a clinician who specializes in your concern. Matching takes minutes, not weeks. Your coordinator can also explain how the formats fit together for you.
How do I enroll in Grouport's online individual therapy in Canada?
Enrolling takes a few minutes. Visit Grouport Therapy, click Get Started, choose the type of therapy, and complete the brief intake form about your goals and preferences. A care coordinator then reaches out by email or phone to walk you through matched therapists and schedules, and you make the final call. Once your first session is confirmed, you attend weekly by video. Prefer to talk first? Schedule a call. Nothing locks you in, and your coordinator handles the matching work afterward. You can adjust your choices as your needs change.
How quickly can I start online individual therapy without joining a provincial waitlist?
Most members are matched within a few hours of finishing intake, and 24 to 72 hours is the longest it typically takes, so there is no waitlist to join. After you complete the short intake form, a care coordinator contacts you by email or phone to walk through available therapists and scheduling. You make the final choice about who you meet and when, then attend weekly over video. Telling the coordinator your preferred days and times, in your local time, speeds up the match.
How much does online individual therapy cost in Canada?
Online individual sessions with Grouport average about $103 each. Key points on cost:
- Weekly care averages roughly $448 per month
- Every-other-week sessions average about $224 per month
- Prices are in US dollars, stated upfront, with no hidden fees
- There is no long-term contract; cancel by email or through the manage-subscription tab
Billing can be monthly, quarterly, or biannual. See cost and billing and the recurring billing policy for full details. Pricing is stated upfront, so you can budget with confidence before you commit to anything.
Can I choose an online therapist based on specialty and treatment approach?
Yes. Grouport presents therapist options based on your needs, and you make the final choice of clinician and schedule. Review credentials, specialties, and experience on the therapists page, and tell a care coordinator your preferences, whether that is a specialty such as anxiety or OCD, or an approach such as CBT, DBT, or EMDR. Fit usually develops over two or three sessions, and if it does not, switching is free, with no cancellation fee. Ask early, ask anything, any time.
Which platforms provide weekly one-on-one therapy for Canadian residents?
Grouport provides weekly one-on-one therapy by video:
- A recurring 45-minute session at the same time each week
- The same licensed therapist every time, so trust builds
- HIPAA-compliant, encrypted video from any device
- Month-to-month plans with no long-term contract
A care coordinator helps with matching and scheduling, and sessions can move to every other week later if your needs change. Everything happens online, so you can start from your living room, a quiet office, or any private spot you trust, and keep your usual routine.
Where can I access private online counselling in Canada?
Grouport offers private one-on-one video counselling with a licensed clinician on a HIPAA-compliant, end-to-end encrypted platform. Only you and your therapist are in the session, and nothing is recorded or stored unless you request it. You can attend from home or any private room, with no waiting area and no clinic sign-in, and your employer cannot see that you use the service unless you tell them. Sessions last 45 minutes, and a care coordinator helps with matching. Ask early, ask anything.
Which providers offer professional online psychotherapy in Canada?
Grouport offers one-on-one talk therapy with licensed clinicians, delivered by video, using evidence-based approaches such as CBT, DBT, and EMDR. Sessions are 45 minutes on a HIPAA-compliant platform, and you can review each therapist's credentials before you begin. Note that Grouport clinicians hold US credentials rather than Canadian provincial registration, so check with your insurer or employer if you need locally registered care for coverage. A care coordinator can answer questions before you start. Ask early, ask anything, any time.
How can I find an online therapist in Canada who matches my needs?
Matching is built around what you need:
- Complete a short intake about your goals and preferences
- A care coordinator follows up and presents therapists who specialize in your concerns, such as anxiety, depression, or trauma and PTSD
- Review credentials, approach, and experience before your first session
- Choose a clinician and a weekly time that suit you
Switching later is free if the fit is off. You can review credentials and specialties before you commit, and the coordinator can narrow the list if you are unsure.
Where can I book online therapy in Canada with a licensed therapist?
Right from your phone or laptop. Booking happens online: sign up, tell a care coordinator what you want to work on, and you are matched with a licensed therapist for weekly 45-minute one-on-one video sessions on a HIPAA-compliant, end-to-end encrypted platform. Licensed here means credentials like PhD, PsyD, LCSW, LMHC, or LMFT, which you can review before committing. Most members are placed within a few hours, or within 24 to 72 hours at most. Tell the coordinator your preferred days and focus.
What are the best online individual therapy services in Canada?
The best online individual therapy for Canada residents pairs licensed clinicians with steady weekly sessions and flexible scheduling. Grouport matches you with a licensed therapist for 45-minute one-on-one video sessions at the same time each week on a HIPAA-secure link. Therapists hold PhD, PsyD, LCSW, LMHC, or LMFT credentials and use approaches such as CBT, DBT, and EMDR. Plans are month-to-month with no long-term contract, so you can start right away and adjust as needed. Pricing is stated upfront, with no surprises.
Group Therapy Available Across Canada.
Counties
Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut.
Cities
Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Quebec City, Hamilton, Kitchener-Waterloo, Halifax, London, Victoria, Saskatoon, Regina, St. John's, Whitehorse, Yellowknife, Iqaluit.
Zip Codes
M5H 2N2, M5V 2H1, K1A 0A6, V6C 3E1, V5K 0A1, H3A 1B1, H2Y 1C6, T2P 2M5, T5J 0N3, R3C 0A5, S4P 3Y2, B3H 0A1, E2L 4A3, A1C 6B7, C1A 7L1, Y1A 2C6, X1A 2P8, N9A 6J3, L5B 3C2, K7L 3N6
If you have an address in Canada, Grouport can serve you regardless of your zip code.
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