Services Map is an interactive guide to key legal and social services in Ontario. We will be adding more information to the various sections of our Services Map in the coming weeks.
Ontario's Community Legal Clinics are funded by Legal Aid Ontario to provide legal services for low-income individuals and families in a variety of areas of law, including in some cases, Immigration Law. Clinics can also help you to find support and advice by directing you to other community agencies or lawyers that provide assistance and information.
Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) helps low-income individuals and disadvantaged communities get legal assistance through a broad range of services, including legal help for low-income people who appear in court without a lawyer, telephone and online assistance, resources, referrals, and assistance in retaining a lawyer if applicants meet eligibility requirements. LAO provides help in certain areas of law, such as criminal, family, and immigration and refugee.
The Law Society of Upper Canada has information on its web site to help you find legal assistance. Visit the Law Society's online Lawyer and Paralegal Directory or call the Law Society Referral Service (LSRS) to get the name of a lawyer.
For refugee claimants and others who have questions about their immigration status in Canada, CLEO's Refugee Rights in Ontario website has useful information on where to get legal help.
The Refugee Law Office in Toronto is a staff office of Legal Aid Ontario. It can represent refugee claimants who qualify for legal aid.
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211 Ontario is an information and referral hotline that gives help in many languages. Dial 211 for free from any phone in Ontario. They take calls 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
For general information on finding legal help visit: I need legal help, but have limited income and can't afford a lawyer. What can I do?
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Community Legal Services Ottawa Centre
Community Legal Services Ottawa Centre provides free legal advice and/or representation to low-income clients in the following areas of law: landlord and tenant, social assistance, immigration,...Regions served:
Eastern Ontario
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
FCJ Refugee Centre
The FCJ Refugee Centre has a mandate to give shelter to women and children, provide counselling and support services to refugees and uprooted people, and help refugees and uprooted people adjust...Regions served:
Greater Toronto Area
Service type:
Other Law-related Services
Refugee Law Office
The following information is taken from the Legal Aid Ontario web site at: www.legalaid.on.ca/en/getting/type_immigration.asp The Refugee Law Office (RLO) is a staff office that specializes in...Regions served:
Greater Toronto Area
Service type:
Legal Aid Ontario Services
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African Canadian Legal Clinic
The African Canadian Legal Clinic uses test case litigation to address anti-Black racism and other forms of systemic and institutional discrimination. The ACLC also provides education about...Regions served:
Serves all of Ontario
Service type:
Legal Clinics - Specialty
Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic
The Barbra Schlifer Clinic offers legal representation, professional counselling, and multilingual interpretation to women who have experienced violence.Regions served:
Serves all of Ontario
Service type:
Other Law-related Services
Canadian Centre for International Justice (CCIJ)
The Canadian Centre for International Justice/Centre canadien pour la justice internationale is a charitable organization that works with survivors of genocide, torture and other atrocities to seek...Regions served:
Eastern Ontario, Canada
Service type:
Community and/or Social Services
Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR)
The Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR) is a non-profit umbrella organization committed to the rights and protection of refugees in Canada and around the world and to the settlement of refugees and...Regions served:
Canada
Service type:
Community and/or Social Services
Centre for Spanish-Speaking Peoples (CSSP)
Centre for Spanish-Speaking Peoples (CSSP) provides summary advice and assistance, with particular emphasis on immigration matters and workers’ rights, to the Spanish-speaking community of...Regions served:
Greater Toronto Area
Service type:
Legal Clinics - Specialty
Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC)
Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) was established in 1994 to link immigration services with citizenship registration, to promote the unique ideals all Canadians share and to help build a...Regions served:
Canada
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Other Government Services
CLEO - Community Legal Education Ontario/Éducation juridique communautaire Ontario
CLEO (Community Legal Education Ontario/Éducation juridique communautaire Ontario) develops materials and projects to help low-income and disadvantaged communities understand their legal rights. A...Regions served:
Serves all of Ontario
Service type:
Legal Clinics - Specialty
Community and Legal Aid Services Programme (CLASP)
Community and Legal Aid Services Programme (CLASP) provides free legal services to low-income residents of Toronto and to York University students. CLASP also provides free legal services to low-...Regions served:
Greater Toronto Area
Service type:
Student Legal Aid Services Society
Community Legal Services
Community Legal Services University of Western Ontario provides free legal services to low-income residents of London and Fanshawe College and Western students. Services provided by law...Regions served:
Southwestern Ontario
Service type:
Student Legal Aid Services Society
Community Legal Services Ottawa Centre
Community Legal Services Ottawa Centre provides free legal advice and/or representation to low-income clients in the following areas of law: landlord and tenant, social assistance, immigration,...Regions served:
Eastern Ontario
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
Downtown Legal Services
Downtown Legal Services (DLS) is a community legal clinic operated by the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto. It offers free legal services to low-income residents of Toronto and to...Regions served:
Greater Toronto Area
Service type:
Student Legal Aid Services Society
East Toronto Community Legal Services
East Toronto Community Legal Services provides free legal services to low-income residents of the geographical area the clinic serves in east Toronto.Regions served:
Greater Toronto Area
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
FCJ Refugee Centre
The FCJ Refugee Centre has a mandate to give shelter to women and children, provide counselling and support services to refugees and uprooted people, and help refugees and uprooted people adjust...Regions served:
Greater Toronto Area
Service type:
Other Law-related Services
Flemingdon Community Legal Services
Flemingdon Community Legal Services provides free legal services to low-income residents of the geographical area the clinic serves in east Toronto.Regions served:
Greater Toronto Area
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
Fort Erie Multicultural Centre
Fort Erie Multicultural Centre provides social services, health care, education opportunities, and support programs for the purpose of assisting in the early and effective settlement of newcomers in...Regions served:
Southwestern Ontario
Service type:
Community and/or Social Services
French Legal Summary Advice Line - Southwestern Ontario
The French Legal Summary Advice Line of Southwestern Ontario offers free summary advice and referrals in French to low income residents within southwestern Ontario. Financed by Legal Aid Ontario,...Regions served:
Southwestern Ontario
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
HALCO - HIV & AIDS Legal Clinic Ontario
HALCO - HIV & AIDS Legal Clinic Ontario provides free legal information, advice, and representation for people in Ontario who are living with or affected by HIV/AIDS. HALCO also produces...Regions served:
Serves all of Ontario
Service type:
Legal Clinics - Specialty
Jane Finch Community Legal Services
Jane Finch Community Legal Services provides free legal services to low-income residents of the geographical area the clinic serves in north Toronto.Regions served:
Greater Toronto Area
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
Jared's Place Legal Advocacy and Resource Centre for Women
Jared’s Place assists women who have experienced violence by providing information, referrals, and support as they navigate through complicated legal systems (family, criminal, immigration,...Regions served:
Southwestern Ontario
Service type:
Other Law-related Services
Kensington-Bellwoods Community Legal Services
Kensington-Bellwoods Community Legal Services (KBCLS) provides free legal services to low-income residents of the geographhical area the clinic serves in central Toronto.Regions served:
Greater Toronto Area
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
Law Society Referral Service
You can call the Law Society Referral Service (LSRS) to get the name of a lawyer. You then call the lawyer and, within three business days, the lawyer should call you back to arrange a free...Regions served:
Serves all of Ontario
Service type:
Finding a lawyer
Legal Aid Certificates
This information is taken from the Legal Aid Ontario web site at: http://www.legalaid.on.ca/en/getting/certificateservices.asp. What is the certificate program? The certificate program allows...Regions served:
Serves all of Ontario
Service type:
Finding a lawyer, Legal Aid Ontario Services
Legal Aid Ontario
Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) is an independent, publicly funded, and publicly accountable non-profit corporation that administers the province's legal aid program. Legal Aid Ontario's mandate in the Legal...Regions served:
Serves all of Ontario
Service type:
Legal Aid Ontario Services
Legal Assistance of Windsor
Legal Assistance of Windsor provides free legal services to low-income residents of Windsor.Regions served:
Southwestern Ontario
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
Metro Toronto Chinese & Southeast Asian Legal Clinic
Metro Toronto Chinese and Southeast Asian Legal Clinic (MCSA) provides advice and representation to low-income Chinese, Vietnamese, Laotian, and Cambodian immigrants in the Greater Toronto Area. The...Regions served:
Greater Toronto Area
Service type:
Legal Clinics - Specialty
Mississauga Community Legal Services
Mississauga Community Legal Services provides free legal services to low-income residents of Mississauga and Malton. Mississauga Community Legal Services is also on Facebook at http://www.facebook....Regions served:
Greater Toronto Area, Southwestern Ontario
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
Neighbourhood Legal Services
Neighbourhood Legal Services gives free legal help to low-income residents of the geographical area the clinic serves in central Toronto.Regions served:
Greater Toronto Area
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
North Peel & Dufferin Community Legal Services
North Peel & Dufferin Community Legal Services provides free legal services to low-income residents of Brampton, Caledon and Dufferin County.Regions served:
Southwestern Ontario
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General
The Ministry of the Attorney General is responsible for providing a fair and accessible justice system that reflects the needs of the diverse communities it serves across government and the province...Regions served:
Serves all of Ontario
Service type:
Other Government Services
Parkdale Community Legal Services
Parkdale Community Legal Services (PCLS) is a community-based legal clinic for low-income residents of the Parkdale and Swansea neighbourhoods in west Toronto. PCLS provides direct legal...Regions served:
Greater Toronto Area
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
Refugee Law Office
The following information is taken from the Legal Aid Ontario web site at: www.legalaid.on.ca/en/getting/type_immigration.asp The Refugee Law Office (RLO) is a staff office that specializes in...Regions served:
Greater Toronto Area
Service type:
Legal Aid Ontario Services
Services d'aide juridique du CFT
Services d'aide juridique du CFT through the Centre francophone de Toronto provides free legal services to low income French-speaking people who live, study or work in Toronto.Regions served:
Greater Toronto Area
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
Social Services Network (SSN)
Social Services Network (SSN) is a not-for-profit charitable organization delivering culturally and linguistically appropriate programs and services to the diverse South Asian community in the York...Regions served:
Greater Toronto Area
Service type:
Community and/or Social Services
South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario
The South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario (SALCO) provides advice and representation to low-income South Asians in the Greater Toronto Area. The clinic also conducts public education, law reform, and...Regions served:
Greater Toronto Area
Service type:
Legal Clinics - Specialty
South Etobicoke Community Legal Services
South Etobicoke Community Legal Services provides free legal services to low-income residents of the geographical area the clinic serves in west Toronto.Regions served:
Greater Toronto Area
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
South Ottawa Community Legal Services
South Ottawa Community Legal Services provides free legal services to low-income residents in Ottawa, south of the Queensway and east of Fisher Avenue.Regions served:
Eastern Ontario
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
St. Christopher House Immigrant and Refugee Services
The Immigrant and Refugee Services programs at St. Christopher House provide information and support to help newcomers, individually and as community members, to develop the skills and knowledge to...Regions served:
Greater Toronto Area
Service type:
Community and/or Social Services
TeenLegalHelpline.org
TeenLegalHelpline.org is a free and anonymous online service in which Ontario teens can ask a question and receive an answer from a lawyer. Questions are answered by experienced members of the...Regions served:
Serves all of Ontario
Service type:
Other Law-related Services
Unison Health and Community Services
Unsion Health and Community Services provides free legal services to low-income residents of the geographical area the clinic serves in west Toronto.Regions served:
Greater Toronto Area
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
Regions served:
Canada
Service type:
Other Law-related Services
