Community legal clinics provide information, advice, and representation on various legal issues, including social assistance, housing, refugee and immigration law, employment law, human rights, workers' compensation, and the Canada Pension Plan. Some legal clinics do not handle all of these issues, but staff may be able to refer you to someone who can help.
Community legal clinics are staffed by lawyers, community legal workers, and sometimes law students. All help is private and confidential and provided free of charge.
To qualify for community legal clinic services:
- your legal issue must be one the clinic handles,
- you must live in the area the clinic serves, and
- your income and assets cannot be above a certain level.
To find out if you qualify, contact your local legal clinic. Most legal clinics provide brief advice, or "summary advice", without asking about your financial situation. Some legal clinics also offer workshops, information sessions, and other community development activities.
Most legal clinics serve a large area around their location and many clinics offer satellite services in neighbouring towns.
To find the community legal clinic for your area, you can check the Legal Aid Ontario web site and enter your postal code. You can also find a full listing of community legal clinics below. To find out more about specialty community legal clinics and student legal aid services societies in Ontario, see:
- Service by type - Legal Clinics – Specialty
- Service by type - Student Legal Aid Services Society (SLASS)
Community legal clinics are funded by Legal Aid Ontario. To find out more about Legal Aid Ontario's other services see: Services by type - Legal Aid Ontario Services.
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Community Legal Clinic - Simcoe, Haliburton, Kawartha Lakes
Community Legal Clinic - Simcoe, Haliburton, Kawartha Lakes provides free legal services to low-income residents of Simcoe County, Haliburton County, and Kawartha Lakes.Regions served:
Central Ontario
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
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Algoma Community Legal Clinic
Algoma Community Legal Clinic provides free legal services to low-income residents of the Sault Ste. Marie and Algoma district. The clinic assists clients with Criminal Injuries Compensation matters...Regions served:
Northern Ontario
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
Chatham-Kent Legal Clinic
Chatham-Kent Legal Clinic provides free legal services to low-income residents of Chatham and surrounding areas.Regions served:
Southwestern Ontario
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
Clinique juridique francophone de l'Est d'Ottawa
Clinique juridique francophone de l'Est d'Ottawa provides free legal services to low-income francophone residents of East Ottawa.Regions served:
Eastern Ontario
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
Clinique juridique Grand-Nord/Grand-Nord Legal Clinic
Clinique Juridique Grand-Nord Legal Clinic provides free legal services in French and English to low-income residents of Kapuskasing and surrounding area.Regions served:
Northern Ontario
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
Clinique juridique populaire de Prescott et Russell Inc.
Clinique juridique populaire de Prescott et Russell Inc. provides free legal services to low-income residents of the United Counties of Prescott and Russell.Regions served:
Eastern Ontario
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
Clinique juridique Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry Legal Clinic
Clinique juridique Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry Legal Clinic provides free legal services to low-income residents of Cornwall and surrounding areas.Regions served:
Eastern Ontario
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
Community Advocacy & Legal Centre
Community Advocacy & Legal Centre provides free legal services to low-income residents of Belleville and surrounding areas.Regions served:
Eastern Ontario
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
Community Legal Assistance Sarnia
Community Legal Assistance of Sarnia provides free legal services for low-income residents of Sarnia and Lambton County.Regions served:
Southwestern Ontario
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
Community Legal Clinic - Brant, Haldimand, Norfolk
Community Legal Clinic - Brant, Haldimand, Norfolk provides free legal services to low-income residents of the counties of Brant, Haldimand, and Norfolk.Regions served:
Southwestern Ontario
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
Community Legal Clinic - Simcoe, Haliburton, Kawartha Lakes
Community Legal Clinic - Simcoe, Haliburton, Kawartha Lakes provides free legal services to low-income residents of Simcoe County, Haliburton County, and Kawartha Lakes.Regions served:
Central Ontario
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
Community Legal Clinic of York Region
Community Legal Clinic of York Region provides free legal services to low-income residents of York Region.Regions served:
Greater Toronto Area
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
Community Legal Services of Niagara South
Community Legal Services of Niagara South provides free legal services to low-income residents of the Southern Niagara region. Services available in French at Fort Erie satellite office.Regions served:
Southwestern Ontario
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
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
Downsview Community Legal Services
Downsview Community Legal Services provides free legal services to low-income residents of the geographical area served by the clinic in north Toronto.Regions served:
Greater Toronto Area
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
Durham Community Legal Clinic
Durham Community Legal Clinic provides free legal services to low-income residents of the Durham region.Regions served:
Eastern Ontario
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
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
Elgin-Oxford Legal Clinic
Elgin-Oxford Legal Clinic provides free legal services to low-income residents of Elgin and Oxford counties.Regions served:
Southwestern Ontario
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
Elliot Lake & North Shore Community Legal Clinic
Elliot Lake and North Shore Community Legal Clinic provides free legal services to low-income residents of the Algoma District who seek assistance in either French or English.Regions served:
Northern Ontario
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
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
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
Grey-Bruce Community Legal Clinic
Grey-Bruce Community Legal Clinic provides free legal services to low-income residents of Grey and Bruce counties.Regions served:
Southwestern Ontario
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
Halton Community Legal Services
Halton Community Legal Services provides free legal services to low- income residents of the Halton region.Regions served:
Southwestern Ontario
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
Hamilton Community Legal Clinic/Clinique juridique communautaire de Hamilton
Hamilton Community Legal Clinic/Clinique juridique communautaire de Hamilton provides free legal services to low-income residents of Hamilton.Regions served:
Southwestern Ontario
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
Huron/Perth Community Legal Clinic
Huron/Perth Community Legal Clinic provides free legal services to low-income residents of Stratford and surrounding areas.Regions served:
Southwestern Ontario
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
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
Keewaytinok Native Legal Services
Keewaytinok Native Legal Services is a community legal clinic that provides free services to low income people and their organizations.Regions served:
Northern Ontario
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
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
Kingston Community Legal Clinic
Kingston Community Legal Clinic provides free legal services to low-income people in Kingston, Ontario and surrounding areas.Regions served:
Eastern Ontario
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
Kinna-aweya Legal Clinic
Kinna-aweya Legal Clinic provides legal advice and assistance to the residents of the District of Thunder Bay, particularly Aboriginal people, who need assistance with poverty law issues such as...Regions served:
Northern Ontario
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
Lake Country Community Legal Clinic
Lake Country Community Legal Clinic provides free legal services to low-income people in the District Municipality of Muskoka and District of Parry Sound.Regions served:
Northern Ontario
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
Lanark, Leeds & Grenville Legal Clinic
Lanark, Leeds & Grenville Legal Clinic provides free legal services to low-income residents of Lanark, Leeds and Grenville.Regions served:
Eastern Ontario
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
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
Legal Clinic of Guelph and Wellington County
Legal Clinic of Guelph and Wellington County provides free legal services to low-income residents of Guelph and Wellington County.Regions served:
Southwestern Ontario
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
Manitoulin Legal Clinic
Manitoulin Legal Clinic provides free legal services to low income people in the District of Manitoulin. Please note that the exact location as displayed by Google Maps below may not be accurate. The...Regions served:
Northern Ontario
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
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 https://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
Neighbourhood Legal Services (London & Middlesex) Inc.
Neighbourhood Legal Services (London & Middlesex) Inc. provides free legal services to low-income residents of London and Middlesex County.Regions served:
Southwestern Ontario
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
Niagara North Community Legal Assistance
Niagara North Community Legal Assistance (NNCLA) provides free legal services to low-income residents of St. Catharine's and surrounding areas.Regions served:
Southwestern Ontario
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
Nipissing Community Legal Clinic
The Nipissing Community Legal Clinic provides free legal services to low-income residents of North Bay and surrounding areas.Regions served:
Northern Ontario
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
Northumberland Community Legal Centre
Northumberland Community Legal Centre provides free legal services to low-income residents of Northumberland County. The clinic assists low income people with a range of legal issues including...Regions served:
Eastern Ontario
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
Northwest Community Legal Clinic
The Northwest Community Legal Clinic provides free legal services to low-income residents of the Kenora and Rainy River Districts from its three offices located in Fort Frances, Kenora, and Atikokan.Regions served:
Northern Ontario
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
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
Peterborough Community Legal Centre
The Peterborough Community Legal Centre provides free legal advice and/or legal representation for low-income residents of Peterborough City and County in the following areas: Ontario Works/welfare,...Regions served:
Eastern Ontario
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
Renfrew County Legal Clinic
Renfrew County Legal Clinic provides free legal services to low-income residents of Renfrew County.Regions served:
Eastern Ontario
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
Rexdale Community Legal Clinic
Rexdale Community Legal Clinic 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
Rural Legal Services
Rural Legal Services provides free legal services to low-income residents of northern Frontenac and northern Lennox and Addington counties.Regions served:
Eastern Ontario
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
Scarborough Community Legal Services
Scarborough Community Legal Services provides free legal services to low-income residents of the geographical area the clinic serves in the east of Midland Avenue Scarborough region of...Regions served:
Greater Toronto Area
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
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
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
Sudbury Community Legal Clinic/La Clinique juridique communautaire de Sudbury
Sudbury Community Legal Clinic/La Clinique juridique communautaire de Sudbury provides free legal services to low-income residents of Sudbury and surrounding areas.Regions served:
Northern Ontario
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
Timmins-Temiskaming Community Legal Clinic/Clinique juridique communautaire Timmins-Témiskamingue
Timmins-Temiskaming Community Legal Clinic/Clinique juridique communautaire Timmins-Témiskamingue provides free legal services to low-income residents of the Timmins area.Regions served:
Northern Ontario
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
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
Waterloo Region Community Legal Services
Waterloo Region Community Legal Services provides free legal services to low-income residents of the Waterloo region. The clinic is open to the public from Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m...Regions served:
Southwestern Ontario
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
West End Legal Services of Ottawa
West End Legal Services of Ottawa provides free legal services to low-income residents of the geographical area served by the clinic in west Ottawa.Regions served:
Eastern Ontario
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
West Scarborough Community Legal Services
West Scarborough Community Legal Services provides free legal services to low-income residents in the geographical area bordered by the East side of Victoria Park Avenue to the West side of Midland...Regions served:
Greater Toronto Area
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
West Toronto Community Legal Services
West Toronto Community Legal Services provides free legal services to low-income residents of the geographical area served by the clinic in west Toronto.Regions served:
Greater Toronto Area
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
Willowdale Community Legal Services
Willowdale Community Legal Services provides free legal services to low-income residents of North York.Regions served:
Greater Toronto Area
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
Windsor-Essex Bilingual Legal Clinic/Clinique Juridique Bilingue (WINE)
Windsor-Essex Bilingual Legal Clinic/Clinique Juridique Bilingue (WINE) provides free legal services to low-income residents of Windsor and Essex County. Service is available in English and...Regions served:
Southwestern Ontario
Service type:
Legal Clinics - General Service
