Services Map is an interactive guide to key legal and social services in Ontario. Browse the Services Map to combine your region with the legal topic you are interested in and the type of service you are looking for.

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Legal assistance and support is available through a variety of non-government agencies, programs and agencies listed below.

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ACCPC

Augmentative Communication Community Partnerships - Canada (ACCPC) is a national, non-profit organization that focuses on communication access for people who have significant speech and language...
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Canada
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Other Law-related Services

Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted (AIDWYC)

The Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted is a non-profit organization dedicated to identifying, advocating for, and exonerating individuals convicted of a crime that they did not commit...
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Serves all of Ontario
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Other Law-related Services

Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic

The Barbra Schlifer Clinic offers legal representation, professional counselling, and multilingual interpretation to women who have experienced violence.
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Serves all of Ontario
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Canadian Civil Liberties Association

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) promotes legal protection of civil rights and liberties, particularly with reference to freedom of expression, police powers, government...
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Serves all of Ontario
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Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network

The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network promotes the human rights of people living with and vulnerable to HIV/AIDS, in Canada and internationally, through research and analysis, advocacy and litigation,...
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Canada
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Other Law-related Services

Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime

The Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime is a national, non-profit victim advocacy group that lobbies for victims' rights and effective justice reform. It offers resources and services to...
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Serves all of Ontario
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Other Law-related Services

Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation (CERA)

Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation (CERA) is a charitable, non-profit organization in Canada dedicated to ending discrimination in housing and promoting human rights in housing. CERA...
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Serves all of Ontario
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Other Law-related Services

ConnectLegal

Connect Legal is a registered charity formed to provide legal education and assistance to low-resource immigrants engaged in launching and growing independent businesses. Connect Legal provides...
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Greater Toronto Area
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Other Law-related Services

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...
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Greater Toronto Area
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Other Law-related Services

Federation of Metro Tenants' Associations

The Federation of Metro Tenants' Associations (FMTA) is a non-profit organization which advocates for better rights for tenants. Founded in 1974, it is the oldest and largest tenant federation in...
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Greater Toronto Area
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Community and/or Social Services, Other Law-related Services

Human Rights Legal Support Centre

The Human Rights Legal Support Centre offers human rights legal services to individuals throughout Ontario who have experienced discrimination. The Centre’s services range from legal assistance...
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Serves all of Ontario
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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,...
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Southwestern Ontario
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Other Law-related Services

Law Help Ontario (Ottawa)

Law Help Ontario is Pro Bono Law Ontario's free program to help people who have civil, non-family, matters at the Small Claims Court or Superior Court in Toronto and Ottawa. The program is designed...
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Eastern Ontario
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Other Law-related Services

Law Help Ontario (Toronto)

Law Help Ontario is Pro Bono Law Ontario's free program to help people who have civil, non-family, matters at the Small Claims Court or Superior Court in Toronto and Ottawa. The program is designed...
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Greater Toronto Area
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Other Law-related Services

Luke's Place

Luke's Place supports abused women and their children throughout the family law process and provides them and their communities with specialized resources and information about family law and woman...
Regions served:
Central Ontario, Greater Toronto Area
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Other Law-related Services

METRAC

METRAC (The Metropolitan Action Committee on Violence Against Women and Children) is a community-based, not-for-profit organization that prevents violence against women and youth. It provides: easy-...
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Greater Toronto Area
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Other Law-related Services

Movement Defense Committee

The Movement Defence Committee [MDC] is an autonomous working group of the Law Union of Ontario made up of legal workers, law students, activists and lawyers which provides legal support to...
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Greater Toronto Area
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Other Law-related Services

Nishnawbe-Aski Legal Services Corporation

Nishnawbe-Aski Legal Services Corporation (NALSC) delivers and coordinates a range of legal services to members of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN). NALSC is owned by the First Nations of Nishnawbe...
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Northern Ontario
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Other Law-related Services

Psychiatric Patient Advocate Office (PPAO)

The Psychiatric Patient Advocate Office (PPAO) provides independent and confidential advocacy services and rights advice to consumers of and those seeking access to psychiatric services. The PPAO...
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Serves all of Ontario
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Other Law-related Services

Queen's Elder Law Clinic

The Queen's Elder Law Clinic provides educational and legal services to older adults and community organizations in Kingston, Ontario. The clinic provides workshops on legal issues for seniors groups...
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Eastern Ontario
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Other Law-related 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...
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Serves all of Ontario
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Canada
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Other Law-related Services

Volunteer Lawyers Service (VLS)

Volunteer Lawyers Service is a project of Pro Bono Law Ontario that offers free legal support to eligible charitable and nonprofit organizations in Ontario that otherwise could not afford the...
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Serves all of Ontario
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Workers' Action Centre

The Workers' Action Centre is a worker-based organization that provides information and rights advice to people in low-wage and unstable employment. They are responsible for the Workers'...
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Serves all of Ontario
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Other Law-related Services

Workers' Rights Information Phone Line

Workers' Rights Information Phone Line provides information and support for people in Ontario who are having a problem at work.
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Serves all of Ontario
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Other Law-related Services