Legal Aid Clinics in Ontario
West Scarborough Community Legal Services 2425 Eglinton Avenue, Suite 201, M1K 5G8 416-285-4460 www.westscarboroughlegal.ca Scarborough Community Legal Services 695 Markham Road, Unit 9, M1H 2A5 416-438-7182 www.scarboroughcommunitylegal.ca Rexdale Community Legal Clinic Rexdale Community Hub, 21 Panorama Court, Suite 24, M9V 4E3 416-741-5201 www.rexdalecommunitylegalclinic.ca injured workers Community Legal Clinic (CBI) Provides information and advice and represents injured Employees. Provides legal education to the public and works with injured workers and community organizations seeking to improve the workers` compensation system. CLASP provides free legal advice and representation to community members and York students. We are funded by the Law Foundation of Ontario, Legal Aid Ontario, York Students and Osgoode Law Hall School. Students work in our clinic under the supervision of experienced lawyers. Algoma Community Legal Clinic 477 Queen Street East, Suite 301, P6A 1Z5 705-942-4900 Toll Free: 1-800-616-1109 www.algomalegalclinic.com Find your community legal clinic Choose your location Greater Toronto Eastern Ontario Southwestern Ontario Grey-Bruce Community Legal Clinic of Northern Ontario 945 3rd Avenue, Suite 2, N4K 2K8 519-370-2200 Toll free from Grey and Bruce counties: 1-877-832-1435 www.gblegalclinic.com Community legal clinics employ lawyers; legal, paralegal and administrative staff. They provide assistance with various legal issues related to basic needs such as housing, health care and education. A community legal clinic can provide legal advice, representation and information in a number of areas, including: If you can`t afford a lawyer and don`t qualify for legal aid, or if you don`t want to apply for legal aid, you can contact a community legal clinic or Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO) for legal help. There are approximately 59 general community legal clinics and seven student legal aid societies in Ontario. Advocacy Centre for the Elderly (ACE) Provides direct legal services to low-income seniors, public legal education and legal reform. Services and activities relate to areas of law that are of particular importance to Ontario`s senior population. Renfrew County Legal Clinic 236 Stewart Street, Suite 101, K7V 1X7 613-432-8146 Toll Free: 1-800-267-5871 www.renfrewlegalclinic.org University of Ottawa Community Legal Clinic 17 Copernicus Street, K1N 6N5 613-562-5600 TTY: available upon request by main line www.commonlaw.uottawa.ca/community-legal-clinic Huron Perth Community Legal Clinic 305 Romeo Street South, N5A 4T8 519-271-4556 Toll Free: 1-866-867-1027 www.huronperthlegalclinic.ca Legal Clinic Elliot Lake and North Shore Community 31 Nova Scotia Walk, Suite 300, P5A 1Y9 705-461-3935 Toll Free: 1-800-465-2479 www.northshorelegal.ca Legal Aid Ontario funds 79 legal clinics that provide free services to low-income people. The clinics provide legal assistance for issues related to basic needs: income, housing and human rights.
Services include court representation, legal advice, legal reform activities and referrals to other sources of support in your community. There are 73 community legal clinics in Ontario. Fifty-six of them serve specific geographic communities. Seventeen are “specialty clinics” because the community they serve is not geographically defined. Examples of “specialty clinics” include: Advocacy Centre for the Elderly, Justice for Children and Youth, ARCH – A Legal Resource Centre for Persons with Disabilities, Wounded Workers` Community Legal Clinic, and Chinese & Southeast Asian Legal Clinic More information about each clinic can be found on their websites, which are available on our Legal Assistance page. The Legal Clinic 10, boul. Sunset, K7H 2Y2 613-264-8888 Toll free at 613 Area code: 1-888-777-8916 www.legalclinic.ca Justice for Children and Youth (JFCY) is a children`s advocacy organization that provides information, summary advice, recommendations and advocacy to children and youth under the age of 18 and homeless and unstable youth under the age of 25. Provides professional development and public legal education and conducts test cases and legal reforms on child and youth rights issues. If you are having trouble finding a legal clinic with this directory, please see the list of clinics here.
You can also contact the Client Service Centre at 416-979-1446 or toll-free at 1-800-668-8258. Durham Community Legal Clinic 200 John Street West, Unit B1, L1J 2B4 905-728-7321 Toll Free: 1-888-297-2202 www.durhamcommunitylegalclinic.ca Etobicoke South Community Legal Services 5353 Dundas Street W., Suite 210, M9B 6H8 416-252-7218 www.southetobicokelegal.ca Timmins-Temiskaming Community Legal Clinic 3 Pine Street South, Suite 202, P4N 2J9 705-267-0300 Toll Free: 1-866-382-0300 www.timminslegalclinic.ca Black Legal Action Centre (BLAC) Provides assistance legal to low- and non-income Black Ontarians. Addressing individual and systemic anti-Black racism. Also conducts public legal education, participates in test cases, legal reform and community development to improve laws affecting Black communities across Ontario. Aboriginal Legal Services Provides legal aid, legal education and community development in areas such as landlords and tenants, welfare, victims` rights and investigations. Youth, criminal and family court staff also provide services in Toronto courthouses. Manages an alternative justice program and produces Gladue reports across the province. HALCO – HIV & AIDS Legal Clinic (Ontario) Provides free legal advice to people living with HIV/AIDS in Ontario. Other services include public legal education activities across Ontario, legal reform activities and community development activities. Produces a variety of publications and resources, including brochures, newsletters, fact sheets and websites. From the Toronto Star (July 13, 2020): www.thestar.com/news/canada/2020/07/13/legal-aid-ontario-facing-up-to-70-million-funding-drop-amid-covid-19-perfect-storm.html As demand for legal aid services increases from Ontarians facing evictions, job losses, domestic violence and other issues, Legal Aid Ontario […] The Industrial Accident Victims Group of Ontario (IAVGO) provides legal advice and representation to injured workers in Ontario.
Provides public legal training and education to lawyers, workers and community groups, and produces publications for workers and lawyers. Runs a satellite student law clinic with law students from the University of Toronto. Defending the rights of injured workers. Roy McMurtry Legal Clinic / Clinique juridique Roy McMurtry 1, avenue McConnell, K6H 4K8 613-932-2703 Sans frais : 1-800-267-2434 www.sdglegal.com Legal Clinic of Guelph and Wellington County 176, rue Wyndham N., C.P. 1683, N1H 6Z9 519-821-2100 Sans frais du comté de Wellington : 1-800-628-9205 www.gwlegalclinic.ca Parkdale Community Legal Services Adresse postale : a/s Parkdale Community Health Centre 1299, rue Queen.
