Community Legal Clinic
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Office: 705-461-3935
31 Nova Scotia Walk, Suite 300
Elliot Lake, ON, P5A 1Y9
Elliot Lake, ON, P5A 1Y9
Short Description
- Provides free legal advice and assistance to low income earners
- Offers representation in a court or at a tribunal, such as the Social Benefits Tribunal or the Landlord and Tenant Board
- Assists with preparing documents, such as an application to the Landlord and Tenant Board
Services are offered in the following areas:
- Consumer and Credit/Debt issues
- Employment Insurance (EI)
- Employment standards (ESA)
- Old Age Security (OAS)
- Health and disability
- Housing law for tenants
- Human rights
- Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)
- Ontario Works (OW)
- Wills and Power of Attorney (POA)
- Completing forms or advocating for seniors
Note: No representation is given regarding Family Law, Criminal Law, Immigration or Refugee Law
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Community Legal Clinic
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Office: 705-368-3333
12A Hillside Rd
Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands, ON, P0P 1K0
Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands, ON, P0P 1K0
Short Description
Provides legal advice and assistance to individuals living on low income with the following services:
- Client representation in clinic areas of practice
- Free summary legal advice
- Information and referral
- Law reform advocacy
- Public education
- Specialized legal services
Services are offered in the following areas:
- Birth certificates
- Canada Pension Plan (CPP) Disability or Pension benefits
- Canada Child Benefits (CCB)
- Consumer and Credit/Debt issues
- Employment Insurance (EI)
- Employment Standards (ESA)
- Human Rights
- Old Age Security (OAS)
- Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)
- Ontario Works
- Residential Tenancies (tenants only)
- Wills and Powers of Attorney
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)
Note: No advice or representation is given regarding Family Law or Criminal Law
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Community Legal Clinic
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Office: 705-674-3200
40 Elm St, Unit 272, Elm Place
Greater Sudbury, ON, P3C 1S8
Greater Sudbury, ON, P3C 1S8
Short Description
- Provides free legal advice and assistance to low income earners
- Offers representation in a court or at a tribunal, such as the Social Benefits Tribunal or the Landlord and Tenant Board
- Assists with preparing documents, such as an application to the Landlord and Tenant Board
- Employment Insurance
- Canada Pension Plan (CPP and CPP Disability)
- Housing law for tenants and co-op members only
- Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)
- Ontario Works (OW)
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Legal Aid Services
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Office: 705-673-8182
224 Elm St, Lower Level
Greater Sudbury, ON, P3C 1V3
Greater Sudbury, ON, P3C 1V3
Short Description
Provides legal assistance for low-income people
Services include:
Services include:
- Legal representation for eligible clients who appear in court without a lawyer
- Legal aid applications and information over the phone
- Legal resources and referrals to other social assistance agencies
- A certificate program for complex and serious cases
- Criminal
- Domestic violence
- Family
- Wrongful dismissal
- Change of name
- Personal bankruptcy
- Power of attorney
- Money lent to others or money owed to others
- Sponsorship of relatives
- Commercial litigation
- Real estate matters and libel
- Defamation and slander
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Francophone Legal Advice Lines
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Office: No public telephone number
Short Description
Advice line for French-speaking clients
Services
Services
- Immigration
- Housing (tenants only)
- Human rights
- Social assistance
- Ontario Works
- Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)
- Employment rights
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Family Court Support Worker
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Office: 705-673-4754
370 St Raphael St
Greater Sudbury, ON, P3B 4K7
Greater Sudbury, ON, P3B 4K7
Short Description
Facilitates a victim's understanding of and passage through the family court system. Support provided includes:
- information on the family court process
- assistance in preparing for family court proceedings (documenting history of abuse, accessing Legal Aid)
- debriefing with clients following family court appearances
- referral to specialized services and supports in the community
- safety planning
- court accompaniment to proceedings when appropriate
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Family Court Support Worker
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Office: 705-759-1230
23 Oakland Ave
Sault Ste Marie, ON, P6A 2T2
Sault Ste Marie, ON, P6A 2T2
Short Description
Facilitates a victim's understanding of and passage through the family court system. Support provided includes:
- information on the family court process
- assistance in preparing for family court proceedings (documenting history of abuse, accessing Legal Aid)
- debriefing with clients following family court appearances
- referral to specialized services and supports in the community
- safety planning
- court accompaniment to proceedings when appropriate
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Adoption Services
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Office: 705-949-0162
191 Northern Ave E
Sault Ste Marie, ON, P6B 4H8
Sault Ste Marie, ON, P6B 4H8
Short Description
- Facilitates the adoption process
- Provides ongoing support during adoption probation from the Adoption Coordinator
- Coordinates support groups for parenting after adoption
- Coordinates support groups for families waiting to parent
- Provides non-identifying information from records to adult adopted persons, birth parents, birth grandparents, birth siblings and birth aunts/uncles
- Teaches a component of the Ontario Practice Model for the assessment, preparation and ongoing support of resource families, both Adoption and Foster
- Connecting children to safe, nurturing relationships intended to last a lifetime
- Meet other prospective adoptive parents
- Opportunity to ask questions from experienced adoptive parents
- Participate as a member of a professional team
- Provincial resources available for support
- Reinforcing a child's heritage and cultural identity
- Supporting relationships for children
- Understand the impact of positive, day to day experiences
- Understanding the needs of children
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Community Legal Clinic
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Office: 705-942-4900
477 Queen St E, Suite 301
Sault Ste Marie, ON, P6A 1Z5
Sault Ste Marie, ON, P6A 1Z5
Short Description
Provides legal advice and assistance to individuals who do not have the means to assert or defend their legal rights through the following services:
- Client representation in clinic areas of practice
- Free summary legal advice
- Information and referral
- Law reform advocacy
- Public education
- Specialized legal services
- Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and Old Age Security (OAS)
- Canada Child Benefits (CCB)
- Consumer and Credit/Debt issues
- Employment Insurance (EI)
- Employment Standards (ESA)
- Human Rights
- ID Bank
- Native Status applications
- Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)
- Ontario Works (OW)
- Residential Tenancies (tenants only)
- Workplace safety and injury
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Legal Aid Services
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Office: 705-942-8009
426 Queen St E
Sault Ste Marie, ON, P6A 1Z6
Sault Ste Marie, ON, P6A 1Z6
Short Description
Provides legal assistance for low-income people
Services include:
Services include:
- Legal representation for eligible clients who appear in court without a lawyer
- Legal aid applications and information over the phone
- Legal resources and referrals to other social assistance agencies
- A certificate program for complex and serious cases
- Criminal
- Domestic violence
- Family
- Wrongful dismissal
- Change of name
- Personal bankruptcy
- Power of attorney
- Money lent to others or money owed to others
- Sponsorship of relatives
- Commercial litigation
- Real estate matters and libel
- Defamation and slander
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Community Legal Clinic
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Office: 705-476-6603
201 River St
West Nipissing, ON, P2B 1T4
West Nipissing, ON, P2B 1T4
Short Description
- Provides free legal advice and assistance to low income earners
- Offers representation in a court or at a tribunal, such as the Social Benefits Tribunal or the Landlord and Tenant Board
- Assists with preparing documents, such as an application to the Landlord and Tenant Board
- Employment Insurance Law
- Canada Pension Plan (CPP and CPP Disability) and Old Age Security
- Housing law for tenants and co-op members only
- Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)
- Ontario Works (OW)
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Victim Crisis Assistance Ontario
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Office: 705-746-0508
Crisis: 705-938-1476
Childrens Aid Society Building, 25 Church St
Parry Sound, ON, P2A 1Y2
Parry Sound, ON, P2A 1Y2
Short Description
On-site early intervention and crisis intervention, needs assessment, safety planning, referrals to community services, enhanced support for vulnerable victims, assistance with applications to VQRP+.
Victim Quick Response Program+ (VQRP+) --
- assistance with emergency expenses related to the incident, including home safety, accommodation, meals, transportation, basic necessities, dependent care costs, counselling, traditional Indigenous health services, cellular phones, vision care, dental care, aid for victims with disabilities, interpretation services, crime scene cleanup, government/medical documents and funeral expenses
- additional assistance for victims of human trafficking includes storage locker, tattoo removal, and treatment at a recovery facility
- no direct reimbursement to victims for support listed above
- financial support also available for victims who sustained serious physical injuries during a crime and for parents of child homicide victims and spouses of homicide victims
Family Court Support Worker Program --
- Assist in navigating the Family Court Process
- Accompaniment to court if needed
- Connecting with lawyers and assisting in the legal aid process
- Helping client to understand court forms, processes and procedures
- Assisting in keeping a record of abuse for court purpose
- Debriefing and discussing court outcomes
May be eligible for 2 hour session with lawyer through Luke's Place
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Office: 416-938-2986
Short Description
Provides comprehensive family mediation services, including parenting plans, financial support, division of property, etc.
Online services for Southwestern Ontario is available via Zoom.
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Office: 519-370-2200
Owen Sound Professional Centre, 945 3rd Ave E, Suite 2
Owen Sound, ON, N4K 2K8
Owen Sound, ON, N4K 2K8
Short Description
Provides legal advice and representation in areas of law including - Social Assistance (Ontario Works and Ontario Disability Support Program), Employment law, Tenant rights and Government programs such as Canada Pension Plan, Employment Insurance.
- Free legal advice on the telephone or by appointment
- Free Duty Counsel services to tenants at Landlord and Tenant Board hearings in Grey Bruce County
- Elder Abuse Prevention/Education
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Office: 519-376-5397
Office: 519-371-7532
Owen Sound Courthouse, 611 9th Ave E
Owen Sound, ON, N4K 6Z4
Owen Sound, ON, N4K 6Z4
Short Description
Provides legal assistance to low-income Ontario residents who are eligible for support with their family, criminal or immigration/refugee legal matters
- Depending upon financial assessment, Legal Aid may pay for all or part of the qualifier's costs for the legal aid certificate
- Upon approval, the client will be given a Legal Aid certificate which allows the client to hire the lawyer of their choice who participates in the program
- Duty Counsel are available day of court to assist financially eligible individuals in family and criminal Ontario Court of Justice and to assist all individuals in bail court
- Family Violence clients may qualify for two hours of free legal advice
- Application form (13-FV) is available to Crisis Centres by contacting the Toronto Legal Aid Office at 1-800-668-8258
- Services to Indigenous clients are a priority
- First Nations people, Métis people and Inuit people are encouraged to self-identify their Indigenous ancestry
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Family Court Support Worker
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Office: 519-376-0755 ext 107
Crisis: 519-371-1600
Administrative Office; 2048 A 9th Ave E
Owen Sound, ON, N4K 3H2
Owen Sound, ON, N4K 3H2
Short Description
Unable to confirm information since February 4, 2025
Supports a victim of domestic violence with understanding the family court system in Ontario and includes:
- information on the family court process
- assistance in preparing for family court proceedings (documenting history of abuse, accessing Legal Aid)
- debriefing with clients following family court appearances
- referral to specialized services and supports in the community
- safety planning
- court accompaniment to proceedings when appropriate
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Family Group Decision Making
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Office: 705-472-0910
433 McIntyre St W
North Bay, ON, P1B 2Z3
North Bay, ON, P1B 2Z3
Short Description
- Functions as a form of alternate dispute resolution, serving as an alternative to the court process which allows the family, extended family, and friends to come together to make a plan for the child
- Empowers and assists individuals in developing a plan for the child that addresses the concerns of the Society and can be used when there isn't any court involvement
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Community Legal Clinic
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Office: 705-476-6603
107 Shirreff Ave, Suite 214
North Bay, ON, P1B 7K8
North Bay, ON, P1B 7K8
Short Description
- Provides free legal advice and assistance to low income earners
- Offers representation in a court or at a tribunal, such as the Social Benefits Tribunal or the Landlord and Tenant Board
- Assists with preparing documents, such as an application to the Landlord and Tenant Board
- Employment Insurance Law
- Canada Pension Plan (CPP and CPP Disability) and Old Age Security
- Housing law for tenants and co-op members only
- Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)
- Ontario Works (OW)
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Community Counselling Centre
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Office: 705-472-6515
361 McIntyre St E
North Bay, ON, P1B 1C9
North Bay, ON, P1B 1C9
Short Description
Provides public education, Alternative Dispute Resolution and counselling services
Intake and Assessment
- Assesses individuals needs and refers to appropriate agency program
- Provides referrals to other community resources when the agency is unable to assist
Support Services for Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse
Offers support services and short-term counselling to help survivors deal with the impact of abuse and to develop improved coping strategies
Partner agency of Support Services for Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse (North Region)
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Family Court Support Worker Program
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Office: 705-358-9117
45 Pinewood Park Dr
North Bay, ON, P1B 8Z4
North Bay, ON, P1B 8Z4
Short Description
Facilitates a victim's understanding of and passage through the family court system. Support provided includes:
- information on the family court process
- assistance in preparing for family court proceedings (documenting history of abuse, accessing Legal Aid)
- debriefing with clients following family court appearances
- referral to specialized services and supports in the community
- safety planning
- court accompaniment to proceedings when appropriate
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Family Court Support Program
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Office: 705-268-8381
355 Wilson Ave
Timmins, ON, P4N 2T7
Timmins, ON, P4N 2T7
Short Description
Facilitates a victim's understanding of and passage through the family court system. Support provided includes:
- information on the family court process
- assistance in preparing for family court proceedings (documenting history of abuse, accessing Legal Aid)
- debriefing with clients following family court appearances
- referral to specialized services and supports in the community
- safety planning
- court accompaniment to proceedings when appropriate
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Legal Services
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Office: 1-800-465-5581
Alternate: 705-268-1105
119 Pine St S, Suite 210
Timmins, ON, P4N 2K3
Timmins, ON, P4N 2K3
Short Description
Assists community members with the following legal matters:
- Criminal Law if custody is probable
- Family Law
- Child Welfare
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Talking Together Program
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Office: 1-800-465-5581
Alternate: 705-268-1105
119 Pine St S, Suite 210
Timmins, ON, P4N 2K3
Timmins, ON, P4N 2K3
Short Description
Functions as an alternative to the Court process regarding Child Welfare matters
- Provides family mediation services (dispute resolution) through traditional Circles
- Aims to restore harmony between family members through an agreed-upon family care plan
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Counselling and Psychotherapy Services
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Office: 705-267-3370
137 Third Ave, Suite 1
Timmins, ON, P4N 1C6
Timmins, ON, P4N 1C6
Short Description
- Provides solution-focused counselling and psychotherapy services to individuals and couples, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for anxiety and depression
- Also offers sex therapy and sexuality counselling for LGBTQ2S, family mediation for separation/divorce and co-parenting agreements
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Legal Clinic
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Office: 705-267-0300
3 Pine St S, Suite 202
Timmins, ON, P4N 2J9
Timmins, ON, P4N 2J9
Short Description
- Provides free legal advice and assistance to low income earners
- Offers representation in a court or at a tribunal, such as the Social Benefits Tribunal or the Landlord and Tenant Board
- Assists with preparing documents, such as an application to the Landlord and Tenant Board
- Employment Insurance
- Canada Pension Plan Disability and Old Age Security
- Housing law for tenants
- Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)
- Ontario Works (OW)
- Debt and consumer rights
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