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Please contact any service prior to visiting in person to receive up to date information on changes to their availability (e.g. hours of operation etc.)
Legal Advice and Assistance Centre Ottawa
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Office: 1-855-255-7256
Ottawa Courthouse, 161 Elgin St, 5th Flr, Rm 5027
Ottawa, ON, K2P 2K1
Ottawa, ON, K2P 2K1
Short Description
Free legal advice for low-income people
- approximately 30 minutes per visit
- civil cases only, no family or criminal
- explanation of the claim process (how to start a claim, how to defend a claim, considerations a person should think about before starting a claim, enforcing a judgement, etc.)
- assisting clients in interpreting court rules
- identifying the court forms a person may need
- guiding clients in completing court forms
- providing tip sheets
- identifying strengths and weaknesses of cases
- offering the use of computers and software to help create court forms
- referrals to other legal services
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Ontario Human Rights Commission
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Office: 416-326-9511
180 Dundas St W, 9th Fl
Toronto, ON, M7A 2G5
Toronto, ON, M7A 2G5
Short Description
Works to protect, promote and advance respect for human rights
- may initiate applications or intervene in cases before the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario
- policy development, research and analysis
- public education and training
- reports to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly
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Law Society of Ontario
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Office: 416-947-3300
Osgoode Hall, 130 Queen St W
Toronto, ON, M5H 2N6
Toronto, ON, M5H 2N6
Short Description
Regulatory and licensing body for legal services in Ontario
Complaint Service -- handles complaints about lawyer or paralegal conduct and services -- 416-947-3310 or 1-800-268-7568
Complaint Service -- handles complaints about lawyer or paralegal conduct and services -- 416-947-3310 or 1-800-268-7568
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CLEO
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Office: 416-408-4420
180 Dundas St W, Suite 506
Toronto, ON, M5G 1Z8
Toronto, ON, M5G 1Z8
Short Description
Community Legal Education Ontario
Legal information available online and in print on income assistance, tenant law, refugee and immigration law, employment law, family law, domestic and elder abuse, debt and consumer rights and collection agencies, health and disability, some criminal issues
CLEO Connect, cleoconnect.ca -- provides public legal education and information to help community workers assist clients with legal problems
Funded by Legal Aid Ontario, the Law Foundation of Ontario and Department of Justice Canada
Legal information available online and in print on income assistance, tenant law, refugee and immigration law, employment law, family law, domestic and elder abuse, debt and consumer rights and collection agencies, health and disability, some criminal issues
- ESL resources for teachers
- most publications available in French
CLEO Connect, cleoconnect.ca -- provides public legal education and information to help community workers assist clients with legal problems
- free training, tools and resources including webinars, podcasts, and research
Funded by Legal Aid Ontario, the Law Foundation of Ontario and Department of Justice Canada
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Criminal Duty Counsel
Sioux Lookout (197km)
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Office: 807-737-3074
18 Fourth Ave
Sioux Lookout, ON, P8T 1E2
Sioux Lookout, ON, P8T 1E2
Short Description
- Provides duty counsel legal assistance to individuals appearing in court without a lawyer
- Informs individuals about legal rights, obligations and the court process
- Provides assistance in the courtroom for bail hearings and sentencing
- Assists with diversions, guilty pleas and adjournments
- Helps determine if further duty counsel services are required or if the matter requires Legal Aid Ontario's assistance in retaining a lawyer
- Aboriginal persons (Gladue) court
- Domestic violence
- Drug treatment
- Mental health
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Legal Clinic
Thunder Bay (308km)
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Office: 807-344-2478
86 Cumberland St S
Thunder Bay, ON, P7B 2V3
Thunder Bay, ON, P7B 2V3
Short Description
- Provides legal advice and assistance to residents within the District of Thunder Bay, particularly Indigenous people who, because of poverty, geographic isolation, or language differences, do not have access to traditional existing legal services
- Focuses on helping people get income maintenance benefits and maintain access to housing
- Provides services at no cost to individuals who meet eligibilty criteria
- Provides advice, assistance, and representation in courts or tribunals
- Facilitates legal education workshops in appropriate areas of law
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Justice
Thunder Bay (307km)
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Office: 807-474-4230
384 Fort William Rd
Thunder Bay, ON, P7B 2Z3
Thunder Bay, ON, P7B 2Z3
Short Description
Enhances access to justice for community members through offering:
- legal advice
- education
- court support
- restorative justice circles
- victim support
- Provides confidential, culturally safe, emotional and practical supports for victims of human trafficking
- Offers education for awareness and learning to recognize the possible signs of exploitation and trafficking for community and professionals/industry members in order to reduce and prevent exploitation
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Women's Legal Advocacy Group
Thunder Bay
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Office: 416-595-7170
Short Description
- Acts as a litigator in legal cases that involve women's rights and equality under Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms
- Offers educational programs to teach women's rights to the general public
- Does not represent individuals in court
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Criminal Duty Counsel
Thunder Bay (307km)
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Office: 807-577-1005
125 Brodie St N
Thunder Bay, ON, P7C 0A3
Thunder Bay, ON, P7C 0A3
Short Description
- Gives immediate legal assistance to individuals who appear in court for criminal matters without a lawyer
- Provides information about legal rights, obligation and the court process
- Provides assistance in the courtroom for bail hearings and sentencing
- Assists with diversions, guilty pleas and sentencing
- Helps determine if further duty counsel services are required or if the matter requires Legal Aid Ontario's assistance in retaining a lawyer
- Mental health
- Drug treatment
- Domestic violence
- Aboriginal persons (Gladue) court
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Family Duty Counsel
Thunder Bay (307km)
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Office: 807-623-1920
125 Brodie St N
Thunder Bay, ON, P7C 0A3
Thunder Bay, ON, P7C 0A3
Short Description
- Gives immediate legal assistance on family law issues to individuals who appear in court without a lawyer
- Provides information about legal rights, obligations and basic court procedure
- Helps negotiate or settle issues
- Reviews or prepares court documents to be filed
- Helps determines if further duty counsel services are required or if the matter requires Legal Aid Ontario's assistance in retaining a lawyer
- the courtroom for child protection hearings
- garnishment and support hearings
- requesting adjournments
- arguing motions
- hearings for issues such as custody, access, or support where the issues are not complicated
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Remote Community Intervention Program
Thunder Bay (307km)
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Office: 807-623-5355
315 Syndicate Ave S
Thunder Bay, ON, P7E 1E2
Thunder Bay, ON, P7E 1E2
Short Description
Works in partnership with First Nation communities to assist youth in conflict with the law and their families
- Involves youth in appropriate community activities and encourages more traditional healthy lifestyle choices
- Refers youth to appropriate agencies, community supports and/or treatment
- Provides clinical counselling
- Educates youth about the criminal justice system
- Coordinates appropriate workshops
- Addictions and substance abuse
- Anger Management
- Bullying
- Creative Life Skills
- Family Violence
- Life skills
- Self-esteem
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Indigenous Victim and Family Liaison Program
Thunder Bay (306km)
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Office: 1-800-667-0816
380 Ray Blvd
Thunder Bay, ON, P7B 4E6
Thunder Bay, ON, P7B 4E6
Short Description
- Provides services and support for Indigenous women who have experienced violence and for the families of missing and murdered Indigenous women (MMIW)
- Assistance with understanding the criminal justice process
- Court support
- Crisis and emergency response due to violence/death
- Healing services including talking circles, cultural healing, Elder's guidance and referrals to other services
- Support at meetings with the police, the courts, and other service providers
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Community Wellness
Thunder Bay (306km)
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Office: 1-800-667-0816
380 Ray Blvd
Thunder Bay, ON, P7B 4E6
Thunder Bay, ON, P7B 4E6
Short Description
- Assists Indigenous women and their families who have experienced family violence
- Promotes a healthy lifestyle, health awareness, and mental health wellness
- Cultural supports and ceremonies
- Emergency support
- Land-based activities
- Prevention of family violence
- Referrals to other services
- Safety planning
- Traditional healing
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Indigenous Victim and Family Liaison Program
Kenora (151km)
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Office: 1-800-667-0816
136 Main St S
Kenora, ON, P9N 1S9
Kenora, ON, P9N 1S9
Short Description
- Provides services and support for Indigenous women who have experienced violence and for the families of missing and murdered Indigenous women (MMIW)
- Assistance with understanding the criminal justice process
- Court support
- Crisis and emergency response due to violence/death
- Healing services including talking circles, cultural healing, Elder's guidance and referrals to other services
- Support at meetings with the police, the courts, and other service providers
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Aboriginal Combined Courtworker Program
Sioux Lookout (197km)
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Office: 807-737-1903
52 King St
Sioux Lookout, ON, P8T 1B8
Sioux Lookout, ON, P8T 1B8
Short Description
Provides support to Indigenous people in conflict with the Criminal Justice System
- Acts as a liaison between the individual/family and the court
- Ensures that the individual/family understands their legal rights and/or obligations pertaining to the law and the legal process with both the Criminal Court and Family Court
- Provides information about preventative measures imposed by the court such as bail, detention or conditional release
- Offers individual counselling
- Assists with preparing pre-sentence reports
- Explains conditions of probation to individual
- Works with community agencies on behalf of individual to ensure sentencing conditions are met
- Visits incarcerated individuals to provide support and maintains contact with Native Inmate Liaison worker
- Provides education and information about the legal system
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Victim Services Support Program
Sioux Lookout (197km)
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Office: 807-737-2214
16 Fourth Ave N
Sioux Lookout, ON, P8T 1C4
Sioux Lookout, ON, P8T 1C4
Short Description
- Provides support to families of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, Transgendered and Two-Spirited (MMIWGT2S)
- Works in collaboration with the Family Information Liaison Unit
- Trauma-informed services to families of MMIWGT2S and survivors of violence
- Advocacy and crisis support
- One-on-one counselling to clients who have been victimized or who have experienced abuse
- Development of a plan of care for clients
- Workshops such as safety planning, self-care and healing circles
- Referrals to other supports as needed
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Community Wellness
Kenora (151km)
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Office: 1-800-667-0816
136 Main St S
Kenora, ON, P9N 1S9
Kenora, ON, P9N 1S9
Short Description
- Assists Indigenous women and their families who have experienced family violence
- Promotes a healthy lifestyle, health awareness, and mental health wellness
- Cultural supports and ceremonies
- Emergency support
- Land-based activities
- Prevention of family violence
- Referrals to other services
- Safety planning
- Traditional healing
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Criminal Duty Counsel
Kenora (151km)
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Office: 807-468-7072
216 Water St
Kenora, ON, P9N 1S4
Kenora, ON, P9N 1S4
Short Description
- Provides immediate legal assistance to individuals appearing in court without a lawyer
- Informs individuals about legal rights, obligations and the court process
- Provides assistance in the courtroom for bail hearings and sentencing
- Assists with diversions, guilty pleas and adjournments
- Helps determine if further duty counsel services are required or if the matter requires Legal Aid Ontario's assistance in retaining a lawyer
- Aboriginal persons (Gladue) court
- Domestic violence
- Drug treatment
- Mental health
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Community Legal Clinic
Kenora (151km)
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Office: 807-468-8888
308 Second St S, Suite 6
Kenora, ON, P9N 1G4
Kenora, ON, P9N 1G4
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
- Birth certificates
- Canada Pension Plan (CPP) Disability or Pension benefits
- Canada Child Benefits (CCB)
- Consumer and Credit/Debt issues
- Criminal Injuries Compensation Board (CICB)
- Disability Tax benefits
- Employment Insurance (EI)
- Employment Standards (ESA)
- Human Rights
- Native Status applications
- Old Age Security (OAS)
- Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)
- Ontario Works
- Residential Tenancies (tenants only)
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Community Legal Clinic
Atikokan (131km)
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Office: 807-597-2811
101 Main St W
Atikokan, ON, P0T 1C0
Atikokan, ON, P0T 1C0
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
- Birth certificates
- Canada Pension Plan (CPP) Disability or Pension benefits
- Canada Child Benefits (CCB)
- Consumer and Credit/Debt issues
- Criminal Injuries Compensation Board (CICB)
- Disability Tax benefits
- Employment Insurance (EI)
- Employment Standards (ESA)
- Human Rights
- Native Status applications
- Old Age Security (OAS)
- Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)
- Ontario Works
- Residential Tenancies (tenants only)
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Family Duty Counsel
Fort Frances
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Office: 807-274-9571
333 Church St
Fort Frances, ON, P9A 1C9
Fort Frances, ON, P9A 1C9
Short Description
- Gives immediate legal assistance on family law issues to individuals who appear in court without a lawyer
- Provides information about legal rights, obligations and basic court procedure
- Helps negotiate or settle issues
- Reviews or prepares court documents to be filed
- Helps determines if further duty counsel services are required or if the matter requires Legal Aid Ontario's assistance in retaining a lawyer
- the courtroom for child protection hearings
- garnishment and support hearings
- requesting adjournments
- arguing motions
- hearings for issues such as custody, access, or support where the issues are not complicated
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Criminal Duty Counsel
Fort Frances
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Office: 807-274-9571
333 Church St
Fort Frances, ON, P9A 1C9
Fort Frances, ON, P9A 1C9
Short Description
- Provides immediate legal assistance to individuals appearing in court without a lawyer
- Informs individuals about legal rights, obligations and the court process
- Provides assistance in the courtroom for bail hearings and sentencing
- Assists with diversions, guilty pleas and adjournments
- Helps determine if further duty counsel services are required or if the matter requires Legal Aid Ontario's assistance in retaining a lawyer
- Aboriginal persons (Gladue) court
- Domestic violence
- Drug treatment
- Mental health
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Indigenous Courtwork Programs
Fort Frances
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Office: 807-274-8541
427 Mowat Ave
Fort Frances, ON, P9A 3N1
Fort Frances, ON, P9A 3N1
Short Description
Ensures that Indigenous people who come into conflict with the law understand the process, and their legal rights
- Acts as a liaison between the individual/family and the court
- Ensures that the individual/family understands their legal rights and/or obligations pertaining to the law and the legal process with both the Criminal Court and Family Court
- Provides information about preventative measures imposed by the court such as bail, detention or conditional release
- Offers individual counselling
- Assists with preparing pre-sentence reports
- Explains conditions of probation to individual
- Works with community agencies on behalf of individual to ensure sentencing conditions are met
- Visits incarcerated individuals to provide support and maintains contact with Native Inmate Liaison worker
- Provides education and information about the legal system
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Community Legal Clinic
Fort Frances
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Office: 807-274-5327
206 Scott St
Fort Frances, ON, P9A 1G7
Fort Frances, ON, P9A 1G7
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
- Birth certificates
- Canada Pension Plan (CPP) Disability or Pension benefits
- Canada Child Benefits (CCB)
- Consumer and Credit/Debt issues
- Criminal Injuries Compensation Board (CICB)
- Disability Tax benefits
- Employment Insurance (EI)
- Employment Standards (ESA)
- Human Rights
- Native Status applications
- Old Age Security (OAS)
- Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)
- Ontario Works
- Residential Tenancies (tenants only)
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Legal Clinic
Greenstone (485km)
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Office: 807-854-1278
404 Main St, Unit A
Greenstone, ON, P0T 1M0
Greenstone, ON, P0T 1M0
Short Description
- Provides legal advice and assistance to residents within the district, particulary Indigenous people who, because of povery, geographic isolation, or language differences, do not have access to traditional exisiting legal services
- Focuses on helping people get income maintenace benefits and maintain access to housing
- Provides advice, assistance, and representation in courts or tribunals
- Faciliates legal education workshops in appropriate areas of law
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