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Please note that we will be closed on Monday, Oct. 2 to commemorate Truth and Reconciliation Day. Offices and the call centre will resume regular business hours on Tuesday, Oct. 3.

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  • Services
    • Temporary service changes due to COVID-19
    • COVID-19 and the courts: Answers to frequently asked questions
    • Our services
    • Criminal legal issues
    • Domestic violence
    • Family legal issues
    • Mental health legal issues
    • Refugee and immigration legal issues
    • Youth legal issues
    • Legal clinics
    • How to apply
    • Find a lawyer
      • Finding the right legal aid lawyer
    • What do you think about our services?
    • Languages
    • Contact us
  • For legal professionals
    • COVID-19: Ongoing list of supports for lawyers
    • LASA 2020 process updates for lawyers
    • Changes to policies and certificate coverage
    • Roster resources
      • Audit & Compliance
      • Billing
      • Case management
      • Forms library
      • Legal Aid Services Act, 2020 policies
      • Legal Aid Online
      • LAO LAW
      • Minimum experience requirements
      • More resources
    • Do legal aid work
    • Mentoring
    • Test case funding
    • News for lawyers
    • B3 Newsletters
    • Contacts for lawyers
  • Corporate
    • About
      • By-laws
      • Our clients
      • Board of Directors
      • Executive Team
      • Board Advisory Committees
      • Sidney B. Linden Access to Justice Award
      • French Language Services
    • Legal Aid Services Act, 2020
      • LASA 2020 Rules and Policies
      • LASA 2020 glossary
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Brochures


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Financial eligibility for Legal Aid Ontario

Information about the eligibility threshold for LAO certificate services, duty counsel, and summary legal advice services.

This brochure is available:

  • English
  • French


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Finding the right legal aid lawyer

Learn how to find this important professional, what he or she can do for your case, and how to make the most of your relationship.

3 fold brochure (8.5 x 11″ / colour)

This brochure is also available in:

  • Arabic
  • Chinese
  • Dari
  • Farsi
  • French
  • Hungarian
  • Russian
  • Somali
  • Spanish
  • Tamil
  • Turkish


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Custody and access issues for immigrants and people at risk of deportation

This brochure provides important information for refugee claimants who are parents and separated from their partners.

15 page booklet (8.5 x 14″ / colour)

This brochure is also available in:

  • Arabic
  • Chinese
  • French
  • Korean
  • Punjabi
  • Russian
  • Somali
  • Spanish
  • Tamil
  • Tagalog

Social media

Help us teach people about legal aid by sharing promotional resources online! You can download infographics, posters, and social media cards for our various initiatives.

About LAO

  • Infographic about what legal aid is and how you can apply

Online applications

  • New! Online self-service 24/7
    Handout (PDF)
  • Need legal help?
    Poster (PDF)
  • Social media card: how to apply online
    Facebook | Twitter
  • Social media card: how to apply (general)
    Facebook | Twitter
  • Social media card: apply on the client portal
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    • Visual 2: Facebook | Twitter
    • Visual 3: Facebook | Twitter

CALL CENTRE HOURS

    • Social media card: promote extended call centre hours
      Facebook | Twitter | PDF

Fact sheets

These fact sheets are straightforward summaries of Legal Aid Ontario (LAO)’s programs and activities. They are useful for fact checking, or as reference materials.

All information sheets mentioned on this page are available online only.

About Legal Aid Ontario

Legal Aid Ontario can help
Need legal help but can’t afford it? We provide legal services for financially eligible, low-income Ontarians in the following areas: domestic violence, family law, immigration and refugee law, criminal law, civil mental health law and poverty law.

Services for clients

Duty counsel services
Legal Aid Ontario’s (LAO) duty counsel are lawyers at courthouses who can step in to help people who need immediate legal support.
Legal aid help if you are experiencing domestic violence
Has children’s aid contacted you?
An overview of what Legal Aid Ontario can do for you if children’s aid has either taken your child into care or you are dealing with a child protection agency outside of the court process.
Can Legal Aid Ontario help me deal with a child protection agency outside of court?
Finding the right legal aid lawyer
Learn how to find this important professional, what he or she can do for your case, and how to make the most of your relationship.
Mediation
Family mediation is a voluntary process where a mediator helps disputing parents come up with workable solutions that focus on the best interests of their children. The mediator supports each person so that his or her perspective is considered.
School disciplinary hearings
Throughout Legal Aid Ontario’s Racialized Communities Strategy’s early engagement sessions with various stakeholders, the issue of discrimination and school disciplinary hearings has been consistently raised.
Young persons’ diversion hotline
If you’re 17 and under and have been arrested for a non-violent crime, you and your parents may want to call the hotline at 1‑855‑953‑1427 as soon as possible.
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