Getting legal help and information

Advocacy Centre for the Elderly (ACE)

ACE provides legal services to seniors who are living on a low income. For more information, visit acelaw.ca or call:

Toll-free: 1-855-598-2656
Toronto area: 416-598-2656

Community legal clinics

Community legal clinics give free legal advice to people living on a low income. But not all clinics can help with problems in long-term care homes.

Visit legalaid.on.ca/legal-clinics to find the clinic nearest you.

Legal Aid Ontario

For more information about Legal Aid Ontario’s services, visit legalaid.on.ca or call:

Toll-free: 1-800-668-8258
TTY: 711

Law Society Referral Service

This online service gives you the name of a lawyer who will speak with you for up to 30 minutes for free.

Visit lsrs.lso.ca/lsrs.

Pro Bono Ontario legal advice hotline

This hotline gives you 30 minutes of free legal help and advice on civil law matters, including going to Small Claims Court.

Visit probonoontario.org or call 1-855-255-7256.

Ontario Legal Information Centre

The Centre gives you 30 minutes of free legal help in English or French. This can be over the telephone or at their Ottawa office.

Visit legalinfocentre.ca or call 1-844-343-7462.

Steps to Justice

CLEO’s Steps to Justice website has step-by-step information about common legal problems. This includes issues related to long-term care homes and the abuse of older adults.

Visit stepstojustice.ca.

Guided Pathways

CLEO’s Guided Pathway for responding to elder abuse has information and resources to help understand, prevent, and respond to elder abuse and violence.

Visit stepstojustice.ca/guided-pathway-elder-abuse.