Getting legal help: A directory of community legal clinics in Ontario

Community legal clinics

Legal Aid Ontario funds legal clinics across Ontario. There are 2 types of legal clinics: community legal clinics and specialty legal clinics.

Community legal clinics provide information, advice, and representation on various legal issues, including income assistance, housing, refugee and immigration law, employment law, human rights, workers’ compensation, consumer law, and the Canada Pension Plan. Some legal clinics do not handle all of these issues, but staff may be able to refer you to someone who can help.

Community legal clinics are staffed by lawyers, community legal workers, and sometimes law students. All help is private and confidential and free.

To qualify for services:

• your legal issue must be one the clinic handles,
• you must live in the area the clinic serves, and
• your income and assets cannot be above a certain level.

To find out if you qualify, contact your local legal clinic. Most legal clinics provide brief advice, or “summary advice”, without asking about your financial situation.

Specialty community legal clinics

Specialty community legal clinics serve specific groups of people or focus on a specific area of law. Most specialty clinics are not limited to serving a particular geographic area.

How to find a community legal clinic

In this directory you will find contact information for community legal clinics in Ontario. To find the legal clinic that serves your area, you can call Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) at one of the numbers listed on page 3. You can also go to the LAO website at legalaid.on.ca/legal-clinics and enter your address or postal code

Other legal help

Legal Aid Ontario (LAO)

To get help from LAO, your legal problem must be one that LAO covers, and you must be financially eligible.

In addition to funding community legal clinics, some other services that LAO provides includes:

• A toll-free call centre that gives general legal information and advice, as well as information about other social service providers, in over 200 languages
• Help from courthouse lawyers (called duty counsel) for people who are in court without a lawyer
• Certificates (vouchers to pay for a lawyer to represent you) for people who need a lawyer for some criminal, family, and immigration and refugee law problems
• Certificates for people who have experienced domestic violence

For more information visit legalaid.on.ca or call:
Toll-free: 1-800-668-8258
TTY: 711

Toronto and Area

Most community legal clinics serve a large area around their location. To find out which one serves your area, check the LAO website at legalaid.on.ca.

Central:

Downtown Legal Services
Services provided by law students supervised by lawyers.
University of Toronto, Faculty of Law,
655 Spadina Avenue, M5S 2H9
416-978-6447
downtownlegalservices.ca

Kensington-Bellwoods Community Legal Services
489 College Street, Suite 205, M6G 1A5
416-924-4244, ext. 21
kbcls.org

Neighbourhood Legal Services
163 Queen Street East, Suite 101, M5A 1S1
416-861-0677
nlstoronto.org

Services d’aide juridique du CFT
555 Richmond Street West, Suite 303, M5V 3B1
416-922-2672, ext. 300
Toll-free: 1-844-966-7345
Summary legal advice in French (toll-free from Peel, York, and Durham region): 1-844-966-7345
centrefranco.org/aide-juridique

East:

Don Valley Community Legal Services
Thorncliffe Park Community Hub
45 Overlea Boulevard, Unit 200, M4H 1C3
416-441-1764, ext. 1
TTY: 416-441-9156
donvalleylegal.ca

Scarborough Community Legal Services
695 Markham Road, Unit 9, M1H 2A5
416-438-7182
scarboroughcommunitylegal.ca

West Scarborough Community Legal Services
2425 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 201, M1K 5G8
416-285-4460
westscarboroughlegal.ca

North:

Community and Legal Aid Services Programme (CLASP)
Services provided by law students supervised by lawyers.
York University, Osgoode Hall Law School,
4700 Keele Street, M3J 1P3
416-736-5029
osgoode.yorku.ca/clasp

Community Legal Clinic of York Region
21 Dunlop Street, Suite 200, Richmond Hill, L4C 2M6
905-508-5018
Toll-free: 1-888-365-5226
clcyr.on.ca

Downsview Community Legal Services
540 Finch Avenue West, Unit 132, M2R 1N7
416-635-8388
downsviewlegal.ca

Satellite office:
Lawrence Heights
Call 416-787-1661 ext. 3263

Jane Finch Community Legal Services
1315 Finch Avenue West, Suite 409, M3J 2G6
416-398-0677
janefinchcommunitylegalservices.ca

Rexdale Community Legal Clinic
21 Panorama Court, Suite 24, M9V 4E3
416-741-5201
rexdalecommunitylegalclinic.ca

Willowdale Community Legal Services
245 Fairview Mall Drive, Suite 106, M2J 4T1
416-492-2437
willowdalelegal.com

West:

Parkdale Community Legal Services
1299 Queen Street West, M6K 1L2
416-531-2411
parkdalelegal.org

South Etobicoke Community Legal Services
5353 Dundas Street West, Suite 210, M9B 6H8
416-252-7218
southetobicokelegal.ca

Unison Health and Community Services
Keele-Rogers Site
1651 Keele Street, M6M 3W2
416-653-5400 ext.1244
unisonhcs.org/service/community-legal-clinic

West Toronto Community Legal Services
1032 Bloor Street West, M6H 1M2
416-531-7376
wtcls.org

Central Ontario

Most community legal clinics serve a large area around the city or town in which they are located. To find out which one serves your area, check the LAO website at legalaid.on.ca.

Orillia:

Community Legal Clinic – Simcoe, Haliburton, Kawartha Lakes
71 Colborne Street East, Box 275, L3V 6J6
705-326-6444
Toll-free: 1-800-461-8953
communitylegalclinic.ca

Satellite offices: Call 1-800-461-8953
Alliston
Barrie
Collingwood
Haliburton
Lindsay
Midland
Minden

Eastern Ontario

Most community legal clinics serve a large area around the city or town in which they are located. To find out which one serves your area, check the LAO website at legalaid.on.ca.

Belleville:

Community Advocacy & Legal Centre
158 George Street, Level 1, K8N 3H2
613-966-8686
Toll-free: 1-877-966-8686
communitylegalcentre.ca

Satellite offices: Call 613-966-8686 or 1-877-966-8686
Amherstview
Bancroft
Madoc
Marmora
Napanee
Picton
Trenton
Tweed

Cobourg:

Northumberland Community Legal Centre
1005 Elgin Street West, Suite 301, K9A 5J4
905-373-4464
Toll-free: 1-800-850-7882
thehelpandlegalcentre.ca

Satellite offices: Call 1-800-850-7882
Bewdley
Brighton
Campbellford
Colborne
Hastings
Port Hope

Cornwall:

Roy McMurtry Legal Clinic / Clinique juridique Roy McMurtry
1 McConnell Avenue, K6H 4K8
613-932-2703
Toll-free: 1-800-267-2434
sdglegal.com

Satellite offices: Call 613-932-2703 (by appointment only)
Alexandria (Glengarry County)
Williamsburg (Dundas County)

Hawkesbury:

Clinique juridique populaire de prescott et Russell inc.
352 Main Street West, Suite 201, K6A 2H8
613-632-1136
Toll-free: 1-800-250-9220
cjppr.on.ca

Kingston:

Kingston Community Legal Clinic
345 Bagot Street, K7K 6T8
613-541-0777
kclc.ca

Queen’s Legal Aid
Services provided by law students supervised by lawyers.
Queen’s University, Faculty of Law,
303 Bagot Street, Suite 500, K7K 5W7
613-533-2102
queenslawclinics.ca/queens-legal-aid

Oshawa:

Durham Community Legal Clinic
200 John Street West, Unit B1, L1J 2B4
905-728-7321
Toll-free: 1-888-297-2202
durhamcommunitylegalclinic.ca

Ottawa:

Clinique juridique francophone d’Ottawa
290 Dupuis Street, K1L 1A2
613-744-2892, ext. 2 
cscvanier.com/services/clinique-juridique-francophone

Community Legal Services of Ottawa/Services juridiques communautaires d’Ottawa
clsottawa.ca

Downtown Office
1 Nicholas Street, Suite 422, K1N 7B7
613-241-7008

South Office
1355 Bank Street, Suite 406, K1H 8K7
613-733-0140

West Office
1299 Richmond Road, K2B 7Y4
613-596-1641

University of Ottawa Community Legal Clinic
Services provided by law students supervised by lawyers.
538-540 King Edward Avenue, K1N 6N5
613-562-5600
TTY: available through main line upon request
commonlaw.uottawa.ca/community-legal-clinic

Perth:

The Legal Clinic
10 Sunset Boulevard, K7H 2Y2
613-264-8888
Toll-free in 613 area code: 1-888-777-8916
legalclinic.ca

Satellite offices: Call 1-888-777-8916 (by appointment only)
Brockville
Northbrook
Sharbot Lake

Peterborough:

Peterborough Community Legal Centre
150 King Street, Floor 4, K9J 2R9
705-749-9355
ptbo-clc.org

Renfrew:

Renfrew County Legal Clinic
1035 O’Brien Road, Unit 26, K7V 0B3
613-432-8146
Toll-free: 1-800-267-5871
renfrewlegalclinic.org

Satellite offices: Call 613-432-8146 or 1-800-267-5871 (by appointment only)
Arnprior
Barry’s Bay
Deep River
Pembroke

Northern Ontario

Most community legal clinics serve a large area around the city or town in which they are located. To find out which one serves your area, check the LAO website at legalaid.on.ca.

Bracebridge:

Lake Country Community Legal Clinic
8–B Ontario Street, P1L 2A7
705-645-6607
Toll-free: 1-800-263-4819
Dedicated texting line: 705-644-9378

Satellite offices: Call 705-645-6607 or 1-800-263-4819
(by appointment only)
Huntsville
Parry Sound
South River

Elliot Lake:

See Algoma Community Legal Clinic.

Fort Frances and Kenora:

Northwest Community Legal Clinic
northwestcommunitylegalclinic.ca

Fort Frances Office
206 Scott Street, P9A 1G7
807-274-5327
Toll-free: 1-800-799-2485

Atikokan Office
101 Main Street West, P.O. Box 1676, P0T 1C0
807-597-2811

Kenora Office
308 Second Street South, Suite 6, P9N 1G4
807-468-8888
Toll-free: 1-800-403-4757

Satellite offices: Call 1-800-403-4757
Ear Falls
Red Lake

Kapuskasing:

Clinique juridique Grand-Nord Legal Clinic
2 Ash Street, Suite 5, P5N 3H4
705-337-6200
Toll-free in 705 and 807 area codes: 1-800-461-9606
legalclinickap.ca

Satellite offices: Call 1-800-461-9606 (by appointment only)
Cochrane
Constance Lake
Lake Hearst

Little Current:

Manitoulin Legal Clinic
Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation,
12A Hillside Road, P0P 1K0
705-368-3333
manitoulinlegalclinic.ca

Moosonee:

Keewaytinok Native Legal Services
40 Revillon Road, Box 218, P0L 1Y0
705-336-2981
Toll-free: 1-866-336-2981
facebook.com/Keewaytinok

Satellite office: Call 705-658-4010
Moose Factory

North Bay:

Nipissing Community Legal Clinic
107 Shirreff Avenue, Suite 214, P1B 7K8 (by appointment only)
705-476-6603
TTY: 705-476-5370
nipissingcommunitylegalclinic.ca

Sault Ste. Marie:

Algoma Community Legal Clinic
477 Queen Street East, Suite 301, P6A 1Z5
705-942-4900
Toll-free: 1-800-616-1109
algomalegalclinic.com

Sudbury:

Sudbury Community Legal Clinic Rainbow Centre,
Elm Place, 40 Elm Street, Unit 272, Floor 2, P3C 1S8
705-674-3200
Toll-free: 1-800-697-8719
sudburylegalclinic.com

Satellite offices: Call 1-800-697-8719
Espanola
Sagamok First Nation
St. Charles/Noelville

Thunder Bay:

Kinna-aweya Legal Clinic
86 South Cumberland Street, P7B 2V3
807-344-2478
Toll-free: 1-888-373-3309
kalc.ca

Satellite offices:
Geraldton: 807-854-1278 or 1-866-875-4952
Marathon: 807-229-2290 or 1-866-389-1477

Lakehead University Community Legal Services
Services provided by law students supervised by lawyers.
Faculty of Law, PACI building (side entrance)
401 Red River Rd. , Suite PA 1001, P7B 1B4
807-346-7815
Toll-free: 1-833-503-7815
lakeheadlegal.ca

Timmins:

Timmins-Temiskaming Community Legal Clinic/Clinique juridique communautaire Timmins-Témiskamingue
3 Pine Street South, Suite 202, P4N 2J9
705-267-0300
Toll-free: 1-866-382-0300
timminslegalclinic.ca

Satellite offices:Call 1-866-382-0300 (by appointment only)
Iroquois Falls
Kirkland Lake
Matheson
New Liskeard

Southwestern Ontario

Most community legal clinics serve a large area around the city or town in which they are located. To find out which one serves your area, check the LAO website at legalaid.on.ca.

Brampton:

North Peel & Dufferin Community Legal Services
24 Queen Street East, Suite 700, L6V 1A3
905-455-0160
Toll-free from Dufferin County: 1-866-455-0160
northpeeldufferinjustice.ca

Brantford:

Community Legal Clinic – Brant, Haldimand, Norfolk
1100 Clarence Street South, Suite 203, N3S 7N8
519-752-8669
Toll-free: 1-888-341-5021
bhnlegalclinic.ca

Chatham:

Chatham-Kent Legal Clinic
455 Grand Avenue East, Unit 9, N7L 1X4
519-351-6771
cklc.ca

Georgetown:

Halton Community Legal Services
700 Dorval Drive, Suite 400, L6K 3V3
905-875-2069
haltonlegal.ca

Guelph:

Legal Clinic of Guelph and Wellington County
176 Wyndham Street North, Unit 5, N1H 8N9
519-821-2100
Toll-free from Wellington County: 1-800-628-9205
gwlegalclinic.ca

Hamilton:

Hamilton Community Legal Clinic/Clinique juridique communautaire de Hamilton
Landmark Place,
100 Main Street East, Suite 203, L8N 3W4
905-527-4572
hamiltonjustice.ca

Kitchener:

Waterloo Region Community Legal Services
450 Frederick Street, Unit 101, N2H 2P5
519-743-0254
wrcls.ca

Satellite office: Call 519-743-0254
Cambridge

London:

Community Legal Services
Services provided by law students supervised by lawyers.
Western University,
Law Building, Room 126,
1151 Richmond Street, N6A 3K7
519-661-3352
law.uwo.ca/cls

Neighbourhood Legal Services (London & Middlesex)  
717 Richmond Street, Unit 200, N6A 1S2
519-438-2890
nlslm.com

Mississauga:

Mississauga Community Legal Services
130 Dundas Street East, Suite 504, L5A 3V8
905-896-2050
mississaugalegalclinic.ca

Niagara:

Niagara Community Legal Clinic
niagaracommunitylegalclinic.com

St. Catharines Office
8 Church Street, Floor 2, L2R 3B3
905-682-6635

Welland Office
15 Burgar Street, Suite 100, L3B 2S6
905-682-6635
Toll-free: 1-877-801-5956

Satellite offices: Call 905-682-6635 (by appointment only)
Beamsville
Fort Erie
Grimsby
Niagara Falls
Port Colborne

Owen Sound:

Grey-Bruce Community Legal Clinic
945 3rd Avenue East, Suite 2, N4K 2K8
519-370-2200
Toll-free: 1-877-832-1435
gblegalclinic.com

Satellite offices: Call 519-370-2200
Dundalk
Flesherton
Hanover
Kincardine
Port Elgin
Saugeen First Nation
Wiarton

St. Thomas:

Elgin-Oxford Legal Clinic
98 Centre Street, N5R 2Z7
519-633-2638
Toll-free: 1-866-611-2311
eolc.ca

Satellite offices: Call 1-866-611-2311 (by appointment only)
Aylmer
Chippewas of the Thames First Nation
Ingersoll
Munsee Delaware Nation
Oneida of the Thames First Nation
Tillsonburg
West Lorne
Woodstock

Sarnia:

Community Legal Assistance Sarnia
201 Front Street North, Suite 407, N7T 7T9
519-332-8055
Toll-free: 1-888-916-2527
claslegalclinic.ca

Stratford:

Huron Perth Community Legal Clinic
305 Romeo Street South, N5A 4T8
519-271-4556
Toll-free: 1-866-867-1027
huronperthlegalclinic.ca

Satellite offices: Call 1-866-867-1027 (by appointment only)
Clinton
Exeter
Goderich
Listowel
Wingham

Windsor:

Community Legal Aid
Services provided by law students supervised by lawyers.
University of Windsor, Faculty of Law,
401 Sunset Avenue, N9B 3P4
519-253-7150
communitylegalaidwindsor.com

Legal Assistance of Windsor
443 Ouellette Avenue, Floor 2, N9A 4J2
519-256-7831
TTY: 519-256-5287
legalassistanceofwindsor.com

Windsor-essex Bilingual Legal Clinic/Clinique juridique bilingue Windsor‑essex
1770 Langlois Avenue, N8X 4M5
519-253-3526
blc-cjb.com

Satellite office: Call 519-253-3526
Leamington

Specialty community legal clinics

Aboriginal Legal Services (ALS)
Offers legal help, law reform, legal education and advocacy to Status, Non-Status, Inuit, Métis, and self-identified Indigenous people living in Toronto. Legal areas include housing, income assistance, victim rights, human rights, criminal, and child protection. Provides legal representation in Inquests in Ontario. Youth, criminal, and family court workers also offer services in Toronto courthouses. Operates an alternative justice program and prepares “Gladue” reports throughout the province.
211 Yonge Street, Suite 500, Toronto, M5B 1M4
416-408-3967
Toll-free: 1-844-633-2886
aboriginallegal.ca

Advocacy Centre for the Elderly (ACE)
Provides direct legal services to low-income seniors, public legal education, and law reform. Services and activities are in relation to areas of law of special importance to the seniors’ population of Ontario.
55 University Avenue, Suite 1500, Toronto, M5J 2H7
Toll-free: 1-855-598-2656
acelaw.ca

Advocacy Centre for Tenants – Ontario (ACTO)
Works to advance and protect the interests of tenants living with lower incomes. ACTO also provides legal information and assistance to self-represented tenants appearing at the Landlord and Tenant Board through the Tenant Duty Counsel Program (tdc.acto.ca).
55 University Avenue, Suite 1500, Toronto, M5J 2H7
Toll-free: 1-866-245-4182
acto.ca

ARCH Disability Law Centre
Offers information, summary advice and referrals, and legal representation in systemic cases to low or no income people with disabilities across Ontario. Legal areas include accessibility laws, attendant/PSW services, discrimination and human rights, education, and decision-making. Provides public legal education and continuing legal education, undertakes law reform and community development, and conducts test case litigation that advances inclusion for people with disabilities.
55 University Avenue, Suite 1500, Toronto, M5J 2H7
Toll-free: 1-866-482-2724
TTY: 416-482-1254
Toll-free TTY: 1-866-482-2728
archdisabilitylaw.ca

Black Legal Action Centre (BLAC)
Provides services to low or no income Black Ontarians and works to combat individual and systemic anti-Black racism. Legal areas include education, employment, housing, human rights, income assistance, and police complaints.Also conducts public legal education, engages in test case litigation, law reform, and community development to improve the laws that affect Black communities throughout Ontario.
180 Dundas Street West, Suite 1509, Toronto, M5G 1Z8
416-597-5831
Toll-free: 1-877-736-9406
Correctional Facilities Toll-free: 1-877-279-0680 or 1-844-302-2694
blacklegalactioncentre.ca

Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA)
Provides legal services to individuals and groups with environmental legal problems. And seeks to improve environmental protection through legislation.
55 University Avenue, Suite 1500, Toronto, M5J 2H7
Toll-free: 1-844-755-1420
cela.ca

Centre for Spanish-Speaking Peoples (CSSP)
Provides legal information, advice and representation to low‑income, Spanish-speaking people in the Greater Toronto area. Legal areas include immigration and employment. Also engages in outreach, legal education, and law reform activities on issues affecting the Spanish-speaking community across Ontario.
2141 Jane Street, Suite 200, Toronto, M3M 1A2
416-533-8545
spanishservices.org

Chinese and Southeast Asian Legal Clinic (CSALC)
Offers legal advice and representation to qualifying low‑income, non-English speaking members of the Chinese, Vietnamese, Laotian, and Cambodian communities throughout Ontario. Legal areas include immigration, housing, employment, human rights, employment insurance, Canada Pension Plan, old age security, and income assistance. Also provides public legal education and advocates on issues affecting these communities.
123 Edward Street, Suite 505, Toronto, M5G 1E2
Toll-free: 1-844-971-9674
csalc.ca

CLEO (Community Legal education Ontario/ Éducation juridique communautaire Ontario)
Produces free legal information in many formats and languages that help low-income and disadvantaged communities understand their legal rights. CLEO’s website, Steps to Justice, gives step-by-step information about common legal problems. Steps to Justice has practical tools like forms and checklists, and referral information for legal and social services. Guided Pathways are free online interviews that can help fill out legal forms, draft letters, and identify next steps.
180 Dundas Street West, Suite 506, Toronto, M5G 1Z8
416-408-4420
cleo.on.ca
stepstojustice.ca
justicepasapas.ca

HALCO – HIV & AIDS Legal Clinic (Ontario)
Provides free legal services to people living with HIV/AIDS in Ontario. Legal areas include health, income assistance, housing, human rights, immigration and refugee, employment, criminal, consumer, and tax law. Other services include public legal education activities across Ontario, law reform and community development activities.
55 University Avenue, Suite 1400, Toronto, M5J 2H7
Toll-free: 1-888-705-8889
halco.org

Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC)
Works to improve income security programs and workers’ rights in Ontario using litigation, policy development, advocacy, and community organizing. The clinic does not give individual service.
55 University Avenue, Suite 1500, Toronto, M5J 2H7
Toll-free: 1-866-245-4072
incomesecurity.org

Industrial Accident Victims’ Group of Ontario (IAVGO)
Provides legal advice and representation to injured workers, including migrant workers, in Ontario with their workers’ compensation cases. Provides training and public legal education to advocates, workers and community groups, and produces publications for workers and advocates. Operates a satellite student legal clinic with University of Toronto law students called Advocates for Injured Workers.
55 University Avenue, Suite 1500, Toronto, M5J 2H7
Toll-free in Ontario: 1-877-230-6311
iavgo.ca

Injured Workers Community Legal Clinic (IWC)
Provides information and advice, and represents injured workers with their workers’ compensation cases. Provides public legal education and works with injured worker and community organizations trying to improve the workers’ compensation system.
815 Danforth Avenue, Suite 411, Toronto, M4J 1L2
Toll-free: 1-833-461-2411 (call your local clinic first)
iwclc.org

Justice for Children and Youth (JFCY)
Offers information, summary advice, referrals, and representation to children and young people under 18 years of age, and to homeless and unstably housed young people under 25. Provides professional development and public legal education, and undertakes test case litigation and law reform on child and youth rights issues.
55 University Avenue, Suite 1500, Toronto, M5J 2H7
Toll-free: 1-866-999-5329
jfcy.org

Landlord’s Self-Help Centre (LSHC)
Provides information and summary advice to small-scale landlords in Ontario. Also develops educational materials and engages in law reform and community development activities.
55 University Avenue, Suite 1500, Toronto, M5J 2H7
Toll-free: 1-800-730-3218
landlordselfhelp.com

South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario (SALCO)
Provides advice and representation to qualifying low-income South Asians in the Greater Toronto Area. Legal areas include immigration, family, housing, employment, income assistance, consumer debts, and human rights. Also conducts public legal education, law reform, and community development activities in the South Asian communities throughout Ontario.
45 Sheppard Avenue East, Suite 106A, Toronto, M2N 5W9
416-487-6371
salc.on.ca

Workers’ Health & Safety Legal Clinic
Provides legal services to low-income non-unionized workers who need help with employment rights or health and safety rights at work. Also provides education on safety legislation and workplace hazards as well as public legal education to interested groups on health and safety law.
180 Dundas Street West, Suite 2000, Toronto, M5G 1Z8
416-971-8832
Toll-free: 1-877-832-6090
workers-safety.ca

If you speak French

In many cases, you have the right to government services and legal actions in French. This includes hearings with French-speaking decision-makers. Ask a lawyer or community legal clinic about your French-language rights.

Si vous parlez français

Il existe de nombreuses situations où vous avez droit à des services gouvernementaux et à des procédure judiciaires en français, comme la tenue d’une audience devant un décideur qui parle français.

Vous pouvez demander à des avocat(e)s ou à une clinique juridique communautaire de vous informer de vos droits liés au fait de parler français.

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March 2026