Location:
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Crisis Services, Employment and Unemployment, Family, Food and Foodbanks, Health, Housing and Tenants, Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Assistance, Mental Health, Seniors and Elders, Violence, Welfare, Women
Telephone: 211
Website: http://www.211ontario.ca/
Advocacy Description: 211Toronto.ca is the public, online version of the database used by information and referral specialists for the 211 telephone service.
Help Line and Website for easy access to community, social,...
Tags: help line
Location: Toronto ,
ON ,
2 Carlton Street Ste 701
Type(s) of Advocacy: Debt, Health, Housing and Tenants, Legal Assistance, Mental Health, Seniors and Elders, Violence
Telephone: 416-598-2656
Website: http://www.acelaw.ca
Hours:
M, T, W, F 9 am to 5 pm; Thursdays 1 to 5 pm
Advocacy Description: Free legal services for low income seniors in the Greater Toronto area. Scope of practice focused on legal issues particularly impacting on seniors including but not limited to health law, consent...
Tags: consumer law, elder abuse, health law, home care, long term care, mental capacity law, retirement home tenancies, tenancy law
Location: Toronto ,
ON ,
111 Richmond St. West
Suite 503
Suite 503
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Activists, Children and Youth, Legal Assistance, Multicultural, Violence
Telephone: 416.214.4747
Website: http://www.aclc.net/
Hours:
Monday to Friday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Switchboard reception: closes at noon on Tuesdays and Thursdays but the office remains open
Advocacy Description: It is funded by Legal Aid Ontario and its primary mandate is to engage in test case litigation in the areas of racial discrimination and anti-Black racism. The clinic also acts as an advocacy agency...
Location: Toronto ,
ON ,
2141 Jane Street, 2nd Floor
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Children and Youth, Family, Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Aid, Legal Assistance, LGBTQ, Multicultural, Women
Telephone: 416-533-8545
Other Telephone: AIDS Program: (416) 925-2800 Legal Clinic: (416) 533-0680 Women's Program: (416) 533-6411
Website: http://www.spanishservices.org
Advocacy Description: The Centre for Spanish-Speaking Peoples serves new immigrants from 20 Spanish - speaking countries and members of other communities.
We serve their needs by offering a variety of services designed to...
Tags: immigration help, Latin American, Latino/Latina, legal aid, legal assistance, settlement support, women's support
Location: Windsor ,
ON ,
235 Eugenie Street West, Suite 105A
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Disability, Legal Assistance, Seniors and Elders
Telephone: (519) 966-5010
Other Telephone: TTY: (519) 966-0361
Website: http://www.citizen-advocacy.ca/
Advocacy Description: Citizen Advocacy provides support for and solutions to immediate problems and concerns of seniors and/or persons with disabilities. Through direct contact with the Citizen Advocacy staff, clients...
Tags: disability services, seniors' advocacy, seniors' services
Location: Toronto ,
ON ,
27 Carlton St. Suite #500
Type(s) of Advocacy: Activists, Housing and Tenants, Legal Assistance
Telephone: Hotline: 416-921-9494
Other Telephone: General Inquiries: 416-646-1772
Website: http://www.torontotenants.org/
Advocacy Description: The Federation of Metro Tenants' Associations (FMTA) is a non-profit Organization which advocates for better rights for Tenants. The FMTA operates the Tenant Hotline, which offers referrals and...
Tags: tenancy rights, tenant advocacy, tenant helpline
Location: Richmond Hill ,
ON ,
10271 Yonge St
Type(s) of Advocacy: Crisis Services, Housing and Tenants, Legal Assistance
Telephone: (905) 713 2696
Other Telephone: (416) 410-6051
Website: http://www.housinghelpcentre.org/
Advocacy Description: The Housing Help Centre (HHC) maintains a housing registry to assist individuals in securing affordable accommodation in the rental market. The Community Support program is a source of integrated...
Tags: counselling, crisis counselling, homelessness prevention, housing registry, housing support, ID clinic, social service support
Location: Toronto ,
ON ,
815 Danforth Avenue, Suite 411
Type(s) of Advocacy: Activists, Legal Aid, Legal Assistance, Workers
Telephone: (416) 461-2411
Website: http://www.injuredworkersonline.org
Advocacy Description: IWC is an independent community legal aid clinic with eight caseworkers and two support staff. The clinic's services are free of charge. IWC often provides self-help information and makes referrals...
Tags: community legal aid, Criminal Injury Compensation, injured workers, legal aid clinic, legal assistance
Location: Armstrong ,
ON
Type(s) of Advocacy: Legal Assistance
Telephone: (807) 583-2631
Website: http://www.kalc.ca
Advocacy Description: Lawyers and legal workers provide information, legal advice, and represent people.
Location: Toronto ,
ON ,
Atrium on Bay
40 Dundas Street West, Suite 200
40 Dundas Street West, Suite 200
Type(s) of Advocacy: Aboriginal and First Nations, Legal Aid, Legal Assistance
Telephone: 416-979-1446; accepts collect calls
Other Telephone: TTY*: Local: (416) 598-8867 Toll free: 1-866-641-8867
Website: http://www.legalaid.on.ca/
Advocacy Description: LAO's mandate is to promote access to justice throughout Ontario for low-income individuals by means of providing consistently high quality legal aid services in a cost-effective and efficient manner...
Tags: law and lawyers, legal aid, legal assistance, legal certification program, legal clinic
Location:
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Disability, Health, Housing and Tenants, Legal Assistance, Legal Info (PLEI), Mental Health, Seniors and Elders, Welfare, Women
Website: http://www.lifespin.org/
Hours:
Appointments recommended
Monday to Wednesday
9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Advocacy Description: We specialize in issues related to ODSP legislation, OW legislation and CPP legislation. We provide assistance with completing applications, gathering medical evidence, internal review/...
Tags: CPP, homelessness prevention, low income, ODSP
Location: London ,
ON ,
866 Dundas Street
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Disability, Health, Housing and Tenants, Legal Assistance, Legal Info (PLEI), Mental Health, Seniors and Elders, Welfare, Women
Website: http://www.lifespin.org/
Hours:
Appointments recommended
Monday to Wednesday
9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Advocacy Description: We specialize in issues related to ODSP legislation, OW legislation and CPP legislation. We provide assistance with completing applications, gathering medical evidence, internal review/...
Tags: CPP, homelessness prevention, low income, ODSP
Location: ,
ON
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Children and Youth, Disability, Employment and Unemployment, Family, Housing and Tenants, Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Aid, Legal Assistance, Welfare, Workers
Advocacy Description: Community legal clinics provide representation, public legal education, law reform and community development services to low-income individuals and groups within a defined geographical area. Social...
Tags: community development services, community legal clinics, housing law, public legal education, social assistnance
Location: Toronto ,
ON ,
1266 Queen Street West
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Health, Housing and Tenants, Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Assistance, Violence, Welfare, Workers
Telephone: 416-531-2411
Website: http://www.parkdalelegal.org
Advocacy Description: Parkdale Community Legal Services is a community legal clinic located on Queen Street in the west end of Toronto, Canada. They provide free legal advice, assistance and representation to low income...
Tags: Criminal Injury Compensation, ontario disability support program, Workers’ Compensation
Location: Toronto ,
ON ,
260 Wellesley St E, Ste 109
Type(s) of Advocacy: Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Assistance
Telephone: 416-961-7027
Advocacy Description: Information and referral, including referral to legal services. Paralegal services, assistance with immigration matters. Lawyer available by appointment and in emergencies.
Tags: immigration law, legal assistance, newcomers
Location:
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Children and Youth, Housing and Tenants, Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Aid, Legal Assistance
Advocacy Description: Student Legal Aid Services Societies (SLASS), funded by LAO, operate out of Ontario's six law schools. With the supervision of full time lawyers, volunteer law students provide legal advice and...
Tags: minor crimes, student legal aid, students, tribunals
Location: Toronto ,
ON ,
519 Church Street
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Activists, Children and Youth, Crisis Services, Health, Housing and Tenants, Legal Assistance, LGBTQ, Seniors and Elders, Women
Telephone: 416-392-6874
Website: http://www.the519.org/
Hours:
Monday-Friday: 9:00 am - 10:00 pm
Saturday: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sunday: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Advocacy Description: The 519 has over 300 groups using meeting space, providing community services and offering self help programmes. There are trans meal programs, an ID clinic, homelessness outreach, legal clinic,...
Location: Belleville ,
ON ,
158 George Street
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Legal Assistance
Telephone: 613-966-8686 Ext. 23
Other Telephone: TTY - 613-966-8714 or 1-877-966-8714
Website: http://www.communitylegalcentre.ca
Advocacy Description: We provide referrals, legal information, legal advice, representation before courts and tribunals, Tenant Duty Counsel, community development and law reform.
SATELLITE OFFICE (by appointment only)...
Location: Cobourg ,
ON ,
1005 Elgin Street West
Suite #200
Suite #200
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Debt, Employment and Unemployment, Food and Foodbanks, Housing and Tenants, Legal Assistance, Welfare, Workers
Telephone: 905-372-2646
Website: http://www.thehelpcentre.ca
Advocacy Description: The Help Centre of Northumberland (THCN) carries out its mission to further and promote social justice, equity, and the right to self-determination through services provided through two sister...
Tags: Canada Pension Plan, Criminal Injuries Compensation, Employment Insurance, Employment Standards, evictions, ontario disability support program, Ontario Human Rights complaints, Ontario Works, rent bank, tenant hearings, Workplace Safety and Insurance Board
Location: Toronto ,
ON ,
1651 Keele Street
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Crisis Services, Disability, Employment and Unemployment, Family, Health, Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Assistance, Multicultural, Seniors and Elders
Telephone: (416) 653-5400
Website: http://www.ycservices.com/
Advocacy Description: York Community Services provides integrated health, legal, counselling and community services to residents of the former City of York in Central West Toronto. Established in 1973, we serve people of...
Tags: community health centre, counselling services, immigrant services, legal clinic, people living with disabilities, seniors' services
