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LEGAL INFORMATION

Law Society of Upper Canada

  • general legal information
  • information on how to get legal help
  • general legal information
  • information on how to get legal help
  • Lawyer Referral
  • best place to start if you have any sort of legal problem and aren't sure what to do about it
  • provides a referral to a lawyer in your area who will give you half an hour of free legal advice
  • call 1-800-268-8326
Waterloo Region Community Legal Services
  • for low income people
  • deals with disputes involving landlord-tenant problems, Workers Compensation, Canada Pension Plan, social assistance
  • call 743-0254
Legal Aid (linked to the Waterloo Region Community Legal Services website)
  • the place to call if you need a lawyer and can't afford to pay
  • call 743-4306

Community Justice Initiatives
  • victim-offender reconciliation
  • community mediation service
  • sexual abuse treatment program—help for both victims and offenders
SPECIAL SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

Advocacy Resource Centre for the Handicapped
  • concerned particularly with defending the rights of people with disabilities
  • represents clients in precedent-setting cases
  • some costs covered, maybe all depending on client's financial situation
  • call (416) 482-8255
Barrier Free Recorded Information Line
  • call 1-800-387-4456
  • recorded messages telling if local court buildings are barrier free or not
  • covers all of Ontario
  • touch tone phone required to use it
LANDLORD-TENANT MATTERS

Ontario Rental Housing Tribunal
  • help resolving landlord-tenant disputes
  • information on landlord-tenant laws
  • 1-888-332-3234