Legal Aid

Free Legal Representation and Legal Advice

Are you facing eviction, discrimination, denial of social assistance? The Centre’s Legal Aid Services can help you if you have limited financial means.

Two lawyers and one community legal worker are available to answer your questions briefly over the phone or, for more complex files, in person.

Immigration and Refugee Law

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• Refugee status claims
• Pre-removal risk assessments
• Humanitarian and compassionate ground applications
• Deportation hearings
• Detention review hearings

Social assistance and disability pension

• Appeal of a denial of benefits under the Ontario Works Program and the Ontario Disability Support Program.
• Appeal of a denial of a disability pension under the Canada Pension Plan (CPP).

Tenants’ rights

• Eviction application
• Review of a court order

Employment and employment insurance

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• Claim to the Ministry of Labour under the Employment Standards Act.
• Appeal to the Ontario Labour Relations Commission of a negative decision by the Ministry of Labour.
• Review of a denial of employment insurance benefits.
• Representation before the Arbitration Board (employment insurance).

Human rights

• Grievance to the Ontario or Canadian Human Rights Commissions in the case of discrimination with regard to service, employment or housing.

Rights to French-language services

• Complaints to Government ministries
• Request for hearings in French

Information

Fatouma Coulibaly, Office Manager
Legal Aid Services 416-922-2672, Ext. 300