Getting legal help
Get legal aid help in over 200 languages at 1-800-668-8258 toll-free (or 416-979-1446 in Toronto)
Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Best time to call: 9 to 10 a.m.
Current wait time:
If you are deaf, deafened or hard or hearing you can call us on Bell relay or TTY.
Learn more about:
Getting help from Legal Aid Ontario
Does your problem qualify for legal aid?
Does your income qualify for legal aid?
Types of help
- Toll-free telephone services
- A lawyer who can help you is just a phone call away
- Duty counsel services
- Criminal law services
- Family law services
- Mediation services
- Immigration/refugee law
- Community and specialty clinics
- Representation by a lawyer - the certificate program
Other types of help
LawFacts.ca
Legal Aid Ontario’s criminal and refugee law information website
Family Law Information Program (FLIP)
A free online resource for families, former spouses and partners about to enter the family justice system.
News
Call for 2016 nominations for the Sidney B. Linden Award
Tuesday, September 6
Technology and access to justice in the spotlight at Wired Justice conference
Friday, September 2
LAO posts submission on Strategy for a Safer Ontario consultation
Thursday, September 1
Blog
Lawyers
LAO in brief: News for lawyers 
Expansion of Judicial Pre-Trial pilot process
Wednesday, September 21
Deadline to join a refugee panel is July 31
Tuesday, July 26
Second chair mentoring program update
Monday, July 18
Legal Aid Online
Lawyers and legal office staff can submit accounts and view their status on the secure Legal Aid Online website.
LAO's strategic directions
Mental Health Justice Strategy
Racialized Communities Strategy
Clinic law services strategic direction
Legal aid clinics
Legal Aid Ontario funds 76 community legal clinics throughout the province. Thirteen of these clinics provide specialty legal services.
Learn more.