Legal Resources

Legal Assistance – Where to find help!

Hamilton Resources:

Hamilton Community Legal Clinic

• “is a community based not for profit agency whose diverse team of caring professionals and volunteers provides legal services to low income individuals and communities to promote access to justice and to improve quality of life”.
  • “We do this through summary advice and referral, representation, community development, law reform and public legal education”.
• Type of Legal Information
• Housing
  • We provide legal advice on housing matters to tenants. We do not provide any advice to landlords.
    • Depending on the case, we can:
      • Advise you on your rights and the process for enforcing your rights;
      • Help you defend against your landlord’s application for eviction;
      • Assist you with completing an application to the LTB to enforce your rights through our “Forms Clinic”;
      • Assist with revocation of your subsidy; and/or
      • Represent you at your LTB hearing.
• Please visit the website for more information on:
  • Tips for tenants
  • Know your rights
  • Tenant’s right’s tool kit
• Immigration
  • The Immigration Team provides summary legal advice regarding refugee claim process, family class sponsorships, permanent residence, citizenship, temporary resident visa extensions, pre-removal risk assessments and humanitarian & compassionate applications.
  • We may consider legal representation at the Immigration Appeal Division and Federal Court in a limited number of cases based on financial eligibility and merit.
  • They do not provide help filling out forms.
    • For help filling out forms please contact
      • Hamilton Refugee Law Office
      • 110 King Street West Suite 780
        Hamilton L8P 4S6
        Telephone: 905‑528‑0134
        Toll-free: 1‑877‑449‑4003
• How to contact them
  • • • 100 Main St E (Corner of Main and Catharine)
        Suite 203 (2nd Floor)
        Hamilton, ON L8N 3W4
        Telephone: 905‑527-4572
        Fax: 905-523-7282
      •  Office Hours (call to make an appointment)
        • Monday: 8:30 a.m. – noon and 1 – 4 p.m. (closed noon – 1 p.m. for lunch)
        • Tuesday: 8:30 a.m. – noon and 1 – 4 p.m. (closed noon – 1 p.m. for lunch)
        • Wednesday: 8:30 a.m. – noon
        • Thursday: 8:30 a.m. – noon and 1 – 4 p.m. (closed noon – 1 p.m. for lunch)
        • Friday: 8:30 a.m. – noon and 1 – 4 p.m. (closed noon – 1 p.m. for lunch)
      • Website: Hamilton Community Legal Clinic

Provincial Resources

 Probono Ontario

• A non-profit organization committed to helping Ontarians with their everyday civil legal needs.
  • This organization is staffed by volunteer lawyers who provide you with some basic information on your legal questions.
  • They are not your lawyers and will not provide you with legal representation.
• They provide legal information on issues such as:
  • Landlord Tenant Law
    • E.g., leases, evictions etc.,
  • Employment Law
    • E.g., hiring, firing and employment guidelines
• They do not provide legal information on
  • Immigration Law
    • E.g., living, working, and studying in Canada
  • Family Law
    • Divorce, custody and access, and support
• How to reach them:
  • Call – 1-855-255-7256
  • For more information, please go to: Probono Ontario

Canadian Centre for Housing Rights (CCHR)

• An organization that works with tenants mainly by telephone and email.
• Their services include:
  • are being discriminated against when looking for housing.
  • are being harassed.
  • need accommodation for a human rights reason, such as a disability.
  • want general information about human rights or the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario.
• How to reach them:
  • Call – Phone 416-944-0087 or toll-free 1-800-263-1139
  • For more information, please go to:
  • Canadian Centre for Housing Rights

The Ontario Legal Information Center

• This is an Ottawa based organization, but they will provide a consultation to residents from all over Ontario.
• Provides a confidential free 30-minute consultation with a lawyer.
  • They will provide legal information and referrals.
  • The service is free to
• They provide legal information on issues such as:
  • Landlord Tenant
    • E.g., leases, evictions etc.,
  • Immigration
    • E.g., living, working, and studying in Canada
  • Employment
    • E.g., hiring, firing and employment guidelines
  • Family
    • Divorce, custody and access, and support
  • Etc.
• How to reach them:
  • Call – 1-844-343-7462 or
  • Go online and book an appointment.
    • Ontario Legal Information Centre

Law Society Referral Service

• The Law Society of Ontario has an online Law Society Referral Service that gives you the name of a lawyer or licensed paralegal who will give free legal advice for up to 30 minutes in any area of law.
• How to reach them:
  • Go to Law Society Referral Service to request an appointment.
  • If if you’re in crisis or in custody,
    • call 1-855-947-5255 or 416-947-5255,
      • Monday to Friday, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
    • If you can not wait for a legal representative to call you back, or if you don’t have a call-back number, email lsrs@lso.ca

Renting in Ontario

• Produced by the Landlord and Tenant Board this website provides more detailed information on the rights and responsibilities of both Landlords and Tenants
  • Renting in Ontario
• Renting with roommates in Ontario? Here are the rights and regulations you should know.
• • Are you living with roommates, here is what you should know
  • Renting with Roommates in Ontario