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Toll-free phone numbers for law-related help in BC

Legal information or self-help

Courthouse Libraries BC

1-800-665-2570

Lower Mainland: 604-660-2841

Dial-A-Law (recorded legal information)

1-800-565-5297

Lower Mainland: 604-687-4680

Legal advice or representation

Lawyer Referral Service

($25 for 30 minute consultation)

1-800-663-1919

Lower Mainland: 604-687-3221

Legal Aid Call Centre

(interpreters available in over 100 languages)

1-866-577-2525

Lower Mainland: 604-408-2172

Access Pro Bono

(free legal advice for low income people)

1-877-762-6664

Lower Mainland: 604-878-7400

Government

Enquiry BC

1-800-663-7867

Lower Mainland: 604-660-2421

Victoria: 250-387-6121

TDD: 1-800-661-8773

Ombudsperson for BC

1-800-567-3247

Victoria: 250-387-5855

Service Canada (federal government)

1-800-622-6232

Your communities

Disabilities

Advocacy Access

1-800-663-1278

Lower Mainland: 604-872-1278

TDD: 604-875-8835

ARA Mental Health (Action, Research & Advocacy)

1-866-689-7938

Lower Mainland: 604-689-7938

Seniors

BC Centre for Elder Advocacy and Support

1-866-437-1940

Lower Mainland: 604-437-1940

TDD = Telephone Device for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

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Your safety

Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver

(women and youth involved in criminal justice system)

1-888-879-9593

Lower Mainland: 604-520-1166

National Parole Board Record Suspension Info

1-800-874-2652

VictimLINK

1-800-563-0808

TDD: 604-875-0885 (call collect)

Text: 604-836-6381

Your family

Family Justice Counsellors

1-800-663-7867

Lower Mainland: 604-660-2421

Victoria: 250-387-6121

Family Maintenance Enforcement Program

Lower Mainland: 604-678-5670

Victoria: 250-220-4040

North & Interior: 250-434-6020

Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Support Line

1-855-474-9777

Lower Mainland: 604-558-4740

Helpline for Children in BC

310-1234 (no area code needed)

TDD: 1-866-660-0505 

Your daily life

Housing, tenancy & neighbours

Tenant Resource & Advisory Centre

1-800-665-1185

Lower Mainland: 604-255-0546

Residential Tenancy Branch

1-800-665-8779

Lower Mainland: 604-660-1020

Victoria: 250-387-1602

Employment

Employment Standards Branch

1-800-663-3316

TDD: 1-800-661-8773

Workers' Advisors Office

Lower Mainland: 1-800-663-4261

Vancouver Island: 1-800-661-4066

Interior Region: 1-800-663-6695

Rights & citizenship

BC Civil Liberties Association

1-866-731-7507

BC Human Rights Coalition

1-877-689-8474