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Toll-free phone numbers for law-related help in BC
Last updated February 6, 2024
Legal information or self-help
1-855-875-8867 (call or text)
1-800-665-2570 (toll-free)
Lower Mainland: 604-660-2841
Legal advice or representation
(free 15 minute initial consultation)
604-687-3221
(interpreters available in over 100 languages)
1-866-577-2525 (toll-free)
Lower Mainland: 604-408-2172
(free legal advice for low income people)
604-878-7400
Government
General Enquiries to Government of BC (Service BC)
(available in over 140 languages)
1-800-663-7867 (toll-free)
Outside of Canada/USA: 604-660-2421
Text: 1-604-660-2421 (7:30 am - 5 pm Mon - Fri)
TDD: 711
VRS: 1-800-663-7867
1-800-567-3247 (toll-free)
Victoria: 250-387-5855
Service Canada (federal government)
1-800-622-6232 (toll-free)
TTY: 1-800-926-9105
Your communities
Disabilities
1-800-663-1278 (toll-free)
Lower Mainland: 604-872-1278
Seniors
Seniors Abuse and Information Line
1-866-437-1940 (toll-free)
Lower Mainland: 604-437-1940
Your safety
Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver
(women and youth involved in criminal justice system)
1-888-879-9593 (toll-free)
Greater Vancouver: 604-520-1166
National Parole Board Record Suspensions
1-800-874-2652 (toll-free)
(available in over 150 languages)
1-800-563-0808 - call or text 24/7 (toll-free)
SHARP Workplaces & Stand Informed
1-888-685-6222 (toll-free)
604-673-3143
Clicklaw HelpMap
The Clicklaw HelpMap, integrated with Google Maps, assists you in finding pro bono clinics, community-based legal advocates, legal aid offices, courthouse libraries, and others who provide assistance to people with legal problems.
Your family
Justice Access Centres (JACs)
1-800-663-7867 (Enquiry BC - ask for Vancouver, Surrey & Victoria JACs)
Abbotsford: 604-851-7055 or 1-844-747-3963 (toll-free in BC)
Nanaimo: 250-741-5447 or 1-800-578-8511 (toll-free in BC)
Surrey: 604-501-3100
Vancouver: 604-660-2084
Victoria: 250-356-7012
Family Justice Counsellors
Call Service BC: 1-800-663-7867 (toll-free)
Greater Vancouver: 604-660-2421
Greater Victoria: 250-387-6121
1-866-557-2427
InfoLine: 1-800-663-3455 (toll-free)
Outside of Canada/USA: 1-250-220-4040
1-855-474-9777 (toll-free)
Greater Vancouver: 604-558-4740
Reporting Abuse: 1-800-663-9122 (24 hrs 7 days)
Helpline for Children: 310-1234 (no area code needed)
Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868
Youth Against Violence Line: 1-800-680-4264 (24 hrs 7 days) - counselling and referral
Greater Vancouver: 604-408-2172
Elsewhere in BC: 1-866-577-2525 (toll-free)
Your daily life
Housing, tenancy & neighbours
1-800-665-1185 (toll-free)
Lower Mainland: 604-255-0546
1-800-665-8779 (toll-free)
Lower Mainland: 604-660-1020
Victoria: 250-387-1602
Employment
1-833-236-3700
Text a quick question: 604-660-2421
1-800-663-4261 (toll-free)
Lower Mainland: 604-335-5931
Rights & citizenship
BC Human Rights Clinic (Community Legal Assistance Society - CLAS)
1-855-685-6222 (toll-free)
604-622-1100
Human Rights Clinic (The Law Centre, University of Victoria)
1-866-385-1221 (toll-free)
250-385-1221
TDD/TTY = Telephone Device for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing