Legal Resources

Explains your rights and steps you can take if you invest and things go sideways. Topics include what problems can arise when you invest, hiring an investment adviser, and the differences between investing in a public or a private company.

If you can’t pay your loan, the creditor may seek to take your property to satisfy the debt. Learn your rights if a creditor wants to repossess (or seize) your property.

The Solution Explorer is the first step in the online Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT) process, with free legal information and self-help tools. You can apply to the CRT for small claims dispute resolution right from the Solution Explorer.

This online tutorial helps you learn about Canada’s Registered Disability Savings Plan. It consists of four chapters: about RDSP, getting started, opening RDSP, and other info. Each chapter has a list of questions or topics that you can navigate to directly.

Practical information on your rights and responsibilities when lending money to a family member or a friend.

Practical, step-by-step information on your legal rights and options to get out of debt. Topics include budgeting out of debt, consolidating your debts, negotiating payment terms, negotiating a debt settlement, making a consumer proposal, declaring bankruptcy, and people who can help.

Essentials of Consumer Law helps you learn how to protect yourself when you buy something or hire someone to perform a service. This publication explains your rights for common consumer purchases and contracts, as well as the steps you can take when something goes wrong. Reviewed March 2017.

Explain your options for getting out of debt, who can help, scams, and licensed insolvency trustees who can help with formal legal processes. Your options include to budget out of debt, to negotiate with your creditors, to consolidate your debt, to negotiate a debt settlement, to make a consumer proposal, and bankruptcy.

When someone leaves goods at a storage facility, the business has a legal claim on the goods. This is called a “warehouse lien.” It can help the business recover their fees.

Buying goods or services over the internet can be convenient, but there are some pitfalls. Learn your rights and what to watch for.