Find organizations that provide legal help in BC. Most services are free or low cost.
Family Law advocate provides support, legal information, assistance, and referrals to low-income women, men, and teens facing legal challenges related to family law. The Poverty Law advocate provides free advocacy, representation, and assistance to low-income women and men, including EI, benefits, PWD, CPP, CPP-D, FMEP, tenancy, WCB, mental health.
The family law advocate helps with issues including child protection, guardianship, support, and separation and divorce. The poverty law advocate provides information, support, and one-on-one advocacy to get provincial and federal benefits and services. The legal advocate also helps with other issues such as debt and WCB.
Provides information and advice about child support, spousal support, legal aid, family law programs, and various legal issues related to family law, as well as income-support programs and residential tenancy concerns. Also helps with applying for legal aid, income support, and appeals.
Referrals, legal advice, and representation for issues related to poverty law, including disability and other benefits, tenancy issues, debt collection, and human rights; and issues related to family law, including child or spousal support, divorce, separation, and property division.
Provides information, referrals, and representation on issues including various family legal issues (including child protection issues), income assistance (applying for disability benefits and appeals, and more), housing (residential tenancy issues for tenants), and employment issues (employment insurance, employment standards, and CPP).
Support and advocacy for people living with a combination of mental illness, mental health problems, low-income, or homelessness, on issues including income security and financial hardship, access to health care and substance use supports, filing taxes, residential tenancy and housing, child protection and family law issues, and debt relief.
Provides the information, support, and referrals you need to understand your rights as a newcomer to Canada. Programs include support in family law, immigration law, workers rights, and victim support. All services are confidential and free for eligible people.
The family law advocate provides legal information and help to residents of Chilliwack.
Family Justice Centres provide services to British Columbians going through separation or divorce. Family Justice Counsellors help families with parenting arrangements, contact with a child, guardianship, and support issues. They provide short-term counselling, mediation, emergency and community referrals, and other free services.
Offers pro bono (free) legal advice to eligible older adults (55+) living in BC on a wide range of legal matters.
