Find organizations that provide legal help in BC. Most services are free or low cost.
Education and coaching workshops about separation, divorce, parenting arrangements, support, and division of property and debt. You’ll get an overview of your rights and obligations, and they can identify next steps, provide resources, and guide you to sources and organizations that can help with dispute resolution, and more.
Family experts are available on the helpline to answer your questions about the Disability Tax Credit, the Registered Disability Savings Plan, estate planning, advocacy approaches, government benefit programs, social network building, and more.
These service providers located throughout BC have partnered with Legal Aid BC to improve access to legal aid services in rural, remote, and Aboriginal communities. They help you get free legal information, call legal aid, find your nearest legal aid location, get legal help online, and connect with people who can help.
The family law advocate helps with issues such as divorce, parenting time, and child/spousal support. The legal advocate helps with problems involving your landlord, employment, income assistance, debt, and more. The legal information and assistance coordinator helps with legal aid referrals, wills and estates, debt, and other issues.
Legal advice and assistance to low-income individuals, generally to appeal a decision. Issues include housing (Residential Tenancy Branch, and more), income security (Employment and Assistance Appeal Tribunal, and more), workers’ rights (SST appeals on EI, and more), human rights (federal), and mental health (Mental Health Review Panel, and more).
The clinic provides advocacy, legal advice, and representation mainly to low-income individuals. Areas of the law include social assistance, income assistance, tenancy, employment (including employment insurance and employment standards), workers’ compensation, human rights, debt, and disability (including mental health).
The Child and Youth Legal Centre provides legal help for young people who are experiencing problems relating to family law, child protection, a breach of human rights, and many other legal issues.
Free and confidential legal advocacy services including information and referrals, summary advice and support, and full representation in many legal matters including housing (on and off reserve), income/social assistance, debt, police accountability, human rights, disability, Indigenous legal issues, elder issues, child protection, and much more.
Provides legal information, education, and help with problem solving for low-income residents of the West Kootenays. They can help with welfare, family law, tenancy, women’s safety, and poverty survival. They also provide specialized victim assistance to victims of relationship violence, sexual assault, and child abuse. Advocacy services are free.
Free online family mediation and advice services for low- and modest-income families across BC. Family mediation is a collaborative way for parties to come to an agreement on issues that come up when a marriage or common-law relationship ends, including property division, debt division, parenting arrangements, child support, and spousal support.
