Services in Ontario

Canada Pension Plan disability benefits (CPP)

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Legal clinics

Legal Aid Ontario funds legal clinics across Ontario. There are two types of legal clinics: community legal clinics and specialty legal clinics.

Community legal clinics provide free legal services to people with low incomes who live in their area. Search for the clinic in your area using your postal code. Most help with:

  • income assistance
  • tenant rights
  • employment problems

Some clinics can help with immigration and refugee problems or debt and consumer problems.

Some specialty legal clinics provide free legal services to specific groups of people with low incomes:

Some specialty legal clinics provide free legal services in only certain areas of law:

Website

legalaid.on.ca/services/legal-clinics

Contact Information

Phone: 416-979-1446 Toll-free: 1-800-668-8258 TTY: 416-598-8867 Toll-free TTY: 1-866-641-8867

ARCH Disability Law Centre

Legal Aid Ontario funds ARCH to offer legal services to people with disabilities who have a low income. They will also give some advice to anyone with a disability who contacts them. ARCH’s work focuses on the areas of abuse, accessibility laws, attendant services, legal capacity, discrimination, education, and employment.

Website

archdisabilitylaw.ca

Contact Information

Phone: 416-482-8255 Toll-free: 1-866-482-2724 TTY: 416-482-1254 Toll-free TTY: 1-866-482-2728

Service Canada

Service Canada is a central place to access a wide range of government services and benefits, including Employment Insurance, Old Age Security, Canada Pension Plan, Social Insurance Numbers, and passports. There are Service Canada offices across Ontario.

Service Canada’s Benefits Finder suggests benefits from the Canadian and provincial governments that you may be able to get.

Website

canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/corporate/portfolio/service-canada.html

Contact Information

Toll-free: 1-800-206-7218 TTY: 1-800-529-3742

Social Security Tribunal of Canada

The tribunal makes decisions on appeals about Employment Insurance, Canada Pension Plan, and Old Age Security. The tribunal has a general division, which is the first level of appeal, and an appeal division, which is the second level of appeal. Their website has information about the appeal process and to get the forms you need to make an appeal.

Website

www1.canada.ca/en/sst

Contact Information

Toll-free: 1-877-227-8577 Toll-free TTY: 1-866-873-8381
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