Services in Ontario
Other benefits
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.htmlContact Information
Toll-free: 1-800-206-7218 TTY: 1-800-529-3742Legal 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:
- Advocacy Centre for the Elderly
- Aboriginal Legal Services
- ARCH Disability Law Centre
- Black Legal Action Centre
- Centre Francophone du Grand Toronto
- Chinese and South Asian Legal Clinic
- Centre for Spanish Speaking Peoples
- HIV & AIDS Legal Clinic Ontario
- Justice for Children and Youth
- South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario
Some specialty legal clinics provide free legal services in only certain areas of law:
Website
legalaid.on.ca/services/legal-clinicsContact Information
Phone: 416-979-1446 Toll-free: 1-800-668-8258 TTY: 416-598-8867 Toll-free TTY: 1-866-641-8867Ontario Social Assistance Office Finder
Use the office finder to look up the Ontario Works or Ontario Disability Support Program office that serves your area.
Free tax clinics
Free tax clinics help people with low-incomes and simple tax situations to file their tax returns. Use the clinic directory to find a clinic near you.