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Local contacts and referral lists. Connects people to community, health, and government resources for help.
Call: 211Access Pro Bono runs free legal advice clinics throughout the province. Call to make an appointment. Provides information about free legal services available to people who can’t get legal aid or afford a lawyer. Includes a map to help people find legal clinics throughout Canada.
BC directory of administrative tribunals, agencies, and self-help resources. These organizations support the government in making rules, providing services, and enforcing laws. They administer the government’s laws and policies. Administrative law ensures the government and its agencies deal with people fairly and lawfully.
Volunteers provide free help with legal forms and appearances in various legal areas including housing, income support, aboriginal law, and transgender issues (name change, etc.).
Information about income assistance, disability, EI, federal public pension, and housing in BC.
Ask JES provides live help weekdays between 11am and 2pm. We strive to meet British Columbians where they’re at, offering them live digital chat, phone, and text message options during our operating hours. During offline hours, people can leave their contact information to receive a response by email.
Connects refugee claimants with settlement workers in the Greater Vancouver area and provides links to a variety of resources and services for topics including legal, housing, health and emergency, wifi and connectivity, food, and clothing.
Information about complaints against police, privacy and access to information, and freedom of expression. The BC Civil Liberties Association actively advances human rights and civil liberties through litigation, law reform, community-based legal advocacy, public engagement, and education. Includes a link to The Arrest Handbook, which is available in several languages.
Offers free legal services for Indigenous people in BC, including Indigenous Justice Centres, and a Gladue report program.
Support for foster parents across BC.
BC Health Regulators works to ensure regulated health care providers deliver qualified, safe, and ethical care to their patients and clients.
Website includes information about regulation and a section about how to make a complaint about health care.
BC Housing is a government agency dedicated to addressing housing affordability and homelessness. They develop and manage social housing, implement rental assistance programs, and work with community partners to provide safe and affordable housing solutions.
Free legal services, education, and workshops for people with provincial human rights complaints.
The BC Human Rights Tribunal is responsible for accepting, screening, mediating, and adjudicating human rights complaints.
The BC Labour Relations Board works with employers, employees, and unions on matters related to employment and labour relations in unionized workplaces.
Current BC laws and regulations are now freely available online at BC Laws.
The new website is managed by the King’s Printer, in partnership with the Ministry of Justice, the Law Society of British Columbia, and the Law Foundation of British Columbia.
Promotes the equality of men, women, and children in society and offers counselling services and support groups.
BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services (BCMHSUS), part of the Provincial Health Services Authority, provides specialized treatment to people with the most severe and complex mental health and substance use disorders in British Columbia, as well as health care services for people who are incarcerated in provincial correctional facilities.
Find BC notaries by language and location.
The BC Notaries Association represents highly trained professionals from across BC who provide legal services on a wide range of legal matters including real estate transfers, wills and advanced healthcare planning, powers of attorney, mortgage refinancing, and other important legal documents.
Information and guidebooks about civil, family, and criminal law. Includes links to court forms and court locations in BC.
Local contacts and referral lists. Connects people to community, health, and government resources for help.
As an advocate on behalf of vulnerable children in BC, the Child and Youth Legal Centre provides free and confidential legal help for young people who are experiencing problems related to family law, child protection, human rights, and many other legal issues. The centre aims to ensure that the rights, interests, and points of view of children and youth are heard and respected. Services include:
The centre helps young people up to 19 years old, but if a legal problem started before they turned 19, it may still be able to help.
The Child and Youth Legal Centre is run by the Society for Children and Youth of BC.
Visit the centre at:
102 – 1678 W. Broadway Street
Vancouver, BC, V6J 1X6
The City of Vancouver’s website includes information about all of the municipality’s services and programs.
The Civil Resolution Tribunal is Canada’s first online tribunal and is part of the BC public justice system. It offers an accessible, affordable way to resolve many types of civil law disputes, including for small claims less than $5,000, strata, motor vehicle accidents/injuries, and more, without needing a lawyer or attending court.
Coast Mental Health empowers people living with mental illness by providing three essential pillars of recovery: housing, support services, employment and education.
Provides free legal assistance on loss of housing, human rights complaints, mental health law, accessing government benefits, work-related issues, and sexual assault.
If you live in Kamloops, Thompson Rivers University’s Community Legal Clinic can provide you with free legal help and advice.
Student-run community legal clinic provides help with the following:
Also helps draft certain types of legal documents, including:
Includes information about consumer help, tips, and responds to consumer inquiries and complaints.
The Consumer Help web page provides information on a wide range of marketplace issues.
Free credit counselling, bankruptcy, and debt consolidation advice in Canada. Provides information about solving debt problems, managing money better, and learning about credit.
Learn more about help in British Columbia.
Dial-A-Law features free information on the law in B.C. in hundreds of topic areas. Lawyers regularly review and update the information.
Transcripts of taped information, written by lawyers about various legal topics and your legal rights, are available.
Provides a Summary Advice and Referral Service which is a free, confidential legal service, directly to persons with disabilities from across BC, on a variety of disability-related areas of law. Run by the Disability Alliance of BC.
Provides a Summary Advice and Referral Service which is a free, confidential legal service, directly to persons with disabilities across BC, on certain disability-related areas of law, including accessibility laws, discrimination and human rights, access to services, and accommodation in the workplace. Language interpretation services are available.
Information about employment standards in BC for payment, compensation, and working conditions in most workplaces.
This diverse team of professionals provides fixed-fee services in a wide range of areas covering everyday legal problems including civil disputes, employment and benefits, family law issues, residential tenancy, and wills and estates.
PovNet’s online tool helps people find an advocate at a wide variety of organizations to assist with legal issues.
Shoulder to shoulder on the frontlines with the Downtown Eastside community, the First United Church Community Ministry Society operates from a harm-reduction perspective to provide essential services, community connection, and healing. This faith-based service provider welcomes and affirms individuals from all walks of life without exception. Its core is the mission, ministry, and call to social justice of the United Church of Canada.
Emergency help for mental health and substance use concerns. Trained volunteers provide toll-free telephone support and crisis intervention counselling, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. People can also call for information on local services or if they just need someone to talk to.
If you are having thoughts of suicide, or are worried about someone else, call or text 9-8-8 to reach a trained responder.
Free and impartial help for home, auto, and business insurance disputes
Service BC can guide you through Government of British Columbia programs and services.
Ask for detailed information in over 220 languages. Accessible options available.
The official website of the Government of Canada.
Provides a variety of support services for immigrants and refugees including help with getting settled, learning English, and finding work.
Programs and services that help people before and after release from jail.
Promotes Understanding & Access To The Legal System.
A non-profit organization run by UBC law students, providing free legal advice and representation.
Information about free legal advice clinics offered by law students at the University of British Columbia, including their clinic solely for immigration and refugee legal issues. Also includes the LSLAP Manual of legal information.
Assists with summary criminal offences, bylaw, tenancy, traffic tickets, civil resolution (<$5000), ICBC driving prohibitions, EI, WorkSafe BC matters, wills and estates, immigration issues, drafting certain legal documents, and more.
Robson Square walk-in clinic: Room 143, 800 Hornby Street, Vancouver (Provincial Court of British Columbia)
Check website or call for hours.
Carnegie walk-in clinic: Carnegie Community Centre at 401 Main Street, Vancouver
Check website or call for hours.
Helps you find a lawyer to take your case. If you don’t know a lawyer who handles criminal cases, contact the Lawyer Referral Service to get the name of a local lawyer to talk to for 15 minutes for free. You can find out what they’d charge if you need more help and decide whether you want to hire them.
Online legal information website
Find contact information for the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in your area.
The Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC) “It Pays to Know” campaign provides free tools, tips, and resources at Canada.ca/it-pays-to-know to help Canadians manage debt, understand financial rights, and improve financial literacy amid rising costs. Key resources include budget planners, mortgage calculators, and advice on navigating financial institutions to improve financial well-being.
Representatives for constituents
A non-profit organization that provides free (pro bono) legal advocacy services to migrant workers in BC.
Multicultural liaison workers are cultural and language support staff with the Vancouver School Board. They work under the English language learner support services at the Newcomer Welcome Centre.
The Office of Police Complaints Commissioner (OPCC) has jurisdiction over municipal police officers in British Columbia.
If you wish to make a complaint involving other types of law enforcement officers, including provincial compliance and enforcement officers, RCMP, or municipal by-law officers, the OPCC will assist you with contacting the responsible government or oversight agency or by receiving and forwarding your complaint to those agencies on your behalf.
Independent and impartial alternative dispute resolution for Canadian life and health insurance consumers
A non-profit registered charity providing social services primarily in Surrey, Delta, White Rock, and Langley. Guidance for finding housing and work, addictions support, and more.
On Courthouse Libraries BC’s website, Our Legal Knowledge Base is a collection of handy references and hard-to-find answers to a diverse assortment of legal research questions.
PLEA helps children, youth, adults and families who face significant challenges lead fulfilling lives within their communities.
Information, referrals, supports and one-on-one advocacy
Current information about poverty issues in BC and Canada for advocates, community groups, and people on welfare. Lists community-based advocates around the province.
The Public Guardian and Trustee of BC works protects the legal and financial interests of children under the age of 19 years, protects the legal, financial, personal and health care interests of adults who need help with decision making, and administers estates of deceased and missing persons.
QMUNITY is a BC centre for the 2SLGBTQ+ community (two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer). It provides free counselling, social and support groups, and other services.
Help is available for anyone who has experienced or witnessed racism in British Columbia. People can call the Racist Incident Helpline to speak with a trained professional who helps them navigate available resources.
It’s free, confidential, and available in over 240 languages.
Use this guide to help your clients find services. The Red Book Online is a comprehensive guide to over 4,000 community, social, and government agencies in BC. The agencies offer a wide range of services, including counselling, housing, health, education, and transportation.
The Rental Assistance Program provides eligible low-income families with monthly assistance to help with their monthly rent payments.
To qualify, families must have a total before-tax household income of $60,000 or less and have at least one dependent child. Existing clients need to reapply each year.
Fact sheets, forms and dispute resolution process for residential tenancy issues
Law clinic with advocacy and advice for people age 55+
Seniors Services Society of BC provides older adults 60+ with information and guidance on housing and support program options to enhance their lives and help them live comfortably and safely in their homes.
Information about services that are available through government agents, and a listing of the Service BC centres around the province.
Helps employers and workers learn about how to prevent and respond to workplace sexual harassment.
SHARP Workplaces can provide you with five hours of free confidential legal advice to deal with your workplace harassment issues.
Full Explanation & Self-Help For Small Claims Court Help With Paperwork etc..
The Society for Children and Youth of BC (SCY) is a provincial organization dedicated to improving the well-being of children and youth in British Columbia. It focuses on child and youth rights, child and youth friendly communities, and social justice.
SCY’s legal centre provides free legal support for young people who are experiencing problems relating to family law, child protection, a breach of human rights, and many other legal issues.
The Solution Explorer is the first step in the CRT claims process. It asks you simple questions and gives you customized legal information and options based on your answers. Its self-help tools, like communication templates, might help you resolve your issue on your own.
Using the Solution Explorer is free and anonymous.
Issues covered:
SOURCES runs a community law clinic in Surrey, BC. Sources is a not-for-profit society providing a wide variety of social wellness programs and services in the Lower Mainland, Northern BC, and on Vancouver Island.
SOURCES is a community-based, not-for-profit society providing help, encouragement, and hope for individuals and families in White Rock, Surrey, Delta, Langley, Prince George, Parksville, and beyond.
The organization offers a wide variety of services focusing on children, youth and families, community support, poverty relief, and health and wellness.
The South Asian Legal Clinic of BC (SALCBC) focuses on issues affecting the daily lives of South Asian British Columbians, including legal issues around immigration status, child protection and custody, separation and divorce, domestic violence, sexual assault, racial discrimination and profiling, economic justice for workers, elder abuse, mental health, and wills and estates.
You can get a free 30-minute legal advice and summary session. You may also qualify for additional legal services.
Lawyers provide low-barrier and culturally sensitive legal support for South Asian families living on low incomes.
Legal advocate for povert law issues, serving residents of Dawson Creek, Chetwynd, Fort St John, Tumbler Ridge
Free 30 minute legal advice for people with low incomes.
Client Line at 604-878-7400 from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM or from 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM, Monday to Friday (excluding holidays)
Supportive housing is subsidized housing with on-site supports for single adults, seniors and people with disabilities at risk of or experiencing homelessness. These supports help people find and maintain stable housing.
To apply for supportive housing, you must submit an application to the Supportive Housing Registration Service.
Provides Advice, Assistance & Representation For Those Who Cannot Afford A Lawyer.
If you live in Victoria, The Law Centre may be able to help you if you’re eligible and qualify financially.
Free legal advocacy services for people with income assistance, disability benefits, and tenancy issues
Free legal education & advocacy for BC tenants.
Provides legal advice to individuals who cannot otherwise afford to pay for legal services
Service to hire lawyers for dealing with parts of a legal matter.
With unbundling, your legal matter is broken down into parts. You choose which parts a lawyer helps with, and which parts you will do yourself. You get professional assistance where you need it most — at a cost you can afford.
Legal Advocacy Program
WorksafeBC appeals and advice
Work injury and work safety, work bullying and harassment info