Legal Services

West Toronto Community Legal Services (WTCLS) provides advice, brief services, and representation in the following areas:

• Income assistance, including:
  • Ontario Works (OW)
  • Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)
  • Canada Pension Plan (CPP)
  • Old Age Security (OAS) and
  • Employment Insurance (EI)
• Housing, including preventing eviction and assisting tenants with basic rights
• Workers’ rights, including employment standards, wrongful dismissal, and human rights
• Immigration law, including sponsorship applications and humanitarian & compassionate applications
• Commissioning or notarizing affidavits and other documents
• Health and disability

We don’t practice in the following areas of law but we can provide you with a referral to another service provider

• Abuse and Family Violence
• Criminal Law
• Debt and Consumer Rights
• Family Law
• Some Human Rights matters
• Refugee Law
• Civil law and contracts

Click on the links above for more information on these areas of law from our online partner, Steps to Justice.

Visit the Legal Aid Ontario website for information on getting help.