Find Someone to Talk With
Toll-free phone numbers for law-related help in BC
Legal information or self-help
1-800-665-2570
Lower Mainland: 604-660-2841
Dial-A-Law (recorded legal information)
1-800-565-5297
Lower Mainland: 604-687-4680
Legal advice or representation
($25 plus tax for 30 minute consultation)
1-800-663-1919
Lower Mainland: 604-687-3221
(interpreters available in over 100 languages)
1-866-577-2525
Lower Mainland: 604-408-2172
(free legal advice for low income people)
1-877-762-6664
Lower Mainland: 604-878-7400
Government
General Enquiries to Government of BC
1-800-663-7867
Lower Mainland: 604-660-2421
Victoria: 250-387-6121
TDD: 1-800-661-8773 or 604-775-0303
1-800-567-3247
Victoria: 250-387-5855
Service Canada (federal government)
1-800-622-6232
TTY: 1-800-926-9105
Your communities
Disabilities
1-800-663-1278
Lower Mainland: 604-872-1278
TDD: 604-875-8835
Seniors
Seniors Abuse and Information Line
1-866-437-1940
Lower Mainland: 604-437-1940
TTY: 604-428-3359 or 1-855-306-1443
TDD/TTY = Telephone Device for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Last updated August 19, 2016
Clicklaw HelpMap
The Clicklaw HelpMap, integrated with Google Maps, assists you in finding pro bono clinics, community-based legal advocates, legal aid offices, courthouse libraries, and others who provide assistance to people with legal problems.
Your safety
Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver
(women and youth involved in criminal justice system)
1-888-879-9593
Lower Mainland: 604-520-1166
National Parole Board Record Suspension Info
1-800-874-2652
1-800-563-0808
TYY: 604-875-0885 (call the Telus Relay Service at 711 to call collect)
Text: 604-836-6381
Your family
Justice Access Centres (JACs)
1-800-578-8511 (Nanaimo)
1-800-663-7867 (Enquiry BC - ask for Vancouver & Victoria JACs)
Family Justice Counsellors
1-800-663-7867
Lower Mainland: 604-660-2084
Victoria: 250-356-7012
Family Maintenance Enforcement Program
Lower Mainland: 604-678-5670 or 1-800-663-9666
Victoria: 250-220-4040 or 1-800-663-3455
North & Interior: 250-434-6020 or 1-800-663-3933
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Support Line
1-855-474-9777
Lower Mainland: 604-558-4740
310-1234 (no area code needed)
TTY: 604-660-0505
Your daily life
Housing, tenancy & neighbours
1-800-665-1185
Lower Mainland: 604-255-0546
1-800-665-8779
Lower Mainland: 604-660-1020
Victoria: 250-387-1602
Employment
1-800-663-3316
Prince George/Outside BC: 250-612-4100
TTY: 604-775-0303 or 1-800-661-8773
Lower Mainland: 1-800-663-4261
Vancouver Island: 1-800-661-4066
Interior Region: 1-800-663-6695
Kootenay: 1-800-663-4261
Rights & citizenship
BC Civil Liberties Association
1-866-731-7507
Lower Mainland: 604-687-2919
1-855-685-6222
604-622-1100
