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Toll-free phone numbers for law-related help in BC
Last updated March 20, 2020
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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
(Free 30 minute initial consultation)
1-800-663-1919
Lower Mainland: 604-687-3221
(interpreters available in over 100 languages)
1-866-577-2525 (toll-free)
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
Seniors
Seniors Abuse and Information Line
1-866-437-1940
Lower Mainland: 604-437-1940
TTY: 604-428-3359 or 1-855-306-1443
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
1-800-874-2652
1-800-563-0808
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 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)
604-408-2172 (Greater Vancouver)
1-866-577-2525 (call no charge, elsewhere in BC)
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
1-833-236-3700
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
1-855-556-3566
Lower Mainland: 604-687-2919
1-855-685-6222
604-622-1100
TDD/TTY = Telephone Device for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
