Legal Services

Legal Help BC offers personalized help from trained navigators (Ask a Human). It offers legal information and referrals, not legal advice, helping people address their legal issues. Live help is available on weekdays from 11am to 2pm. Offline inquiries receive a response the next business day.

Free and confidential legal advocacy services including information and referrals, summary advice and support, and full representation in many legal matters including housing (on and off reserve), income/social assistance, debt, police accountability, human rights, disability, Indigenous legal issues, elder issues, child protection, and much more.

The Legal Centre offeres legal help for Palestinians and those involved in advocacy related to Palestine, limited to incidents occuring in Canada. Report an incident or ask for legal assistance from their list of volunteer paralegals and lawyers. Referral is free, but legal assistance might have some cost depending on availability.

The legal clinic provides free confidential legal advice to help you deal with workplace sexual harassment. Assistance includes explaining how to file a human rights complaint or WorkSafe complaint, advising whether you may make a complaint to the police, reviewing or drafting documents, coaching, and advising you in negotiations.

Free, confidential support to refugee claimants and asylum seekers across BC, with a focus on Surrey, Vancouver, Burnaby, and the Lower Mainland. Assistance includes guidance for refugee claim applications and immigration forms, applying for legal aid and finding refugee lawyers, and preparing for hearings at the Refugee Protection Division (RPD).

This service provides free legal advice and representation to low-income residents of British Columbia with immigration and refugee legal matters.

This service provides up to 30 minutes of free summary legal advice to persons in BC who have experienced antisemitism.

This service provides free legal advice and representation to persons and groups who have experienced Islamophobia and related racism.

From promoting a more open government to protecting your privacy, the Commissioner enforces BC’s privacy and access laws. It handles disputes, complaints, and investigations, and provides guidance on access and privacy issues.

An online tool to help you find a legal advocate and anti-poverty organizations that can help with issues related to family law, debt, welfare, housing, disability, human rights, employment and workers’ rights. The database includes women's shelters, settlement programs, and other community services. You can search by areas of advocacy or city.