Legal Resources

If you suspect that you may be a victim of fraud, you can learn the steps you should take immediately. This page covers multiple scams, including when a credit card or bank account is involved and if any identification or mail is missing.

This website explains how the criminal justice system handles youth records and protects youth privacy. Part of an online course, it also walks you through information about consequences of having a record, who have access to records, and destruction of records.

This easy-to-read guide describes several scams and how to protect yourself. In addition to explaining frauds, including identity theft, it also details what to do if you get scammed and how to get help.

This website has a flowchart about criminal court process and multiple booklets about defending yourself if you're charged with a crime. The booklets cover mischief, possession of property under $5,000 obtained by crime, possession of an illegal drug, breach of a court order, assault, and theft under $5,000.

If you have a court of appeal case and can’t afford a lawyer, this page explains how to apply for a court-appointed lawyer under section 684 of the Criminal Code.

If you’re an immigrant in Canada sponsored by your partner and they are abusing you, find out how to protect yourself or your children.

Guides on protection orders against family members, or against anyone else you feel is a danger to you.

This free and anonymous tool is for those who’d like to make a claim for an intimate image protection order, damages, and a penalty if someone doesn’t comply with an intimate image protection order. It asks you simple questions and gives you customized legal information and options based on your answers. It also has self-help tools and referrals.

Explains Indigenous Sentencing Courts including court locations, how they work, and their goals. These courts are for Indigenous people charged with criminal offences.

This guide has information about what a judge might consider when sentencing people after they have been found guilty of a crime in BC Provincial Court.