Legal Resources

The FWCS processes compensation claims submitted by federal employees who have suffered a work-related injury or illness. The page links to compensation for federal workers, merchant seamen, survivors of employees slain on duty, locally engaged foreign citizens, federal inmates, and more. It includes information on how to track claims data.

This booklet is for the parents or guardians of children. It talks about child abuse in families. It answers questions about the law on child abuse in Canada. This booklet may also be useful even if you are not a parent, but you believe a child you know is being abused.

A package of forms for when you’re applying to waive court fees in Supreme Court, whether it’s for civil or family issues.

Learn about your roles and responsibilities, sections and types of strata corporations, information and record keeping, meetings and voting, bylaws and rules (including how to enforce them), strata finances and insurance, and repair and maintenance.

Getting the paperwork from one person to another in a lawsuit is called “service of documents.” This guide explains the small claims court rules for serving documents and tries to answer some questions you may have.

This e-book covers the types of elder abuse and risk factors, BC government programs and community services available for older adults who are abused and neglected, and practice tips on how to work with older adults.

Need to file court documents or forms, request your divorce certificate, or pay a traffic ticket? To do this in person, you’ll need to visit a court registry. Registries are in 44 of BC’s 45 staffed court locations.

Court files contain many different documents about a legal matter. The Court of Appeal, BC Supreme Court, and BC Provincial Court have policies to determine the public’s access to court files (criminal, family, and civil court records).

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

When circumstances prevent a child from living with their parents, the preferred option is for the child to be with someone they know. The Extended Family Program offers services and financial supports to help improve outcomes for children and youth.