Legal Resources

This three-and-a-half-minute video explains how the BC Human Rights Code protects you from discrimination in your tenancy.

Learn about how strata disputes can be resolved: within the strata corporation, through arbitration, or by going to court. Also discusses the Civil Resolution Tribunal, the first-ever online tribunal for strata disputes in Canada.

The Strata Solution Explorer is a tool for helping people manage and resolve strata disputes in BC. If you can’t resolve your dispute using the Solution Explorer, it will lead you to the CRT’s online application form.

Practical information on your rights and responsibilities when living in a strata. Topics include getting your special project approved, dealing with your strata, and getting a bylaw changed.

So, you have decided that you are ready to sell your home. But where do you start? This guide will walk you through the selling process and provide you with resources to help you make an informed decision that is best for you.

This booklet provides basic, accessible legal information for Indigenous people across the continent who are facing legal issues. It provides a national perspective on topics covered in the BC-specific booklet, including your rights and protections, restorative justice, child protection, prisons, crossing the border, wills and estates, and benefits...

Explains how to identify discrimination in housing and what steps to take if you’re discriminated against. Whether you’re renting, living in a strata, or buying a home, you can’t be treated badly or unfairly because of certain parts of your identity, such as race, sex, or any disability.

This page explains the steps of making a claim for unclaimed property — the legal term for money held by an organization that the rightful owner hasn’t used for a long time.

If you’re experiencing a problem in your tenancy, you should consider putting your concerns in writing to your landlord. TRAC offers the following template letters: Request for Repairs, Request for Return of Deposit, Response to Illegal Eviction Notice, Loss of Quiet Enjoyment, Bed Bugs, and more.

An agreement template to get you and your roommate or roommates to think about what rules you want to agree to before living together. It can be used when some or all of the roommates will be on the tenancy agreement, or when you’re already living in a rental unit and a roommate will be moving in.