Legal Resources

This web page links to self-help guides that explain various benefits and programs, and how to apply for them. The guides are also available in Arabic, Persian, Punjabi, and Spanish.

This page features self-help guides about the Canada Pension Plan disability benefit (CPP-D), including how to fill the application form and how to appeal if your request is denied. The guides are also available in Arabic, Persian, Punjabi, and Spanish.

This site was created for people living in Canada with a severe mental or physical disability or who have trouble with daily activities and need help from another person, an assistive device, or an animal. The website is also for caregivers, family members, and organizations who provide access to support benefits.

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...

This booklet provides basic, accessible legal information for Indigenous people facing legal issues. Topics include justice systems, children and families, rights and protections, death and taxes, income security, and class actions. It explains how the laws can vary for people based on their Indigeneity.

This resource explains the services available to help older adults make informed decisions and lead a healthy life as they age. It covers health care, housing, transportation, and recreation services in BC.

This manual describes the key legal issues related to residential care in British Columbia, along with the appropriate processes and available legal or administrative remedies.

Information about selling and buying a place of interment.

An overview of cemetery and funeral services in BC, including the kind of bylaws a cemetery or crematorium will have, what it means to purchase the right of interment (you aren’t buying land), and whether you can supply your own casket or grave marker.

A guide explaining the types of personal care and health care that are available to older adults in British Columbia.