Courts and Legal

This page offers links to a variety of services and information related to courts and legal.

• Dealing With Separation and Divorce
  This information will help you understand the legal issues and processes of separation and divorce in Ontario.
• Dealing With Spousal Abuse
  This information is meant to provide advice and assistance to women in abusive situations, their families, close friends, and answer questions about this form of violence.
• Ontario Gazette
  Read current and back issues of the Ontario Gazette, the government of Ontario’s official publication of Notices and Regulations.
• Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities
  Ontario has an important law. It’s called the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005. It’s the first of its kind in Canada. People with disabilities should have the same kind of opportunities as everyone else. They should be able to do the things that most of us take for granted — going to work or school, shopping, taking in a movie or eating out.
• Court Addresses
  List of Ontario Court addresses. Search by location or by region.
• Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005
  Recognizing the history of discrimination against persons with disabilities in Ontario, the purpose of this Act is to benefit all Ontarians by developing, implementing and enforcing accessibility standards, and by providing for the involvement of persons with disabilities in their development.
• CanLII - Canadian Legal Information Institute
  CanLII is a non-profit organization managed by the Federation of Law Societies of Canada. CanLII's goal is to make Canadian law accessible for free on the Internet.
• Employment Standards - Prosecutions and Convictions
  Information about convictions of persons, including corporations, for violations of the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA) and its regulations.
• Court Bulletins (Ministry of Labour)
  Court Bulletins provides an index of links to announcements about convictions for violations of occupational health and safety legislation.
• Land Claims
  There are two types of Aboriginal claims in Canada that are commonly referred to as “land claims” - comprehensive claims and specific claims. Comprehensive claims always involve land, but specific claims are not necessarily land related.
• Small Claims Court Forms
  Electronic versions of forms under the Rules of the Small Claims Court, O. Reg. 258/98 , are available in the table.
• Court of Appeal for Ontario
  The Court of Appeal for Ontario is located in historic Osgoode Hall in downtown Toronto. The Court is composed of the Chief Justice of Ontario, the Associate Chief Justice of Ontario and 20 other judges, supplemented from time to time by additional supernumerary judges.
• Ontario Court of Justice
  The Ontario Court of Justice is one of two trial courts in Ontario (together with the Superior Court of Justice) that make up the Court of Ontario. The Ontario Court of Justice is composed of provincially appointed judges and justices of the peace.
• Superior Court of Justice
  The Superior Court of Justice is the largest superior trial court in Canada. The Court has jurisdiction over criminal, civil, and family cases.
• Legal Aid Ontario
  In 1998, the Ontario government enacted the Legal Aid Services Act in which the province renewed and strengthened its commitment to legal aid. The Act established Legal Aid Ontario (LAO), an independent but publicly funded and publicly accountable non-profit corporation, to administer the province’s legal aid program.
• Law Society of Upper Canada
  The Law Society of Upper Canada governs legal services providers in the public interest by ensuring that the people of Ontario are served by lawyers and paralegals who meet high standards of learning, competence and professional conduct. 
• Sentences
  A sentence is the ruling that a court hands down in response to a charge; it determines the offender's punishment.There are four types of sentences: Concurrent sentences; Consecutive sentences; Intermittent sentences; and Conditional sentences.
• Treatment Programs
  The ministry provides offenders with many kinds of treatment programs, including:anger and aggression control; anti-criminal thinking programs (Change is Choice); assertiveness training ;communication skills; domestic violence groups: etc.
• Conditional Sentences
  conditional sentence is served in the community rather than in custody and may be imposed only under the following circumstances:there is no minimum term of imprisonment for this offence under the law; the maximum length of the sentence is two years less a day;and the court is satisfied that serving the sentence in the community would not pose a danger to public safety.
• Canadian Law
  Information on Police, Legal Services, Children's rights, Women's rights, Domestic violence, Senior's rights and Language rights.
• Court Services
  Court Services Division manages more than 250 court offices in communities across the province. Court staff schedule court cases, maintain court records and files, collect fines and fees, enforce civil orders, provide justice information to the public, and facilitate the delivery of other justice services, including civil and family mediation programs, victims' services and legal aid services.
• Court Fees
  Links to various court fees.
• Jury Duty
  Links to information and FAQs about the jury system and jury duty in Ontario.
• Small Claims Court
  In Ontario, the Small Claims Court is a branch of the Superior Court of Justice. It deals with civil disputes of a monetary value of up to $10,000 (Canadian).Small Claims Court has simplified rules and procedures.
• Family Law Information
  Information about family court services, supervised access, obtaining a lawyer and Legal Aid.
• Family Courts - Guides to Procedures
  These guides cover things to understand when going to court, including which forms must be completed, procedures when attending court, etc.
• Family Mediation
  This website provides a description of family mediation and information services available at Ontario's Family Courts.
• Child Support
  Both parents have a responsibility to financially support their children. If you do not have custody, the amount of child support you must pay is based on your income and the number of children.
• Family Courts Structure
  Understanding the family court system in Ontario.
• Family Law in Ontario - What you should know
  This booklet is about family law in Ontario. It contains information about the laws that may affect you if you separate. These issues include the care and support of your children, support for you or your spouse and the division of your property.
• Child Support Guidelines - Information Kit
  The federal government passed changes to the Divorce Act that affect the calculation of child support payments for new or revised court orders as of May 1, 1997. This affects parents with child support orders as a result of divorce proceedings.As a result the Ontario Family Law Act that covers child suppport cases where parents are seperated or were never married was changed to reflect the changes to the federal Divorce Act.The Information kits help you understand these changes.
• Lawyers and Legal Aid
  Legal Aid Ontario (LAO), an independent agency funded largely by the Province of Ontario, is responsible for the delivery of high quality legal aid services to low-income individuals throughout Ontario.
• Office of the Children's Lawyer
  This office in the Ministry of the Attorney General delivers justice programs on behalf of children under the age of 18 with respect to their personal and property rights such as child custody and access disputes, child protection proceedings, estate matters and civil litigation.
• Youth Justice Canada
  The Government of Canada's Youth Justice Renewal Initiatives is aimed at establishing a fair and effective youth justice system in Canada.