Legal Aid Ontario
Toronto

About Legal Aid Ontario Toronto

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. Legal Aid Ontario has a statutory mandate to promote access to justice throughout Ontario for low-income individuals by means of: Providing consistently high quality legal aid services in a cost-effective and efficient manner; Encouraging and facilitating flexibility and innovation in the provision of legal aid services; Identifying, assessing and recognizing the diverse legal needs of low-income individuals and of disadvantaged communities in Ontario; and Providing legal aid services to low-income individuals through a corporation that will...