Links to Law for All

The Prescott-Russell Law Association Library cannot provide legal advice,or research to members of the public. For step-by-step information about legal problems please try Steps to Justice funded by Legal Aid Ontario, The Law Foundation of Ontario and the Department of Justice Canada. Or,  search for a lawyer practicing in Prescott-Russell using our Lawyers Directory on this website.

You can access a selection of 20,000 Canadian government documents online where they are organized into 70 collections, and feature provincial as well as federal material. The Canadian Government Publications Portal includes reports, standing committee documents, sessional papers, statistics, public accounts, estimates, and more, which are helpful when conducting Ontario legislative research.

Legislationsmcourthouse
Ontario Legislation
www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/

Federal Legislation
laws.justice.gc.ca/


Ontario

Legal Aid Ontario
www.legalaid.on.ca

Ontario Bar Association
www.oba.org

LegalLine.ca free legal information
www.legalline.ca

Association des juristes d’expression
française de l’Ontario
www.ajefo.ca

Ontario Ombudsman
www.ombudsman.on.ca/Home.aspx
This is an independent office which makes sure that Ontario government offices and agencies are doing their job properly. If all else fails a complaint filed with them may do.

Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC)
www.cpic-cipc.ca
These are the people that keep all police records. The public can enter the VIN Numbers of stolen bicycles and vehicles to see if they have been located.

Ontario Provincial Police
www.opp.ca

Ontario Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services 

This Ministry looks after the OPP and the Ontario Prisons. On these Ontario.ca web pages you can find a listing of all jails and their addresses. Also there is an explanation of the prison system, the calculation of sentences and probation and parole:

Ontario Courts
Guide to Ontario Courts
www.ontariocourts.on.ca/english.htm

Ontario Court of Appeal and Decisions
www.ontariocourts.on.ca/appeal.htm

Ontario Superior Court of Justice
www.ontariocourts.on.ca/scj.htm

Ontario Court of Justice
www.ontariocourts.on.ca/ocj.htm

Ministry of the Attorney General
www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca

Ontario Law Online
www.e-laws.gov.on.ca

Ontario Administrative Tribunals
Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal Decisions
www.wsiat.on.ca

Ontario Human Rights Commission
www.ohrc.on.ca

Ontario Municipal Board
www.omb.gov.on.ca

Ontario Securities Commission –
www.osc.gov.on.ca/

Ontario Labour Relations Board
www.olrb.gov.on.ca/

Ontario Employment Standards
www.labour.gov.on.ca/

Federal Courts and Tribunals
Supreme Court of Canada
www.scc-csc.gc.ca/

Supreme Court of Canada Decisions
csc.lexum.org/decisia-scc-csc/scc-csc/en/nav.do

Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs
www.fja.gc.ca/

Tax Court of Canada
www.tcc-cci.gc.ca/main_e.htm

Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
www.chrt-tcdp.gc.ca/

Canadian International Trade Tribunal
www.citt.gc.ca/

Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
www.cisr-irb.gc.ca/Pages/index.htm

Canadian Industrial Relations Board
www.cirb-ccri.gc.ca/

Canadian Radio-television & Telecommunications Commission
www.crtc.gc.ca/

Federal Department of Justice – Laws and Regulations
www.laws.justice.gc.ca

Pardons   Parole Board of Canada   Record Suspensions
Information about obtaining a pardon, including application procedures

Association in Defence of the Wrongfully Convicted
This organization takes up the cases of those innocent persons who have been wrongfully convicted, primarily by Canadian courts. They have spearheaded the campaigns in the cases of Guy Paul Morin, Steven Truscott, David Milgaard and many more.
www.aidwyc.org

Research Links
LLRX.com – Doing Legal Research in Canada
www.llrx.com/features/ca.htm

Canadian Legal Information Institute
www.canlii.org/

Canadian Access to Justice Network
gateway.cotr.bc.ca/Canada/ACJNetCan.asp

The Great Library
library.lsuc.on.ca

Best Guide to Canadian Legal Research
www.legalresearch.org/

Encyclopedia Britannica
www.britannica.com/

The World Law Guide
www.lexadin.nl/wlg/

The Law Society of Ontario
This body governs lawyers. Have a complaint about a lawyer? Check the LSO website.
www.lsuc.on.ca/

Law Times
www.lawtimesnews.com/

Other Links
Read about early L’Orignal lawyer John Maxwell at the Law Society Archives.
www.lsuc.on.ca/with.aspx?id=366