Links to Law for All – Public Resources
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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 other resources, which are helpful when conducting Ontario legislative research.
Ontario Legal Resources
The Law Society of Ontario
This body governs lawyers.
www.lso.on.ca
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
Ontario Court of Appeal and Decisions
https://www.ontariocourts.ca/coa
Ontario Superior Court of Justice
https://www.ontariocourts.ca/scj
Ontario Court of Justice
https://www.ontariocourts.ca
Ministry of the Attorney General
https://www.ontario.ca/page/ministry-attorney-general
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
https://olt.gov.on.ca/the-ontario-land-tribunal
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
https://decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/en/nav.do
Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs
www.fja.gc.ca
Tax Court of Canada
https://www.tcc-cci.ca/en/home
Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
www.chrt-tcdp.gc.ca/
Canadian International Trade Tribunal
https://www.citt-tcce.gc.ca/en
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
https://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/Pages/index.aspx
Canadian Industrial Relations Board
www.cirb-ccri.gc.ca
Canadian Radio-television & Telecommunications Commission
www.crtc.gc.ca
Canadian Justice Laws
https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/
Pardons Parole Board of Canada Record Suspensions
Information about obtaining a pardon, including application procedures
Innocence Canada
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.
https://www.innocencecanada.com
Research Resources
Canadian Legal Information Institute
www.canlii.org/
Canadian Access to Justice Network
https://ajrn.org
The Great Library
https://lso.ca/about-lso/great-library
Canadian Legal Research & Writing Guide
www.legalresearch.org
Encyclopedia Britannica
www.britannica.com/
The Canadian Encyclopedia
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en
The World Law Guide
www.lexadin.nl/wlg/
Law Times
www.lawtimesnews.com/
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