Aboriginal Justice Strategy

About the strategy

Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) has developed an Aboriginal Justice Strategy (AJS) to improve legal aid services to Aboriginal people, including First Nation people, Métis people and Inuit people, regardless of whether they live on or off-reserve, are status or non-status or live in rural or urban contexts.

The mandate of LAO's Aboriginal Justice Strategy (AJS) is to establish a plan to achieve measurable improvements in service to Aboriginal people.

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Legal Aid and First Nations, Métis and Inuit Clients

Legal Aid and First Nations, Métis and Inuit Clients

Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) provides legal assistance and advice for low-income Ontarians. A large part of LAO’s work and outreach efforts focuses on AboriginalPeoples and their communities. If you self-identify as an Aboriginal person who is in need of legal assistance, we can help.

LAO provides sound legal services on a variety of legal issues including criminal, family, domestic violence and mental health cases. LAO’s goal is to provide the best legal assistance to all Ontarians.

Legal Aid Ontario is here to help you if you have a problem where you need a lawyer but have a low income. There are all kinds of ways you can get help from Legal Aid Ontario:

  • At the courthouse… you can find assistance from special lawyers called Duty Counsel who can help low-income people who don’t have a lawyer.
  • Legal Aid certificates… these certificates are like vouchers for legal services. You need to be financially eligible for a certificate and you need to apply for one.

Legal Aid Ontario helps with all kinds of legal issues:

Last modified: December 14, 2016