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Neighbourhood Legal Services: free legal help in Toronto's Downtown East (housing, social assistance, immigration, human rights, employment)

Neighbourhood Legal Services: free legal help in Toronto's Downtown East (housing, social assistance, immigration, human rights, employment) is a program run by Neighbourhood Legal Services for low-income people who live in the clinic's Downtown East service area (east of Yonge Street, south of Bloor Street, west of the Don Valley) and have a problem it covers. Checked on the official page on October 16, 2026.

You likely qualify if: Lives in the clinic's service area; Income within Legal Aid Ontario guidelines; Needs help with a legal issue the clinic covers.

Ongoing. Call, or fill in the online intake form.

Free. Never pay anyone to apply.

Call (416) 861-0677Send to someone who needs thisChecked on October 16, 2026 on the official page

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A community legal clinic that gives free legal services, advocacy and education to low-income people in Toronto's Downtown East. It helps with housing and tenant rights, social assistance and income security, immigration, human rights and employment.

Who qualifies

Low-income people who live in the clinic's Downtown East service area (east of Yonge Street, south of Bloor Street, west of the Don Valley) and have a problem it covers.

You likely qualify if:

  • Lives in the clinic's service area
  • Income within Legal Aid Ontario guidelines
  • Needs help with a legal issue the clinic covers

How to apply

  1. Apply on their website.
  2. Questions? (416) 861-0677
  3. Come back here and tell us if it worked.

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Where else they are

Their website is nlstoronto.org.

Good to know

  • CostFree
  • LanguagesEnglish
  • Their stepsCheck that you live inside the service area on the clinic's map. Check Legal Aid Ontario's income guidelines on the clinic's page. Fill in the online intake form, or call the clinic.

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What to bring

  • Details of your legal problem and your income

Dates

Ongoing. Call, or fill in the online intake form.

Source

Checked on October 16, 2026 on the official page

Run by Neighbourhood Legal Services.

We read this on their own website on October 16, 2026. Read from: nlstoronto.org.

Program in Toronto.

Legal helpHousing & rentGovernment benefits

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