This page has been setup to provide injured workers with information on all the free legal services avalaible to injured workers.
Most Provinces/Territories in Canada have what is known as the Office of the Worker Advisor.
They are paid to offer free representation to injured workers.
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario
Quebec
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland and Labrador
Yukon Territory
Northwest and Nunavik Territories
British Columbia
500 - 8100 Granville Avenue
Richmond BC V6Y 3T6
Tel.:604 713-0360
Toll Free:1-800-663-4261
Fax:604 713-0311
Web:http://www.labour.gov.bc.ca/wab/
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Alberta
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Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Office of the Worker's Advocate
400 1870 Albert Street
Regina, Saskatchewan. S4P 4W1
Tel.:306-787-2456
Toll Free:1-877-787-2456
Fax:306-787-0249
Web:https://www.saskatchewan.ca/business/safety-in-the-workplace/assistance-for-wcb-claims-and-appeals
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Manitoba
Manitoba Worker Advisor Office
Room 406 - 401 York Avenue, Norquay Building
Winnipeg MB R3C 0P8
Tel.:204-945-5787
Toll Free:1-800-282-8069
Web:http://www.gov.mb.ca/labour/wao/index.html
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Ontario
Office of the Worker Advisor - OWA
Ontario Legal Aid Clinics
Ontario Specialty Legal Aid Clinics
Office of the Worker Advisor - OWA
The OWA is a separate government agency. The sole purpose is to represent non-union injured workers through the workers compensation process. Not representing all injured workers, is something I do not agree with!
If you were a union worker when you were hurt, and you no longer work for your employer or union, they may represent you. Always ask, it never hurts
The OWA has a legislative mandate to represent injured workers as stated in the Workplace Safety & Insurance Act, which states: The Office of the Worker Adviser is continued. Its functions are to educate, advise and represent workers who are not members of a trade union and their survivors. The OWA represent injured workers in the following areas:
This is something I am, as an individual advocate and injured worker am trying to change. This is because I see the words adise & represent means just that to advise & represent in all facets of a injured worker's need.
Head Office
123 Edward Street, Suite 1300
Toronto ON M5G 1E2
Tel: (416) 325-8570
Toll-free: 1-800-660-6769
Fax: (416) 325-4830
E-mail: owaweb@ontario.ca
Web: http://www.owa.gov.on.ca
Scarborough OWA Office
305 Milner Ave, Suite 918
Toronto - Scarborough, ON M1B 3V4
Tel.: (416) 325-9846
Fax: (416) 325-9855
Toll Free: 1-800-268-4343
Ottawa OWA Office
347 Preston Street 3rd Floor
Ottawa, ON K1S 3H8
Tel.: (613) 728-2006
Fax: (613) 728-8052
Toll Free: 1-800-267-6599
Toronto-Downsview OWA office
145 Sir William Hearst Avenue, Suite 125
North York, ON M3M 0B6
Tel.: (416) 235-5550
Fax: (416) 235-5594 Toll Free:1-800-387-7495
London OWA Office
495 Richmond Street, Suite 810
London, ON N6A 5A9
Tel.: (519) 873-4490
Fax: (519) 873-4500
Toll Free: 1-800-265-7924
Sarnia Satelite OWA Office
171 Kendall Street (Map)
Point Edward - Sarnia, ON N7V 4G6
Tel.: (519) 344-7261
Fax: (519) 336-1133
Kitchener/Waterrloo OWA office
4273 King Street East, Suite 300
Kitchener, ON N2P 2E9
Tel.: (519) 650-6474
Fax: (519) 650-6473
Toll Free: 1-800-265-2466
Windsor OWA Office
100 Ouellette Avenue, 10th Floor
Windsor, ON N9A 6T3
Tel.: (519) 254-7558
Fax: (519) 254-1741
Toll Free: 1-800-265-5649
Sault Ste. Marie OWA Office
70 Foster Drive, Suite 480
Sault Ste. Marie, ON P6A 6V4
Tel.: (705) 945-5861
Fax: (705) 541-2104
Toll Free: 1-800-461-6023
Sudbury OWA Office
159 Cedar Street, Suite 304
Sudbury, ON P3E 6A5
Tel.: (705) 564-1621
Fax: (705) 564-4126
Toll Free: 1-800-461-6372
Thunder Bay OWA Office
435 South James Street, Suite 335, 3rd Floor
Thunder Bay, ON P7E 6S7
Tel.: (807) 475-1280
Fax: (807) 475-1283
Toll Free: 1-800-465-3966
Timmins OWA office
60 Wilson Avenue, 3rd Floor, Suite 303
Timmins, ON P4N 2S7
Tel.: (705) 268-3454
Fax: (705) 267-3633
Toll Free: 1-800-461-9854
Hamilton OWA Office
119 King Street West, 13th Floor
Hamilton, ON L8P 4Y7
Tel.: (905) 577-1301
Fax: (905) 540-9355
Toll Free: 1-800-263-9209
Mississauga OWA office
10 Kingsbridge Garden Circle,Suite 512
Mississauga, ON L5R 3K6
Tel.: (905) 568-2359
Fax: (905) 568-1086
Toll Free for 705 & 519 area codes: 1-800-387-8806
Toll Free for 905 area code: 1-800-267-3949
St. Catharines
301 St. Paul Street, 9th Floor
St. Catharines, ON L2R 7R4
Tel.: (905) 704-3945
Fax: (905) 704-3019
Toll Free: 1-800-414-4512
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Ontario Legal Aid Clinics
Not all legal aid clinics, in Ontario, provide representations services for injured workers.
Mississauga
Mississauga Community Legal Services
130 Dundas Street East Suite 504 Mississauga, L5A3V8
Tel.:905-896-2050
Fax:905-273-4255
Web:https://www.mississaugalegalclinic.ca/
Hamilton
Hamilton Community Legal Clinic
100 Main St E Suite 203, Hamilton, ON L8N 3W4
Tel.:905-527-4572
Fax:905-523-7282
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Ontario Specialty Legal Aid Clinics
Ontario Legal Aid has funded specialty legal aid clinics that only represent injured workers.There are three in the Province of Ontario.
Injured Workers Community Legal Clinic - IWC
815 Danforth Avenue, Suite 411
Toronto, ON M4J 1L2
Tele.:416-461-2411
Fax: 416-461-7138
Web:https://www.injuredworkersonline.org
Industrial Accident Victims Group of Onatrio - IAVGO
IAVGO is a charitable not-for-profit community-based legal clinic that has provided free legal services to injured workers in Ontario since 1975. IAVGO is funded by Legal Aid Ontario. IAVGO operates Advocates for Injured Workers, a student legal aid clinic.
55 University Ave., 15th Floor,
Toronto, ON M5J 2H7
Tel.:Phone: 416-924-6477
Toll Free in Ontario: 1-877-230-6311
Toll Free in Canada for Migrant Workers: 1-866-521-8535
Fax: 416-924-2472
web:https://iavgo.org/
Quebec
500, boul. René-Lévesque Ouest, Bureau 17.401
Service des plaintes
Montréal (Québec) H2Z 1W7
Tel.:514-873-7188
Toll Free:1-800-361-9593
Web: http://www.clp.gouv.qc.ca/
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New Brunswick
Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour Chestnut Complex
470 York Street
Fredericton NB E3B 3P7
Tel.:506-453-2597
Fax:506-453-3990
Web:http://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/services/services_renderer.15396.html
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Nova Scotia
5670 Spring Garden Road, Suite 502,P.O. Box 1063
Halifax NS B3J 2X1
Tel: (Voice and TDD): 424-5050
Toll Free in NS: 1-800-774-4712
Fax: 902-424-0530
Web:http://novascotia.ca/lae/wap/
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Prince Edward Island - PEI
161 St. Peters Road, 2nd Floor, P.O. Box 2000
Charlottetown PE C1A 7N8
Tel:902-368-6460
Toll Free:1-800-658-1806
Fax:902-368-3576
Web:http://www.gov.pe.ca/labour/index.php3?number=1004722
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Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador Workers' Advisor330 Portugal Cove Place, NAPE Bldg., 2nd Floor, P.O. Box 8597, Station "A"
St. John's NL A1B 3P2
Tel:709-754-3927
Toll Free:1-800-563-1998
Fax:709-754-3928
Web:http://www.whscc.nf.ca/workers/WS_WorkersAdvisor.whscc
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Yukon Territory
Yukon Workers' AdvocateDepartment of Justice, Government of Yukon
Box 2703, Q-1
2131-2nd Avenue, Tutshi Building
Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2C6
Tel.:867-667-5324
Toll Free:1-800-661-0408
Web:http://www.justice.gov.yk.ca/prog/ms/wad/index.html
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Northwest Territories and Nunavut
Northwest Territories and Nunavut Workers' Advisors OfficeYellowknife, Northwest Territories:
Email: advisor@workersadvisor.ca Nunavut: Email: www.workersadvisor.caadvisor.ca">deputyadvisor@workersadvisor.ca
Web:http://www.workersadvisor.ca/
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