Agency overview | |
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Formed | 1998 |
Preceding agency |
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Type | Legal aid provision |
Jurisdiction | Ontario |
Headquarters | 40 Dundas Street West Toronto, Ontario |
Employees | 501–1000 |
Annual budget | $432.6 m CAN (2016).[1] |
Agency executive |
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Parent agency | Ministry of Attorney General |
Website | http://legalaid.on.ca |
Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) is a publicly funded and publicly accountable non-profit corporation, responsible for administering the legal aid program in the province of Ontario, Canada. Through a toll-free number and multiple in-person locations such as courthouse offices, duty counsel and community legal clinics, the organization provides more than one million assists to low-income Ontario residents each year.[2]