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Our public hours are

Monday through Friday:

9:00 am to 12:00 noon

1:00 pm to 4:00 pm

(Our office is closed on

provincial & federal

statutory holidays)

Our office is closed on all Federal and Provincial Statutory Holidays. 

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About our Legal Clinic

South Etobicoke Community Legal Services (SECLS) is a non-profit, charitable organization dedicated to providing free legal services to low-income people in the South Etobicoke area of Toronto, Ontario.

Our Mission is protecting and promoting the legal welfare of community members by offering services to the community through a network of volunteers and staff members, where language, financial hardship or disability will not act as barriers.

Our History

In 1982, a group of community workers and residents of South Etobicoke formed a committee to seek funding for a legal aid clinic to serve the  community of Etobicoke. On January 27, 1986 SECLS opened its doors to the public.

Since that time, the SECLS staff have been committed to providing free legal services to the residents of South Etobicoke. The clinic is also involved in educating the community through public legal education projects, participation in law reform activities, and carrying out other forms of outreach.

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Income Maintenance

Our legal clinic may help you with the following income maintenance issues: 

• Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) 
• Ontario Works (OW) 
• Old Age Security 
• Canada Pension Plan 
• Federal Child Tax Benefits  

Housing Law

We may help with many housing problems, including but not limited to: 

• Evictions and Eviction Orders from the Landlord and Tenant Board
• Your rent subsidy is going to be cut off 
• You have bedbugs, cockroaches or other pests in your home 
• Your Landlord or Superintendent is harassing you 
• You are a co-op member and the co-op wants to evict you 
• Maintenance issues

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Immigration Law

Our legal clinic may help you with several immigration law issues, including: 

• Humanitarian and compassionate applications 
• Applications for permanent residence 
• Sponsorship applications and sponsorship breakdown 
• Loss of status and deportation 
• Regularizing status in Canada: work permits, visitor permits, study permits, temporary resident permits 
• Issues relating to obtaining citizenship 
• Access by immigrants and refugees to health care and education 

Employment Law and Work

Our clinic can provide advice and assistance on matters such as: 

• Employment Insurance 
• Wrongful dismissal 
• Breaches of the Employment Standards Act 
• Harassment and discrimination in the workplace 
• Other issues related to work 

Please speak to our staff to see if we can assist, and if not, we can refer you to an appropriate service provider.