Advocacy Centre Tenants Ontario (ACTO): acto.ca
They are a legal clinic for legal clinics and can’t give individual help. However, they have information/statistics on their website that may be helpful.
Canadian Centre for Housing Rights: 1-800-263-1139
They can’t give legal advice. You can leave a message, and they will get back to you, if they’re able.
Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC): https://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/
They are a resource for current rental data and housing research. They track vacancy rates and rental costs in municipalities across Canada.
Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO): cleo.on.ca
Housing Resources from CLEO (Community Legal Education Ontario)” https://www.cleo.on.ca/en/resources-and-publications/housing-law
April 17, 2023
CLEO has updated information about the eviction process at the Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB). Fighting an eviction contains new information about remote hearings at the LTB. This includes information about sending evidence for a hearing and how tenants can raise their own issues at an eviction hearing.
Federation of Metro Tenants Associations: 416-921-9494
https://www.torontotenants.org/about
While they may have helpful information, they serve Toronto tenants. You can leave a message and it will be one to two business days before it is returned.
Kingston Community Legal Clinic: 613-541-0777
kclc.ca
If you would like KCLC to give you legal advice, please telephone 613-541-0777, Ext. 0 or complete the Online Intake Form on their website. I suggest that you do call them. While they have a low financial eligibility threshold for representation, a lawyer will likely talk to you over the phone with some general advice.
Landlord Tenant Board of Ontario: 1-888-332-3234
TribunalsOntario.ca/ltb
It is very difficult to get through to a human being. The line is busy, they don’t answer, you can wait on-hold for hours, or get a message that they’re unable to talk to you and get disconnected.
I want to make changes to my tribunal hearing: https://stepstojustice.ca/questions/tribunals-and-courts/i-want-to-make-changes-to-my-tribunal-hearing-what-can-i-do
Request an accommodation if you can’t do your hearing online: https://stepstojustice.ca/resource/tribunals-ontario-request-an-accommodation
Ontario Legal Information Centre: 613-842-7462 or 1-844-343-7462
They offer a free 30-minute meeting with a lawyer via telephone in any area of law in English and French.
Pro Bono Ontario: 1-855-255-7256
While it is difficult to get through — you have to re-dial every 20 minutes because they disconnect you after that time – they can be very helpful.
rentals.ca
The site provides monthly rental reports for Canadian cities, including Kingston.