ALBERTA
CANADIAN LEGAL AID PLANS – CIVIL LAW COVERAGE CHART
PROVINCE/ TERRITORY FAMILY COVERAGE
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Child protection matters
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Divorce-where custody, access, child and/or spousal support are in issue (and matrimonial property/division depending on the value, type and location of assets)
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Variations of orders regarding child custody and access where the likelihood of success is supported by a legal opinion
NON-FAMILY CIVIL
COVERAGE
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Dependant upon merit
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Other civil matters where there is merit, a person of modest means would pursue the action, and the likelihood of success is supported by a legal opinion
BRITISH COLOMBIA
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Child protection matters
 none
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Emergency situations relating to restraining orders, custody and access, permanent change of residence, denial of access
MANITOBA
NEW BRUNSWICK
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Custody, access, or financial security issues when the client faces a barrier to resolving those issues
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Separations
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Divorces
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Custody
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Maintenance enforcement
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Child protection matters
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Collaborative law services also offered to couples to help find common ground without going to court
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Child protection matters
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Welfare
 Worker’s compensation
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Disability benefits disputes
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Canadian Pension Plan

Manitoba Public Insurance
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Residential tenancies
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Dependant upon merit
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Permanent guardianship and variance of support orders
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For victims of abuse: support, custody and access, restraining orders, marital property, orders for interim relief, ex-parte orders, variations of existing orders, divorce

NEWFOUNDLAND AND
LABRADOR
CANADIAN LEGAL AID PLANS – CIVIL LAW COVERAGE CHART
PROVINCE/TERRITORY FAMILY COVERAGE NON-FAMILY CIVIL
COVERAGE
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Dependant upon merit
NORTHWEST
TERRITORIES
NOVA SCOTIA
NUNAVUT
ONTARIO
(In bold new services by issuing certificates for family matters)
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Separation
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Custody
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Access
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Divorce
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Child protection matters
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Some matrimonial property and support applications
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All family matters except divorce & property if there are no custody or child/spousal support issues
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Divorce & separation
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Custody
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Access
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Maintenance
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Paternity
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Domestic violence matters
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Child protection matters
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Division of pensions
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Adoption proceedings
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No information received
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Custody of children
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Coverage for complex family matters by issuing certificates to financially eligible clients
(multiple legal issues, selfemployed parent, Hague applications, matrimonial property claims for clients on reserve and mobility claims )
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Certificates also for following circumstances :for client from
First Nations, Metis or Inuit; mental health or addiction issues, literacy issues, barriers language, multiple parties involved, young parents under
18, teen or young adults under
22 who needs legal advice and support about access or child support against another parent, people 65 years of age and over;
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WCB matters
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Limited wrongful dismissals
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Adult protection
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Few civil actions
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Few administrative law matters
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No information received
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Tribunal cases
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Limited actions for damages and breach of trust
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Estate matters where children may have a claim

PRINCE EDWARD
ISLAND
QUEBEC
 Dealing with the Children’s Aid
Society
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Coverage for third-party caregivers in child protection proceedings: such as grandparents, aunts, uncles or other possible caregivers to seek a lawyer’s advice and assistance to be added as a third party in a child protection proceeding;
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Services outside court for parents involved with childprotection agencies: providing parents with access to legal assistance at the early stages, such as when agreements are signed between parents and child-protection agencies;
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Access to children after adoption: certificates to parents wishing to file an openness application and for legal representation at the openness hearing. An openness order, if made, would allow some form of parental contact to continue after adoption;
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Access to children
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If partner denies access to children
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Child or spousal support
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Divorce if case includes violence
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Prevention and relief from domestic violence
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Custody, access, and financial support for dependant children
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Child protection matters
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Divorce (if in conjunction with one or more of the above areas)
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All family law services are covered
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Child protection matters
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Adult protection
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Mental health- involuntary hospitalization matters
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Reviews before administrative tribunals to contest a decision in respect to a right of benefits

CANADIAN LEGAL AID PLANS – CIVIL LAW COVERAGE CHART
PROVINCE/TERRITORY
SASKATCHEWAN
FAMILY COVERAGE
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NON-FAMILY CIVIL
COVERAGE none
YUKON

Custody of children

Child support or spousal support payments

Access to children

Child protection matters
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Separation
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Divorce
 restraint proceedings
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Filiations proceedings
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Adoption

Cases of family breakdown where children are involved and resulting in issues of custody, access, support, restraining orders, and of exclusive possession matrimonial home

Child protection matters
 none