Legal Aid Ontario

Legal Aid Ontario (LAO)
Agency overview
Formed1998
Preceding agency
  • Ontario Legal Aid Plan (OLAP)
TypeLegal aid provision
JurisdictionOntario
Headquarters20 Dundas Street West
Toronto, Ontario
Employees501–1000
Annual budget$432.6 m CAN (2016).
Agency executive
  • Aileen Page, President and CEO
Parent agencyMinistry of Attorney General
Websitehttp://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.

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