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Income Assistance

For Legal Advice Call 416-441-1764 ext 1

The legal clinic provides information, advice and assistance about:

OW (Ontario Works, which is often still called welfare)
ODSP (Ontario Disability Support Program)
CPP (Canada Pension Plan)
OAS (Old Age Security)
Child Tax Benefits

The Steps to Justice website offers step-by-step information about income assistance and other common legal problems.

Tough Times – I Need More Money!

Our Income Maintenance Team has a wealth of knowledge about the variety of Government income sources available.

Click on the link Article on Government Sources of Income to take you to our first article highlighting the variety of Federal and Provincial Income sources that you may be eligible to apply for and receive.

For more information call our Legal Advice Line 416-441-1764, ext. 1 Monday to Friday between 9:30 and 4:30 pm.

Other possible links include:

Government of Canada: Benefits Finder - Canada.ca (services.gc.ca)

Prosper Canada https://benefitswayfinder.org/

Thorncliffe Office
1 Leaside Park Drive, Unit 1
Toronto, ON M4H 1R1
Telephone: 416-441-1764
Fax: 416-441-0269

Ontario Works (OW, which is often still called welfare) administered by the City of Toronto, and the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP). ODSP is a provincial program that is administered by the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services. You can find information about both programs on the Ministry website, including office locations.

Where appropriate, we can represent you at the Social Benefits Tribunal (SBT).

Much of our work involves applications for ODSP assistance and appealing the denial of the applications to the Social Benefits Tribunal. We can assist you by identifying medical information that may help your case and requesting it from doctors and specialists.

DVCLS also provides public legal education sessions on request and when our resources allow us to do so.