Legal Information for Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry Counties
In addition to the legal services and advice, Roy McMurtry Legal Clinic provides to Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry Counties, we also seek to be a resource of legal information. On this page you will find links to the legal areas we cover, as well as several we do not (e.g., family law and criminal law).
To discuss the details of your legal issue with Roy McMurtry Legal Clinic, please feel free to contact us at any time.
Government Representatives
- Cornwall City Councillors
- South Stormont Council
- North Stormont Council
- South Dundas Council
- North Dundas Council
- South Glengarry Council
- North Glengarry Council
Members of Provincial Parliament
Members of Parliament (Federal)
Legal
- Association of Community Legal Clinics of Ontario
- CLEO - Community Legal Education in Ontario (publication clearinghouse)
- Law Help Ontario
Lawyer Referral
By calling the Lawyer Referral service, you will be given the name and telephone number of a lawyer who can provide you with a free consultation up to 30 minutes in length. To determine your legal rights and options, you may access the service by calling 1-800-268-8326.
Legal Aid
Receive legal aid in your choice of over 120 different languages by calling toll-free at 1-800-668-8258.
Family Law Information Centre
Cornwall Family Law Information Centre
29 Second Street West
Cornwall, Ontario
Criminal Law
Legal Aid Ontario offers criminal law assistance in over 120 different languages. Call 1-800-668-8258 toll-free to request legal aid.
CPP Disability
Immigration
For information on citizenship and immigration programs and services, including the Permanent Resident Card program, please call 1-888-242-2100 or visit the Citizenship and Immigration page from the Government of Canada website. If you are seeking official refugee status and asylum within Canada, you may also wish to visit the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada website.
ODSP
- Ontario Disability Support Program (Government Website)
- ODSP Income Support Directives
- Social Benefits Tribunal
Ontario Works/Welfare
Tenant Law
The Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation (CERA) is a non-profit, human rights organization that focuses on human rights situations involving housing access and availability. Additional tenant law resources include:
Workers’ Compensation
Government of Canada
Government of Ontario
- Government of Ontario Website
- Ministry of Community and Social Services
- Ministry of Consumer Services
- Consumer Brochures
- Ontario Human Rights Commission
- Ontario Laws
Roy McMurtry Community Programs
Local Food Banks
Cornwall
- Agapè Centre
- The Salvation Army Cornwall Community Church (500 York St, Cornwall, ON, K6J 3Z8)
- Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (434 Second St W, Cornwall, ON, K6J 1H1)
- Trinity Anglican Church
- Cornwall Green Food Box
- People’s Alternative Life Skills Program (146 Chevrier Street, Room 122, Cornwall ON / 610 McConnell Avenue, Units 119 & 120, Cornwall ON)
Morrisburg
- Dundas County Food Bank – Morrisburg (17 Second St, Morrisburg, ON)
Winchester
- Dundas County Food Bank – Winchester (497 May St, Winchester, ON)
Alexandria
- Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (Sacred Heart Parish - 225 Main St S, Alexandria, ON)
- Society of Saint Vincent de Paul - Main St. (162 Main St S, Alexandria, ON)
Mountain
Crysler
- Crysler Green Food Box (1 Nation Street, Box 179, Crysler ON K0A 1R0)
