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Daily Bread Food Bank
Main phone number - 416 203-0050
There are local food banks at various locations throughout Scarborough. Phone for advice regarding a location near you.
Programs to eliminate hunger
(http://www.dailybread.ca)
Legal Aid Ontario
Telephone 1-800-668-8285
You can apply here for legal aid certificates for some
criminal and family law cases.
(http://www.legalaid.on.ca)
Federation of Metro Tenants' Associations
500 - 27 Carlton Street
Toronto, ON M5B 1L2
416 921-8331
Telephone information on rights for residential tenants
and organizing assistance.
(http://www.torontotenants.org)
Lawyer Referral Services
(416) 947-3330
You will be provided with the names and phone numbers of private lawyers who have agreed
to provide one-half hour of free legal advice.
(http://www.lsuc.on.ca/public/referral)
Landlord and Tenant Board
Toronto East Regional Office
Unit #2 - 2275 Midland Avenue
Toronto, ON M1P 3E7
1-888-332-3234. Fax: 416-314-8649
This is the Provincial Government Office that issues eviction orders
and hears tenants' cases about landlord misconduct.
(http://www.ltb.gov.on.ca)
211 Community Connection
Access to Toronto's Community Services by telephone at 211 or
over the Internet.
(http://www.211Toronto.ca)
YOUR REPRESENTATIVES AT THE CITY OF TORONTO
For more information about your Municipal Representative at
City Hall go to:
http://www.city.toronto.on.ca
YOUR REPRESENTATIVES AT THE GOVERNMENT OF ONTARIO
For more information about your Provincial Representative at
Queen's Park go to: http://www.gov.on.ca
YOUR REPRESENTATIVE AT THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA
For more information about your Federal Representative on Parliament
Hill in Ottawa go to: http://canada.gc.ca/main_e.html
ASSAULTED WOMEN'S HELPLINE
For advice and assistance for assaulted women, go to: http://www.awhl.org. Crisis counselling, emotional support and referrals to shelters 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for women across Ontario. Available in 154 languages as well as TTY for the hearing-impaired. Telephone (Toronto area) (416)-863-0511; Toll-free TTY 1-866-863-7868. Telephone (Toronto area) 416-863-0511.
COMMUNITY LEGAL EDUCATION ONTARIO
For legal information written in clear language go to: http://www.cleo.on.ca.
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