Student Family Services
Review resources for supporting you and your family in Montreal.
Family help center
The mission of the Family Assistance Center is to provide support and assistance to individuals and families in difficulty, in particular victims of violence, and to take steps for the appropriate bodies providing psychosocial follow-up.
- Website: Centreaidefamille
- Phone: (514) 982-0804
Centre des Femmes Interculturel Claire
Open Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., this center helps immigrant women integrate through useful and practical tools: Francization, employment integration, community access to the Internet, advocacy, support and support for women, etc.
- Phone: (514) 325-9116
Entre Parents de Montréal-Nord
Founded in 1985, the goal of the organization is to improve the quality of life of families by putting the parent at the heart of the action. Everyone’s contribution is essential to making the world a better place for current and future families.
- Website: Entreparents
- Phone: (514) 329-1233
Virtual space for parents
Website designed to help parents support their young people in an educational and vocational guidance process.
- Website: Espaceparents
Suicide Action Montréal
You need help? This essential service, which is aimed at people in distress or suicidal, is confidential and free.
- Website: Suicideactionmontreal
- Phone: 1 866 277-3553
Interligne
Formerly called Gai Écoute, Interligne is a front-line aid and information center for people concerned with sexual and gender diversity.
- Website: Interligne
- Phone: (514) 866-0103
Immigration
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
Government of Canada
- Website: Etudier-canada
- Help center: IRCC Help Centre - Featured Topics
- Phone: 1-888-242-2100 (Only in Canada)
Immigration, Francization and Integration
Government of Quebec
- Website: Immigration-quebec
- Phone: (514) 864-9191
Concertation table of organizations serving refugees and immigrants
Group of around 100 organizations working with refugees, immigrants and people without status.
- Website: Tcri
- Phone: 514 272-6060
Community resources
The city of Montreal offers easy access to community resources. You can obtain information on the various services offered by dialing 211, between 8 am and 6 pm, 7 days a week. This service, which brings together more than 5,000 community organizations, is offered in more than 200 languages!
- Montreal Island directory of community services: Midcs
Information and Referral center of Greater Montreal
This bilingual organization provides free information on social and community resources. The Center quickly directs anyone looking for a response to their needs, including social security, health, work, well-being and leisure, to the appropriate organization.
You can reach the Greater Montreal Information and Referral center by calling (514) 527-1375 or by visiting the following website: Crgm
Food assistance
There are more than 250 food service organizations in Montreal. If you need help, please visit the following directory: Arrondissement
Financial aspects
If you need help budgeting, are in debt or need to defend your rights, the Association Coopérative d’Économie Familiale (ACEF) offers a range of services to this end:
- Individual budget consultation
- Various workshops
- Tax clinic
- Tips and tricks on saving money
- And much more!
ACEF is available in four regions:
Legal Resources
Access to Justice Organizations (non-exhaustive):
Bar of Quebec (Barreau du Québec): Barreau
The professional order governing the practice of nearly 30 000 lawyers. Its mission is to ensure the protection of the public, to contribute to quality accessible justice, and to defend the rule of law.
Their website features a directory of lawyers that can be filtered by fields of law, region, language, etc.
Éducaloi: Educaloi
Éducaloi’s mission is to explain the law to Quebecers in everyday language and enhance their legal competencies.
Greater Montreal Community Justice Center:
Community justice centres promote access to justice through free information, support, and referral services provided as a complement to existing resources.
Juripop: Juripop
Juripop offers legal services at a very modest cost to people who are refused legal aid, but who are unable to pay to defend their rights. Certain eligibility criteria apply.
JuridiQC: Juridiqc
JuridiQC provides reliable information tailored to your situation to help you understand your rights, take legal steps, and find resources.
Justice Pro Bono: Justiceprobono
Justice Pro Bono brings together volunteer lawyers to help people who are unable to pay to defend their rights. Certain conditions apply.
Legal Aid Montreal / Laval: Aidejuridiquedemontreal
Part of the legal aid network, Legal Aid Montreal / Laval (Centre communautaire juridique de Montréal) provides legal services to those who are financially admissible and reside in the territory of Montreal and Laval, free of charge or with a financial contribution.
Legal Clinic of the Barreau du Québec Clinique juridique of the Barreau du Québec: Cliniquejuridiquebarreau
The Legal Clinic of the Barreau du Québec contributes to accessibility to justice for the public while offering experiential learning to students at the École du Barreau by offering free, simple, and effective services.
The Legal Collective: Lecollectifjuridique
With its four service points throughout different neighbourhoods in Montreal, the Legal Collective offers weekly free consultation sessions.
Young Bar of Montreal: Ajbm
The Young Bar of Montreal offers free legal services to the public including hearing preparation assistance, call-in legal clinic, and on-site small claims mediation.
University legal clinics
Under the guidance of experienced lawyers and notaries, university legal clinics offer free legal assistance to the public, facilitating students’ hands-on training.
Legal Information Clinic at McGill: Licm
Clinique juridique de l’Université de Montréal: Clinique-juridique
Cliniques juridiques de l’UQÀM: Fspd
Other:
Info-Crime Montreal: Infocrimemontreal
Info-Crime Montreal is a program in partnership with the City of Montreal and encourages citizens to fight against crime by calling anonymously and confidentially to report any criminal act. A monetary reward may be given anonymously to anyone who provides information that leads to the arrest of a suspect.
Montreal Courthouse (Palais de justice de Montréal)
- Phone: (514) 393-2721
Address: 1, rue Notre-Dame Est, Montreal, QC, H2Y 1B6 (Located between Champ-de-mars and Place d’Armes metro stations).
In case of emergency, dial 911.
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