Embassy of the United States of America
490 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, Ontario
K1N 1G8
The consular district of the Embassy in Ottawa comprises a number of counties located in the eastern portion of Ontario and the western portion of Quebec (i.e., the counties of Lanark, Leeds, Prescott, Renfrew, Russell, and Stormont in the Province of Ontario, and the counties of Gatineau, Hull, Labelle, Papineau, Pontiac and Tamiscamingue in the Province of Quebec). It also includes the District of Franklin in the Northwest Territories, but as that region is very sparsely populated no attorneys from that area appear on this list.
Lists of attorneys for other parts of Canada may be obtained from the U.S. Consulates General located in Calgary, Halifax, Montréal, Québec City, Toronto and Vancouver.
The Embassy's mailing address is:
United States Embassy
P.O. Box 866, Station "B"
Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5T1
Phone: (613) 238-5335.
Mail from the United States to Canada may be sent at the regular U.S. first class rate of 63 cents. Registered mail may be sent through the Canadian Postal Service and return receipts obtained. International reply coupons may be used to prepay postage on replies.
Canadian Bar Association
865 Carling Avenue, Suite 500
Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5S8
Phone: (613) 237-2925.
The Law Society of Upper Canada governs all lawyers from Ontario and every lawyer must be a member of the society in order to practice in the Province of Ontario. Phone: 1-800-668-7380 or (416) 947-3300.
Law Society of Upper Canada
130 Queen St., W.
Toronto, Ontario M5H 2N6
We strongly recommend that prior to retaining a lawyer in Ontario you verify that he/she is in good standing with the Law Society of Upper Canada.
The Québec Bar Association for the regions of Hull, Aylmer, Gatineau, etc. (Outaouais region) is called the Barreau de Québec or Batonniere du Hull. Phone: (819) 777-5225,
Barreau de Québec
200 Montcalm, Suite 301
Hull, Québec J8Y 3B5
As part of its French heritage, the Province of Quebec has notaries (notaries, in French) who have the same educational background as lawyers; however, they do not handle litigation and do not represent clients in court. Sometimes called a "Title Attorney" a notary handles mainly legal matters such as deeds, real estate transactions, mortgages, wills, non-contentious estates and marriage contracts, etc. A short list of notaries appears after the list of lawyers.
Association des Notaires de l'Outaouais
125 Promenade du Portage
Quebec, J8X 2K4.
Credit and professional reports may be obtained from commercial reporting agencies. One such agency is Dun and Bradstreet Canada Limited, telephone number (613) 230-7573 located at 5770 Your Ontario Street, Mississauga, Ontario L5R 3G5.
The Embassy assumes no responsibility for the professional ability or integrity of the persons or firms whose names appear in the list below. The names are arranged alphabetically by city, and the order in which they appear has no significance.
Persons in need of legal assistance but without funds to retain counsel may apply to the Legal Aid Ontario. Phone (613) 238-7931.
Legal Aid Ontario
73 Albert
Ottawa, Ontario K1T 1E3
For free taped general legal information on a wide variety of topics you may contact Dial-A-Law at 1-800-387-2992. Ontario's lawyers through the Law Society of Upper Canada have provided this information.
For complete information, including contact information for Ottawa area Attorneys, please use the link below.
