Canadian Divorce Resources
The following links are provided to assist you throughout your divorce process. If the links to any of the following websites become outdated, or if there is a website you think might be helpful to others, please contact us.
Marriage Certificate Applications
Untie The Knot Divorce Service – Marriage Certificate Applications
http://www.untietheknot.ca/marriage-certificate-applications/
Federal Government Links
Canadian Divorce Act
http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/D-3.4/
Child Support Online Lookup
http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/fl-df/child-enfant/look-rech.asp
Canada Pension Plan (CPP) – Credit Splitting Upon Divorce or Separation
http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/services/pensions/cpp/credit-split.shtml
Alberta
Alberta Maintenance Enforcement Program
http://www.justice.gov.ab.ca/mep/
Family Law Information Centre
https://albertacourts.ca/resolution-and-court-administration-serv/family-justice-services/family-law-information
Lawyer Referral Service
http://www.lawsociety.ab.ca/public/lawyer_referral.aspx
British Columbia
British Columbia Family Maintenance Enforcement Program
http://www.fmep.gov.bc.ca/
Family Justice Services
http://www.ag.gov.bc.ca/family-justice/
Lawyer Referral Service
http://www.cba.org/BC/Public_Media/main/lawyer_referral.aspx
Manitoba
Maintenance Enforcement Program
http://www.gov.mb.ca/justice/family/mep/index.html
Family Justice
http://www.gov.mb.ca/justice/family/law/index.html
Law Phone-in and Lawyer Referral Program
http://www.communitylegal.mb.ca/programs/law-phone-in-and-lawyer-referral-program/
New Brunswick
Family Support Orders Service
http://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/departments/justice/fjcr/content/fsos.html
New Brunswick does not have a lawyer referral service. To find a lawyer in New Brunswick, please look under “lawyers” in the yellow pages of your telephone book.
Newfoundland & Labrador
Support Enforcement Division
http://www.justice.gov.nl.ca/just/department/branches/division/division_support_enforcement.html
Family Justice Services (FJS)
http://www.hrle.gov.nl.ca/hrle/income-support/fjs.html
Lawyer Referral Service
http://publiclegalinfo.com/?page_id=55
Northwest Territories
Northwest Territories Maintenance Enforcement
http://www.justice.gov.nt.ca/mep/
Family Law Information
http://www.justice.gov.nt.ca/FamilyLaw/index.shtml
Lawyer Referral Service
http://www.lawsociety.nt.ca/public/lawyer-referral-service/?area=45
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia Maintenance Enforcement Program
http://www.gov.ns.ca/just/mep/
Nova Scotia Family Law Information Centre
http://www.gov.ns.ca/just/flic/
Lawyer Referral Service
http://www.legalinfo.org/how-lisns-can-help/i-need-a-lawyer.html
Nunavut
Family Support Office – (867) 975-6129
Lawyer Referral – Contact the Law Society of Nunavut at (867) 979-2330 or by email at lawsociety@qiniq.com
Ontario
Family Responsibility Office
http://www.mcss.gov.on.ca/en/mcss/programs/familyResponsibility/
Family Law Resources
http://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/family/
Lawyer Referral Service
http://www.lsuc.on.ca/lsrs/
Prince Edward Island
Maintenance Enforcement Program
https://eservices.gov.pe.ca/meps/index.jsp
Family Law Centre
http://www.gov.pe.ca/infopei/index.php3?number=79984
Lawyer Referral Service
http://www.cliapei.ca/content/page/programs_lrs
Quebec
Support-payment Collection Program
http://www.revenu.gouv.qc.ca/en/citoyen/pens_alim/programme/default.aspx
Separation and Divorce Information
http://www4.gouv.qc.ca/EN/Portail/Citoyens/Evenements/separation-divorce/Pages/accueil.aspx
Lawyer Referral Services
http://www.barreau.qc.ca/public/trouver-avocat/reference/index.html?Langue=en
Saskatchewan
Maintenance Enforcement Office
http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/fl-df/fjs-sjf/view-affic.asp?uid=258
Family Law Information and Support Variation Project
http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/fl-df/fjs-sjf/view-affic.asp?uid=237
Parent Education Unit
http://www.justice.gov.sk.ca/parental-education
Saskatchewan does not have a lawyer referral service. To find a lawyer in Saskatchewan, please look under “lawyers” in the yellow pages of your telephone book
Yukon
Maintenance Enforcement Program (MEP)
http://www.yukonmep.ca/
Family Justice Matters
http://www.justice.gov.yk.ca/prog/cor/vs/famjust.html
Lawyer Referral Service
http://www.lawsocietyyukon.com/referral.php
Resources for Parents and Children
The Supporting Families Experiencing Seperation and Divorce Initiative.
Parenting After Separation and Divorce. Because life goes on…Helping children and youth live with separation and divorce
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/publicat/mh-sm/divorce/5-eng.php
Kids help phone. Ask a counsellor a question, express yourself, or get informed.
http://www.kidshelpphone.ca/
Children And Family Break-up: How to help children cope with the separation or divorce of their parents.
https://calgary.cmha.ca/mental_health/children-and-family-break-up/
Additional Resources
Birth, Marriage & Death Certificates (Canada only). Provides an easy and secure way to obtain your vital documents.
www.vitalcertificates.ca
Divorce Certificates (Canada only). If you have been divorced and require just your Divorce Certificate (proof of divorce), this is the site to go to.
www.divorcecertificates.ca
The Fairway Process™ works for both conflicted and amicable couples and our mediation model focuses on saving your assets, not destroying them.
www.fairwaydivorce.com
A peer-based counselling/support and networking service for women undergoing transition due to separation and divorce.
www.womandivorcesupport.com
