Where to Get Help
Province-Wide Information Edmonton Calgary Lethbridge Red DeerNOTE: The following links will take you out of Oak-Net. Please bookmark this page before you leave.
If you are in immediate danger or if it is an EMERGENCY, call the police or local RCMP detachment.
Abuse of Older Adults FAQs
Website: www.law-faqs.org/elder/
Abuse is Wrong in Any Language: A booklet for immigrant women who are suffering from abuse in a relationship or in a family.
Website: canada.justice.gc.ca/en/dept/pub/awal/abusxdoj.html
Alberta Justice
Website: www4.gov.ab.ca/just/
Alberta Seniors Information Line: Information about
programs, benefits and services for seniors.
Phone: (780) 427-7876 or 1-800-642-3853 toll free
Website: www.seniors.gov.ab.ca
Dial-A-Law: Pre-recorded legal information messages available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Phone: 1-800-332-1091 toll free
Family Law Information Centre Edmonton
Location: Law Courts Bldg, 1A Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton, AB T5J 0R2
Phone: (780) 415-0404
John Howard Society of Alberta
Website: www.johnhoward.ab.ca
Legal Aid Society of Alberta: Provides legal services to
financially eligible applicants.
Phone: (780) 427-7575
Website: www.legalaid.ab.ca
Money Matters: Kerby Centre Information Line.
Phone: 1-866-265-0661
Office for the Prevention of Family Violence: Has information about family violence and the Protection Against Family Violence Act. It also has materials in many languages.
Phone: 310-0000 from anywhere in Alberta and ask for 422-5916
Office of the Ombudsman: Conducts impartial investigations
on receipt of written complaints from individuals who believe that they
have been unfairly treated by the provincial government. There are only
two offices in Alberta.
Phone: (780) 427-2756 in Edmonton or call the RITE line toll free at 310-0000 and
ask to be connected to the main office in Edmonton
Office of the Public Guardian: May be appointed legal guardian for dependent adults. Offices across Alberta.
Phone: (780) 427-0017 in Edmonton or to be connected toll free to any office, call the RITE line at 310-0000
Website: www.seniors.gov.ab.ca/services_resources/opg/index.asp
Office of the Public Trustee: Trustee for dependent adults.
Phone: (780) 427-2744 in Edmonton or to be connected to any office toll free, call the RITE line at 310-0000
Website: www4.gov.ab.ca/just/trustee
Programs and Services for Seniors: A booklet of province-wide resources for Alberta Seniors. To request your copy:
Phone: (780) 427-7876 or 1-800-642-3853 toll free
RCMP: Scams and Frauds Information
Website: www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/scams/index_e.htm
Safety from Domestic Violence: A resource manual for service providers containing legal and safety information.
Website: www.calgary.ca/docgallery/bu/community/plena_resource_manual.pdf
Seniors Advisory Council
Phone: (780) 422-2321
Website: www.seniors.gov.ab.ca/services_resources/advisory_council
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Women's Rights For A Safer Tomorrow: A website for women who are being abused by their partner.
Website: www.mhc.ab.ca/continuing-studies/womens_rights/
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