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Find the task you need to complete. Check the availability label before opening it.
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Every product on YourLegalAid.ca shows how far it has progressed and who can use it today. These labels keep availability and expectations clear.
Prepare and check
Follow the questions or search controls. Review missing information, sources and the tool’s limits.
Decide your next step
Review any draft before using it. Filing, service and submissions remain separate actions under your control.
Check the source behind the result
Public-record tools link to underlying decisions and explain their coverage. Open the source and check its date and context. A record, your own account of events, and a software explanation serve different purposes; a search result does not resolve your case.
Review before taking action
In guided form interviews, check your answers and review the draft before using it. Missing facts still need your attention. Downloading a document does not file or serve it; follow the applicable instructions and decide whether you need professional review.
What we are building toward
Our design goals include sources beside important explanations, dated source checks, clear separation of user facts and software interpretation, and reviewable evidence packages. These are product requirements under development, not a claim that every tool already supports them. Any future sending, filing, payment, or sharing workflow should require your explicit authorization before it acts.
Legal information, not legal advice
The tools provide legal information and structured software assistance. They do not replace advice from a licensed professional. Read the Legal information disclaimer before relying on an output.
Access labels, product stages and important limits
Product labels updated 14 October 2026
Access labels
The access label on a product card describes the route into that product:
- Public access — the tool can be opened without an account.
- Account required — a free signed-in account is needed for the current product.
- Account access planned — the product is still being built; account access is planned, but the preview is not the finished service.
- Paid subscription planned — the product is planned as a subscription service and is not being offered as a public free tool.
- Access by invitation — a limited pilot or alpha group can request access through the Contact page.
- Pre-publication request — the book review-copy flow is individually approved; a request does not guarantee access.
Product stages
Availability is separate from the access model:
- Available now — a working public tool you can use today.
- Preview — a sample of a product being built. Check the page to see what the sample supports.
- In development — a planned product whose finished service is not available yet.
- Pre-publication — a book that is not yet available to buy; review copies require approval.
Preview and development pages explain planned features separately from what you can try today. Account and subscription labels describe planned access, not a promise that the finished product is ready.
What happens when you use a tool
Each product page explains its purpose, current availability, data boundary, and next action. Read that page before entering facts. Keep the final legal judgment, document review, filing, service, and deadline checks under your control.
Questions
If a label or product page is unclear, use the Contact page.