What we publish, and why
LocalLawyers.ca is a directory of legal service providers in Canada. We publish two kinds of content: lawyer listings (name, contact, practice areas, and factual descriptors compiled from public sources) and city-and-practice legal guides (educational overviews of common legal issues in a given city). We are not a law firm and we do not provide legal advice.
This page describes how we source, draft, review, and correct that content so readers can judge how much to rely on it.
How we source listings
Directory entries are compiled from publicly available business information — the sort of data that appears in general online directories and public map services. We do not represent that any listed firm has agreed to be listed or has verified their entry, and inclusion is not an endorsement.
We continuously deactivate rows that our audits identify as not actually lawyers: paralegal firms, notaries public (outside Quebec's notaire tradition), immigration consultants, insolvency trustees, court and government offices, law schools, and other legal-adjacent businesses. Contact us if a listing is mis-categorized and we will review it.
Any lawyer or firm can claim their listing to correct information, add practice-area detail, and update contact and hours.
How our legal guides are written
Legal-guide pages (URL pattern /city/[city]/[practice-area]) are drafted by the LocalLawyers.ca editorial team using publicly available legal information — federal statutes, provincial legislation, appellate case law summaries, and law-society guidance. Where drafting is assisted by AI tools, the resulting text is edited by a human editor for accuracy, tone, and local relevance before publication.
Guides describe how a given area of law is generally practised in a given city or province. They do not substitute for advice from a licensed lawyer about your specific facts.
Guides that have been reviewed for accuracy by a licensed lawyer display a Reviewed by credit above the article. Guides without that credit have been drafted and edited by our editorial team but not independently reviewed by a practising lawyer.
How we keep content current
Every guide displays a publication date and, where applicable, a last-updated date. We revisit high-traffic guides at least annually, and update any guide when a reader flags an inaccuracy or when a change in the underlying law makes an update necessary.
Directory listings are re-checked against public sources on a rolling basis. Listings that consistently fail contact-info validation, or that are duplicated across multiple physical addresses without independent identifying detail, are excluded from our search index.
Corrections and complaints
If you find an error on a listing or in a legal guide, please email corrections@locallawyers.ca with the URL and a short description of the issue. We aim to respond within five business days and to correct verifiable errors within ten business days. When we make a substantive correction to a legal guide, we update the guide's Last updated date to reflect the change.
If you are a lawyer or firm and want your listing removed, use the same email address; opt-out requests are processed within ten business days.
Disclosures
- LocalLawyers.ca is a directory. Listings do not indicate the lawyer has retained us, endorsed us, or paid for placement.
- Firms may pay for enhanced listing features (a "Pro" or "Featured" badge, higher position on category pages). Paid placement is disclosed inline via visible plan-tier badges on the listing itself.
- We are not a lawyer referral service. We do not evaluate the suitability of any listed lawyer for any specific matter.
- For any legal question that affects your rights or your money, consult a lawyer licensed in your province. Verify licensure with the applicable provincial law society.