Ministry of the Attorney General
Administering the justice system in Ontario and protecting the public by delivering a wide range of legal services.
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What we do
- Create a fair and accessible justice system for all Ontarians.
- Coordinate and administer court services throughout Ontario.
- Work to modernize the justice system and provide services that are more accessible, responsive and easy to use.
- Build safe and prosperous communities across the province by increasing access to justice and responding to the evolving needs of Ontario.
- Provide legal advice to, and conduct litigation on behalf of, all government ministries and many agencies, boards and tribunals.
Contact us
- Contact form
- Serving documents on the Crown in a civil case
416-326-2220 1-800-518-7901 416-326-4007 (General Inquiries)416-326-4015 (Notice of Constitutional Question only)416-326-4012 1-877-425-0575
Ministry of the Attorney General
McMurtry-Scott Building
720 Bay Street
Toronto, Ontario M7A 2S9
Ministry news
Agencies, boards and commissions
The ministry is affiliated with the following independent agencies:
- Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario
- Human Rights Legal Support Centre
- Legal Aid Ontario
- Office for Victims of Crime
- Office of the Independent Police Review Director
- Ontario Human Rights Commission
- Ontario Land Tribunal
- Tribunals Ontario:
- Animal Care Review Board
- Assessment Review Board
- Child and Family Services Review Board
- Custody Review Board
- Fire Safety Commission
- Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario
- Landlord and Tenant Board
- Licence Appeal Tribunal
- Ontario Civilian Police Commission
- Ontario Parole Board
- Ontario Special Education Tribunal
- Social Benefits Tribunal
- Special Investigations Unit
Legislation
The ministry administers the following legislation:
1990
- Absconding Debtors Act
- Absentees Act
- Accumulations Act
- Administration of Justice Act
- Age of Majority and Accountability Act
- Aliens’ Real Property Act
- Architects Act
- Assessment Review Board Act
- Bail Act
- Barristers Act
- Blind Persons’ Rights Act
- Business Records Protection Act
- Charities Accounting Act
- Child and Family Services Act
- Children’s Law Reform Act
- Commissioners for taking Affidavits Act
- Compensation for Victims of Crime Act
- Construction Lien Act
- Conveyancing and Law of Property Act
- Costs of Distress Act
- Courts of Justice Act
- Crown Administration of Estates Act
- Crown Agency Act
- Crown Attorneys Act
- Crown Witnesses Act
- Disorderly Houses Act
- Dog Owners’ Liability Act
- Education Act
- Election Act
- Election Finances Act
- Employers and Employees Act
- Estates Act
- Estates Administration Act
- Evidence Act
- Execution Act
- Executive Council Act
- Expropriations Act
- Family Law Act
- Fines and Forfeitures Act
- Fraudulent Conveyances Act
- Frustrated Contracts Act
- Habeas Corpus Act
- Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Inquiries Act
- Human Rights Code
- International Sales Conventions Act
- Interprovincial Summonses Act
- Judicial Review Procedure Act
- Juries Act
- Justices of the Peace
- Law Society Act
- Legislative Assembly Act
- Libel and Slander Act
- Lieutenant Governor Act
- Liquor Licence Act
- Mercantile Law Amendment Act
- Ministry of Correctional Services Act
- Ministry of the Attorney General Act
- Mortgages Act
- Negligence Act
- Notaries Act
- Occupiers’ Liability Act
- Ombudsman Act
- Ontario Heritage Act
- Ontario Municipal Board Act
- Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act
- Partition Act
- Pawnbrokers Act
- Pay Equity Act
- Perpetuities Act
- Police Services Act
- Powers of Attorney Act
- Proceedings Against the Crown Act
- Professional Engineers Act
- Property and Civil Rights Act
- Provincial Offences Act
- Public Authorities Protection Act
- Public Guardian and Trustee Act
- Public Officers Act
- Real Property Limitations Act
- Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgments (U.K.) Act
- Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgments Act
- Religious Freedom Act
- Religious Organizations’ Lands Act
- Sale of Goods Act
- Settled Estates Act
- Short Forms of Leases Act
- Solicitors Act
- Statutory Powers Procedure Act
- Statute of Frauds
- Succession Law Reform Act
- Ticket Speculation Act
- Time Act
- Transboundary Pollution Reciprocal Access Act
- Trespass to Property Act
- Trustee Act
- Unconscionable Transactions Relief Act
- Variation of Trusts Act
- Vendors and Purchasers Act
- Wages Act
- Warehouse Receipts Act
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
- Licence Appeal Tribunal Act
- Enforcement of Judgments Conventions Act
- Settlement of International Investment Disputes Act
- Safe Streets Act
2000
- Electronic Commerce Act
- Environmental Review Tribunal Act
- Ontario Association of Former Parliamentarians Act
- Parental Responsibility Act
2001
2002
- Prohibiting Profiting from Recounting Crimes Act
- Limitations Act
- International Interests in Mobile Equipment Act
- Interjurisdictional Support Orders Act
- Declarations of Death Act
2004
2006
2009
2010
2015
2017
- Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario Act
- Human Trafficking Awareness Day Act
- International Recognition of Trusts Act
- International Electronic Communications Convention Act
- International Commercial Arbitration Act
- International Choice of Court Agreements Convention Act
- Prevention of and Remedies for Human Trafficking Act
Updated: July 29, 2021