Choose the issue you are dealing with
Find a debt-help route outside the United States
Start with the country and, where necessary, the province or legal system. Familiar debt words can describe different procedures.
Open the explanation →When debt crosses a border
Moving changes your address. Whether a debt, judgment or insolvency result travels depends on several legal connections.
Open the explanation →Check a debt-help provider’s evidence
Compare the evidence behind a provider’s offer before comparing its headline savings claim.
Open the explanation →Find the right kind of debt help
Begin with the problem you need solved. Then verify the organization, its role and whether it can take your case.
Open the explanation →Ontario is the province covered here
The saved Canadian sources focus on Ontario. They do not establish rules for every province.
Local public sources to check
These links were captured in the dated research. Check the current version, service covered and instructions on the official site before relying on a rule.
Ontario ministry, Filing a consumer complaint.www.ontario.ca ↗Canada OSB, The Adverse Effects of the Debt Advisory Marketplace on the Insolvency System.www.ised-isde.canada.ca ↗Ontario e-Laws, Collection and Debt Settlement Services Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.14.www.ontario.ca ↗Ontario e-Laws, Consumer Protection Act, 2002, S.O. 2002, c. 30, Sch. A.www.ontario.ca ↗Ontario e-Laws, Consumer Protection Act, 2023, S.O. 2023, c. 23, Sch. 1.www.ontario.ca ↗Ontario ministry, Apply to register a collection agency.www.ontario.ca ↗