Immigration representatives: Contacts

Canadian provincial and territorial societies

To find out if an immigration representative is licensed to represent you or provide immigration advice, you must first know which of these organizations they belong to:

• a Canadian provincial or territorial law society
• the Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants
• the Chambre des notaires du Québec

Provincial and territorial law societies – Membership validation service

Law Society of British Columbia
Membership Directory: alt.lawsociety.bc.ca/lkup/mbr_search.cfm
E-mail: memberinfo@lsbc.org

Law Society of Alberta
Membership Directory: www.lawsocietyalberta.com/memberSearch/Index.cfm
E-mail: membership@lawsocietyalberta.com

Law Society of Saskatchewan
Membership Directory: http://www.lawsociety.sk.ca/members/memberquery.htm
E-mail: reception@lawsociety.sk.ca

Law Society of Manitoba
Membership Directory: www.lawsociety.mb.ca/lookup/lawyer_look_up.asp
E-mail: admin@lawsociety.mb.ca

Law Society of Upper Canada
Membership Directory: www1.lsuc.on.ca/LawyerParalegalDirectory/index.jsp
E-mail: lawsociety@lsuc.on.ca

Barreau du Québec
Membership Directory:
www.barreau.qc.ca/index.html
E-mail: infos@barreau.qc.ca

Law Society of New Brunswick
E-mail: general@lawsociety-barreau.nb.ca

Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society
Membership Directory:
www.nsbs.org/membershipSearch.php
E-mail: info@nsbs.org

Law Society of Prince Edward Island
E-mail: jwyatt@lspei.pe.ca

Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador
Membership Directory:
www.lawsociety.nf.ca/default.asp
E-mail: janice.whitman@lawsociety.nf.ca

Law Society of Yukon
Membership Directory: www.lawsocietyyukon.com/membership.php
E-mail: info@lawsocietyyukon.com

Law Society of the Northwest Territories
Membership Directory: www.lawsociety.nt.ca/MemberInformation
ApplicationPackages/tabid/58/Default.aspx
E-mail: LSNT@TheEdge.ca or lawsocnt@lawsociety.nt.ca

Law Society of Nunavut
Membership Directory: http://lawsociety.nu.ca/members.html
E-mail: lawsociety@qiniq.com

Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants – Membership validation service

Website: www.csic-scci.ca
Membership Directory: www.csic-scci.ca/find/all.html
E-mail: information@csic-scci.ca

Chambre des notaires du Québec – Membership validation service

Website: www.cdnq.org/en
E-mail: information@cdnq.org

Other contacts

• Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
• Canadian Council of Better Business Bureaus
• Canadian Consumer Information Gateway
• Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
• Royal Canadian Mounted Police