53 firms.
Family lawyers guide people through separation, divorce, parenting arrangements, support, and the division of property. Some of the work is contentious and ends up in court. A lot of it doesn't. Many Ontario family lawyers now lead with negotiation, mediation, and collaborative practice, which tends to be faster and less costly than litigation when both sides are willing.
If children are involved, decisions turn on their best interests, and parenting time and decision-making responsibility are handled separately from support. The Ontario government's family law pages lay out the basics of how support and property work.
Often, no. Separation agreements, cohabitation agreements, and marriage contracts are all drafted and settled outside court. Court becomes necessary when the parties can't agree or when there's urgency, like a safety concern or a parenting dispute that can't wait. A good family lawyer will tell you honestly which path fits your situation.
Family matters are personal, so fit counts as much as credentials. Ask whether the lawyer favours settlement or litigation, how they bill, and whether they're trained in collaborative practice or mediation if that's the route you want. Some firms also take Legal Aid certificates for child protection and other qualifying matters.
Confirm any lawyer's standing through the Law Society of Ontario directory, then browse the family firms below by region and city.
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Sage Law Group, formerly AGS Professional Law Corporation, is a family law firm based in Barrie that serves clients across Ontario. It handles divorce and separation, parenting arrangements, child and spousal support,…
Bair Family Law is a family law firm in Barrie, Ontario, that practises family law exclusively. Led by senior lawyer Tessa Bair, its team of lawyers, paralegals, and law clerks handles divorce, separation, parenting, …
Barriston Law (Barriston LLP) is a full-service law firm serving Central Ontario, with offices in Barrie, Collingwood, Bracebridge, and Huntsville. It practises across business and real estate law, wills and estates, …
Baulke Stahr McNabb LLP is a full-service law firm in Collingwood, Ontario, serving the surrounding Georgian Bay area. It practises real estate, business law, wills and estates, employment, and litigation. The firm wo…
Burgess Family Law is a sole practitioner family law practice in Barrie, Ontario, serving clients across Simcoe County. It handles property division, support, parenting and child-related issues, marriage and cohabitat…
Carroll Heyd Chown LLP (CHC Barristers) is a civil litigation firm established in Barrie in 1973. It focuses exclusively on litigation, representing insurers, businesses, and individuals in insurance, commercial, cons…
Chapman Law is the practice of Amanda Chapman, a Barrie lawyer, mediator, and workplace investigator who joined Barriston LLP as Counsel in 2024. Her work spans employment law, civil litigation, insurance law, estate …
Chapman Steffler LLP is a family law firm in Barrie, Ontario, founded in 2017 (originally Chapman McAlpine). It focuses on separation, divorce, custody, parenting time, support, and property division, and it also offe…
Chapman Steffler is a family law firm in Barrie serving clients across Simcoe County, including Orillia, Bracebridge, and Collingwood. It handles separation and divorce, custody and parenting time, child and spousal s…
Christie/Cummings Barristers & Solicitors is a full-service law firm in Collingwood, Ontario, founded in 1991. Its lawyers work in business law, residential and commercial real estate, estate planning and administrati…
Costa Law Firm is a full-service firm in Toronto that's served clients since 1993, with its main focus on criminal defence. Founded by David Costa, it also handles family, immigration, real estate, wills and estates, …
Cowan & Vaillancourt LLP is a general-practice firm in downtown Collingwood, serving the communities of South Georgian Bay. Its work covers real estate, corporate and commercial law, wills, powers of attorney and esta…
Daffern Law Offices is a Barrie, Ontario practice led by Paul J. Daffern, who's been in practice since 1988. Its main focus is business and civil litigation across Barrie, York Region, and the GTA. The firm also handl…
De Krupe Law Professional Corporation is a law firm founded by Stanislav Aranush de Krupe, with offices in Toronto, Newmarket, Vaughan, and Barrie. Its main focus is real estate law, and it also handles wills and esta…
Devry Smith Frank LLP (DSF) is a full-service law firm established in Toronto in 1964, with over 155 lawyers and support staff. It has offices in Toronto, Barrie, Whitby, Midland, Collingwood, and Haliburton, and prac…
Douglas Law Firm is a mid-size, regionally focused practice with offices in Bradford, Barrie, and Vaughan, Ontario. It handles family law, residential real estate, wills and estates, probate, notary services, and land…
Downey Tornosky Lassaline & Timpano Law Professional Corporation is a full-service firm based in Orillia that serves clients throughout Simcoe County, Muskoka, and Central Ontario. Its lawyers practise in real estate,…
Epstein & Associates is a full-service law firm founded in 2005, with offices in Newmarket, Barrie, Mississauga, Richmond Hill, Oshawa, and Aurora. Its lawyers handle family law, real estate, wills and estates, corpor…
Evans de Vries Higgins LLP, known as EDH Law, is a multi-service firm with offices in Bradford and Peterborough, Ontario. It's the successor firm to Evans and Evans (Bradford, established 1894) and Douglas F. Walker (…
Ewen Boyd LLP was a Barrie law firm that served the local community for more than eleven years. The firm is closing. Former clients are directed to Laura Boyd for past real estate and wills/estates files, and to John …
Faulkner & Van Barneveld Professional Corporation is a Barrie law firm serving the Simcoe County community with family law and real estate services. It was founded by Meagan Faulkner and Christina Van Barneveld, and i…
G. Acosta Law is an Aurora based practice, led by Geraldine Acosta, that also keeps an office in Barrie and helps families across Ontario. It focuses on family law and civil litigation, and it handles real estate tran…
Galbraith Family Law is a family and divorce firm founded by Brian Galbraith and practising since 1993. It has offices in Barrie, Newmarket, Oakville, and St. Catharines, and serves Simcoe County, York Region, the GTA…
Gelman & Associates is a family law firm based in Toronto that serves clients across Ontario from several offices. Lisa Gelman founded the firm in 2001, and its lawyers handle separation and divorce, parenting and sup…
Giesinger Law Office is a Barrie litigation firm opened by Matthew A. Giesinger in 2021. It handles family law, civil litigation, and criminal law, with experience in conflict resolution, negotiation, and trials. Matt…
Hardy Law is a Barrie, Ontario practice led by principal lawyer Candace D. Hardy, with offices in Barrie and Rama. It focuses on family law matters such as separation, divorce, child custody and support, and also hand…
Herron Law is a solo practice run by Jeremy Herron, a barrister and solicitor serving Midland, Ontario and Southern Georgian Bay. It focuses on family law and small claims, and also handles wills and powers of attorney.
HGR Graham Partners LLP is a Central Ontario firm with offices in Barrie, Elmvale, Midland, Orillia, and Penetanguishene. It was formed on January 1, 2012 by the merger of Hacker Gignac Rice LLP and Graham Partners LL…
HMH Law Offices is a general practice firm in Barrie, Ontario serving Barrie, Orillia, Muskoka, and Simcoe County. It handles real estate, wills and estates, corporate and commercial law, and family law. The firm's la…
Javed Law is a family law firm based in Barrie and serving York, Simcoe, and Muskoka. It handles all aspects of family law, including parenting, support, property division, divorce, domestic agreements, and child prot…
John W. Craig Family Law is a Barrie, Ontario firm focused solely on family law. John Craig has practised family law in Barrie since 1986, serving the Barrie, Orillia, Collingwood, Bracebridge, and Newmarket areas. It…
John Winter's Law Office is a family law sole practice in Midland, Ontario, serving Simcoe County since 1988. It focuses on family law matters such as separation, divorce, parenting and support, along with child prote…
Khan Family Law is a firm established in 2020 that operates in Barrie and Richmond Hill and the surrounding areas. It specializes in all areas of family law, and also drafts wills and provides notary public services, …
Korhani Law Professional Corporation is a Barrie firm focused on family law and criminal defence. Its family practice covers separation, divorce, parenting and custody, child and spousal support, property division, an…
LeadRight Law is a full-service firm in Barrie, Ontario, founded by principal lawyer Sreejith Subrahmanian. Its work covers criminal law, family law, immigration, real estate, and wills and estates. The firm offers fl…
Lemieux Litigation is a boutique litigation law firm in Barrie, Ontario, serving Simcoe County and surrounding areas including Bradford, Newmarket, and Collingwood. The firm practises personal injury, employment, and …
McCague Borlack LLP is a civil litigation firm founded in 1994, with offices in Toronto, Ottawa, Kitchener, Barrie, and London. It focuses on insurance defence and insurance coverage litigation, and its lawyers also r…
Montes Gendron Lawyers is a Barrie firm focused on criminal defence and family law. Its criminal work covers impaired driving and other driving offences, drug charges, and assault, while the family practice handles se…
Moreau Family Law Professional Corporation is a Barrie firm that practises exclusively family law, serving Simcoe County and surrounding communities. It handles divorce and separation, spousal and child support, and p…
Murphy Family Law is a Collingwood firm that practises exclusively family law. It handles separation and divorce, parenting, child and spousal support, property division, and domestic contracts, and it offers alternat…
N S Law Professional Corporation is a family law firm with offices in Barrie and Woodbridge, Ontario. It focuses on family law and child protection matters, and its team includes several associate lawyers and a licens…
Owen & Associates Law is a general-practice firm in Barrie, Ontario that's provided legal services since 1959. Its lawyers work in residential and commercial real estate, family law, wills, powers of attorney, trusts …
Pace Law Firm is a multi-service firm founded in 1981 by Al Pace, based in Toronto with offices across Ontario. It's best known for personal injury and immigration, and also handles family law, real estate, wills and …
PALaw is a sole-practitioner law firm run by Philip Aubin from an office in Barrie, Ontario, serving clients in Central Ontario including the GTA. It focuses on family law and also offers notary services. The firm acc…
Progressive Legal Solutions (PLS) is a family law firm serving Toronto, the Greater Toronto Area, and Barrie, Ontario. It handles divorce, parenting and decision-making, child and spousal support, and property divisio…
Robus Bell LLP is a family and education law firm in Collingwood, Ontario, founded by Sarah Robus and Katelyn Bell. Its lawyers handle family matters like property division, support, and parenting, along with educatio…
Rogerson Law Group is a Toronto and Barrie firm founded in 2006 by Andrew Rogerson. It focuses on asset protection, estate litigation, and high-net-worth family law disputes, along with tax and cross-border matters. T…
Scharff Nyland Chambers LLP is a family law firm with offices in Barrie, Toronto, Wasaga Beach, and Collingwood. Family law is all it does, covering divorce, separation, child and spousal support, parenting, property …
Shaw, McLellan is a full-service law firm in Collingwood, Ontario, serving Simcoe and Grey Counties. It was founded more than 40 years ago by Ian Paul Shaw and Brian R. McLellan, and it's now part of the KPA Group of …
Spiller Law is a Barrie firm that's served the Greater Toronto Area and Simcoe County since 1985. Its practice covers civil litigation, wills and estates, family law, criminal law, real estate, and personal injury. Th…
Stephen Durbin & Associates is a family law firm founded by Stephen Durbin, with its head office in Burlington, Ontario, and by-appointment locations across the Greater Toronto Area and beyond. The firm practises excl…
Stewart Esten LLP is a full-service law firm in downtown Barrie, Ontario, and one of Simcoe County's oldest firms, tracing its roots to 1871. Its lawyers practise personal injury, civil litigation, family law, wills a…
Supriya Chadha Law Professional Corporation is a full-service law firm in the Greater Toronto Area, with offices in Brampton and Barrie. It handles real estate, family law, immigration, business law, wills and estates…
