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Family Court in Hamilton, ON
John Sopinka Courthouse
Address
55 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8P 1H1
Phone
905-645-5252
Hours
Mon-Fri 8:30am-5:00pm
Parking / transit
Hunter Street parking lot; HSR transit access
Courts that sit here
- Superior Court of Justice — Family Court (unified)
Filing your documents
Filing methods at this courthouse:
- In-person at the counter
- Online (e-filing portal)
- By mail
Local practice notes
Hamilton operates as a unified Family Court — single court for all family matters. Strong self-rep support culture; the FLIC here was one of the first in Ontario.
Duty counsel
Legal Aid Ontario duty counsel available on motion days.
Self-rep resources at Hamilton
- Family Law Information Centre — main floor
- McMaster Community Poverty Initiative referrals
- Hamilton Community Legal Clinic
✓ Family Law Information Centre (FLIC) on-site — free procedural help for self-represented parties. They can walk you through forms and the family-court process. They cannot give legal advice.