Identifying and responding to family violence in family law cases: Results from the 2019 Survey of Lawyers and Quebec Notaries on Family Law and Family Violence in Canada

This report describes key findings from Justice Canada’s 2019 national Survey of Lawyers and Quebec Notaries on Family Law and Family Violence in Canada (“the 2019 survey”). The purpose of this survey was to assess how legal advisors identify and respond to family violence in their family law practices, as well as their use of additional tools to facilitate the process. In 2019, Justice Canada began developing a toolkit (the HELP toolkit) to support legal advisers in safely identifying and responding to family violence among their family law clients. The development of this toolkit involved multiple research projects to understand the needs of potential users, including the 2019 survey

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Last Updated April 17, 2026, 20:23 (UTC)
Created April 17, 2026, 20:23 (UTC)
contact_email OG-GO@justice.gc.ca
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open_canada_date_published 2023-06-01 00:00:00
open_canada_keywords {"fr": ["Droit de la famille", "Violence", "Droit de la famille"], "en": ["Family law", "Family violence", "Family justice"]}
open_canada_subject ["government_and_politics", "law", "society_and_culture"]
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title_fr Repérer et réagir à la violence familiale dans les affaires relevant du droit de la famille : résultats du Sondage auprès des avocates et avocats et des notaires du Québec sur le droit de la famille et la violence familiale au Canada de 2019
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