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Finding People:
Involves Skip Tracing and Locate Services
Last Updated: May 22 2026
Question: How can I locate someone in Ontario who owes me money or needs to be served with court documents?
Answer: Olson Craig Legal provides Ontario Lawyer & Paralegals services and can arrange lawful skip tracing and locate work to help confirm a person’s current whereabouts for debt recovery, estate matters, or service of documents when public sources aren’t enough. Share what you know (full name, last known address, and relevant dates) and you’ll be guided on next steps and what information can be used legally.
When You Need to Locate a Person
Investigation.Legal™ provides skip tracing and locate services that help to discover the whereabouts of the person you are looking for such as a person who owes you money and moved away without providing you with a forwarding address. Locate services can also help to find a family member who is out of touch, or an old friend that you want to contact to catch up on old times.
When you are unable to find a person using readily available sources, a professional private investigator such as Olson Craig Legal will have additional sources of information to access and may be able to uncover the information you seek.
Reasons to Investigate
Skip tracing or locate services are commonly performed for a wide variety of reasons such as, among others:
- You paid a deposit and the seller failed to deliver the goods or services as promised;
- You need to the correct address to serve a person with court documents;
- You are executor of an estate and need to find the beneficiaries;
- You were adopted and want to find your biological parents; or
- You are owed money by a former tenant or client.
When Was Who Where and Doing What?
Olson Craig Legal helps when you need to know who was with who, when who was where, and who was doing what. Be in the know, get Olson Craig Legal gathering the evidence as proof of the truthful details you need.
NOTE: An extensive amount of online searches for “lawyers near me” or “best lawyer in” often indicate a desire for prompt and competent legal assistance rather than a specific designation. In Ontario, licensed paralegals fall under the same regulatory authority as lawyers and are entitled to represent clients in specific litigation contexts. Skills in advocacy, legal reasoning, and procedural expertise are fundamental to their responsibilities. Olson Craig Legal provides legal representation within its licensed framework, focusing on strategic positioning, evidence preparation, and compelling advocacy intended to secure efficient and positive outcomes for clients.