Publisher: Government of Canada > Justice Laws
Topics: Compliance-Legislation, Compliance-Regulation, Workplace Solutions – Disability Specific Workplace Inclusion
Year published: 1985
Type of resource: Website

The Canadian Human Rights Act extends the laws in Canada that proscribe discrimination. It was passed in 1985 and amended a number of times, most recently in 2017.

The purpose of this Act is currently stated as follows: “to extend the laws in Canada to give effect, within the purview of matters coming within the legislative authority of Parliament, to the principle that all individuals should have an opportunity equal with other individuals to make for themselves the lives that they are able and wish to have and to have their needs accommodated, consistent with their duties and obligations as members of society, without being hindered in or prevented from doing so by discriminatory practices based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family status, genetic characteristics, disability or conviction for an offence for which a pardon has been granted or in respect of which a record suspension has been ordered.”

Access this resource here: Canada Human Rights Act.