Human Rights

Human Rights legislation in Ontario is intended to protect individuals from discriminatory behaviour by others in relation to their access to housing, employment, services, sexual harassment and other grounds as described in the Human Rights Code.

Since July 1, 2008, complaints under the Code are heard by the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario.  

Those in search of legal assistance may be helped by the Human Rights Legal Support Centre

Legislation

Human Rights Code
Older statutes available for consultation in the library

Policy and practice

Policies
Practice directions

Decisions

CanLII has HRTO decisions from 2000.

Paper copies of decisions from 1961- are available in the Library.
QL has decisions from 1996- (for subscribers).
Canadian Human Rights Reporter online (for subscribers). (Also available in paper from the Library)

Other resources of note

Canadian Human Rights Reporter (available in paper from the Library) – offers leading cases from across Canada.

The Ontario Human Rights Commission's website is a valuable resource for those with a complaint and for employers/service providers.

The following books may be useful for researchers:

Discrimination and the law (Tarnopolsky & Pentney)
The Duty to Accommodate in Employment (MacNeill)
The Law of Human Rights in Canada (Zinn)
Ontario's Equity Laws (Elliott)