Do you know you have certain rights as a person with a disability?
- The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees equal protection and benefit of the law to people with disabilities.
- Under the Canadian Human Rights Act, it is illegal for anyone under its jurisdiction (government departments and Crown corporations, for example) to discriminate against someone with a disability.
- Under the Ontario Human Rights Act, all public buildings and services in the province must be accessible to people with disabilities.
- The province’s new Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act means new standards of accessibility in both the public and private sector. These standards are still being developed, however, and won’t be fully implemented until 2025.
