CA Citizenship

Rights & Responsibilities

Equality rights

The Charter guarantees equality rights, ensuring every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to equal protection without discrimination.

Key facts

  • Protection from discrimination based on race, national or ethnic origin, and colour.
  • Protection based on religion, sex, age, and mental or physical disability.
  • Men and women are equal under the law in Canada.
  • Canada's diversity is reflected in its commitment to multiculturalism.

Barbaric cultural practices, such as spousal abuse or "honour killings", are crimes in Canada and are not tolerated.

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