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.