Areas and grounds protected (chart)
INFORMATION SHEET
5 areas - 13 grounds
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Race Religious Beliefs (1) Colour Gender (2) Physical Disability Mental Disability Marital Status (3) Age Ancestry Place of Origin Family Status (4) Source of Income Sexual Orientation (5) |
Race Religious Beliefs (1) Colour Gender (2) Physical Disability Mental Disability Marital Status (3) (Age–not covered) Ancestry Place of Origin Family Status (4) Source of Income Sexual Orientation (5) |
Race Religious Beliefs (1) Colour Gender (2) Physical Disability Mental Disability Marital Status (3) Age Ancestry Place of Origin Family Status (4) Source of Income Sexual Orientation (5) |
Race Religious Beliefs (1) Colour Gender (2) Physical Disability Mental Disability Marital Status (3) (Age-not covered) Ancestry Place of Origin Family Status (4) Source of Income Sexual Orientation (5) |
Race Religious Beliefs (1) Colour Gender (2) Physical Disability Mental Disability Marital Status (3) Age Ancestry Place of Origin Family Status (4) Source of Income Sexual Orientation (5) |
The descriptions below are not legal definitions. For more information about areas and grounds protected under the Human Rights, Citizenship and Multiculturalism Act, contact the Commission.
(1) Religious beliefs: include Native Spirituality.
(2) Gender: Also protected under the ground of gender are pregnancy, sexual harassment and equal pay for the same or similar work.
(3) Marital status: means the status of being married, single, widowed, divorced, separated or living with a person in a conjugal relationship outside marriage.
(4) Family status: means the status of being related to another person by blood, marriage or adoption.
(5) Sexual orientation: was read into the Act by the Supreme Court of Canada on April 2, 1998.
Please note: A complaint must be made to the Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission within one year after the alleged incident of discrimination. Read more about the time limit.
March 2007
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