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Table 1: New Complaints Filed by Social Area and Grounds Cited
(Total = 3,492)
|
Accommodation |
24 |
10 |
6 |
6 |
7 |
10 |
71 |
23 |
39 |
13 |
22 |
19 |
76 |
0 |
16 |
23 |
11 |
376 |
159 |
4.6% |
|
Contracts |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
41 |
20 |
0.6% |
|
Employment |
246 |
150 |
23 |
25 |
24 |
126 |
1,404 |
351 |
174 |
87 |
261 |
5 |
761 |
11 |
378 |
758 |
80 |
4,864 |
2,473 |
70.8% |
|
Services |
53 |
78 |
18 |
4 |
8 |
121 |
381 |
149 |
38 |
14 |
79 |
8 |
379 |
4 |
53 |
85 |
21 |
1,493 |
752 |
21.5% |
|
Vocational Associations |
3 |
9 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
54 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
37 |
0 |
17 |
23 |
2 |
168 |
88 |
2.5% |
|
Total Grounds[1] |
328 |
249 |
49 |
35 |
39 |
266 |
1,915 |
539 |
254 |
115 |
373 |
32 |
1,261 |
15 |
464 |
894 |
114 |
6,942 |
3,492 |
100% |
|
Percent (%) of |
4.7% |
3.6% |
0.7% |
0.5% |
0.6% |
3.8% |
27.6% |
7.8% |
3.7% |
1.7% |
5.4% |
0.5% |
18.2% |
0.2% |
6.7% |
12.9% |
1.6% |
100% |
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|
Percent (%) of |
9.4% |
7.1% |
1.4% |
1.0% |
1.1% |
7.6% |
54.8% |
15.4% |
7.3% |
3.3% |
10.7% |
0.9% |
36.1% |
0.4% |
13.3% |
25.6% |
3.3% |
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|
Age |
Ancestry |
Association |
Breach of Settlement |
Citizenship |
Creed |
Disability |
Ethnic Origin |
Family Status |
Marital Status |
Place of Origin |
Public Assistance |
Race & Colour |
Record of Offences |
Reprisal |
Sex[2] |
Sexual Orientation |
Sum of grounds |
Total Complaints |
Percent (%) of all Complaints Filed |
Table 2: Monetary Damages in Settlements by Ground
|
|
Mediated |
Conciliation |
Total Cases Settled |
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|
Ground |
Cases |
Monetary Damages |
Average |
Cases |
Monetary Damages |
Average |
Cases |
Monetary Damages |
Average |
|
Age |
48 |
$424,844.00 |
$8,850.92 |
29 |
$248,268.93 |
$8,561.00 |
77 |
$673,112.93 |
$8,741.73 |
|
Ancestry |
26 |
$216,877.00 |
$8,341.42 |
20 |
$205,592.55 |
$10,279.63 |
46 |
$422,469.55 |
$9,184.12 |
|
Association |
4 |
$28,600.00 |
$7,150.00 |
3 |
$31,916.39 |
$10,638.80 |
7 |
$60,516.39 |
$8,645.20 |
|
Breach of Settlement |
3 |
$52,061.85 |
$17,353.95 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
3 |
$52,061.85 |
$17,353.95 |
|
Citizenship |
5 |
$7,139.00 |
$1,427.80 |
4 |
$27,142.55 |
$6,785.64 |
9 |
$34,281.55 |
$3,809.06 |
|
Creed |
29 |
$174,462.00 |
$6,015.93 |
20 |
$119,537.55 |
$5,976.88 |
49 |
$293,999.55 |
$5,999.99 |
|
Disability |
313 |
$2,980,889.40 |
$9,523.61 |
147 |
$1,625,266.67 |
$11,056.24 |
460 |
$4,606,156.07 |
$10,013.38 |
|
Ethnic Origin |
65 |
$454,429.00 |
$6,991.22 |
54 |
$447,410.54 |
$8,285.38 |
119 |
$901,839.54 |
$7,578.48 |
|
Family Status |
31 |
$179,217.75 |
$5,781.22 |
19 |
$187,016.39 |
$9,842.97 |
50 |
$366,234.14 |
$7,324.68 |
|
Marital Status |
17 |
$111,720.00 |
$6,571.77 |
9 |
$139,916.39 |
$15,546.27 |
26 |
$251,636.39 |
$9,678.32 |
|
Place of Origin |
48 |
$258,257.00 |
$5,380.35 |
23 |
$189,110.55 |
$8,222.20 |
71 |
$447,367.55 |
$6,300.95 |
|
Public Assistance |
6 |
$30,350.00 |
$5,058.33 |
1 |
$2,500.00 |
$2,500.00 |
7 |
$32,850.00 |
$4,692.86 |
|
Race & Colour |
217 |
$1,580,756.72 |
$7,284.59 |
126 |
$1,391,097.48 |
$11,040.46 |
343 |
$2,971,854.20 |
$8,664.30 |
|
Record of Offences |
3 |
$133,000.00 |
$44,333.33 |
1 |
$500.00 |
$500.00 |
4 |
$133,500.00 |
$33,375.00 |
|
Reprisal |
76 |
$794,727.14 |
$10,456.94 |
48 |
$409,301.39 |
$8,527.11 |
124 |
$1,204,028.53 |
$9,709.91 |
|
Sex[3] |
191 |
$1,406,170.78 |
$7,362.15 |
95 |
$755,175.00 |
$7,949.21 |
286 |
$2,161,345.78 |
$7,557.15 |
|
Sexual Harassment |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
18 |
$109,450.00 |
$6,080.56 |
18 |
$109,450.00 |
$6,080.56 |
|
Orientation sexuel |
22 |
$86,679.00 |
$3,939.96 |
9 |
$68,582.99 |
$7,620.33 |
31 |
$155,261.99 |
$5,008.45 |
|
Total des dossiers |
1104 |
$8,920,180.64 |
$8,079.87 |
626 |
$5,957,785.37 |
$9,517.23 |
1730 |
$14,877,966.01 |
$8,599.98 |
Table 3: Cases Completed or Referred, by Disposition and Grounds
(Total = 2, 477)
|
Dismissed on the merits (s. 36)[4] |
16 |
22 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
12 |
98 |
47 |
13 |
5 |
31 |
5 |
109 |
1 |
23 |
51 |
9 |
5 |
453 |
202 |
8.2% |
|
Dismissed on pre-liminary objections |
14 |
6 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
10 |
63 |
17 |
9 |
4 |
13 |
2 |
42 |
5 |
13 |
20 |
0 |
5 |
229 |
118 |
4.8% |
|
Referred to Human Rights Tribunal |
20 |
9 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
72 |
167 |
33 |
7 |
8 |
23 |
3 |
76 |
0 |
26 |
47 |
11 |
6 |
517 |
331 |
13.3% |
|
Resolved |
40 |
18 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
15 |
156 |
41 |
19 |
8 |
30 |
5 |
103 |
0 |
36 |
71 |
6 |
9 |
563 |
288 |
11.6% |
|
Settled |
93 |
56 |
8 |
4 |
10 |
57 |
548 |
141 |
62 |
33 |
89 |
14 |
390 |
4 |
132 |
318 |
20 |
37 |
2,016 |
1,025 |
41.4% |
|
Withdrawn |
63 |
21 |
2 |
6 |
5 |
24 |
280 |
66 |
48 |
18 |
38 |
3 |
135 |
4 |
65 |
158 |
3 |
14 |
953 |
513 |
20.7% |
|
Total[5] |
246 |
132 |
21 |
15 |
27 |
190 |
1,312 |
345 |
158 |
76 |
224 |
32 |
855 |
14 |
295 |
665 |
49 |
76 |
4,732 |
2,477 |
100% |
|
Percentage (%) |
5.2% |
2.8% |
0.4% |
0.3% |
0.6% |
4.0% |
27.7% |
7.3% |
3.3% |
1.6% |
4.7% |
0.7% |
18.1% |
0.3% |
6.2% |
14.0% |
1.0% |
1.6% |
100% |
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|
Age |
Ancestry |
Association |
Breach of Settlement |
Citizenship |
Creed |
Disability |
Ethnic Origin |
Family Status |
Marital Status |
Place of Origin |
Public Assistance |
Race & Colour |
Record of Offences |
Reprisal |
Sex[6] |
Sexual Harassment |
Sexual Orientation |
Sum of grounds |
Total Complaints |
Percentage of all Complaints (%) |
Table 4: Cases Completed or Referred, by Disposition and Social Area
(Total = 2,477)
|
Withdrawn by the Complainant [7] |
23 |
1 |
408 |
72 |
9 |
513 |
20.7% |
|
Settled by the Commission |
35 |
2 |
871 |
113 |
4 |
1,025 |
41.4% |
|
Resolved between Parties |
15 |
1 |
229 |
38 |
5 |
288 |
11.6% |
|
Dismissed based on Preliminary Objections (s.34)[8] |
3 |
1 |
59 |
50 |
5 |
118 |
4.8% |
|
Referred to Human Rights Tribunal (s. 36) |
4 |
0 |
126 |
193 |
8 |
331 |
13.4% |
|
Dismissed on the merits (s. 36)[9] |
16 |
0 |
137 |
43 |
6 |
202 |
8.2% |
Total |
96 |
5 |
1,830 |
509 |
37 |
2,477 |
100.0% |
Percentage (%) |
3.9% |
0.2% |
73.9% |
20.5% |
1.5% |
100% |
|
|
Accommodation |
Contract |
Employment |
Services |
Vocational Associations |
Total of Complaints |
Percentage of all complaints (%) |
Chart: Cases Completed or Referred by the Commission
2006 – 2007
(Total = 2,477)
![Chart: Cases Completed or Referred by the Commission: 651 Decisions by the Commission (26.3%): Dismissed based on preliminary objections [section 34]1- 118 (4.8%); Dismissed based on insufficient evidence [section 36(2)]2 – 202 (8.2%); Referred to Tribunal [section 36(1)]3 -331 (13.4%). 1,826 Complaints Settled, Resolved by Parties or Withdrawn (73.7%): Settled by the Commission – 1,025 (41.4%); Resolved between parties- 288 (11.6%); Withdrawn – 513 (20.7%).](http://www.ohrc.on.ca/sites/default/files/Annual%20report%202007-2008_2.JPG)
1 These cases were dismissed after a Commission decision based on written submissions.
2 Complaints dismissed under section 36(2) of the Code include cases where the evidence did not warrant a hearing, or the procedure was not appropriate. Also included was the 22 cases (less than 0.9%) where the complainant did not participate in the Commission's investigation or the Commission's investigation or the Commission was unable to contact the complainant.
3 330 complaints were reffered to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (Tribunal) under section 36(1) or section 33(6) of the Code. One further complaint, which had previously been closed by the Commission, was referred to the Tribunal after reconsideration under section 37 of the Code.
[1] Because complaints can involve multiple grounds, the sum by grounds exceeds the total for all complaints filed, and the corresponding percentages of total complaints exceed 100%.
[2] “Sex” includes sexual harassment, pregnancy, breastfeeding and gender identity.
[3] “Sex” includes pregnancy, sexual harassment, breastfeeding and gender identity.
[4] Complaints dismissed under section 36 of the Code include cases where the evidence did not warrant a hearing, or the procedure was not appropriate. This includes 6 cases (less than 0.5%) that were closed by the Commission that were dismissed because the complainant did not participate in the Commission’s investigation or the Commission was unable to contact the complainant.
[5]Because complaints can involve multiple grounds, the sum by grounds exceeds the total for all complaints filed.
[6] “Sex” includes pregnancy, breastfeeding, and gender identity.
[7] Some as a result of a term of settlement.
[8] These cases were dismissed after a Commission decision based on written submissions.
[9] Includes cases where the evidence did not warrant a hearing, the procedure was not appropriate, or, in 6 cases (less than 0.5%), those where the complainant did not participate in the Commission’s investigation or the Commission was unable to contact the complainant.