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APPENDIX B: Housing Protections in Canadian Human Rights Legislation

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Ground

CAN

AB

BC

MB

NB

NL

NT

NS

NU

ON

PE

QC

SK

YT

Race

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Colour

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Ancestry

 

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

   

X

X

National Origin
/ Nationality

X

   

X

X

X

X

X

citizen-ship

citizen-ship

X

X

X

X

Ethnic Origin

X

   

X

 

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

 

X

Place of Origin

 

X

X

 

X

     

X

X

   

X

 

Disability

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Religion/Creed

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Political Opinion/Belief[271]

     

X

X

X

X

X

   

X

X

 

X

Age

X

 

X[272]

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X[273]

X

X

Sex or gender[274]

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Sexual Orientation

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Family and Marital Status

X

X

X

X

marital only

X

X

X, family affiliation

X

X

X

“civil status”

X

X

Socioeconomic status: “Source of income,” or as noted

 

X

X[275]

X

social condition

X,
social origin

social condition

X

X

receipt of public assistance

X

social condition

receipt of public assistance

X

Pardoned conviction

X

         

X

 

X

       

criminal charges /record

Other specified grounds[5]

           

gender identity

aboriginal origin

     

language

 

linguistic origin



[271] Some jurisdictions stipulate that this includes association, affiliation, and/or activity.
[272] B.C. addresses these grounds in “tenancy,” but not in “accommodation.”
[273] “...except as provided by law.”
[274] Where pregnancy is not a separate ground, it is included under sex, following Brooks v. Canada Safeway Ltd., [1989] 1 S.C.R. 1219.
[275] Although these grounds are specifically listed only in these jurisdictions, related complaints are addressed elsewhere under other grounds.

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