2007-2008 Annual Report

Case Data Tables

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 Grounds Cited	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%
Percent (%) of All Complaints Filed	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%
	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
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 (Sec. 34)	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%
	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)}^[7]	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)}^[8]	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 Commission1. 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 are the 6 cases (less than
0.5%) where the complainant did not participate in the Commission%26#8217;s
investigation or the Commission was unable to contact the complainant. 3. 140
complaints were referred to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (Tribunal)
under section 36(1) of the Code. A further 3 complaints, which had previously
been closed by the Commission, were 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.
^[7]These cases were dismissed after a Commission decision based on written submissions.
^[8] 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.

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