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Table 1: New Complaints Filed by Social Area and Grounds Cited

(Total = 2,399)

Accommodation	8	21		1	9	13	29	26	14	9	26	6	31		12	16	1	11	233	90	3.75%
Contracts	1	2					6	3		1	2		4			1			20	10	0.42%
Employment	161	126	12	6	20	106	1037	296	73	50	210	1	637	2	303	584	54	57	3735	1878	78.28%
Services	38	28	2	4	5	11	207	72	26	8	22	5	211		25	65	3	21	753	385	16.05%
Vocational Associations	3	9				4	19	13	2	1	7		27		8	6			99	36	1.50%
Total Grounds	211	186	14	11	34	134	1298	410	115	69	267	12	910	2	348	672	58	89	4840	2399	100.00%
Percent of Grounds Cited	4.36%	3.84%	0.29%	0.23%	0.70%	2.77%	26.82%	8.47%	2.38%	1.43%	5.52%	0.25%	18.80%	0.04%	7.19%	13.88%	1.20%	1.84%	100%
Percent of Total Complaints Filed	8.80%	7.75%	0.58%	0.46%	1.42%	5.59%	54.11%	17.09%	4.79%	2.88%	11.13%	0.50%	37.93%	0.08%	14.51%	28.01%	2.42%	3.71%
	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 & Pregnancy	Sexual Harassment	Sexual Orientation	Sum of Categories	Total Complaints Per Social Area	Percentage of all Complaints

*Note: 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%.

Table 2: Monetary Damages in Settlements by Ground

	Mediated			Conciliated			Total Cases Settled
Ground	Cases	Monetary Damages	Average	Cases	Monetary Damages	Average	Cases	Monetary Damages	Average
Age	33	$274,013.00	$8,303.42	13	$34,700.00	$2,669.23	46	$308,713.00	$6,711.15
Ancestry	37	$286,690.35	$7,748.39	16	$35,920.00	$2,245.00	53	$322,610.35	$6,086.99
Association	9	$66,000.00	$7,333.33	3	$6,000.00	$2,000.00	12	$72,000.00	$6,000.00
Citizenship	2	$16,400.00	$8,200.00	3	$21,700.00	$7,233.33	5	$38,100.00	$7,620.00
Creed	29	$149,750.00	$5,163.79	5	$15,300.00	$3,060.00	34	$165,050.00	$4,854.41
Disability	339	$2,839,843.54	$8,377.12	110	$744,952.74	$6,772.30	449	$3,584,796.28	$7,983.96
Ethnic Origin	74	$626,942.88	$8,472.20	17	$108,445.40	$6,379.14	91	$735,388.28	$8,081.19
Family Status	30	$174,827.50	$5,827.58	11	$32,750.00	$2,977.27	41	$207,577.50	$5,062.87
Marital Status	14	$75,100.00	$5,364.29	7	$23,000.00	$3,285.71	21	$98,100.00	$4,671.43
Place of Origin	52	$432,235.99	$8,312.23	20	$87,426.86	$4,371.34	72	$519,662.85	$7,217.54
Public Assistance	1	$165.00	$165.00	1	$1,500.00	$1,500.00	2	$1,665.00	$832.50
Race & Colour	167	$1,284,395.96	$7,690.99	57	$485,013.57	$8,509.01	224	$1,769,409.53	$7,899.15
Reprisal	83	$734,760.84	$8,852.54	19	$64,000.00	$3,368.42	102	$798,760.84	$7,830.99
Sex & Pregnancy	147	$885,834.34	$6,026.08	51	$250,550.00	$4,912.75	198	$1,136,384.34	$5,739.31
Sexual Harassment	40	$177,420.84	$4,435.52	18	$90,700.00	$5,038.89	58	$268,120.84	$4,622.77
Sexual Orientation	25	$218,599.23	$8,743.97	4	$25,000.00	$6,250.00	29	$243,599.23	$8,399.97
Total for All Grounds*	1082	N/A	N/A	355	N/A	N/A	1437	N/A	N/A
Total Cases	558	$4,120,353.61	$7,384.15	198	1,238,493.24	6,255.02	756	5,358,846.85	7,088.42

*Note: 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%.

Table 3: Cases Completed or Referred, by Disposition and Grounds

(Total = 2,260)

Dismissed on the merits (s. 36)^[1]	21	37	4		1	28	132	60	11	3	54	1	94		22	62	14	12		556	256	11.33%
Dismissed on preliminaryobjections (Sec. 34)	12	16	6	3	5	9	116	36	10	4	31	2	58	1	35	39	8	10		401	193	8.54%
Referred to Human Rights Tribunal	12	9	3	1	14	2	61	20	5	7	24		59		12	39	7	10		285	143^[2]	6.33%
Resolved	32	11	1	1	3	12	160	34	12	7	28	2	64	1	25	80	18	10		501	285	12.61%
Settled	69	68	12		7	45	585	124	51	24	92	2	305		123	261	76	40		1884	1006	44.51%
Withdrawn	18	24	4		6	16	213	49	15	7	32		115		54	109	22	13		697	377	16.68%
Total^[3]	164	165	30	5	36	112	1267	323	104	52	261	7	695	2	271	590	145	95		4324	2260	100.00%
Percentage	3.79%	3.82%	0.69%	0.12%	0.83%	2.59%	29.30%	7.47%	2.41%	1.20%	6.04%	0.16%	16.07%	0.05%	6.27%	13.64%	3.35%	2.20%		100.00%
	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 & Pregnancy	Sexual Harassment	Sexual Orientation	Sum of Categories		Total for All Complaints	Percentage of all Complaints

^[1] Complaints dismissed under section 36 of the Code include cases where the evidence did not warrant a hearing, or the procedure was not appropriate. In addition, 2.8% of the cases closed by the Commission were dismissed because the complainant did not participate in the Commission’s investigation or the Commission was unable to contact the complainant.

^[2] 143 complaints were referred to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) under section 36 of the Code. A further 27 complaints, which had been previously closed by the Commission, were joined and referred to the HRTO under section 37 of the Code following reconsideration.

^[3] Because complaints can involve multiple grounds, the sum by grounds exceeds the total for all complaints filed

Table 4: Cases Completed or Referred, by Disposition and Social Area

(Total = 2,260)

Withdrawn by the Complainant^[1]	11		330	31	5	377	16.68%
Settled by the Commission	26		876	99	5	1006	44.51%
Resolved between Parties	11	3	230	39	2	285	12.61%
Dismissed based on Preliminary Objections (s.34)^[2]	4		112	67	10	193	8.54%
Referred to Human Rights Tribunal (s. 36)	3	3	98	39		143^[3]	6.33%
Dismissed on the merits (s. 36)^[4]	24		175	52	5	256	11.33%
Total	79	6	1821	327	27	2260	100%
Percentage	3.50%	0.27%	80.58%	14.47%	1.19%	100%
	Accommodation	Contract	Employment	Services	Vocational Associations	Sum of Categories	Percentage of all complaints

^[1] Some as a result of a term of settlement.

^[2] These cases were dismissed after a Commission decision based on written submissions

^[3] 143 complaints were referred to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) under section 36 of the Code. A further 27 complaints, which had been previously closed by the Commission, were joined and referred to the HRTO under section 37 of the Code following reconsideration.

^[4] Includes cases where the evidence did not warrant a hearing, the procedure was not appropriate, or, in 2.8% of cases, those where the

Cases Completed or Referred by the Commission

2005-2006

(Total = 2,260)

¹These 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 2.8% of cases where the complainant did not participate in the Commission’s investigation or the Commission was unable to contact the complainant.

³ 143 complaints were referred to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) under section 36(1) of the Code. An additional 27 complaints under section 37 of the Code were joined and referred to the HRTO following reconsideration.