APPENDIX B: Housing Protections in Canadian Human Rights Legislation

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