Accessibility Laws
In Canada, there are laws that protect the rights of people who have disabilities to have equal access to all goods and services. This means that service providers and people who work in businesses and organizations cannot deny you service or give you poor service because you have a disability.
- The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Eldridge v British Columbia (1997) 3 S.C.R. 624
- Provincial accessibility laws
- Provincial human rights codes
- Bill C -81 (Accessible Canada Act)
- Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities (AODA)
Learn more about accessibility laws.