Legislation and Advocacy Resources for People with Disabilities

Prepared by Cynthia Brown, LLM Candidate

March 1, 2019

This information is not intended to provide legal advice. The following is a list of links related to disability rights legislation in Canada and Ontario, as well as some resources for supports and self-advocacy. This list is not exhaustive. Sources provided relate to health care, education, employment and accessibility accommodations.

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities/convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities-2.html

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/Const/page-15.html

https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/csj-sjc/rfc-dlc/ccrf-ccdl/

Canadian Human Rights Commission

https://www.chrc-ccdp.gc.ca/eng

Accessible Canada Act (pending)

Proposed Accessible Canada Act – Summary of the Bill

https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/programs/accessible-people-disabilities/act-summary.html

Ontario Human Rights Code

https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/90h19

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA)

https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/05a11

O. Reg. 191/11: INTEGRATED ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS

https://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/110191

What Ontario’s accessibility laws mean to you (e-pamphlet)

http://lephenix.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/What_ON_Access_Laws_EN_2017.pdf

Alternate formats for this pamphlet can be requested at:

Publications Ontario: Toll free: 1-800-668-9938, 416-326-5300, or TTY toll free: 1-800-268-7095

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance

https://www.aodaalliance.org/

Who can I contact if I want to report an AODA violation?

https://www.aodaalliance.org/whats-new/new2015/call-the-new-ontario-government-toll-free-line-to-report-aoda-violations-we-campaigned-over-two-years-to-win-this-toll-free-number/

If you are a person with a disability and would like to report a violation of the AODA to the Ontario Government, please call: 1-866-515-2025 or by TTY: 1-800-268-7095.

Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario

655 Bay Street, 14^thFloor, Toronto, ON M7A 2A3

Website: http://www.sjto.gov.on.ca/hrto/

Email: hrto.registrar@ontario.ca Phone: 416-326-1312

Toll-free: 1-866-598-0322 TTY: Call the Bell Relay Service at 1-800-855-0511

Ontario Human Rights Legal Support Centre

Website: https://www.hrlsc.on.ca/en/welcome

Phone: 416-597-4900

Toll Free: 1-866-625-5179

TTY: 416-597-4903

TTY Toll Free: 1-866-612-8627

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