Legislation and Advocacy Resources for People with Disabilities

Posted on March 13, 2019 by Laverne Jacobs

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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