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Residential schools for Aboriginal children were established by federal law.
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Head tax imposed on by Canadian immigrants from China
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The practice of aboriginal spiritual ceremonies made illegal.
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The Supreme Court of Canada decided that women were not “persons” under the British North America act. The Canadian government appealed this decision to the British Privy Council and this Council overturned the Supreme Court’s decision.
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Saskatchewan became the first province to enact a Bill of Rights. The Bill provided protection from discrimination on the grounds of race, religion, colour and national origin.
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Canadian women who marry non-Canadian men no longer loose their citizenship.
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Aboriginal people living on reserves are given the right to vote in federal elections without having to give up their rights as status Indians.
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Race formally withdrawn as a criterion for admission to Canada in immigration legislation.
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Race formally withdrawn as a criterion for admission to Canada in immigration legislation.
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Race formally withdrawn as a criterion for admission to Canada in immigration legislation.
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The federal government unveils its Multiculturalism Policy, a commitment that every policy decision of government, including external affairs, immigration and citizenship, takes into account the cultural diversity of Canada.
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New Brunswick becomes the first province to offer protection from discrimination in employment for the physically disabled.
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Parliament adopts the Canadian Human Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination in employment.
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The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is enacted. Section 15 allows Canadians to enforce their equality rights by means of the Supreme Court.
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The federal government introduces the Federal Affirmative Action Program which focuses on increasing the representation of women, Aboriginal Persons and persons with disabilities in the federal public sector.
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Aboriginal women no longer loose their status of Registered Indian when they marry a non- Aboriginal. However these rights are not extended to their children.
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The Supreme Court of Canada rules that employers have a duty to provide a harassment free environment.
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The Federal Court lifts the ban on homosexuals in the military.
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The Canadian Government recognizes the inherent right to self-government of Aboriginal Peoples.
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The Supreme Court rules for the first time that there is a duty to accommodate the needs of people with disabilities.
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The Supreme Court of Canada rules, in the Egan and Nesbit case, that government cannot limit benefits or obligations by discriminating against samesex common-law relationships.
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The Federal Government introduces a legislative amendment to define marriage as restricted to opposite-sex couples only.
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The Nova Scotia provincial government institutes a registry of domestic relationships which allows opposite sex and same sex relationships to be registered.
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Canada became the fourth country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide with the enactment of the Civil Marriage Act.
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The Prime Minister issues an apology for the abuses of Aboriginal Peoples in Canadian residential schools.
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Sharon McIver wins her battle to force changes to the Indian Act so that grandchildren of Aboriginal women who marry non-Aboriginal may be granted Indian Status.
