Based on your answer, the Ontario Human Rights Code may not apply to your situation.
If you are inquiring about workplace-related sexual harassment, workplace-related sexual assault, or gender-based harassment in the workplace, our SHARE team may be able to discuss legal alternatives to the Ontario Human Rights Code.
The Ontario Human Rights Code only relates to discrimination, harassment or reprisal that happened in Ontario or is connected to Ontario through the job, landlord or service location.
You may be able to get help from a human rights agency located elsewhere. The web sites for other human rights agencies in Canada are:
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Manitoba
- New Brunswick
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Nova Scotia
- Prince Edward Island
- Quebec
- Saskatchewan
- Canadian Human Rights Commission – for claims against the federal government or federally regulated businesses such as airlines and banks.
To find out more about your other legal options, visit Community Legal Education Ontario’s Steps to Justice website.
For general information about the Ontario human rights system see our FAQ page.
For more information on which human rights laws apply in Ontario, other provinces and Canada-wide, see our How-to Guides page.