Human Rights Code (Ontario)

Human Rights Code
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Long title An Act to establish the Ontario Code of Human Rights and to provide for its Administration
Citation	R.S.O. 1990, c. H.19
Territorial extent	Ontario
Enacted by	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Commenced	June 15, 1962
Keywords
Human rights, anti-discrimination law
Status: Current legislation

The Human Rights Code is a statute in the Canadian province of Ontario that guarantees equality before the law and prohibits discrimination in specific social areas such as housing or employment. The code's goal specifically prohibits discrimination based on race, colour, gender identity or expression, sex, sexual orientation, disability, creed, age and other grounds.^[1] The code is administered by the Ontario Human Rights Commission and enforced by the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario.