Looking to learn about laws connected to issues of mental health, addiction, and disability in Canada but don’t know where to start? Check out this collection below.
Federal
- Canada Disability Savings Act
- Canada Health Act
- Canada Pension Plan
- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
- Canadian Human Rights Act
- Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
- Criminal Code
- Department of Health Act
- Employment Equity Act
- Income Tax Act-Division G
- UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Youth Criminal Justice Act
Ontario
- Blind Persons’ Rights Act
- Child and Family Services Act
- Mental Health Act
- Regulation on Quality Assurance Measures
- Regulated Health Professionals Act
- Mental Hospitals Act
- Human Rights Code
- Health Care Consent Act
- Health System Improvements Act
- Social Inclusions Act (formerly Developmental Services Act)
- Specialized Persons Act
- Substitute Decisions Act
- The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act
- The Ontario Disability Support Program Act
- Workers’ Compensation Act
Alberta
- Adult Guardianship and Trustee Act
- Alberta Human Rights Act
- Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Act
- Blind Persons Rights Act
- Child, Youth, and Family Enhancement Act
- Dependent Adults Act
- Employment and Training for Persons with Disabilities Regulation
- Family Support for Children with Disabilities Act
- Mental Health Act
- Personal Directives Act
- Persons with Developmental Disabilities Community Governance Act
- Protection for Persons in Care Act
- Public Trustee Act
- Service Dogs Act
- Supportive Living Accommodations Licensing Act
- Workers’ Compensation Act
Saskatchewan
- Adult Guardianship and Co-decision-making Act
- Child and Family Services Act
- The Health Information Protection Act
- The Hearing Aid Sales and Services Act
- Human Rights Code
- Mental Health Services Act
- The Municipal Employee’s Pension Act (Disability Allowance)
- Saskatchewan Assistance Act
- Saskatchewan Assured Income for Disability Regulations
- The Animal Protection Act
- The Teachers Superannuation and Disability Benefits Act
- Workers’ Compensation Act
Manitoba
- The Accessibility of Manitobans Act
- Child and Family Services Act
- Human Rights Act
- Service Animals Protection Act
- Family Maintenance Act
- District Health and Social Services Act
- Health Services Act
- Health Services Insurance Act
- Healthy Child Manitoba Act
- Hearing Aid Act
- Human Rights Code
- Mental Health Act
- Personal Health Information Act
- Physiotherapist Act
- Regional Health Authorities Act
- Vulnerable Persons Living with a Mental Disability Act
- Worker Recruitment and Protection Act
- Workers Compensation Act
- Workplace Safety and Health Act
British Columbia
- Guide Animal Act
- Employment Standards Act
- Disability Benefits Program Act
- E-Health (Personal Health Information Access and Protection of Privacy) Act
- Employment and Assistance Act
- Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Act
- Health Act
- Hearing Aid Act
- Human Rights Code
- Job Protection Act
- Mental Health Act
- Workers Compensation Act
Newfoundland and Labrador
- Child and Youth Care and Protection Act
- Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Act
- Health and Community Services Act
- Hearing Aid Practitioners Act
- Labour Standards Act
- Mental Health Care and Treatment Act
- Personal Health Information Act
- Human Rights Act, 2010
- Medical Act, 2011
- Mentally Disabled Persons’ Estate Act
- Occupational Health and Safety Act
- Other Post-Employment Benefits Eligibility Modification Act
- Service Animals Act
Nova Scotia
- Blind Persons Rights Act
- Child and Family Services Act
- Blind Persons’ Rights Act
- Blind Workers’ Compensation Act
- Health Act
- Health Protection Act
- Health Services and Insurance Act
- Healthcare Services Continuation (2001) Act
- Human Rights Act
- Labour Standards Code
- Personal Health Information Act
- Occupational Health and Safety Act
- Workers’ Compensation Act
New Brunswick
- Family Services Act
- Health Services Act
- Human Rights Act
- Mental Health Act
- Mental Health Services Act
- Occupational Health and Safety Act
- Personal Health Information Privacy and Access
- Wage Earners Protection Act
- Workers’ Compensation Act
- Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission Act
Northwest Territories
- Child and Family Services Act
- Guardianship and Trustee Act
- Human Rights Act
- Insurance Act
- Legal Aid Act
- Medical Care Act
- Mental Health Act
- Northern Employee Benefits Services Protection Act
- Protection Against Family Violence Act
- Safety Act
- Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief Act
- Social Assistance Act
Nunavut
- Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act
- Child and Family Services Act
- Education Act (Sections 62&65)
- Evidence Act (Section 18)
- Family Abuse Interventions Act
- Guardianship and Trustee Act (Section 53)
- Human Rights Act
- Income Tax Act
- Medical Care Act
- Mental Health Act
- Nunavut Employees Union Act
- Safety Act
- Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief Act
- Social Assistance Act
- Workers Compensation Act
Prince Edward Island
- Blind Workers’ Compensation Act
- Child Protection Act
- Employment Standards Act
- Evidence Act (S.12)
- Family Law Act
- Freedom of Information and Privacy Act
- Human Rights Act
- Insurance Act
- Labour Act
- Public Trustee Act
- Unconscionable Transactions Relief Act
- Victims of Family Violence Act
Quebec
- Act to Combat Poverty and Social Exclusion
- Act to Ensure that Essential Services are Maintained in health and Social Services Sector
- Act Respecting Labour Standards
- Act Respecting Private Education
- Act Respecting Employment of Public Bodies
- Act Respecting Industrial Accidents and Occupational Diseases
- Act Respecting Assistance for Victims of Crime (if suffering from physical/psych injury from crime)
- Act Respecting Prescription Drug Insurance
- Act Respecting Health Services and Social Services
- Act Respecting Insurance
- Act to Secure Handicapped Persons in the Exercise of their Rights with a View to Achieving Social, School, and Workplace Integration
- Act Respecting Sharing of Certain Health Information
- Act Respecting the Protection of Persons Whose Mental State Presents a Danger to Themselves or to Others
- Act Respecting Occupational Health and Safety
- Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms
- Civil Code of Quebec
- Civil Protection Act (Re: Section 115)
- Code of Civil Procedure (under exempt from seizure)
- Health Insurance Act
- Individuals with Disabilities Act
- Individual and Family Assistance Act
- Labour Code
- Pay Equity Act
- Youth Protection Act
- Workers’ Compensation Act
Yukon
- Adult Protection and Disability Act
- Care Consent Act
- Child and Family Services Act
- Decision Making, Support and Protections Act
- Dependents Relief Act
- Employment Standards Act
- Family Property and Support Act
- Family Violence Protections Act
- Health Care Insurance Plan Act
- Human Rights Act
- Insurance Act
- Mental Health Act
- Occupational Health and Safety Act
- Rehabilitation Services Act
- Social Assistance Act
- Workers’ Compensation Act
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