Human Rights Law: Cases

Full text cases

Canadian Human Rights Reporter

Canadian Rights Reporter  and  Canadian Rights Reporter, 2nd series - available in print only, through Sept. 2008.

Human rights cases are  available on Lexis+ Canada and on Westlaw Edge Canada.

Case law digests

Canadian Abridgment digests available on Westlaw Edge Canada. Select Human Rights.

All Canada Weekly Summaries. Available on BestCase in Westlaw Edge Canada.

Human Rights Law Case Summaries on Lexis+ Canada. Select the jusrisdiction you're interested in.

Canada Human Rights Law Digest on Lexis+ Canada. Arranged by topic.

To find how the cases have been judicially considered use the Citing Cases feature on Lexis+ Canada and the KeyCite feature on Westlaw Edge Canada.

To see how a particular word or phrase has been interpreted in Canadian legal decisions:

Words & Phrases. Available on Westlaw edge Canada. Also available in print.

Canadian Legal Words and Phrases. Available on Lexis+ Canada.

Use annotated acts to identify relevant cases:

The ... annotated Ontario Human Rights Code

For human rights commission and tribunal decisions, see Commissions, Tribunals and Decisions tab.

Researching Canadian Cases research guide 

Canadian Case Law Workshop Recording and Presentation slides  (March 9, 2022)