Your Guide to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Foreword
Contents

Foreword

This booklet is published by the Human Rights Program of the Department of Canadian Heritage. Its aim is to increase understanding of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and to heighten awareness of its importance in our daily lives.

Note: The discussion is for explanatory purposes only, and should not be taken as legal interpretation of the provisions of the Charter.

Human Rights Program
Department of Canadian Heritage
25 Eddy Street (15-11-B)
Hull, QC K1A 0M5
Telephone: (819) 994-3458
Fax: (819) 994-5252
E-mail: droits-rights@pch.gc.ca

© Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada 2003
 Catalogue No. S2-215/2003
 ISBN: 0-662-67507-x

Part I - An Overview of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Part II - The Contents of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Section 1 - Guarantee of Rights and Freedoms
Section 2 - Fundamental Freedoms
Section 3 - Democratic Rights
Section 4 | Section 5
Section 6 - Mobility Rights
Section 7 - Legal Rights
Section 8 | Section 9 | Section 10 | Section 11 | Section 12 | Section 13 | Section 14
Section 15 - Equality Rights
Section 16 - Official Languages of Canada
Section 17 | Section 18 | Section 19 | Section 20 | Section 21 | Section 22
Section 23 - Minority Language Educational Rights
Section 24 - Enforcement
Section 25 - General
Section 26 | Section 27 | Section 28 | Section 29 | Section 30 | Section 31
Section 32 - Application of Charter
Section 33
Section 34 - Citation
Section 52 - Constitution Act 1982