This is a guide to filing a complaint of discrimination under the Canadian Human Rights Act, Canada’s federal anti-discrimination law. This guide takes you step by step through the complaint process, including:

• Deciding whether you should file a complaint (Part II);
• Preparing and filing your complaint with the Canadian Human Rights Commission (Part III);
• How the Canadian Human Rights Commission will handle your complaint after it is filed (Part IV).

The guide also includes links to helpful information if your complaint goes to the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (Part V).

This guide providesgeneral legal information. It is not a replacement for advice from a lawyer about your specific situation. The information in this guide is current to the date it was published. The law and procedures under the Canadian Human Rights Act can change – WERC makes every effort to keep this guide accurate and up to date.

In the guide, some words arebold – these are common words in the human rights complaint process, and you can finddefinitions for those words inImportant Words and Terms.