Prince Edward Island's adopts its Human Rights Act

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
1968

Prince Edward Island joins other provinces in the fight against discrimination by passing its own Human Rights Act. This was a particularly significant act for P.E.I. as it did not have many individual laws prohibiting discrimination.

A Human Rights Commission would follow in 1975.

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See:
P.E.I. Human Rights Act S. P.E.I. 1968 c. 24

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Ontario (1962)
Nova Scotia (1963)
Alberta (1966)
New Brunswick (1967)