Legal Resources

While the Residential Tenancy Act is the main piece of legislation that governs tenants’ and landlords’ rights and responsibilities, section 10 of the BC Human Rights Code gives tenants further protections when it comes to discrimination in tenancies. This resource explains the basics of the Human Rights Code as it applies to tenancies.

This resource explains the services available to help older adults make informed decisions and lead a healthy life as they age. It covers health care, housing, transportation, and recreation services in BC.

This three-and-a-half-minute video explains how the BC Human Rights Code protects you from discrimination in your tenancy.

This booklet provides basic, accessible legal information for Indigenous people across the continent who are facing legal issues. It provides a national perspective on topics covered in the BC-specific booklet, including your rights and protections, restorative justice, child protection, prisons, crossing the border, wills and estates, and benefits...

Explains how to identify discrimination in housing and what steps to take if you’re discriminated against. Whether you’re renting, living in a strata, or buying a home, you can’t be treated badly or unfairly because of certain parts of your identity, such as race, sex, or any disability.

This resource explains your rights under FIPPA when you request information from police and includes step-by-step instructions on filing an FOI request with municipal police departments, sample wording and templates, and what to expect in response.

This page has information about being admitted to a facility to treat a mental illness.

This website offers resources in 13 languages that are designed to help you get informed, connected, and prepared throughout your refugee claim journey. All the materials were written and vetted by refugee lawyers.

Learn about your human rights, what is considered discrimination and harassment, what is the duty to accommodate, and how the discrimination complaint process works.

This page outlines what you need to know before filing a discrimination or harassment complaint to the Canadian Human Rights Commission. It tells you what rules you need to follow, the forms you need, and how the complaints process works.