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You can download, save and print the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in various languages (PDF format). Versions other than English or French are considered promotional material; they are not to be considered an official translation.

You can download, save and print the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in various Indigenous languages (PDF format). The Charter is also available in various languages here. Versions other than English or French are considered promotional material; they are not to be considered an official...

The Diversity and Inclusion survey was commissioned by the Privy Council Office in 2017 with the aim of examining the attitudes of Canadians aged 18 and over with respect to diversity and social inclusion. Canadian Heritage, including the Policy Research Group, participated in the Diversity and...

Canada’s response to questions raised by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in the Concluding Observations in follow-up to Canada’s 2017 UN appearance for the review of its combined twenty-first to twenty-third periodic report on the International Convention on the...

Response to questions raised by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women in the Concluding Observations in follow-up to Canada’s 2016 UN appearance for the review of its Eighth and Ninth Reports on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against...

This report provides Canada’s response to the Committee’s 2012 Concluding Observations on the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC/C/CAN/CO/3-4), 2006 Concluding Observations on the Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict (CRC/C/OPAC/CAN/CO/1), and 2012 Concluding...

The Common Core Document should be read in conjunction with Canada’s periodic reports under the seven United Nations (UN) human rights treaties to which Canada is a party. Together, these documents outline the legislative, judicial, administrative and other measures that implement Canada’s...

On April 3 and 4, 2017, Canada appeared before the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (the Committee), for the review of its initial report on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). The Committee issued its concluding observations for...

Canada's 3rd report was prepared collaboratively by federal, provincial and territorial governments. It provides examples of measures adopted by governments to address issues raised during Canada’s second Universal Periodic Review.

This plan sets out our approach to integrate experimentation into all elements of our department’s core business. All funding programs are pursuing experimentation to test, measure and compare the effectiveness of new approaches. All of our internal service offices are supporting the pursuit of...