In most countries, human rights legislation requires that employers provide reasonable accommodations to people with disabilities in the workplace.
We have provided links below to more information about the duty to accommodate and employment standards in Canada; the links are organized alphabetically by province or territory name. If you are outside of Canada, you may be able to find more information for your location by searching online for "accommodations" or "reasonable accommodations" (USA, New Zealand) or "reasonable adjustments" (Australia, UK).
Please note: These are external links and will open in a new tab. They are not part of the ACED Toolkit and we do not have any control over their content. If you find any of these links to be broken or out of date, please contact us to let us know.
Duty to Accommodate
Canada
- Canadian Human Rights Commission, What is the Duty to Accommodate?
Alberta
- Alberta Human Rights Commission, Duty to accommodate at work
British Columbia
- B.C. Human Rights Tribunal
- Office of the Human Rights Commission
Manitoba
- Government of Manitoba, Human Rights and Reasonable Accommodations
New Brunswick
- New Brunswick Human Rights Commission, Guidelines
Newfoundland & Labrador
- Newfoundland and Labrador Human Rights Commission
Northwest Territories
- Northwest Territories Human Rights Commission
- Employers & Employees
- Accommodating Disability for Employers in the NWT (PDF, 2pp)
- Human Rights & Employment (PDF, 28pp)
Nova Scotia
- Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission
Nunavut
- Nunavummi Disabilities Makinnasuaqtiit Society, Inclusion & Accessibility The Duty to Accommodate
Ontario
- Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC), Human Rights at Work 2008 - Third Edition
Prince Edward Island
- Prince Edward Island Human Rights Commission
Quebec
- Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse, Reasonable accommodation
- Commission des normes, de l’équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (CNESST), Duty to accommodate
Saskatchewan
- Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission
Yukon
- Yukon Human Rights Commission, What is the duty to accommodate?
Employment Standards
Alberta
- Government of Alberta, Employment Standards: Rules, regulations and compliance measures for employers and employees in Alberta workplaces
British Columbia
- Government of British Columbia
Manitoba
- Government of Manitoba, A Quick Guide to Employment Standards
New Brunswick
- Government of New Brunswick
Newfoundland & Labrador
- Government of Newfoundland & Labrador, Labour Relations at Work (PDF, 40pp)
Northwest Territories
- Government of Northwest Territories, Employment Standards
Nova Scotia
- Government of Nova Scotia
Nunavut
- Labour Standards Compliance Office, Fact Sheets
Ontario
- Government of Ontario, Your guide to the Employment Standards Act
Prince Edward Island
- Government of Prince Edward Island, Employer/ Employee Services
Quebec
- Commission des normes, de l’équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (CNESST), Working Conditions
Saskatchewan
- Government of Saskatchewan
Yukon
- Government of Yukon, Employment standards
