Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

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bill of rights constitutional document part of the Constitution of Canada

The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is a constitutional document that guarantees fundamental rights and liberties for individuals in Canada and limits the powers of government.

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Label Occurrences
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms canonical 9
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms section 35 1

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bill of rights ⓘ
constitutional document ⓘ
part of the Constitution of Canada ⓘ
appliesTo federal government ⓘ
provincial governments ⓘ
territorial governments ⓘ
cameIntoForceOn 1982-04-17 ⓘ
containsProvision section 1 reasonable limits clause ⓘ
section 15 equality rights clause ⓘ
section 2 fundamental freedoms clause ⓘ
section 23 minority language educational rights ⓘ
section 24 enforcement and remedies ⓘ
section 32 application clause ⓘ
section 33 notwithstanding clause ⓘ
section 7 life, liberty and security of the person ⓘ
sections 16–22 official languages provisions ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
draftedUnder Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau NERFINISHED ⓘ
enactedBy Parliament of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
enactedOn 1982-04-17 ⓘ
geographicScope all of Canada ⓘ
guarantees democratic rights ⓘ
equality rights ⓘ
fundamental freedoms ⓘ
language rights ⓘ
legal rights ⓘ
minority language educational rights ⓘ
mobility rights ⓘ
hasFeature entrenched rights ⓘ
judicial review of legislation ⓘ
override mechanism via notwithstanding clause ⓘ
hasPreamble Whereas Canada is founded upon principles that recognize the supremacy of God and the rule of law ⓘ
hasSection section 1 ⓘ
section 15 ⓘ
section 2 ⓘ
section 23 ⓘ
section 6 ⓘ
sections 16 to 22 ⓘ
sections 24 and 25 ⓘ
sections 26 to 31 ⓘ
sections 3 to 5 ⓘ
sections 32 and 33 ⓘ
sections 34 ⓘ
sections 7 to 14 ⓘ
interpretedBy Supreme Court of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
legalStatus supreme law of Canada ⓘ
limits powers of government in Canada ⓘ
partOf Constitution Act, 1982 NERFINISHED ⓘ
replaced Canadian Bill of Rights (partially) NERFINISHED ⓘ
sectionCount 34 ⓘ
shortName the Charter NERFINISHED ⓘ
signedBy Queen Elizabeth II NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Federal Court → subjectTo → Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ⓘ
subject surface form: Federal Court (Canada)
Government of British Columbia → subjectTo → Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ⓘ
Canadian politics → rightsFramework → Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ⓘ
Canadian system of constitutional monarchy → rightsFramework → Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ⓘ
Canadian court system → governedBy → Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ⓘ
Constitution of Canada → includes → Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ⓘ
Constitution of Canada → hasPart → Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ⓘ
Constitution of Canada → rightsFramework → Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ⓘ
Oakes test → appliesTo → Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ⓘ
Indigenous Languages Act (Canada) → relatedTo → Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms section 35