Rights and responsibilities
The Charter, equality, and what citizens are expected to do.
Chapter 1 of 5 · 6 topics
- Where Canadian rights come fromSources of Canadian law · Magna Carta and habeas corpus · Before the Charter
- The Charter of Rights and FreedomsThe Charter becomes law · The four fundamental freedoms · Democratic rights · Mobility rights · Legal rights · Equality rights · Language rights · Indigenous rights and multiculturalism · Limits on rights
- Equality of women and menEqual under the law
- Responsibilities of citizensSix responsibilities · Obeying the law · Yourself, your family and the jury · Voting · Helping others and caring for the environment
- Defending CanadaServing Canada
- Becoming a citizenWho can apply · The citizenship test · The Oath of Citizenship