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Human Rights: Damages: Canada: Summary

 

CaseTribunalFacts SummaryCompensatory and Lost Income Awards
Year
Note Canada has maximum recovery of $20,000 for injured feelings and $20,000 for reckless conduct. Lost income is not included in these caps.

Family Status
Johnstone v Canada Border Service Agency.FCAFailure to offer procedural and substantive accommodation$15,000 plus $20,000 as “special damages” due to wilful and reckless conduct[1]
2014

Seeley v CNRFCAChild care issue – move from Jaspar to Vancouver$15,000 plus $20,000 due to wilful and reckless conduct plus reinstatement and 2.5 years lost pay less 30% reduction due to mitigation issue, plus affirmative order
2014

Hicks v Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, upheld by Federal Court of CanadaFCA 2015Moving costs policy unfairly applied.$15,000 plus $20,000 due to wilful and reckless conduct

Berberi v CanadaCHRTPhysical altercation of a “brief duration”$5,000 compensatory plus $2,500 due to wilful and reckless conduct
2009
Reprisal$2,000 plus a further $500

Turner v Canada Border ServicesCHRTPerceived disability$15,000 compensatory and $15,000 special damages
2015
10 year income loss plus 5 year income differential in the total sum of $280,000

Reprisal
Warman v WinnickiCHRTReference to applicant as “vile acidic Jew”$500 as reprisal plus $5,000 as special damages
2006

Cassidy v Canada PostCHRTConduct said to have limited impact on applicant$2,000 plus $500 as special damages
2012
[1] As allowed by the Canadian Human Rights Act to a maximum of $20,000. The same statute has capped compensatory damages at $20,000 as of June 1998.


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