Human Rights Damage Awards

Family & Marital Status Chart

  Case Tribunal Year Facts Summary Compensatory and Lost Income Awards Canada Johnstone v Canada Border Service Agency. FCA 2014 Failure to offer procedural and substantive accommodation $15,000 plus $20,000
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Maritimes

    Nova Scotia Slaunwhite v Bay Landing Dining Room 2005 Harassing conduct was verbal and physical $3,500 Davison v N.S. Construction Safety, upheld in the N.S. Court of Appeal
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Saskatchewan

     Case Year  Summary Award  General Commentary  The legislators of Saskatchewan have placed a limit on the sum which may be awarded for compensatory damages for a human rights
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Manitoba

   Case Year  Summary Award  Garland v. Tackaberry (c.o.b. Grape & Grain), [2013] MHRBAD 5. 2013 Abusive comments and conduct towards a young woman by a customer upon which the
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Alberta

Case Tribunal Year Facts Summary Compensatory and Lost Income Awards General Considerations     The rough maximum of Alberta awards was considered $10,000 until the award of $25,000 upheld in
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B.C.

  Case Tribunal Year Facts Summary Compensatory and Lost Income Awards Senyk v WFG Agency Network (#2) BCHRT Oct 2008 Physical and mental disability $35,000 UBC v Kelly B.C. Court
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Canada

  Case Tribunal Year Facts Summary Compensatory and Lost Income Awards Note Canada has maximum recovery of $20,000 for injured feelings and $20,000 for reckless conduct. Lost income is not
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Criminal Record

  Criminal Offence Dube v CTS College   HRTO 2010 Criminal offence which had been pardoned $15,000  
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Pregnancy

  Pregnancy Splane v Ultimate Fitness HRTO 2011 $5,000 Award of income and parental benefits as would have been provided by employer in the sum of $15,000 Tekyi-Annan v 2191214
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Reprisal

  Reprisal (General) Smith v Menzies Chrysler HRTO 2009 $15,000 (also $25,000 for poisoned work environment and 2 separate awards of sexual harassment of $8,000 and $2,000) Morgan v. Herman
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