Charter Basics & Case Studies
This document is the highest law in Canada.
What is the Constitution?
This freedom allows you to practice any religion or no religion at all.
What is freedom of conscience and religion?
This right allows you to choose representatives in government.
What is the right to vote?
This right allows Canadians to live and work anywhere in the country.
What is the right to move and live anywhere in Canada?
This right ensures no discrimination based on race, gender, age, or disability.
What is equality rights?
The year the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms was enacted.
What is 1982?
This freedom ensures you can share your thoughts without censorship.
What is freedom of thought, belief, opinion, and expression?
The right to run for public office is part of this group of rights.
What are Democratic Rights?
Canadians can leave and enter the country freely due to this right.
What is mobility rights?
Women gained this right during the suffrage movement.
What is the right to vote?
A person is stopped without reason at a border checkpoint. Which right is at issue?
What is protection against unreasonable search and seizure?
The freedom to gather for protests or meetings is known as this.
What is freedom of peaceful assembly?
Elections must occur at least every this many years.
What is five years?
The right to life, liberty, and security of the person is part of this category.
What are legal rights?
This group was restricted in mobility and legal rights during WWII by the War Measures Act.
Who are Japanese Canadians?
Who are Italian Canadians?
A person is denied the ability to vote. Which group of rights is violated?
What are democratic rights?
Joining any group or organization is protected by this freedom.
What is freedom of association?
What year did the final territory/province grant women the right to vote?
What is 1951 (NWT)?
Protection against unreasonable search and seizure ensures this.
What is privacy?
This law allowed the Canadian Government to detain citizens during wartime.
What is the War Measures Act?
A worker is transferred to another province against their will. Which rights are involved?
What are mobility rights and equality rights?
These four freedoms are collectively known as this section of the Charter.
What are Fundamental Freedoms?
This term describes the process of voting for representatives.
What is suffrage?
Name two legal rights that protect individuals during criminal trials.
What are the right to a fair trial and protection from cruel or unusual punishment?
Name two groups who received formal apologies for being put into internment camps during WWI.
Who are Ukrainian Canadians and German Canadians?