Manitoba women became the first in Canada to win the rights to vote and to hold provincial office.
All female citizens aged 21 and over became eligible to vote in federal elections in Canada.
Ontario enacts the Racial Discrimination Act
The federal Elections Act is changed so that race is no longer a ground for exclusion from voting in federal elections.
Japanese Canadians receive the right to vote in federal elections.
The Indian Act is revised and some of the more repressive features of the act are removed.
Equal Pay for Equal Work law is adopted in Manitoba, preventing discrimination in salary based on gender.
Aboriginal people receive the unrestricted right to vote in federal elections.
The first anti-age discrimination law in Canada is passed in B.C.
The Criminal Code is amended to decriminalize homosexuality.
The Criminal Code makes it a crime to advocate genocide or publicly incite hatred against people because of their colour, race, religion, or ethnic identity.
Québec passes its Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms.
The Immigration Act removes all restrictive regulations based on "nationality, citizenship, ethnic group, occupation, class or geographical area of origin."
The federal government passes the Canadian Human Rights Act and sets up the Human Rights Commission.
Sexual orientation is added as a grounds for discrimination in the Canadian Human Rights Act