STATUTE TOPIC PROVISION SOURCE
NOVA SCOTIA
Human Rights Act,
R.S. c. 214, s. 1.		 Prohibition of discrimination 5. (1) No person shall in respect of
  1. the provision of or access to services or facilities;
  2. accommodation;
  3. the purchase or sale of property;
  4. employment;
  5. volunteer public service;
  6. a publication, broadcast or advertisement;
  7. membership in a professional association, business or trade association, employers' organization or employees' organization, discriminate against an individual or class of individuals on account of
  8. age;
  9. race;
  10. colour;
  11. religion;
  12. creed;
  13. sex;
  14. sexual orientation;

    (na) gender identity;

    (nb) gender expression;
  15. physical disability or mental disability;
  16. an irrational fear of contracting an illness or disease;
  17. ethnic, national or aboriginal origin;
  18. family status;
  19. marital status;
  20. source of income;
  21. political belief, affiliation or activity;
  22. that individual's association with another individual or class of individuals having characteristics referred to in clauses (h) to (u).
(2) No person shall sexually harass an individual.

(3) No person shall harass an individual or group with respect to a prohibited ground of discrimination.		 http://www.canlii.org/en/ns
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Exceptions 6. Subsection (1) of Section 5 does not apply
  1. in respect of the provision of or access to services or facilities, to the conferring of a benefit on or the providing of a protection to youth or citizens;
  2. in respect of accommodation, where the only premises rented consist of one room in a dwelling house the rest of which is occupied by the landlord or the landlord's family and the landlord does not advertise the room for rental by sign, through any news media or listing with any housing, rental or tenants' agency;
  3. in respect of employment, to

    1. a domestic employed and living in a single family home,
    2. an exclusively religious or ethnic organization or an agency of such an organization that is not operated for private profit and that is operated primarily to foster the welfare of a religious or ethnic group with respect to persons of the same religion or
    3. employees engaged by an exclusively religious organization to perform religious duties;
  4. in respect of volunteer public service, to an exclusively religious or ethnic organization that is not operated for private profit and that is operated primarily to foster the welfare of a religious or ethnic group with respect to persons of the same religion or ethnic origin, as the case may be;
  5. where the nature and extent of the physical disability or mental disability reasonably precludes performance of a particular employment or activity; ethnic origin, as the case may be, with respect to a characteristic referred to in clauses (h) to (v) of subsection (1) of Section 5 if that characteristic is a reasonable occupational qualification, or
  6. where a denial, refusal or other form of alleged discrimination is

    1. based upon a bona fide qualification,

      (ia) based upon a bona fide occupational requirement; or
    2. a reasonable limit prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society;
  7. to prevent, on account of age, the operation of a bona fide pension plan or the terms or conditions of a bona fide group or employee insurance plan;
  8. repealed 2007, c. 11, s. 1.

    or
  9. to preclude a law, program or activity that has as its object the amelioration of conditions of disadvantaged individuals or classes of individuals including those who are disadvantaged because of a characteristic referred to in clauses (h) to (v) of subsection (1) of Section 5.
Further exception

6A Nothing in Section 5 prohibits a term of office based upon age if required by an enactment.
Exemption by Commission

[Defence]		 9 Notwithstanding anything in this Act, the Commission may exempt a program or activity from subsection (1) of Section 5, or a part thereof, where, in the opinion of the Commission, there is a bona fide reason to do so. 1991, c. 12, s. 1.
Prohibition of retaliation 11 No person shall evict, discharge, suspend, expel or otherwise retaliate against any person on account of a complaint or an expressed intention to complain or on account of evidence or assistance given in any way in respect of the initiation, inquiry or prosecution of a complaint or other proceeding under this Act.
Interpretation
[Contract]		 3. (e) "employer" includes a person who contracts with a person for services to be performed by that person or wholly or partly by another person;