Accessible Canada Act
| Accessible Canada Act Loi canadienne sur l'accessibilité | |
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| Parliament of Canada | |
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| Citation | Accessible Canada Act |
| Enacted by | 42nd Canadian Parliament |
| Assented to | June 21, 2019 |
| Legislative history | |
| Bill title | C-81 |
| First reading | June 20, 2018 |
| Second reading | November 19, 2018 |
| Third reading | November 27, 2018 |
The Accessible Canada Act (ACA; French: Loi canadienne sur l'accessibilité) is a Canada-wide accessibility act that applies to the federal public sector, Crown corporations, and all federally-regulated organizations, building on the Canadian Human Rights Act, and focuses on the prohibition of discrimination based on disability.
Carla Qualtrough presented Bill C-81 for its final reading on June 21, 2019, where it received Royal Assent. It is the first national Canadian legislation on accessibility that affects all government departments and federally-regulated agencies. The federally regulated organizations include the following industries:
- railways, airplanes, and inter-provincial buses;
- banks, mining companies, railways, airlines, and trucking; and
- television and radio.