Sexual orientation

Case	Description	Year	Facta
Little Sisters Book & Art Emporium et al. v Minister of Justice et al.	Little Sisters v. Canada Customs involved a gay and lesbian bookstore in Vancouver which for over ten years had had most of its shipments stopped by Customs agents at the Canada-U.S. border...	2000
M.v. H.	The case of M. v. H involved a woman, "M," who wanted to sue her former same-sex partner, "H", for support when their relationship dissolved. Because "M" is a lesbian, she discovered that she could not use an Ontario family law to gain financial support from "H"...	1999	none
Vriend v. Alberta	Delwin Vriend was fired from his teaching job in 1991 for being gay, in spite of his favourable work record. He attempted to file a complaint with the Alberta Human Rights Commission but discovered that he was legally unable to do so because Alberta does not prohibit discrimination against gays and lesbians...	1998