Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms Scavenger Hunt

1. Section 2 states that everyone has four fundamental freedoms: these include
freedom of conscience and religion: freedom of thought, opinion, belief and
expression: freedom of peaceful assembly and freedom of association.

2. One of your democratic rights in Section 3 includes the right to vote.

3. Under Section 6, mobility rights, everyone has the right to enter, remain in, and
leave Canada.

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4. Under Section 7, everyone has the right to life, liberty, and security of the person.

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5. According to Section 8, everyone has the right to be secure against an

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6. According to Section 9, everyone has the right not to be arbitrarily detained
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or imprisoned.
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7. Section 10 provides the following rights on arrest or detention .

a) to be informed promptly of the reasons therefore
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b) to retain and instruct counsel without delay and to be informed of that

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c) to have the validity of the detention determined by way of habeas corpus
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and to be released if the detention is not lawful.

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8. Section 11 includes some of the following rights, which apply when a person is
charged with an offence.
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a) to be informed without unreasonable delay of the specified offence

b) to be tried within a reasonable time

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 c) not to be compelled to be a witness in proceedings against that person in
respect of the offence
d) to be presumed innocent until proven guilty according to law in a fair and
public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal
e) not to be denied reasonable bail without just cause

9. Section 12 states that everyone has the right not to be subjected to any cruel and
unusual punishment.
10. It is important to remember that your rights are not absolute. Section 1 guarantees
the rights and freedoms set out in it subject to such reasonable limits
prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic

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11. Section 24(2) states that where a court concludes that evidence was obtained in a

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manner that infringed or denied any rights or freedoms guaranteed by the Charter,
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the evidence shall be excluded, if it is established that, having regard to all the
circumstances, the administration of it in the proceedings would bring the
administration of justice into disrepute .
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