and requirement for the position or employment.

Ontario, Human Rights Code

25 (2.1) The right under section 5 to equal treatment with respect to employment without discrimination because of age is not infringed by an employee benefit, pension, superannuation or group insurance plan or fund that complies with the Employment Standards Act, 2000 and the regulations thereunder. [ed. note – which prohibits age discrimination]

Quebec, Charter of Human Rights and Freedom

20. A distinction, exclusion or preference based on the aptitudes or qualifications required for an employment, or justified by the charitable, philanthropic, religious, political or educational nature of a non-profit institution or of an institution devoted exclusively to the well-being of an ethnic group, is deemed non-discriminatory.

20.1 In an insurance or pension contract, a social benefits plan, a retirement, pension or insurance plan, or a public pension or public insurance plan, a distinction, exclusion or preference based on age, sex or civil status is deemed non-discriminatory where the use thereof is warranted and the basis therefor is a risk determination factor based on actuarial data.

New Brunswick, Human Rights Act

3(6) The provisions of subsections (1), (2), (3) and (4) as to age do not apply to

(a) the termination of employment or a refusal to employ because of the terms or conditions of any bona fide retirement or pension plan;

(b the operation of the terms

Nova Scotia, Human Rights Act

Section 6: Subsection (1) of Section 5 does not apply

(g) to prevent, on account of age, the operation of a bona fide retirement or pension plan or the terms or conditions of a bona fide group or employee insurance plan;

P.E.I., Human Rights Act

(4) This section does not apply to

(a) a refusal, limitation, specification or preference based on a

genuine occupational qualification;

(b) employment where physical or intellectual disability is a

reasonable disqualification;

(c) 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 ethnic origin as the

case may be, if age, colour, creed, ethnic or national origin, family

status, marital status, physical or intellectual disability, political

belief, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation or source of income is a

reasonable occupational qualification.

14 (4) This section does not apply to

(d) to a refusal, limitation, specification, or preference based on a genuine qualification;

11. The provisions of this Act relating to discrimination in relation to age or physical or intellectual disability do not affect the operation of any genuine retirement or pension plan or any genuine group or employee insurance plan. Nfld., Human Rights Code

9 (1) An employer, or a person acting on behalf of an employer, shall not refuse to employ or to continue to employ or otherwise discriminate against a person in regard to employment or a term or condition of employment because of

(a) that person’s race, religion, religious creed, political opinion, colour or ethnic, national or social origin, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, family status, physical disability or mental disability; or