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Prospective employers and interviewers in Canada are not legally permitted to ask you about your sexuality or gender as a condition of employment. Interview questions must be directly relevant to your ability to perform the job’s functions. Gender expression, gender identity, sex/gender and sexual orientation, are protected grounds under the Canadian Human Rights Act and under every provincial and territorial human rights code in Canada. Unless it’s specifically relevant to the job, employers are not allowed to ask questions about these protected grounds. For Find more information about unlawful interview questions, see the interview section of CareerHub.

What do I do if the employer asks me a question that makes me uncomfortable?

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