First provincial protection for gender identity

Ontario's Bill 33, Toby's Act (Right to be Free from Discrimination and Harassment Because of Gender Identity or Gender Expression), 2012, successfully passed third reading on June 13 and is now awaiting royal assent. The Act adds the phrases "gender identity" and "gender expression" as enumerated grounds for protection from discrimination and harassment. 

A similar bill is under consideration in Manitoba. Bill 36, The Human Rights Code Amendment Act, adds the phrase "gender identity" to the provincial human rights code among other changes. 

Toby's Act establishes Ontario as the first province to choose make protection for gender identity explicit. However, Canada's first regional legislative protection for gender identity was established by the Northwest Territories' Human Rights Act.