Canadian version of US ADA?

rwguinn

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Can some of the Canadians here inform me if Canada has the equivalent to the Americans with Disabilities Act?
I went riding Montreal's Metro last weekend, and noticed all the escalators down into the bowels of the earth, all ending in a flight of stairs, with no elevator in sight. (I admit to a small sample size, but just one is one too many for my wife to handle)
I also noticed that pretty much all the public restrooms, and restaurant washrooms, as well, were down or up a flight of stairs.
Is this true, or did I miss something? I cannot believe that public facilities are not acessable to a fair portion of the population...
 
This was from 2009:

Elevators inaugurated in Montreal Metro

"Transit chairman Michel Labrecque estimated it could be another 25 years before all of the metro's stations are wheelchair accessible."

I suppose the designers back in the 60s decided that the wheelchair-accessible alternatives to the Metro (as a whole) were enough.
 
Pulvinar said:
This was from 2009:

Elevators inaugurated in Montreal Metro

"Transit chairman Michel Labrecque estimated it could be another 25 years before all of the metro's stations are wheelchair accessible."

I suppose the designers back in the 60s decided that the wheelchair-accessible alternatives to the Metro (as a whole) were enough.
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Ok--I did not check out Cote Vertu, as I used the Namur station (It has parking, Cote Vertu does not).
IIRC, the Lionel Grouix is the transfer from Orange to Green.
But nothing downtown? Bummer, all over.
"We are building that in stations that were built in the mid-60s and the engineering and architectural challenge — it's really hard."
********, dude. It's engineering and labor.
 
rwguinn said:
Ok--I did not check out Cote Vertu, as I used the Namur station (It has parking, Cote Vertu does not).
IIRC, the Lionel Grouix is the transfer from Orange to Green.
But nothing downtown? Bummer, all over.
"We are building that in stations that were built in the mid-60s and the engineering and architectural challenge — it's really hard."
********, dude. It's engineering and labor.
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And money!
 
Gord_in_Toronto said:
Though, ISTR, there must be some sort of Federal legislation given the brouhaha over VIA Rail's purchase of trains with doors too small for wheelchairs.
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Yeah, I was wondering if perhaps this sort of thing falls under provincial jurisdiction and not federal. As for VIA Rail, it does run in Ontario, so perhaps that may be why its train purchase ran into trouble.

In Toronto, the TTC has for some years been adding elevators to subway stations. It also has some 'kneeling' buses and areas on buses for wheelchairs. That said, I have yet to personally see someone in a wheelchair actually using the subway or bus.
 
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