Public Prayer

• Quebec wants to ban prayer in public spaces. Is it legal?

  Legal experts say Quebec's move could further test the limits of the notwithstanding clause in Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms and its guarantee of religious freedom.

  Canada

  Aug 29, 2025
  
• Quebec government to table bill to ban prayer in public places

  Secularism Minister Jean-François Roberge says the government is uneasy with what he describes as a growing phenomenon of people praying in the streets, especially in Montreal. 

  Canada

  Aug 28, 2025
  
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• Sask. Human Rights Commission dismisses public prayer complaint

  A complaint made about a public prayer at a Saskatoon city function has been dismissed by the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission.

  Canada

  Apr 14, 2016