<Li> The law of defamation, trespass and privacy is governed at the provincial level . </Li> <Dl> <Dd> <Ul> <Li> The common - law provinces of British Columbia, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador and Saskatchewan have enacted privacy legislation dealing with personality rights, which supplement the law of trespass . </Li> <Li> In Quebec, the Civil Code goes further by specifying that "keeping...private life under observation by any means" constitutes an additional ground of invasion of privacy . In Aubry v Éditions Vice-Versa Inc, the Supreme Court of Canada held that, because of that, supplemented by Quebec's Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms privacy provisions, a photographer can take photographs in public places but may not publish them unless permission has been obtained from the subject, except where the subject appears in an incidental manner, or whose professional success depends on public opinion . </Li> </Ul> </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> <Ul> <Li> The common - law provinces of British Columbia, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador and Saskatchewan have enacted privacy legislation dealing with personality rights, which supplement the law of trespass . </Li> <Li> In Quebec, the Civil Code goes further by specifying that "keeping...private life under observation by any means" constitutes an additional ground of invasion of privacy . In Aubry v Éditions Vice-Versa Inc, the Supreme Court of Canada held that, because of that, supplemented by Quebec's Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms privacy provisions, a photographer can take photographs in public places but may not publish them unless permission has been obtained from the subject, except where the subject appears in an incidental manner, or whose professional success depends on public opinion . </Li> </Ul> </Dd> <Ul> <Li> The common - law provinces of British Columbia, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador and Saskatchewan have enacted privacy legislation dealing with personality rights, which supplement the law of trespass . </Li> <Li> In Quebec, the Civil Code goes further by specifying that "keeping...private life under observation by any means" constitutes an additional ground of invasion of privacy . In Aubry v Éditions Vice-Versa Inc, the Supreme Court of Canada held that, because of that, supplemented by Quebec's Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms privacy provisions, a photographer can take photographs in public places but may not publish them unless permission has been obtained from the subject, except where the subject appears in an incidental manner, or whose professional success depends on public opinion . </Li> </Ul>

Law about taking photographs in a public place