Legal Glossary

In Canadian criminal law, concealing terrorist offenders is itself a serious terrorism-related crime. Under Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Code 3725 and section 83.23(1)(a) of the Criminal Code, it is an …

Before cannabis was legalized in Canada in October 2018, bringing cannabis across the border was treated as a serious drug crime. Under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA), it …

In Canada, the offence of making sexually explicit material available to children targets anyone who transmits, shares, distributes, or sells sexual content to a person under 18. Classified as a …

Under Canada’s Cannabis Act, it is a crime for a young person (under 18) or an organization to cultivate, propagate, or harvest cannabis without proper legal authorization. This offence, classified …

Incest is a serious sexual offence under Section 155 of the Criminal Code, classified as an indictable offence in Canada and recorded under UCR Code 1360. It involves sexual intercourse …

In Canada, cocaine possession is a criminal offence governed not by the Criminal Code, but by the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA). Cocaine is listed as a Schedule I …

In Canada, section 9(1)(b) of the Cannabis Act makes it a crime for a young person to distribute more than 5 grams of dried cannabis (or its equivalent) or to …

Under Canadian law, the illicit cannabis tools law targets people who possess, produce, sell, distribute, or import anything intended for use in the production or distribution of illegal (unlicensed) cannabis. …

“Operation while impaired causing death (alcohol)” is one of the most serious impaired driving offences in Canada. Classified as an indictable offence under Section 320.14(3) of the Criminal Code, it …

In Canada, the offence of discharge firearm with intent is a serious crime that targets situations where a gun is deliberately fired at a person in order to injure them, …