Criminal Code, section 264

Criminal harassment

What the law says

Maximum
10 years
Mandatory minimum
No mandatory minimum
Kind of offence
Violent
Prosecuted
By indictment or summary conviction

Touched by S.C. 2026, c. 19 (Bill C-16); maximum unchanged in current text.

Read the statute on the Justice Laws website

5 cases with this offence

  1. January 15, 2025
    R. v. S.L.P., 2025 BCSC 2151Criminal harassment; Extortion, Cranbrook. Justice Terence A. Schultes
    6 years jail (6 years extortion; 2 years harassment and 1 year threats concurrent)
  2. July 10, 2024
    R. v. J.K.G., 2024 NSSC 286Sexual assault; Possessing child sexual abuse material; Criminal harassment; Obtaining sexual services for consideration from a person under 18, Bridgewater. Justice Diane Rowe
    6 months in custody, then a consecutive 6-month conditional sentence, then 1 year probation
  3. October 21, 2022
    R. v. Miller, 2022 BCSC 2020Criminal harassment; Uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm; Breach of a release order, Vancouver. Justice Michael J. Brundrett
    • Below the Crown's ask
    • On release at the time
    Effective 8 months on Count 1 (1 day after credit for 8 months less a day), concurrent terms on Counts 3 and 5, 30 days consecutive on Count 7; then 3 years probation
  4. October 14, 2022
    R. v. Coban, 2022 BCSC 1810Distributing child sexual abuse material; Luring a child; Criminal harassment; Extortion, New Westminster. Justice Martha M. Devlin
    13 years global (8 years extortion, 1 year consecutive for possession of child pornography for distribution, 4 years consecutive for luring, 6 years concurrent for criminal harassment), consecutive to his Dutch sentence
  5. July 16, 2021
    R. v. Fulton, 2021 BCSC 2721Criminal harassment; Break and enter a dwelling-house; Break and enter a place other than a dwelling-house, Delta. Justice Ronald A. Skolrood
    • Below the Crown's ask
    33 months' imprisonment (all counts concurrent), less 31.35 months' credit for pre-trial custody, then 2 years probation

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