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.
5 cases with this offence
- January 15, 20256 years jail (6 years extortion; 2 years harassment and 1 year threats concurrent)
- July 10, 20246 months in custody, then a consecutive 6-month conditional sentence, then 1 year probation
- October 21, 2022R. v. Miller, 2022 BCSC 2020
- 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 - October 14, 202213 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
- July 16, 2021R. v. Fulton, 2021 BCSC 2721
- Below the Crown's ask
33 months' imprisonment (all counts concurrent), less 31.35 months' credit for pre-trial custody, then 2 years probation