Criminal Code, section 172.1
Luring a child
What the law says
- Maximum
- 14 years
- Mandatory minimum
- 1 year
- Kind of offence
- Sexual
- Prosecuted
- By indictment or summary conviction
Struck down: R. v. Bertrand Marchand, 2023 SCC 26 (1-year indictable minimum, s.172.1(2)(a)); the 6-month summary minimum (s.172.1(2)(b)) was declared invalid by the Quebec Court of Appeal in the same proceedings. Text still shows both; no minimum applies in practice.
11 cases with this offence
- February 20, 20265 years in custody, concurrent on both counts
- January 20, 2026R. v. L.P., 2026 NSPC 48
- Below the Crown's ask
16 months jail (12 months concurrent on luring/s. 171.1, 4 months consecutive on s. 163.1), then 18 months probation - November 28, 2025R. v. J.T.P., 2025 NSSC 381
- Below the Crown's ask
- On release at the time
10 years in custody (global, after totality), less 1,536 days remand credit - June 27, 2025R. v. M.W., 2025 NSPC 16
- Below the Crown's ask
- No jail for a violent offence
15-month conditional sentence, then 2 years' probation; lifetime SOIRA order - May 16, 20254 years in custody (3 years sexual assault, 1 year luring consecutive)
- February 22, 2024R. v. B.C., 2024 NSPC 34
- Below the Crown's ask
- On release at the time
30 months incarceration in total, deemed served by remand credit (993 days at 1.5:1 plus Duncan credit); fines of $1,000 and $2,000 on the adult solicitation counts - January 5, 202418 months combined imprisonment (15 months luring plus 10 months consecutive for possession, reduced for totality; 12 months concurrent), then 18 months probation
- April 28, 2023R. v. C.B., 2023 NSPC 29
- Below the Crown's ask
6 years custody (5 years concurrent on two counts plus 1 year consecutive for luring) - January 10, 2023R. v. D.R.L.A., 2023 BCSC 253
- Below the Crown's ask
30 months custody (1 year on child luring and 30 months on sexual interference, concurrent) - 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
- September 2, 20223.5 years' imprisonment (1 year concurrent on counts 1-2, consecutive to 2.5 years concurrent on counts 3-4); lifetime s. 109 ban, s. 161 orders, DNA, SOIRA for life
Judges who sentenced this offence
- The Honourable Judge Christine Driscoll
- The Honourable Justice Christopher J. Giaschi
- The Honourable Justice D. Allan Betton
- The Honourable Judge Del W. Atwood
- The Honourable Judge Elizabeth A. Buckle
- The Honourable Justice Gail L. Gatchalian
- The Honourable Justice James L. Chipman
- The Honourable Justice Kenneth W. Ball
- The Honourable Justice Martha M. Devlin
- The Honourable Judge Ronda van der Hoek
- The Honourable Judge Theodore K. Tax