Criminal Code, section 271

Sexual assault

What the law says

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

No minimum unless the complainant is under 16 (see "Sexual assault of a person under 16"). Conditional sentence reportedly barred for sexual assault prosecuted by indictment by S.C. 2026, c. 11 (Bill C-14, in force July 15, 2026) - not confirmed against the amending text.

Read the statute on the Justice Laws website

98 cases with this offence

  1. September 4, 2026
    R. v. C.O., 2026 BCSC 1859Sexual assault; Voyeurism, Vancouver. Justice Christopher W. Greenwood
    • Below the Crown's ask
    3 years 6 months for sexual assault plus 6 months consecutive for voyeurism (4 years total)
  2. September 3, 2026
    R. v. T.R.S., 2026 BCSC 1726Sexual assault, New Westminster. Justice Baljinder Kaur Girn
    • Below the Crown's ask
    2 years in custody (9 months and 15 months consecutive)
  3. August 10, 2026
    R. v. M.E.G., 2026 BCSC 1676Sexual assault; Forcible confinement, Vancouver. Justice Alan M. Ross
    10 years' incarceration on each count, concurrent, less 323 days' pre-sentence credit
  4. July 31, 2026
    R. v. A.M., 2026 NSSC 262Sexual assault, Sydney. Justice D. Shane Russell
    • Below the Crown's ask
    4 years in custody (2 years consecutive on each of 2 counts), less 1,412 days remand credit; 49 days remaining
  5. July 21, 2026
    R. v. Miles, 2026 BCSC 1544Sexual assault, Osoyoos. Justice Briana Hardwick
    5 years in custody, less 320 days enhanced credit (1,505 days remaining)
  6. June 19, 2026
    R. v. C.B., 2026 BCSC 1207Sexual assault; Sexual interference, Prince George. Justice Palbinder Kaur Shergill
    • Below the Crown's ask
    7 years total: 5 years and 2 years consecutive
  7. May 19, 2026
    R v. Hatfield, 2026 NSSC 190Sexual interference, Halifax. Justice Denise M. Boudreau
    • Below the Crown's ask
    • On release at the time
    9 years (5 years and 4 years consecutive), less 423 days remand credit
  8. May 1, 2026
    R. v. A.D.E., 2026 BCSC 948Sexual assault, Victoria. Justice Jan Brongers
    • Below the Crown's ask
    3 years imprisonment less 204 days pre-sentence credit
  9. April 27, 2026
    R. v. B.T.R., 2026 BCSC 860Sexual interference, Kamloops. Justice Briana Hardwick
    • Below the Crown's ask
    4 years in custody
  10. April 24, 2026
    R. v. K.C.M., 2026 BCSC 857Sexual assault, Langford. Justice Andrea L. Ormiston
    • Below the Crown's ask
    • On release at the time
    8 months imprisonment less 35 days already served, then 2 years probation
  11. March 30, 2026
    R. v. D.C., 2026 BCSC 572Sexual assault, Vernon. Justice Richard Fowler
    • Below the Crown's ask
    • On release at the time
    2 years imprisonment
  12. January 16, 2026
    R. v. A. (E. L.), 2026 BCSC 342Sexual assault, Port Alberni. Justice Anthony Saunders
    3 years imprisonment less 348 days credit (2 years and 17 days remaining)
  13. January 16, 2026
    R. v. R.D.J.T., 2026 NSPC 1Assault; Sexual assault, Dartmouth. Judge Del W. Atwood
    • Below the Crown's ask
    • No jail for a violent offence
    2 years less a day conditional sentence, then 3 years probation
  14. December 23, 2025
    R. v. C.B.R.W., 2025 NSPC 45Assault; Sexual assault; Breach of a probation order; Uttering threats to damage property, Port Hawkesbury. Judge Del W. Atwood
    • Below the Crown's ask
    • No jail for a violent offence
    • On release at the time
    10 months conditional sentence after 11 months remand credit (21-month total), then 2 years probation
  15. December 15, 2025
    R. v. Turpin, 2025 BCSC 2687Sexual assault, Prince Rupert. Justice Kenneth W. Ball
    Two years less a day in custody (less 515 days credit), then 3 years probation
  16. November 18, 2025
    R. v. P.P., 2025 BCSC 2275Sexual assault, Vancouver. Justice Palbinder Kaur Shergill
    • No jail for a violent offence
    2 years less a day conditional sentence (12 months house arrest, then curfew), then 2 years probation
  17. November 7, 2025
    R. v. A.H., 2025 BCSC 2589Sexual assault, New Westminster. Justice Barbara J. Norell
    3 years in custody (18 months consecutive on each of two counts)
  18. November 5, 2025
    R. v. V.H.V.R., 2025 BCSC 2231Sexual assault; Sexual assault of a person under 16, Vancouver. Justice Jennifer M.I. Duncan
    • Below the Crown's ask
    3 years in custody (2 years and 12 months consecutive)
  19. October 6, 2025
    R. v. S.M.P., 2025 BCSC 1980Sexual interference, Duncan. Justice Elizabeth McDonald
    • Below the Crown's ask
    6 years' imprisonment for sexual interference; sexual assault count conditionally stayed
  20. October 3, 2025
    R. v. K.N., 2025 BCSC 2138Sexual assault, Richmond. Justice Sharon Matthews
    • Below the Crown's ask
    28 months in custody
  21. September 23, 2025
    R. v. P.K.G., 2025 NSSC 302Assault; Assault with a weapon; Assault by choking, suffocating or strangling; Sexual assault, Halifax. Justice Jamie S. Campbell
    Four years in custody, less 687 days remand credit (773 days remaining)
  22. September 22, 2025
    R. v. B.T.B., 2025 BCSC 2434Sexual assault, Prince George. Justice Simon R. Coval
    • Below the Crown's ask
    24 months' imprisonment in a penitentiary
  23. September 16, 2025
    R. v. F.K.K., 2025 BCSC 1875Sexual assault, Vancouver. Justice Lisa A. Warren
    • Below the Crown's ask
    11 years in custody (consecutive terms on seven counts), less 252 days credit
  24. July 30, 2025
    R. v. Sorensen, 2025 BCSC 1614Sexual assault, White Rock. Justice Christopher W. Greenwood
    Three years in custody (two concurrent three-year terms)
  25. July 4, 2025
    R. v. W.M.J.D., 2025 BCSC 1414Sexual assault, Victoria. Justice Andrew Majawa
    • Below the Crown's ask
    Three and a half years (42 months) in custody, less 380 days credit for pre-sentence custody

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