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.
98 cases with this offence
- September 4, 2026R. v. C.O., 2026 BCSC 1859
- Below the Crown's ask
3 years 6 months for sexual assault plus 6 months consecutive for voyeurism (4 years total) - September 3, 2026R. v. T.R.S., 2026 BCSC 1726
- Below the Crown's ask
2 years in custody (9 months and 15 months consecutive) - August 10, 202610 years' incarceration on each count, concurrent, less 323 days' pre-sentence credit
- July 31, 2026R. v. A.M., 2026 NSSC 262
- 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 - July 21, 20265 years in custody, less 320 days enhanced credit (1,505 days remaining)
- June 19, 2026R. v. C.B., 2026 BCSC 1207
- Below the Crown's ask
7 years total: 5 years and 2 years consecutive - May 19, 2026R v. Hatfield, 2026 NSSC 190
- Below the Crown's ask
- On release at the time
9 years (5 years and 4 years consecutive), less 423 days remand credit - May 1, 2026R. v. A.D.E., 2026 BCSC 948
- Below the Crown's ask
3 years imprisonment less 204 days pre-sentence credit - April 27, 2026R. v. B.T.R., 2026 BCSC 860
- Below the Crown's ask
4 years in custody - April 24, 2026R. v. K.C.M., 2026 BCSC 857
- Below the Crown's ask
- On release at the time
8 months imprisonment less 35 days already served, then 2 years probation - March 30, 2026R. v. D.C., 2026 BCSC 572
- Below the Crown's ask
- On release at the time
2 years imprisonment - January 16, 20263 years imprisonment less 348 days credit (2 years and 17 days remaining)
- January 16, 2026R. v. R.D.J.T., 2026 NSPC 1
- Below the Crown's ask
- No jail for a violent offence
2 years less a day conditional sentence, then 3 years probation - December 23, 2025R. v. C.B.R.W., 2025 NSPC 45
- 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 - December 15, 2025Two years less a day in custody (less 515 days credit), then 3 years probation
- November 18, 2025R. v. P.P., 2025 BCSC 2275
- No jail for a violent offence
2 years less a day conditional sentence (12 months house arrest, then curfew), then 2 years probation - November 7, 20253 years in custody (18 months consecutive on each of two counts)
- November 5, 2025R. v. V.H.V.R., 2025 BCSC 2231
- Below the Crown's ask
3 years in custody (2 years and 12 months consecutive) - October 6, 2025R. v. S.M.P., 2025 BCSC 1980
- Below the Crown's ask
6 years' imprisonment for sexual interference; sexual assault count conditionally stayed - October 3, 2025R. v. K.N., 2025 BCSC 2138
- Below the Crown's ask
28 months in custody - September 23, 2025Four years in custody, less 687 days remand credit (773 days remaining)
- September 22, 2025R. v. B.T.B., 2025 BCSC 2434
- Below the Crown's ask
24 months' imprisonment in a penitentiary - September 16, 2025R. v. F.K.K., 2025 BCSC 1875
- Below the Crown's ask
11 years in custody (consecutive terms on seven counts), less 252 days credit - July 30, 2025Three years in custody (two concurrent three-year terms)
- July 4, 2025R. v. W.M.J.D., 2025 BCSC 1414
- Below the Crown's ask
Three and a half years (42 months) in custody, less 380 days credit for pre-sentence custody
Judges who sentenced this offence
- The Honourable Justice Jan Brongers
- The Honourable Justice J. Miriam Gropper
- The Honourable Justice Alan M. Ross
- The Honourable Justice Andrew P. A. Mayer
- The Honourable Justice Anthony Saunders
- The Honourable Justice Baljinder Kaur Girn
- The Honourable Justice Bradford F. Smith
- The Honourable Justice Briana Hardwick
- The Honourable Justice Catherine Murray
- The Honourable Justice Christopher W. Greenwood
- The Honourable Judge Del W. Atwood
- The Honourable Justice Jennifer M.I. Duncan
- The Honourable Justice Joshua M. Arnold
- The Honourable Justice Lisa A. Warren
- The Honourable Justice Palbinder Kaur Shergill
- The Honourable Justice Pierre L. Muise
- The Honourable Judge Shane Russell
- The Honourable Justice Sheri A. Donegan
- The Honourable Justice Veronica Jackson
- The Honourable Justice Andrea L. Ormiston
- The Honourable Justice Andrew Majawa
- The Honourable Justice Barbara J. Norell
- The Honourable Justice Brenda Brown
- The Honourable Justice C. Richard Coughlan
- The Honourable Justice Christa M. Brothers
- The Honourable Justice D. Shane Russell
- The Honourable Justice David A. Crerar
- The Honourable Justice Diane C. MacDonald
- The Honourable Justice Diane Rowe
- The Honourable Justice Douglas W. Thompson