Criminal Code, section 271
Sexual assault of a person under 16
What the law says
- Maximum
- 14 years
- Mandatory minimum
- 1 year
- Kind of offence
- Sexual
- Prosecuted
- By indictment or summary conviction
MMP of 1 year on indictment (6 months on summary conviction) when the complainant is under 16; maximum 14 years instead of 10 (s.271(a)). Minimum present in current text; no SCC ruling found.
18 cases with this offence
- June 18, 2026R. v. P.S.K., 2026 BCSC 1293
- Below the Crown's ask
4 years imprisonment - June 17, 2026R. v. Nicholas, 2026 BCSC 1146
- Below the Crown's ask
30 months' imprisonment - May 29, 20263 years imprisonment
- April 16, 2026R. v. W.F., 2026 BCSC 806
- Below the Crown's ask
9 years in custody - 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) - June 12, 2025R. v. O.D., 2025 BCSC 2395
- Below the Crown's ask
Two years less a day in custody (concurrent on two counts), less 3 days credit, then 1 year probation - May 16, 20254 years in custody (3 years sexual assault, 1 year luring consecutive)
- May 1, 2024R. v. D.C., 2024 NSPC 27
- Below the Crown's ask
24 months in custody, then 2 years probation - March 26, 202440 months in custody
- February 16, 2024R. v. W.H., 2024 BCSC 336
- Below the Crown's ask
Long-term offender designation; 18 years in prison (10 years for the sexual offences plus 8 years consecutive for the child sexual abuse material offences) less 1,462 days of credit, followed by a 10-year long-term supervision order - October 20, 2023R. v. J.D. (C.), 2023 NSSC 334
- Below the Crown's ask
6.5 years imprisonment - August 2, 20233 years imprisonment
- July 20, 202336 months imprisonment, less 129 days credit for pre-sentence custody (966 days remaining)
- May 24, 20238 years' imprisonment, less 60 days' credit for remand
- January 23, 2023R. v. T.A.P., 2023 BCSC 316
- Below the Crown's ask
18 years global (10 + 5 + 3 years consecutive on three counts, others concurrent), less 8 days credit; DNA order, SOIRA 20 years, lifetime s. 109 prohibition - March 15, 20225 years custody less 539 days remand credit (1,286 days remaining); s. 109, DNA, SOIRA, s. 161 order 10 years
- August 25, 2021R. v. E.C.S., 2021 NSPC 42
- Below the Crown's ask
- No jail for a violent offence
6-month conditional sentence (3 months on each count, consecutive), then 3 years probation - August 12, 2021R. v. R.D.P., 2021 BCSC 1872
- On release at the time
4 years in custody
Judges who sentenced this offence
- The Honourable Justice Kathleen M. Ker
- The Honourable Justice Alan M. Ross
- The Honourable Justice Anita Chan
- The Honourable Judge Bronwyn Duffy
- The Honourable Justice Christopher J. Giaschi
- The Honourable Justice Gareth Morley
- The Honourable Justice Jacqueline D. Hughes
- The Honourable Judge James H. Burrill
- The Honourable Justice James L. Chipman
- The Honourable Justice Janet Winteringham
- The Honourable Justice Jennifer M.I. Duncan
- The Honourable Justice Joshua M. Arnold
- The Honourable Justice Miriam A. Maisonville
- The Honourable Justice Sandra M. Sukstorf
- The Honourable Judge Shane Russell
- The Honourable Justice Sharon Matthews