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
- April 30, 2024R. v. C.S., 2024 BCSC 922
- Below the Crown's ask
- On release at the time
Five years imprisonment on each count, concurrent - April 25, 2024R. v. S.O., 2024 NSSC 140
- Below the Crown's ask
4 years imprisonment - April 3, 2024R. v. C.R.F., 2024 BCSC 853
- Below the Crown's ask
- No jail for a violent offence
23 months conditional sentence, then 3 years probation - April 3, 2024R. v. C-H.M.C., 2024 BCSC 689
- Below the Crown's ask
13 months in custody (4 months plus 9 months consecutive), then 12 months probation - March 1, 2024R. v. H.M., 2024 BCSC 448
- Below the Crown's ask
- No jail for a violent offence
12 months conditional (6 months concurrent on the choking count), then 12 months probation - February 7, 2024R. v. B.G.E.B., 2024 BCSC 660
- Below the Crown's ask
- No jail for a violent offence
Two years less a day conditional sentence (18 months concurrent on the other count), then 3 years probation - January 30, 20244 years' imprisonment for sexual assault, 9 months concurrent for unlawful confinement
- January 24, 2024R. v. M.K.M., 2024 BCSC 575
- Below the Crown's ask
- No jail for a violent offence
Two years less a day conditional sentence (including house arrest), then 3 years probation - January 11, 2024R. v. J.A., 2024 NSPC 5
- No jail for a violent offence
24 months less a day conditional sentence (18 months house arrest), then 30 months probation - January 10, 2024R. v. F.M., 2024 BCSC 121
- Below the Crown's ask
- No jail for a violent offence
18-month conditional sentence (9 months house arrest, 9 months curfew), then 12 months probation - December 8, 20232 years in a federal facility
- November 2, 202324 months jail (consecutive terms on six counts), then 36 months probation
- November 1, 202330 months imprisonment
- October 6, 2023R. v. D.D., 2023 NSSC 429
- On release at the time
3 years imprisonment (1 year and 2 years consecutive) - July 20, 20236 years' imprisonment (3 years, 2 years and 1 year consecutive)
- July 17, 20237 years imprisonment (5 years for sexual assault plus consecutive terms on five other counts)
- July 6, 202310 years imprisonment (8 years plus 2 years consecutive, 1 year concurrent), less 27 days credit
- June 26, 2023R. v. Parker, 2023 NSPC 38
- No jail for a violent offence
Suspended sentence with 2 years probationNo custody - June 2, 2023R. v. Maligaspe, 2023 BCSC 1227
- Below the Crown's ask
Three and a half years' imprisonment (3.5 years and 3 years, concurrent) - March 14, 2023R. v. A.A., 2023 BCSC 482
- Below the Crown's ask
21 months custody, then 3 years probation - February 27, 2023Two years less a day in custody (concurrent on all counts), then 2 years probation
- January 6, 2023R. v. M.T.H., 2023 BCSC 933
- Below the Crown's ask
22 months imprisonment, then 2 years probation - December 15, 2022R. v. R.E.T., 2022 BCSC 2297
- Below the Crown's ask
21 months incarceration, then 2 years probation; DNA, 10-year s. 109 prohibition, SOIRA 20 years - November 22, 202218 months jail, then 3 years probation; DNA order, 20-year SOIRA, s. 109 prohibition (10 years / life)
- November 21, 2022R. v. H.A.V., 2022 BCSC 2116
- Below the Crown's ask
35 months (31 months sexual assault plus 4 months consecutive for attempted choking), less 9 months pre-sentence credit, leaving 26 months
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