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.
99 cases with this offence
- November 2, 20222 years federal custody, then 24 months probation (joint recommendation)
- September 15, 2022R. v. Barnes, 2022 BCSC 2073
- Below the Crown's ask
3 years incarceration less 591 days' remaining credit (504 days further), then 2 years probation; SOIRA 20 years, DNA, lifetime s. 109 prohibition - August 23, 2022Three years in federal custody, no pre-trial credit
- August 10, 2022R. v. W.F.G., 2022 BCSC 1394
- Below the Crown's ask
28 months jail; DNA order, lifetime s. 109 prohibition, lifetime SOIRA, non-communication order - June 13, 2022R. v. L.P., 2022 NSPC 23
- Below the Crown's ask
- No jail for a violent offence
18-month conditional sentence (9 months house arrest, 6 months curfew), then 12 months probation - June 9, 2022R. v. A.H.K., 2022 BCSC 1563
- Below the Crown's ask
12 years' imprisonment (concurrent sentences), less 6 days' presentence credit - April 20, 2022R. v. R.M.C., 2022 BCSC 1185
- Below the Crown's ask
30 months in prison - April 8, 2022R. v. F.B.P., 2022 BCSC 680
- Below the Crown's ask
3 and a half years in custody for sexual assault, 12 months concurrent for forcible confinement - March 25, 2022R. v. G.D.L., 2022 BCSC 940
- Below the Crown's ask
1 year in custody, then 2 years probation - March 2, 2022R. v. S.F.M., 2022 NSSC 90
- Below the Crown's ask
- On release at the time
3 years 3 months federal custody (concurrent 18 months and 30 days on other counts); DNA, s. 109 order 10 years, SOIRA - February 25, 20223 years imprisonment
- February 24, 2022Seven and one-half years' imprisonment (sexual interference and sexual exploitation, concurrent), with 3 years concurrent for sexual assault
- February 9, 2022Two years less a day in custody (18 months concurrent on the other count), then 3 years probation
- January 11, 2022Two years less a day imprisonment, no probation; DNA, SOIRA 20 years, 10-year firearms prohibition
- December 21, 2021Five years' imprisonment, consecutive to the sentence already being served
- December 3, 2021R. v. Y.C., 2021 BCSC 2716
- On release at the time
3 years imprisonment, concurrent to the sentence already being served - November 26, 20214 years federal imprisonment; concurrent 12 months (threat) and 2 years (choking)
- November 15, 20212 years in a federal penitentiary, then 2 years probation
- September 20, 2021R. v. C.A.J., 2021 BCSC 2147
- Below the Crown's ask
- On release at the time
3 years on sexual assault (other counts concurrent), less 500 days pre-sentence credit, then 18 months probation - August 27, 20218 years for sexual assault, 18 months concurrent for assault
- July 30, 20219 years in prison (3 years s. 151, 3 years s. 153, 2 years s. 271, 1 year s. 163.1(2), consecutive), less 1,209 days credit
- July 8, 2021R. v. H.E., 2021 NSSC 236
- Below the Crown's ask
- No jail for a violent offence
Conditional discharge with 12 months' probation; DNA order; SOIRA order refusedBelow the Crown's ask - April 27, 2021R. v. S.P.W., 2021 NSPC 24
- Below the Crown's ask
56 months in prison (s. 151 and s. 152 concurrent; 30 days concurrent for failing to attend court), less 823 days remand credit - April 13, 2021R. v. C.D.C., 2021 NSSC 287
- Below the Crown's ask
22 months in custody (no credit for 6 days on remand)
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 Patrick J. Murray
- 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