Criminal Code, section 153(1)

Sexual exploitation of a young person

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 (90 days on summary conviction; summary max 2 years less a day). Offender in a position of trust or authority over a 16- or 17-year-old. Section touched by S.C. 2026, c. 19; minimum unchanged.

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9 cases with this offence

  1. June 16, 2026
    R. v. L.L., 2026 NSSC 205Sexual exploitation of a young person, Truro. Justice Jeffrey R. Hunt
    4 years federal custody
  2. February 18, 2025
    R. v. P.J.H., 2025 BCSC 405Sexual assault; Sexual exploitation of a young person, Langford. Justice Anthony Saunders
    • Below the Crown's ask
    8 years and 9 months in prison, concurrent with a 5-year sentence already being served (total incarceration of 9 years)
  3. April 25, 2024
    R. v. S.O., 2024 NSSC 140Sexual assault; Sexual exploitation of a young person, Sydney. Justice Patrick J. Murray
    • Below the Crown's ask
    4 years imprisonment
  4. December 14, 2023
    R. v. J.B., 2023 NSSC 427Invitation to sexual touching; Sexual exploitation of a young person; Making sexually explicit material available to a child, Sydney. Justice Patrick J. Murray
    • Below the Crown's ask
    40 months incarceration (global), plus ancillary orders including a s. 161 order
  5. July 20, 2023
    R. v. D.C.S., 2023 NSSC 242Sexual assault; Sexual interference; Sexual exploitation of a young person, Lower Sackville. Justice Scott C. Norton
    6 years' imprisonment (3 years, 2 years and 1 year consecutive)
  6. June 12, 2023
    R. v. W.B.G., 2023 NSSC 304Sexual interference; Invitation to sexual touching; Sexual exploitation of a young person, Digby. Justice Pierre L. Muise
    6 years’ imprisonment (concurrent 6 years on the other s. 151 and s. 153 counts, 3 years concurrent on each s. 152 count); DNA, s. 109, 20-year SOIRA and 10-year s. 161 orders
  7. February 24, 2022
    R. v. S.H.B., 2022 BCSC 441Sexual assault; Sexual interference; Sexual exploitation of a young person, Courtenay. Justice J. Miriam Gropper
    Seven and one-half years' imprisonment (sexual interference and sexual exploitation, concurrent), with 3 years concurrent for sexual assault
  8. July 30, 2021
    R. v. S.J.M., 2021 NSSC 235Sexual assault; Sexual interference; Sexual exploitation of a young person; Making child sexual abuse material, Halifax. Justice Peter P. Rosinski
    9 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
  9. July 27, 2021
    R. v. A.P.L., 2021 NSSC 238Sexual interference; Sexual exploitation of a young person, Halifax. Justice Glen G. McDougall
    • Below the Crown's ask
    6 years on sexual interference, 6 months concurrent on sexual exploitation

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