Criminal Code, section 334(a)

Theft over $5,000

What the law says

Maximum
10 years
Mandatory minimum
No mandatory minimum
Kind of offence
Property
Prosecuted
By indictment or summary conviction

Read the statute on the Justice Laws website

6 cases with this offence

  1. November 3, 2025
    R. v. Slauenwhite, 2025 NSSC 390Theft over $5,000, Bridgewater. Justice Diane Rowe
    12 months conditional (house arrest), then 24 months probation; restitution of $6,229.91
  2. May 23, 2025
    R. v. Brophy, 2025 BCSC 968Theft over $5,000; Theft $5,000 or under; Break and enter a place other than a dwelling-house; Possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000; Possession of property obtained by crime $5,000 or under; Possession of break-in instruments, Kelowna. Justice Carla L. Forth
    28 months (852 days) in custody less 573 days credit, then 24 months probation
  3. December 20, 2024
    R. v. B.D.C., 2024 BCSC 2435Assault; Assault with a weapon; Theft over $5,000; Fraud over $5,000; Use, trafficking or possession of forged document; Identity fraud (personation), Vancouver. Justice Heather J. Holmes
    • Below the Crown's ask
    • On release at the time
    Seven years' imprisonment in aggregate (four years concurrent to the Ontario sentence plus three years consecutive for the assaults)
  4. October 10, 2024
    R. v. Abbas, 2024 BCSC 2391Theft over $5,000; Theft $5,000 or under; Motor vehicle theft; Break and enter a place other than a dwelling-house; Breach of a release order, Kelowna. Justice Briana Hardwick
    2 years in custody, exceeded by 953 days' credit for 635 days of pre-sentence custody, then 2 years probation
  5. November 6, 2023
    R. v. Bornais, 2023 BCSC 1945Theft over $5,000; Fraud over $5,000; Falsifying books and documents with intent to defraud, Kamloops. Justice Bradford F. Smith
    20 months imprisonment (concurrent 6 months on three other counts), then 2 years probation; restitution and 10-year s. 380.2 prohibition
  6. October 19, 2022
    R. v. Tibbo, 2022 NSSC 321Theft over $5,000, Bridgewater. Justice Diane Rowe
    6 months' imprisonment, then 12 months' probation; restitution of $98,156

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