Current Version
| Region | Canada |
| Issue | Equal age of consent |
| Status | Unequal |
| Start Date | May 1, 2008 |
| End Date | Jun 21, 2019 |
| Description | The age of consent in for anal sex in Canada is 18, whereas the age of consent for acts of sex is 16. |
| Sources | http://www.thestar.com/life/health_wellness/2008/05/01/age_of_consent_for_sex_raised_to_16.html http://www.ctvnews.ca/sexual-age-of-consent-raised-to-16-today-1.292851 Canadian Criminal Code, Section 159 - http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-46/page-75.html?texthighlight=159#s-159 |
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- Newer law has been passed "test"
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Revision History (6)
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| End Date | Jun 19, 2019 | Jun 21, 2019 |
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- Other "TEST"
| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Description | The age of consent in for anal sex in Canada is 18. | The age of consent in for anal sex in Canada is 18, whereas the age of consent for acts of sex is 16. |
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Reports (50)
- Status is not correct "C-75 was passed and therefore it is equal"
- Status is not correct
- Status is not correct "The law was changed in 2019 to make it equal"
- Status is not correct "The law was changed in 2019"
- Status is not correct "Equal age of consent (16) since June 21, 2019 with passage of Bill C-75"
- Newer law has been passed "age of constent has been equal since June 2019."
- Status is not correct "Canada equalized the age of consent in 2019. You seem to have that listed but it must be tagged wrong as it still shows a negative score "
- Status is not correct "Age of consent now equal with the passage of bill C-75.
https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/csj-sjc/jsp-sjp/c75/p3.html "
- Status is not correct "Bill C-75 was passed a while ago and repealed Section 159 of the Criminal Code, making this inaccurate.
Source:
An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Youth Criminal Justice Act and other Acts and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, SC 2019, c 25, s 54"
- Newer law has been passed "https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-46/page-36.html#docCont
159 [Repealed, 2019, c. 25, s. 54]"
- Status is not correct "Since June of 2019, the age of consent in canada for same-sex people has been lowered to 16. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Canada#:~:text=Same%2Dsex%20activity%20is%20legal,men%20was%20a%20capital%20crime.
https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/other-autre/clp/faq.html"
- Status is not correct "Section 159 of Criminal Code was repealed in 2019"
- Status is not correct "Has been changed to 16 as well."
- Status is not correct "According to wikipedia the legal age of consent for same-sex activity is 16 years."
- Newer law has been passed
- Status is not correct "Consent for same sex sexual activity has been changed to 16 years old(since June 2019)."
- Status is not correct "Same-sex activity is legal in Canada and the age of consent is 16, equal to the age of consent for heterosexual activity, since June 2019. "
- Status is not correct "The age of consent in Canada has been equal at 16 since 2019. "
- Status is not correct "This is not the most up to date information"
- Newer law has been passed
- Status is not correct "it was changed in 2018."
- Status is not correct
- Newer law has been passed "Section 159 has repealed as of 2019.
https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-46/page-36.html#docCont"
- Status is not correct
- Status is not correct "It's been equal since June 2019, but the website shows that it became illegal again in July. That's not true."
- Status is not correct "Has been equalized recently."
- Status is not correct "The age of consent is equal as of June 2019 in Canada.
Source: https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/other-autre/clp/faq.html
"
- Status is not correct "ps your data dates back to 2008"
- Status is not correct "Legal over 16 years of age. However there must not be a difference of more than 3 years if you are under 18. "
- Newer law has been passed "Different age of consent was considered unconstitutional. It is now universally 16 instead of the 14/18."
- Newer law has been passed "c-75"
- Status is not correct "this is no longer true, it was equalized in 2019"
- Status is not correct "Gay sex is more than just anal... this isn't really a homophobic law, just a stupid one."
- Date is incorrect "Why is the date only until Jul 1, 2019?"
- Newer law has been passed "Age of consent equalized in June 2019"
- Status is not correct "June status more accurate"
- Status is not correct
- Status is not correct "Should be equal at age 16."
- Status is not correct "As of June, 2019, there is equal age of consent starting at age 16.
https://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/42-1/bill/C-75/royal-assent"
- Newer law has been passed "Bill C-75 received royal assent on June 21, 2019 which repealed this section (159) from the Criminal Code."
- Status is not correct "14 for sex"
- Status is not correct "this law was changes last year. age of consent and anal sex are now equal."
- Status is not correct "Legislation is pending but has not yet passed, this is a list of active states of law, not a list of pending legislation. Should be removed until C-75 is passed."
- Status is not correct "This was changed in November of 2016 to make it equal. Here is the CBC article announcing the change: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/justin-trudeau-names-advisor-on-lgbt-issues-1.3851301
And here is the governments age of updated consent laws explained with no mention of different age of consent for anal sex."
- Status is not correct
- Status is not correct "Current federal government Repealed the section pertaining to anal sex age of consent last year, to align with age of consent to other sex acts. "
- Newer law has been passed "It was just changed so it is now equal :)"
- Status is not correct "Since November 2016, the age of consent 16 for all forms of sexual intercourse."
- Newer law has been passed "Concerning anal sex"
- Status is not correct "18 is the age of consent for anal sex for straight people too"
| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Description | 18 for anal sex | The age of consent in for anal sex in Canada is 18. |
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| Sources | http://www.thestar.com/life/health_wellness/2008/05/01/age_of_consent_for_sex_raised_to_16.html http://www.ctvnews.ca/sexual-age-of-consent-raised-to-16-today-1.292851 | http://www.thestar.com/life/health_wellness/2008/05/01/age_of_consent_for_sex_raised_to_16.html http://www.ctvnews.ca/sexual-age-of-consent-raised-to-16-today-1.292851 Canadian Criminal Code, Section 159 - http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-46/page-75.html?texthighlight=159#s-159 |
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Helpful?
0 | Original entry | |
|---|---|
| Status | Unequal |
| Start Date | May 1, 2008 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | 18 for anal sex |
| Sources | http://www.thestar.com/life/health_wellness/2008/05/01/age_of_consent_for_sex_raised_to_16.html http://www.ctvnews.ca/sexual-age-of-consent-raised-to-16-today-1.292851 |
Reports (2)
- All information is correct, just adding sources "Canadian Criminal Code, Section 159 - http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-46/page-75.html?texthighlight=159#s-159."
- Newer law has been passed "Age of consent has been equal since 1993"