The legal age in Canada of consent to sexual activity / Robin MacKay, Legal and Social Affairs Division, Parliamentary Information and Research Service.: YM32-2/2017-24E-PDF
“The legal age of consent to sexual activity refers to the age at which the criminal law recognizes the legal capacity of a young person to provide such consent. Below this age, most sexual activity with a young person, ranging from sexual touching to sexual intercourse, is prohibited. This paper presents many of the offences in Canada related to the age of consent to sexual activity, as well as some of the legal issues connected with them"--Introd., p. 1.
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| Department/Agency | Canada. Library of Parliament. Canada. Parliamentary Information and Research Service. |
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| Title | The legal age in Canada of consent to sexual activity / Robin MacKay, Legal and Social Affairs Division, Parliamentary Information and Research Service. |
| Series title | Background paper ; publication no. 2017-24-E |
| Publication type | Series - View Master Record |
| Language | [English] |
| Other language editions | [French] |
| Format | Electronic |
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| Note(s) | Issued also in French under title: L’âge légal au Canada du consentement aux activités sexuelles. Cover title. "20 November 2017." Includes bibliographical references. |
| Publishing information | [Ottawa] : Library of Parliament, 2017. |
| Author / Contributor | MacKay, Robin. |
| Description | i, 24 p. |
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| Subject terms | Sexual offences Adolescents Sexual consent |
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