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If you are convicted of a serious criminal offence and are not a Canadian citizen, you may be ordered to leave the country with no

In December 2004, the Canadian Government enacted the Sex Offender Information Registration Act (SOIRA) and established a legal requirement under the Criminal Code ss. 490.011

To be convicted of careless driving or dangerous driving, an accused person must be shown to have been driving in a manner that’s below what’s

In Canada, there are two key assumptions that are essential elements in every criminal trial.  The first is that the defendant is presumed innocent and

Probation Probation may be attached to another punishment, such as jail time, or it might be the only sentence a convicted person receives.  The objective

Health Canada reports that over 10,300 Canadians died as a result of an opioid-related overdose between January 2016 and September 2018, and fentanyl substances are

As exemplified in the below criminal trial, Canadian case law finds that a driver cannot be found guilty of a driving-related offence solely, or even

Under Canada’s Criminal Code s. 16, a person cannot be held criminally responsible for an action or omission they made while suffering from a mental