| What is Sexual Assault? |
| The Criminal Code of Canada defines Assault as: |
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| without the consent of another person, he applies force intentionally to that other person, directly or indirectly; |
| A person commits assault when: |
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| he attempts or threatens, by act or gesture, to apply force to another person, if he has present ability to effect his purpose; or causes that other person to believe upon reasonable grounds that he has present ability to effect his purpose; |
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| while openly wearing or carrying a weapon or an imitation thereof, he accosts or impedes abother person or begs. |
| Section 271 - Sexual Assault |
| Section 272 - Sexual Assault with a weapon, Threats to a Third Party, or Causing Bodily Harm |
| Section 273 - Aggravated Sexual Assault |
| Section 151 - Sexual Interference |
| Section 152 - Invitation to Sexual Touching |
| Section 153 - Sexual Exploitation |
| Section 153.1 - Sexual Exploitation of a Person with a Disability |
| Below will be basic summaries of these crimes as they are written in the Criminal Code of Canada. |
| Section 271 - Sexual Assault Someone touches you, directly or indirectly, in a sexual way on purpose, without your consent |
| Section 272 - Sexual Assault with a Weapon, Threats to a Third Party, or Causing Bodily Harm Someone sexually assaults you and uses, or is armed with a weapon. Or they force you to have sex by threatening an injury to someone else, or they injure you. |
| Section 273 - Aggravated Sexual Assault When someone sexually assaults you and causes serious injury to you. |
| Section 151 - Sexual Interference If you are under 14 and someone directly or indirectly touches your body with a sexual purpose with any part of their body, or any object. |
| Section 152 - Invitation to Sexual Touching If you are under 14 and you are invited, councelled, or incited to touch, directly or indirectly, with a sexual purpose, their body, the body of someone else, or your body, with a part of your body or any object. |
| Section 153 - Sexual Exploitation If you are over 14 but under 18 years of age, it is illegal for someone in a postion of trust (Teacher, Minister, Coach, Employer, etc.) to have sexual contact with you, even if you consent. |
| Section 153.1 - Sexual Exploitation if a Person with a Disability No matter what your age, if you are mentally or physically challenged, it is a criminal offence for someone to invite, counsel or incite you to touch, directly or indirectly, with a sexual purpose, their body, your body or anothers body, with a part of your body or another object, if the offender is in a position of trust or if you are dependant on the offender. |
| Under the Criminal Code of Canada, "Consent is defined as a voluntary agreement of the complainant to engage in the sexual activity in question." |
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| Sexual Assault is the legal term used through out Canada to refer to any form of sexual contact without consent. |
| Under Canadian law, a person can be convicted of sexual assault if he or she: |
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| coerces a person into unwanted sexual activity using threats |
| uses their authority to force someone into sexual activity by threatening that persons job or grades |
| gets a person drunk or stoned to the point where they cannot make decisions and takes advantage of them |
| engages in sexual activity (touching, fondling, kissing, indressing, or intercourse) with someone who is know to be unconscious |
| engages in sexual activity with someone who is under the legal age of consent |
| engages in sexual activity with someone who is unable to legally consent due to a disability. |
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