List of Summary Conviction Offences

This page was last substantively updated or reviewed January 2021. (Rev. # 99670)

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See also: Offences by Penalty, List of Hybrid Offences, and List of Straight Indictable Offences

Maximum Punishment is Imprisonment for 2 Years Less a Day ("summary conviction")

Offence	Section	Maximum Fine	Minimums
Assisting deserter	54	$5,000^*	N/A
Offences respecting RCMP members	56	$5,000^*	N/A
Unlawful assembly	66(1)	$5,000^*	N/A
Prize fights	83(1)	$5,000^*	N/A
Carrying weapon while attending public meeting	89(2)	$5,000^*	N/A
False statement	134(1)	$5,000^*	N/A
Nudity	174(1)	$5,000^*	N/A
Causing a Disturbance	175(1)	$5,000^*	N/A
Obstructing or violence to or arrest of officiating clergyman	176(1)	$5,000^*	N/A
Disturbing religious worship or certain meetings	176(2)	$5,000^*	N/A
Disturbing disturbs the order or solemnity of a meeting	176(3)	$5,000^*	N/A
Offence	Section	Maximum Fine	Minimums
Trespassing at Night	177	$5,000^*	N/A
Found in in common gaming or betting house	201(2)	$5,000^*	N/A
Lottery offence involving ticket	206(4)	$5,000^*	N/A
Offences involving permitted lottery scheme	207(3)(b)	$5,000^*	N/A
Offences involving permitted lottery scheme (on ship)	207.1(3)(b)	$5,000^*	N/A
Stopping or Impeding Traffic by Prostitution	213(1)	$5,000^*	N/A
Offence	Section	Maximum Fine	Minimums
Soliciting Near Children	213(1.1)	$5,000^*	N/A
Not safeguarding opening in ice or excavation of land	263(3)(c)	$5,000^*	N/A
Breach of publication prohibition re s. 278.3 applications	278.9(2)	$5,000^*	{N/A
Operation with low blood drug concentration From December 18, 2018	320.14(4)	$1,000	N/A
Take auto without consent	335(1)	$5,000^*	N/A
Unlawful timber marks dealings	339(2)	$5,000^*	N/A
Failure to record sale of automobile master key	353(4)	$5,000^*	N/A
Fraud in obtaining food, beverage or lodging	364(1)	$5,000^*	N/A
Offence	Section	Maximum Fine	Minimums
Fraudulently obtaining transportation	393(3)	$5,000^*	N/A
Falsifying employment record	398	$5,000^*	{N/A
Obtaining carriage by false billing	401(1)	$5,000^*	{N/A
Unlawful use of military uniforms or certificates	419	$5,000^*	N/A
Offences by employers re union activity	425	$5,000^*	{N/A
Wilful interference with attempts to save wreck	438(2)	$5,000^*	N/A
Interference with marine signal	439(1)	$5,000^*	N/A
Interfere with boundary line	442	$5,000^*	{N/A
Offences concerning aquatic mammals	445.2(5)	"$200,000"	N/A
Offence	Section	Maximum Fine	Minimums
Breach of prohibition order re possession of animals	447.1(2)	$5,000^*	{N/A
Possession of slugs and tokens	454	$5,000^*	N/A
Deface current coin	456	$5,000^*	N/A
Creating likeness of bank-notes	457(3)	$5,000^*	N/A
Breach of proceeds of crime restraint order	462.33(11)	$5,000^*	N/A
Conspiracy (Offence)	465(1)(d)	$5,000^*	N/A
Failure to comply with order restricting publication of ID and evidence etc re child sexual violence etc	486.4 and 486.6(1)	$5,000^*	N/A
Failure to comply with order restricting publication of evidence etc re justice system participants	486.5 and 486.6(1)	$5,000^*	N/A
use of seized bodily substances for other than DNA analysis	487.08(3)	$5,000^*	{N/A
Offence	Section	Maximum Fine	Minimums
failure to comply with a preservation demand	487.0197	"$5,000"	N/A
financial institution that fails to comply with production order	487.0198	"$250,000"	N/A
failure to comply with a data preservation demand	487.0199	$5,000^*	N/A
Breach of restriction on publication of search warrant (unconstitutional)	487.2	$5,000^*	N/A
Breach of SOIRA Order, failing to notify of identity and address	490.0312	$5,000^*	N/A
Breach of restraint order under 490.9	490.8(9)	$5,000^*	N/A
Breach of non-publication order from show cause	517(2)	$5,000^*	N/A
Breach of non-publication order at preliminary	539(3)	$5,000^*	N/A
Breach of restriction of publication of reports of preliminary inquiry	542(2)	$5,000^*	N/A
Offence	Section	Maximum Fine	Minimums
Breach of non-publication order in jury trial	648(2)	$5,000^*	N/A
Disclosure of jury information	649	$5,000^*	N/A
Breach of limitation re information that prior verdict of NCR	672.37(3)	$5,000^*	N/A
Order restricting publication re certain offences before Review Board	672.501(11)	$5,000^*	N/A
Breach of prohibition on use of bodily substance under a probation order	732.11	$5,000^*	N/A
Breach of prohibition on use of bodily substance under a conditional sentence order	742.31	$5,000^*	N/A
Breach of a prohibition on use or disclosure of bodily substance or results of analysis obtained by a peace bond	810.4(4)	$5,000^*	N/A
Drug possession (Schedule II), Cannabis resin (1 g), Cannabis (30 g) or more	CDSA 4(5)	"one thousand dollars"	N/A

Maximum Punishment is Imprisonment for 90 days

Offence	Section	Maximum Fine	Minimums
Contempt of court	708	$100	N/A

Offence	Section	Maximum Fine	Minimums
Offensive volatile substance	178	$5,000^*	N/A
Found-in in bawdy-house	210(2)	$5,000^*	N/A
Transporting person to bawdy-house	211	$5,000^*	N/A
Failure to keep watch on person towed	250(1)	$5,000^*	N/A
Towing of person by vessel after dark	250(2)	$5,000^*	N/A
Breach of prohibition on use of bodily substance under a s. 258 sample demand	258.1(1),(2), and (5)	$5,000^*	N/A
Breach of publication prohibition re 276.1 applications	276.3(2)	$5,000^*	N/A
Pretending to practice witchcraft	365	$5,000^*	N/A
False claim of royal warrant	413	$5,000^*	{N/A
Trading stamp offence by non-merchant	427(1)	$5,000^*	N/A
Trading stamp offence by merchant	427(2)	$5,000^*	N/A
Importing or exporting instruments or literature for illicit drug use	462.2(a)	$100,000	N/A

References

Note See s. 787 re: summary conviction fines

List of Summary Conviction Offences

Maximum Punishment is Imprisonment for 2 Years Less a Day ("summary conviction")

Maximum Punishment is Imprisonment for 90 days

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