What Statutes Set Out Criminal Offences in Canada?

Canada’s criminal law is set out in the Criminal Code. The Criminal Code is made by Parliament and applies equally in every province and territory.

The Criminal Code criminalizes a wide range of acts and omissions. These include offences of fraud, insider trading, tipping, making a false prospectus, corruption, paying or receiving secret commissions, laundering the proceeds of crime, criminal breach of trust, charging a criminal interest rate, destroying documents of title, uttering a forged document, and operating a “gaming” house.