Abandon d’un enfant (jurisprudence des peines)

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Offence Wording

Abandoning child

218 Every one who unlawfully abandons or exposes a child who is under the age of ten years, so that its life is or is likely to be endangered or its health is or is likely to be permanently injured,

(a) is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years; or

(b) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.

R.S., 1985, c. C-46, s. 218; 2005, c. 32, s. 12; 2019, c. 25, s. 75.

– CCC (CanLII), (Jus.)

Case Digests

Case Name	Prv.	Crt.	Sentence	Summary
2022
R v Isadore, 2022 NSSC 209 (CanLII), par Duncan J	NS	SC	3 years (abandonment)	Trouver des résumés de cas.
2019
R v Young, 2019 CanLII 57622 (NL PC), par Porter J	NL	PC		Trouver des résumés de cas.
2006
R v GKJ, 2006 ABPC 72 (CanLII), par Fradsham J	AB	PC	9 mois d'emprisonnement + Probation	The offender pleaded guilty to a single count. A mother leaves a 4-year-old alone at home while tied to the couch on multiple occasions, including when the mother goes to work. The offender was 28 and had immigrated to Canada at 18 years old. She had no criminal record. Find other summaries.
2005
R v SF, (2005) O. J. No 2381 (Ont. SCJ)(*pas de liens CanLII)	ON	SC	3 mois d'emprisonnement plus probation	The offender was a 30-year-old mother who left her 2-year-old child alone in her apartment for an evening. The offender had a prior unrelated record and an alcohol addiction, which brought on the offence. Find summaries of cases.
2001
R v Nguyen, [2001] OJ No 647 (Ont. C.J.)(*pas de liens CanLII)	ON	PC	6 mois d'emprisonnement plus probation	The offender left a 7-year-old child at home overnight to go gambling. The child started a fire and ran away. Find summaries of cases.
1995
R v Cholod, 1995 ABCA 238 (CanLII), par curiam	AB	CA	$2,500 fine plus probation	The offender left child at home in cold weather while he went out drinking Trouver des résumés de cas.
R v CME, 1995 ABCA 191 (CanLII), [1995] AJ No 510, par Mason J (2:1)	AB	CA	non-custodial	The offender left two-year-old daughter in the apartment overnight. The child caused a flood and almost started a fire. The offender had no record, showed remorse, and demonstrated a reformed life. Trouver des résumés de cas.