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5 yearsyears of imprisonment, maximum
Under the Criminal Code of Canada, wilful interception of a private communication is an indictable offence with a maximum of five years in prison.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“imprisonment for a term of not more than five years”
Criminal Code (Canada) section 184: Interception, Parliament of Canada, Justice Laws Website, Government of Canada, n.d., 184(1).
Open the original- What it measures
- Subsection (1) makes wilful interception an indictable offence, with summary conviction as an alternative.
- What it does not show
- The ceiling is the statutory maximum. The section does not give typical sentences.