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Canada inherited its criminal laws from England.The first recorded laws dealing with prostitution were in Nova Scotia in 1759, although as early as August 19, 1675 the Sovereign Council of New France convicted Catherine Guichelin, one of the King's Daughters, with leading a "life scandalous and dishonest to the public", declared her a prostitute and banished her from the walls of Quebec City ...
The Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics report Street Prostitution in Canada (1993) stated that police activity was mainly directed at the street level. Over 10,000 prostitution-related incidents were reported in 1992, of which 95% were communicating offences and 5% were bawdy-house and pimping offences.
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Aggregate of articles pertaining to Canadian female prostitutes. See also: History of prostitution in Canada , Prostitution in Canada and Prostitution law in Canada . Wikimedia Commons has media related to Prostitutes in Canada .
On March 20, 2007, Valerie Scott, Amy Lebovitch and Terri-Jean Bedford initiated an application (Bedford v.Canada) in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice seeking the constitutional invalidation of s.210 (bawdy house), s.212(1)(j) (living on the avails) and s.213(1)(c) (communicating for the purpose of prostitution) of the Criminal Code.
The House Ethics Committee’s report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., includes evidence he paid women for sex, including one who was underage.
Pages in category "Non-fiction books about Canadian prostitution" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In 2019, the Canadian Centre to End Human Trafficking [9] launched the Canadian Human Trafficking Hotline, funded in part by PSC, to provide crisis response to people being trafficked and tip reporting. [10] The U.S. State Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons placed Canada in "Tier 1" in 2017 [11] and 2023. [12]