Of all the activities we engage in daily, driving a motor vehicle is perhaps the most common and the most deceptively dangerous. A moment of poor judgment behind the wheel can lead to devastating consequences, not only for public safety but also for the driver’s future. In Canada's System of Justice, certain driving behaviours cross
Overview: Summary and Indictable Offences To understand hybrid offences in Canada and their impact on your record and other aspects of your life, it’s important to discuss the two main types of offences: summary conviction offences and indictable offences. Summary conviction offences are the least serious types of criminal offences. These types of offences are
Overview: Canadian Indictable Offences There are three main categories of criminal offences in the Canadian criminal law spectrum. The first types of offences are summary offences, which encompass less serious offences. Indictable offences are the most serious category of crimes, while hybrid offences can be summary or indictable offences depending on the Crown prosecutor. However,
Overview: What Are Summary Offenses? The term “summary conviction” is used interchangeably with the term “summary offence”. However, the two have key differences. While a summary offence is a type of crime (a less serious one), a summary conviction refers to the outcome of a summary offence. In the Canadian legal landscape, summary offences are
Overview: What is a Criminal Offence? The term criminal offence is mistakenly used to mean many things. In Canada, there are two main categories of criminal offences: summary conviction offenses and indictable criminal offences. 1) What Are Summary Convictions? Summary offenses are the less serious ones. In Canada, summary conviction cases are heard in provincial
