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Ontario Sex Offender Registry

Who Must Register?

Residents of Ontario must register if they:

• Have been convicted and received a sentence for a criteria sex offence in Canada and were:

• Serving a sentence which includes probation, parole, or incarceration on the day Christopher's Law was proclaimed or
• Convicted of a criteria sex offence on or after the date the legislation came into force.
  

• Have been found not criminally responsible for a criteria sex offence by reason of a mental disorder on or after the date the legislation came into effect and later received an absolute or conditional discharge for that criteria offence
  

Are young persons convicted of a criteria sex offence and received a sentence within the adult court under Section 16 of the Government of Canada’s Youth Criminal Justice Act.