Ontario Sex Offender Registry

Who Must Register?

Mandatory registration applies to residents of Ontario who:

• have been convicted of a criteria sex offence (as defined by the legislation) in Canada and were:
• serving a sentence on the day Christopher's Law was proclaimed, or
• convicted of a sex offence on or after the legislation came into force;
• have been found not criminally responsible for a criteria sex offence by reason of a mental disorder and given an absolute or conditional discharge on or after the legislation came into force; or
• are young persons convicted of a criteria sex offence and receiving an adult sentence.