16 Year Old Consent?

[Kerry_sargent16]

I live in Canada and I was wondering how much consent does a 16 year old have, I found this but I don’t know if it’s true:
What is the age of consent to sexual activity?

The age of consent in Canada is 16 years. This is the age that criminal law recognizes the legal capacity of a young person to consent to sexual activity.

Generally, it is legal to have sexual contact with someone who is 16 years or older if they agree to have sex with you.

Are there situations where a 16 year old cannot consent?

Yes. It is important to know that in some situations a person must be 18 years old to consent to sexual activity. Depending on what you are doing and who you are doing it with, sexual activity with a person under 18 years-old is illegal. A person under 18 years of age cannot consent to sexual activity if:

The other person has a relationship of trust or authority over them, or they are dependent on that person. People in positions of trust or authority include, for example, a teacher, coach, babysitter, family member, minister or doctor;
it involves exploitative activity, such as prostitution or pornography;
they are paid, or offered payment, for sex;
there is anal sex (unless they are a legally married couple).

[kvalidir]

It would very much depend upon who you are planning to have sex with and what you are planning to do with them. Can you elaborate? x

[Neveracrossword]

This is a UK site, so people here are likely to have limited knowledge. Also, you have asked questions and then given the answers, so I don't understand the point of your post.

[Mamyalynne]

This information bears out what you have found so far and adds to it a little.

https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/other-autre/clp/faq.html

[Kerry_sargent16]

I didn’t know if what I found was right, and I didn’t know this was a uk site so sorry about that, but someone helped me find a more official site that explains it so thank you so much for your help!!

[Mamyalynne]

Glad we could help a little.

[Baldric]

Did 'theanswerbank.co.uk' not give you a clue?

[spathiphyllum]

When people say ‘this is a uk site’ it’s because everyone who questions about else where gets told ‘this is a uk site’ so they usually leave

Any nation could dominate AB and in theory, make it a Canadian site

[Mamyalynne]

Often when browsing the internet for answers you click on so many sites you may not necessarily notice the full web address at first.

Despite that we are mostly very helpful, wherever in the World the question comes from.

[spathiphyllum]

Exactly mamy, and in some cases willing to do research to help answer more tricky / abstract questions

[TonyV]

You are right Spath but sometimes nobody in the UK or world will know answer

[TonyV]

But we do try and help if we can? Hi fives everyone

[spathiphyllum]

:)

[Arksided]

Play fair.. AnswerBank does begin with an 'A' so whatever search engine Kerry is using will be quite high up there.

[Kerry_sargent16]

Thanks to everyone for the support!

[LadyCG]

What is your question?

[Mamyalynne]

Ta Kerry.