CanadaBill S-209, Protecting Young Persons from Exposure to Pornography Act
Bill S-209 An Act to restrict young persons' online access to pornographic material, 45th Parliament, 1st Session (successor to Bill S-210, An Act to restrict young persons' online access to sexually explicit material, 44th Parliament, which died on prorogation January 6, 2025)
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Proposed: draft date not recorded.
An adult content age verification (AV) rule binding private bodies.
As of 15 July 2026.
What this law does
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Would make it an offence for an organization to make sexually explicit material available to young persons on the internet for commercial purposes, and would let a designated enforcement authority apply to the Federal Court to order internet service providers to block a noncompliant website. Sponsored by Senator Julie Miville-Dechene, the bill passed the Senate on April 15, 2026 and is now before the House of Commons at second reading.
If you get it wrong
Private right of actionNo
Penalties
Fines up to 250,000 Canadian dollars for a first offence and up to 500,000 Canadian dollars for subsequent offences, plus court-ordered website blocking for noncompliance
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
Enforcement authority to be designated by the Governor in Council (department officials have suggested the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, not yet formalized in the bill text)
What it reaches
Age threshold
18
Covered services
Commercial internet services that make sexually explicit material available to the public
When LexLint raises it
publishes_adult_content
Read the law
official bill status page, Parliament of Canada LEGISinfo
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