Steph, the legal age for driving is 16...but it's a graduated license so it may take up to 5 years to get your full drivers permit.

To drink in the bar..it's 19. To buy booze it's 19. As the same to buy cigarettes. Ontario Law.

16 is the age to consent to have sex..but it depends on the circumstances....I know a girl who was 18 and got the guy she was with charged for having sex with a minor.

You also need to be 18 to vote.

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"Never shall I forget the time I spent with you. Please
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Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."

? He forced her?

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No...she consented...but she was drunk..the guy got 3 months in the pen for that one! And I know them both!!

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"Never shall I forget the time I spent with you. Please
continue to be my friend, as you will always find me yours."
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."

Thats awful for everyone.

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CURRENT LAW

The Criminal Code does not now criminalize consensual sexual activity with or between persons 14 or over unless it takes place in a relationship of trust or dependancy and by other special circumstances like assualt.

The act goes on to list special circumstances such as a caregiver taking advantage of their position of trust etc., but as it now stands and as it has been played out with the foster girls I care for, they can sleep with anyone over the age of 14 and unfortunately they do.I had one just turned 15 year old who was with a 28 year old in a sexual relationship and nothing could be done unless she decided to cry wolf and make false claim the act was not consensual I believe the law changed in 1988 from the age of 16 and it is being discussed to make amendments to the act to change the age of consent once again back to 16.......which I think would be a good thing,,,,

Tasmania has its legisalation on line

This is the act on sexual acts with a young person

Criminal Code Act 1924 (No. 69 of 1924)
Requested: 01 Jan 2004, Consolidated as at: 01 Jan 2004

SCHEDULE 1 -

PART IV - ACTS INJURIOUS TO THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL

Chapter XIV - Crimes Against Morality

Sexual intercourse with young person

124. (1) Any person who has unlawful sexual intercourse with another person who is under the age of 17 years is guilty of a crime.

Charge:

Sexual intercourse with a young person under the age of 17 years.
(2) It is a defence to a charge under this section to prove that the accused person believed on reasonable grounds that the other person was of or above the age of 17 years.

(3) The consent of a person against whom a crime is alleged to have been committed under this section is a defence to such a charge only where, at the time the crime was alleged to have been committed –

(a) that person was of or above the age of 15 years and the accused person was not more than 5 years older than that person; or

(b) that person was of or above the age of 12 years and the accused person was not more than 3 years older than that person.

(4) This section is to be taken to be in force from 4 April 1924.

(5) Subsection (3) is not a defence to a charge under this section in the case of anal sexual intercourse.

(6) Nothing in subsection (4) impugns or otherwise affects the lawfulness of a conviction arising from conduct that occurred before the commencement of the Criminal Code Amendment (Sexual Offences) Act 1987.

Canada does too but I can't cut and paste worth a damn lol

I would be interested to see legislation from other jurisdictions