Six offences in the Criminal Code specifically address human trafficking:

1. Trafficking in Persons (section 279.01): which carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment and a mandatory minimum penalty of 5 years where the offence involved kidnapping, aggravated assault, aggravated sexual assault or death, and a maximum penalty of 14 years and a mandatory minimum penalty of 4 years in all other cases;
2. Trafficking of a person under the age of eighteen years (section 279.011) which carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment and a mandatory minimum penalty of 6 years where the offence involved kidnapping, aggravated assault, aggravated sexual assault or death, and a maximum penalty of 14 years and a mandatory minimum penalty of 5 years in all other cases;
3. Receiving a Financial or Other Material Benefit for the purpose of committing or facilitating trafficking in persons -Adult Victim (subsection 279.02(1)): which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years imprisonment;
4. Receiving a Financial or Other Material Benefit for the purpose of committing or facilitating trafficking in persons -Child Victim (subsection 279.02(2)): which carries a maximum penalty of 14 years imprisonment and a mandatory minimum penalty of 2 years;
5. Withholding or Destroying a Person’s Identity Documents (for example, a passport) for the purpose of committing or facilitating trafficking of that person – Adult Victim (subsection 279.03(1)): which carries a maximum penalty of five years imprisonment; and,
6. Withholding or Destroying a Person’s Identity Documents (for example, a passport) for the purpose of committing or facilitating trafficking of that person – Child Victim (subsection 279.03(2)): which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years imprisonment and a mandatory minimum penalty of 1 year.