C-66House Government BillRoyal Assent ✓

Expungement of Historically Unjust Convictions Act

An Act to establish a procedure for expunging certain historically unjust convictions and to make related amendments to other Acts

Hon. Ralph Goodale

Latest completed stage: Royal Assent

Introduced 3197 days ago

42th Parliament, 1st Session

Summary

This enactment creates a procedure for expunging certain historically unjust convictions and provides for the destruction or removal of the judicial records of those convictions from federal repositories and systems. It gives the Parole Board of Canada jurisdiction to order or refuse to order expungement of a conviction. The enactment deems a person who is convicted of an offence for which expungement is ordered never to have been convicted of that offence. The enactment provides that an application for an expungement order may be made in respect of convictions involving consensual sexual activity between same-sex persons related to the offences of gross indecency, buggery and anal intercourse. The enactment provides that the Governor in Council may add certain offences to the schedule and establish criteria that must be satisfied for expungement of a conviction to be ordered. The enactment also makes related amendments to other Acts.

Event Timeline

House First Reading
Nov 28, 2017House
House Second Reading
Dec 8, 2017House
House Third Reading
Dec 13, 2017House
Senate First Reading
Dec 14, 2017

Coming into Force


In force	Entire Act	On royal assent	Jun 21, 2018	—

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Regulatory Activity

Sex Offender Information Registration Act · 4 entries

Date	Part	Type	Title	Instrument / Sponsor
Nov 27, 2024	II	Regulation	British Columbia Sex Offender Information Registration Regulations — Regulations Amending the	SOR/2024-234
Nov 18, 2020	II	Regulation

Status

Royal assent received

Text of the Bill

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External

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Progression

House 1st Reading: Nov 28, 2017
House 2nd Reading: Dec 8, 2017
House 3rd Reading: Dec 13, 2017
Senate 1st Reading: Dec 14, 2017
Senate 2nd Reading: Mar 27, 2018
Senate 3rd Reading: May 30, 2018
Royal Assent: Jun 21, 2018

Velocity · Gov't Bills

House 1R → 2R10d

typ. 28d

House 2R → 3R5d

typ. 49d

House 3R → Senate 1R0d

typ. 0d

Senate 1R → 2R104d

typ. 5d

Senate 2R → 3R63d

Related Legislation

Amends: Sex Offender Information Registration Act

Amends: National Defence Act ↗

Amends: Criminal Code ↗

Amends: Library and Archives of Canada Act

Amends: Privacy Act

Amends: Corrections and Conditional Release Act ↗

Enacts: Expungement of Historically Unjust Convictions Act

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Date	Part	Type	Title	Instrument / Sponsor
Feb 26, 2025	II	Regulation	Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Chief Military Judge	SOR/2025-46
Apr 27, 2024	I	Proposed	Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Chief Military Judge	National Defence, Dept. of
Dec 2, 2022	II	Regulation	Court Martial Appeal Court Rules — Rules Amending the	SOR/2022-253
Apr 13, 2022	II	In force	Order Fixing June 20, 2022 as the Day on Which Certain Sections of that Act Come into Force	SI/2022-20
Jan 31, 2022	II	Regulation	Hearings Before the Military Police Complaints Commission, 2022 — Rules of Procedure for	SOR/2022-9
Feb 12, 2022	I	Proposed	Rules Amending the Court Martial Appeal Court Rules	Courts Administration Service

Criminal Code · 81 entries

Date	Part	Type	Title	Instrument / Sponsor
Jun 9, 2026	II	Regulation	List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing a	SOR/2026-117
Jun 5, 2026	II	Regulation	Amnesty Period — Order Amending Certain Orders Declaring an	SOR/2026-114
Mar 9, 2026	II	Regulation	Pari-Mutuel Betting Supervision Regulations — Regulations Amending the	SOR/2026-44
Dec 17, 2025	II	Order	List of Entities — Order Accepting the Recommendation of the Minister Regarding the	SI/2025-111
Dec 4, 2025	II	Regulation	List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing a	SOR/2025-250
Dec 8, 2025	II	Regulation	List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing a	SOR/2025-263
Oct 10, 2025	II	Regulation	Criminal Code — Order Amending Certain Orders Made Under the	SOR/2025-208
Sep 28, 2025	II	Regulation	List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing a	SOR/2025-201
Mar 7, 2025	II	Regulation	Amnesty Period (2025) — Order Declaring an	SOR/2025-87
Mar 7, 2025	II	Regulation	Firearms and Other Weapons, Components and Parts of Weapons, Accessories, Cartridge Magazines, Ammunition and Projectiles as Prohibited or Restricted — Regulations Amending the Regulations Prescribing Certain	SOR/2025-86
Feb 19, 2025	II	Regulation	List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing a	SOR/2025-31
Dec 5, 2024	II	Regulation	Amnesty Period (2024) — Order Declaring an	SOR/2024-249
Dec 5, 2024	II	Regulation	Firearms and Other Weapons, Components and Parts of Weapons, Accessories, Cartridge Magazines, Ammunition and Projectiles as Prohibited or Restricted — Regulations Amending the Regulations Prescribing Certain	SOR/2024-248
Nov 29, 2024	II	Regulation	List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing a	SOR/2024-236
Oct 11, 2024	II	Regulation	List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing a	SOR/2024-204
Jun 27, 2024	II	Regulation	List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing a	SOR/2024-156
Jun 18, 2024	II	Regulation	Establishing a List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations	SOR/2024-139
Jun 18, 2024	II	Regulation	Establishing a List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations	SOR/2024-140
Jul 3, 2024	II	Order	Recommendation of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness that each listed entity set out in the annexed Schedule 1 remain a listed entity and that the entity in Schedule 2 no longer remain a listed entity — Order Accepting the	SI/2024-29
May 31, 2024	II	Regulation	Criminal Interest Rate Regulations	SOR/2024-114
May 9, 2024	II	Regulation	Amnesty Period (2020) — Order Amending the Order Declaring an	SOR/2024-84
Apr 17, 2024	II	Regulation	Approved Screening Devices Order	SOR/2024-66
Feb 17, 2024	I	Proposed	Approved Screening Devices Order	Justice, Dept. of
Dec 23, 2023	I	Proposed	Criminal Interest Rate Regulations	Justice, Dept. of
Oct 20, 2023	II	Regulation	Amnesty Period (2020) — Order Amending the Order Declaring an	SOR/2023-223
May 1, 2023	II	Regulation	Pari-Mutuel Betting Supervision Regulations — Regulations Amending the	SOR/2023-87
Jan 9, 2023	II	Regulation	New Brunswick Translated Documents Regulations, SOR/93-9 — Order Revoking the	SOR/2023-5
Jan 4, 2023	II	Order	Approved Screening Devices Order — Order Amending the	SI/2023-1
Oct 26, 2022	II	Regulation	Monitoring of Medical Assistance in Dying — Regulations Amending the Regulations for the	SOR/2022-222
Oct 8, 2022	I	Proposed	Order Amending the Approved Screening Devices Order (New commenting feature)	Justice, Dept. of
Jun 21, 2022	II	Regulation	Pari-Mutuel Betting Supervision Regulations — Regulations Amending the	SOR/2022-139
May 21, 2022	I	Proposed	Regulations Amending the Regulations for the Monitoring of Medical Assistance in Dying	Health, Dept. of
Mar 4, 2022	II	Regulation	Amnesty Period (2020) — Order Amending the Order Declaring an	SOR/2022-45
Jun 25, 2021	II	Regulation	List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing a	SOR/2021-169
Jul 7, 2021	II	Order	Recommendation of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness that Each Listed Entity Remain a Listed Entity — Order Accepting the	SI/2021-38
Feb 3, 2021	II	Regulation	List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing a	SOR/2021-8
Feb 3, 2021	II	Order	Recommendation of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness that Each Listed Entity Remain a Listed Entity — Order Accepting the	SI/2021-5
Dec 21, 2020	II	Regulation	List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing a	SOR/2020-285
Oct 22, 2020	II	Regulation	Pari-Mutuel Betting Supervision Regulations — Regulations Amending the	SOR/2020-230
Sep 30, 2020	II	Order	Approved Screening Devices Order — Order Amending the	SI/2020-63
May 1, 2020	II	Regulation	Amnesty Period (2020) — Order Declaring an	SOR/2020-97
May 1, 2020	II	Regulation	Firearms and Other Weapons, Components and Parts of Weapons, Accessories, Cartridge Magazines, Ammunition and Projectiles as Prohibited, Restricted or Non-Restricted — Regulations Amending the Regulations Prescribing Certain	SOR/2020-96
Feb 27, 2020	II	Regulation	Pari-Mutuel Betting Supervision Regulations — Regulations Amending the	SOR/2020-33
Feb 8, 2020	I	Proposed	Order Amending the Approved Screening Devices Order	Justice, Dept. of
Jun 24, 2019	II	Regulation	Approved Drug Screening Equipment Order — Order Amending	SOR/2019-237
Jun 21, 2019	II	Regulation	List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing	SOR/2019-231
Jun 21, 2019	II	Regulation	List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing	SOR/2019-231
May 25, 2019	I	Proposed	Order Amending the Approved Drug Screening Equipment Order	Justice, Dept. of
Apr 10, 2019	II	Regulation	Monitoring of Medical Assistance in Dying — Regulations Amending the Regulations	SOR/2019-96
Apr 20, 2019	I	Proposed	Order Amending the Approved Drug Screening Equipment Order	Justice, Dept. of
Feb 11, 2019	II	Regulation	List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing	SOR/2019-45
Jan 28, 2019	II	Regulation	Approved Breath Analysis Instruments Order — Order Amending	SOR/2019-26
Jan 28, 2019	II	Regulation	Approved Screening Devices Order — Order Amending	SOR/2019-25
Nov 23, 2018	II	Regulation	Certain Department of Justice Regulations (Miscellaneous Program) — Regulations Amending	SOR/2018-254
Nov 23, 2018	II	Regulation	Newfoundland and Labrador for the Purposes of Section 347.1 of the Criminal Code — Order Designating	SOR/2018-257
Nov 10, 2018	I	Proposed	Order Amending the Approved Breath Analysis Instruments Order	Justice, Dept. of
Nov 10, 2018	I	Proposed	Order Amending the Approved Screening Devices Order	Justice, Dept. of
Oct 31, 2018	II	Order	Court of Appeal of Quebec in Criminal Matters — Rules	SI/2018-96
Aug 27, 2018	II	Regulation	Approved Drug Screening Equipment Order	SOR/2018-179
Sep 5, 2018	II	Order	Manitoba Criminal Appeal Rules — Rules Amending	SI/2018-82
Jul 27, 2018	II	Regulation	Monitoring of Medical Assistance in Dying — Regulations	SOR/2018-166
Jul 28, 2018	I	Proposed	Approved Drug Screening Equipment Order	Justice, Dept. of
Jul 25, 2018	II	Order	Rule 91 of the Civil Procedure Rules of Nova Scotia — Amendment	SI/2018-56
Jun 27, 2018	II	Regulation	Blood Drug Concentration Regulations	SOR/2018-148
Jun 27, 2018	II	Regulation	Blood Drug Concentration Regulations — Regulations Amending	SOR/2018-149
Jun 13, 2018	II	Order	Criminal Proceedings Rules of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador	SI/2018-43
Jun 1, 2018	II	Regulation	Pari-Mutuel Betting Supervision Regulations — Regulations Amending	SOR/2018-117
May 30, 2018	II	Regulation	Safe Food for Canadians Regulations	SOR/2018-108
May 23, 2018	II	Regulation	List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing	SOR/2018-103
May 2, 2018	II	Order	Court of Appeal of Alberta Criminal Appeal Rules — The	SI/2018-34
Mar 20, 2018	II	Regulation	Amnesty Period (2018) — Order Declaring	SOR/2018-46
Dec 16, 2017	I	Proposed	Monitoring of Medical Assistance in Dying Regulations	Health, Dept. of
Dec 13, 2017	II	Order	Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta Criminal Procedure Rules	SI/2017-76
Oct 14, 2017	I	Proposed	Blood Drug Concentration Regulations	Justice, Dept. of
May 12, 2017	II	Regulation	Amnesty Period (2017) — Order Declaring	SOR/2017-87
Mar 24, 2017	II	Regulation	New Brunswick for the Purposes of the Criminal Interest Rate Provisions of the Criminal Code — Order Designating	SOR/2017-40
Feb 2, 2017	II	Regulation	Pari-Mutuel Betting Supervision Regulations — Regulations Amending	SOR/2017-8
Dec 23, 2016	II	Regulation	List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing	SOR/2016-320
Oct 5, 2016	II	In force	Order Fixing October 31, 2016 as the Day on which Section 23 of the Act Comes into Force	SI/2016-53
Jun 29, 2016	II	Order	Manitoba Court of Queen’s Bench — Criminal Proceedings Rules	SI/2016-34
Jun 11, 2016	I	Proposed	Regulations Amending the Pari-Mutuel Betting Supervision Regulations	Agriculture and Agri-Food, Dept. of

Canada Gazette activity is tracked from January 2025 onward — regulations made before 2025 are not shown.

Date	Part	Type	Title	Instrument / Sponsor
Jun 22, 2026	II	Regulation	Privacy Regulations — Regulations Amending the	SOR/2026-147
Dec 18, 2024	II	Order	Privacy Act Heads of Government Institutions Designation Order	SI/2024-62
Sep 20, 2024	II	Regulation	Privacy Act Extension Order No. 1 (Miscellaneous Program) — Order Amending the	SOR/2024-186
Sep 20, 2024	II	Regulation	Privacy Act (Miscellaneous Program) — Order Amending the Schedule to the	SOR/2024-185
Jun 21, 2022	II	Regulation	Privacy Regulations — Regulations Amending the	SOR/2022-151
Aug 18, 2021	II	Order	Privacy Act Heads of Government Institutions Designation Order — Order Amending the	SI/2021-47
Aug 18, 2021	II	Order	Privacy Act Heads of Government Institutions Designation Order — Order Amending the	SI/2021-53
Aug 6, 2021	II	Regulation	Schedule to the Privacy Act — Order Amending the	SOR/2021-189
Aug 6, 2021	II	Regulation	Schedule to the Privacy Act — Order Amending the	SOR/2021-194
Jul 14, 2021	II	Regulation	Privacy Act Extension Order, No. 3	SOR/2021-174
Sep 28, 2020	II	Regulation	Protection of Personal Information Regulations (Miscellaneous Program) — Regulations Repealing the	SOR/2020-210
Apr 18, 2018	II	In force	Order Fixing November 1, 2018 as the Day on which Certain Provisions of the Act Come into Force	SI/2018-32
Mar 7, 2018	II	Regulation	Privacy Regulations — Regulations Amending	SOR/2018-39
Feb 21, 2018	II	Order	Privacy Act Heads of Government Institutions Designation Order — Order Amending	SI/2018-22
Feb 12, 2018	II	Regulation	Schedule to the Privacy Act (Office of the Administrator of the Fund for Railway Accidents Involving Designated Goods) — Order Amending	SOR/2018-24
Nov 30, 2017	II	Regulation	Schedule to the Privacy Act — Order Amending	SOR/2017-258
May 13, 2017	I	Proposed	Regulations Amending the Privacy Regulations	Justice, Dept. of

Expungement of Historically Unjust Convictions Act

Summary

Event Timeline

Coming into Force

Regulatory Activity

Sex Offender Information Registration Act · 4 entries

Statutes Touched by This Bill

National Defence Act · 6 entries

Criminal Code · 81 entries

Privacy Act · 17 entries

Corrections and Conditional Release Act · 4 entries

Expungement of Historically Unjust Convictions Act · 2 entries

Date	Part	Type	Title	Instrument / Sponsor
Sep 20, 2024	II	Regulation	Corrections and Conditional Release Regulations — Regulations Amending the	SOR/2024-181
Sep 10, 2024	II	In force	Order Fixing October 1, 2024 as the Day on which Certain Provisions of An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act and another Act Come into Force	SI/2024-45
May 6, 2023	I	Proposed	Regulations Amending the Corrections and Conditional Release Regulations	Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, Dept. of, and Correctional Service of Canada
Aug 8, 2019	II	Regulation	Corrections and Conditional Release Regulations — Regulations Amending	SOR/2019-299

Date	Part	Type	Title	Instrument / Sponsor
Feb 17, 2023	II	Regulation	Expungement of Historically Unjust Convictions Act — Order Amending the Schedule to the	SOR/2023-30
Feb 17, 2023	II	Regulation	Offences Listed in the Schedule to the Expungement of Historically Unjust Convictions Act — Order Establishing Criteria Related to Certain	SOR/2023-29