Assault causing bodily harm

Assault causing bodily harm is a statutory offence of assault in Canada with aggravating factors. It is committed by anyone who, in committing an assault, causes bodily harm to the complainant.[1] It is the Canadian equivalent to the statutory offence in England and Wales of assault occasioning actual bodily harm. In Canada, a consensual fight is not considered an assault, but one cannot consent to an assault causing bodily harm.

  1. ^ Criminal Code, RSC 1985, c C-46, s 267(b) Archived October 5, 2015, at the Wayback Machine.