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comrade said:
First a minor nit, in Canada, criminal law is a *Federal* matter, so the same things are legal or illegal in every province of Canada, not only Ontario. To answer your question:
Outcall escorts who come to your private home and negotiate a rate once the door closes are 100% legal in Canada. They probably have issues around how the money is handed over that come from social mores and stigma rather than any laws.
Note that other forms of prostitution ARE illegal in Canada, though in the past enforcement has been sparse.
The laws are tricky.
Prostitution itself is not illegal, but it might as well be because most activities that go with prostitution are considered crimes.
Some activities relating to prostitution are illegal if they are done in public; even a car, if the car is in a place where people might see it.
It is against the law to communicate in public about buying or selling sex services. This not only means talking about it, but it can be any kind of communication. Money does not need to change hands for the offence of communication to take place. If you offer money or drugs or lawn furniture for a sexual act, even in street language, and set an amount, you can be found guilty of a crime. Even nodding your head about prices or acts can be considered communication for the purposes of prostitution. Pretty much all activities involving the street trade are illegal.
So are Bawdy-house offences Any place used regularly for incalls is a “common bawdy-house”. A house or apartment or hotel room can be considered a bawdy if she regularly takes customers at the same location. Keep in mind that it can be more dangerous for you to visit an incall than to make your date at a place that you control. It is also illegal to even be found in a Bawdy House. Even if you host a lot of outcalls in your home and it becomes known by LE, your own home can become a common bawdy house.
If this happenes and you have kids that visit, it could become illegal for you to have them visit you at home.
Prostitution itself is not illegal, but it might as well be because most activities that go with prostitution are considered crimes.
Some activities relating to prostitution are illegal if they are done in public; even a car, if the car is in a place where people might see it.
It is against the law to communicate in public about buying or selling sex services. This not only means talking about it, but it can be any kind of communication. Money does not need to change hands for the offence of communication to take place. If you offer money or drugs or lawn furniture for a sexual act, even in street language, and set an amount, you can be found guilty of a crime. Even nodding your head about prices or acts can be considered communication for the purposes of prostitution. Pretty much all activities involving the street trade are illegal.
So are Bawdy-house offences Any place used regularly for incalls is a “common bawdy-house”. A house or apartment or hotel room can be considered a bawdy if she regularly takes customers at the same location. Keep in mind that it can be more dangerous for you to visit an incall than to make your date at a place that you control. It is also illegal to even be found in a Bawdy House. Even if you host a lot of outcalls in your home and it becomes known by LE, your own home can become a common bawdy house.
If this happenes and you have kids that visit, it could become illegal for you to have them visit you at home.
Good summary. The lack of discussion is indeed more of a social norm than any sort of legal issue, although in the States I believe it is a feeble attempt to protect the SP from a law enforcement sting (i.e. no discussion of business once face-to-face meeting has started).
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