charle

Hello,

Last year on holiday I got a ticket on the C-train. I accidentally went one stop past the city centre free fare zone, and got a ticket for $250 (gulp!) which I paid immediately.

As this was a summary offence I'm sure I'm fine to enter Canada, but do I need to declare it on any forms?

Also, I think you're allowed to enter Canada so long as you only have one summary offence? As it was a municipal offence (ticket from a peace officer, paid in alberta court) does this count as one of those two?

Thanks for input!

Former Lancastrian

No its not a Federal law so won't affect admissibility.

charle

Thank you so much for prompt and reassuring reply, FL! (after long time reading, the answer I was hoping for, from the person I was hoping for)

Siouxie

Wouldn't it come under this?

http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/a...8.html#docCont

393. Fraud in relation to fares, etc

Fraudulently obtaining transportation

(3) Every one who, by any false pretence or fraud, unlawfully obtains transportation by land, water or air is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.

orly

Does mistakenly staying one extra stop indicate false pretences or fraud?

I wouldn't think so myself.

scrubbedexpat091

Wouldn't a transit ticket be a provincial violation like a speeding ticket?

Looking at a law site for BC, it appears it is, and no criminal record appears, although it may appear in in a CPIC search, but then again a lot of things appear in that search which are also not criminal in nature and result in no criminal record.

Former Lancastrian

He was given a ticket by a municipal law enforcement agency as opposed to being charged or ticketed under the Criminal Code of Canada. Most tickets of this nature usually fall under Provincial legislation as opposed to Federal legislation.

Siouxie

Thanks for the confirmation FL. He mentioned attending court in Alberta, which is why I thought it may have come under the Criminal Laws.

MarylandNed

Holy crap! That's insane!

colchar

Depends who runs that particular transit system - it could be provincial or it could be municipal.

Steve_

No kidding.