Editing Statute of limitations (section)

===Canada===
[[summary offence|Summary conviction offences]] have a limitation period of 12 months.<ref>{{cite web|title=Criminal Code|url=https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c-46/page-125.html#1203021|publisher=Government of Canada|access-date=29 November 2021|location=Section 786(2)}}</ref>

Indictable (serious) offences such as fraud, serious theft, murder, kidnapping, arson, bribery, perjury, do not have a limitation period. A defendant can be charged at any future date.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/criminal-procedure |title=Criminal Procedure |encyclopedia=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]] |access-date=1 September 2019}}</ref> In sexual abuse cases in particular, men and women have been charged and convicted more than 40 years after the abuse had been committed.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/judge-sentences-80-year-old-woman-to-1-year-in-prison-for-sex-crimes-1.4806066 |title=Judge sentences 80-year-old woman to 1 year in prison for sex crimes |work=CTV News |date=10 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.lequotidien.com/actualites/justice-et-faits-divers/un-homme-de-94-ans-evite-la-prison-pour-des-viols-commis-il-y-a-50-ans-21017eb4aa9d78a9a8aa5e5b119cc8a2 |title=Un homme de 94 ans évite la prison pour des viols commis il y a 50 ans |work=Le Quotidien |language=fr |date=6 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/quebec-actor-edgar-fruitier-guilty-of-indecent-assaults-committed-in-the-70s |title=Quebec actor Edgar Fruitier guilty of indecent assaults committed in the '70s |work=Montreal Gazette |date=22 July 2020}}</ref>

Civil law limitations vary by province.<ref>{{cite web |title=Limitation Periods in Canada's Provinces and Territories |url=http://www.fenninsurance.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Limitation.pdf |website=fenninsurance.com |publisher=Olga Gil Research Services |access-date=30 October 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111248/http://www.fenninsurance.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Limitation.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref> In Ontario, this is governed by the ''Limitations Act, 2002''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/statutes/english/elaws_statutes_02l24_e.htm |title=Limitations Act, 2002, S.O. 2002, c. 24, Sched. B |publisher=E-laws.gov.on.ca |date= 24 July 2014 |access-date=31 July 2014}}</ref>