Canada 🇨🇦

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✅ Prostitution Legal
Regulated Environment

The legal bedrock of sex work in Canada underwent a seismic constitutional shift in the 21st century. Historically dominated by English common law vagrancy statutes punishing public soliciting, sex workers successfully sued the government resulting in the landmark 2013 Supreme Court 'Bedford' decision which struck down major anti-prostitution laws as unconstitutional. In 2014, Canada notoriously adopted the 'Nordic model' via the PCEPA (Bill C-36), unilaterally pivoting to criminalize the buyers and the advertising ecosystems rather than the sellers.

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Montreal

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Vancouver

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as well as being known for strip clubs and sex shops. In recent decades this has changed drastically as the area gentrified into the Quartier des Spectacles and today prostitution is virtually nonexistent.

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Explore as well as being known for strip clubs and sex shops. In recent decades this has changed drastically as the area gentrified into the Quartier des Spectacles and today prostitution is virtually nonexistent. Locations →