Is blasphemy illegal in Canada?
Criminal offense
Blasphemy was illegal in Canada until it was repealed in 2018.
Canada is one of 40 countries classified “Criminal offense” for blasphemy — 70% of the 57 with data.
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Blasphemy law
- Last checked
- 7 July 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- United States
- Criminal offense Blasphemy was historically criminalized in the U.S., though the Supreme Court ruled in 1952 that censorship laws cannot punish sacrilegious content.
- Iceland
- No blasphemy law Iceland repealed its blasphemy law in 2015.
- Ireland
- No blasphemy law The blasphemy offence was removed by referendum in 2018 and repealed in 2020.
- Norway
- No blasphemy law Norway removed its blasphemy law from the penal code in 2015.
- United Kingdom
- No blasphemy law Blasphemy laws have been abolished in England and Wales (2008) and Scotland (2021), with no current criminal penalties for blasphemy.
- El Salvador
- Criminal offense El Salvador punishes insulting religion with 1–3 years in prison, or up to 8 years for more serious cases.
Other laws in Canada
- Holocaust Denial
- Criminal offense
- Conversion Therapy
- Banned
A visual reference compiled from Wikipedia’s law-by-country articles, not legal advice. Laws change and summaries simplify — check a primary source before relying on anything here.