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Sixteen charge categories. Every file led personally by Aaron.

Impaired driving is the most heavily charged criminal offence in Canada, and the most heavily litigated. In Ontario, a charge triggers an immediate 90-day Administrative Driver's Licence Suspension and a 7-day vehicle impoundment at the roadside — before any court date. A first conviction carries a minimum $1,000 fine (more at higher breath readings), a one-year Canada-wide driving prohibition, an automatic criminal record, and serious immigration and insurance consequences, often for an otherwise law-abiding driver.

Assault charges in Ontario range from a summary-conviction simple assault to an indictable aggravated assault carrying up to fourteen years in prison. Each level requires a different defence strategy, and each turns on what the Crown can actually prove — not on what the police report alleges.

Ontario prosecutes domestic-related charges through a specialized Crown brief and under a strong no-drop policy. Once police are called, charges are laid almost without exception, bail and release conditions are imposed swiftly, and the accused is typically released only on conditions that prohibit contact with the complainant and exclude them from the home.

Sexual-offence prosecutions carry the most severe collateral consequences of any non-homicide charge in Canadian criminal law: mandatory SOIRA registration, sex-offender designation, immigration inadmissibility, employment loss, and reputational damage that often outlasts the criminal process itself.

Drug prosecutions under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act are, more than almost any other criminal matter, won and lost on the search. Whether police had grounds to stop the vehicle, to detain the accused, to search the residence, or to obtain the warrant frequently determines whether the evidence is admissible at all.

Firearms and weapons prosecutions are aggressively pursued in the Greater Toronto Area and carry, in many cases, mandatory minimum custodial sentences on conviction. The investigations are typically search-based, the disclosure is typically extensive, and the Charter exposure is typically significant.

Fraud prosecutions under sections 380 and following of the Criminal Code typically involve substantial documentary evidence — bank records, accounting entries, transactional histories, communications — much of which the police have not fully analyzed by the time charges are laid. The defence opportunity is in that gap.

Theft and property-crime prosecutions cover an enormous range — from theft-under matters to home-invasion and armed-robbery files carrying lengthy custodial exposure. What ties them together is the centrality of identification, possession, and intent.

Arson prosecutions under sections 433 through 436.1 of the Criminal Code rest almost entirely on the fire-investigation report — origin and cause analysis, accelerant detection, and the elimination of accidental ignition sources. They are forensic cases, and they are defended forensically.

Threat and harassment prosecutions under sections 264 and 264.1 of the Criminal Code are highly fact-specific. They turn on the actual words used, the context in which they were used, and the inferences the trier of fact can fairly draw about intent and effect.

Bail is often the most consequential decision in a criminal case. Released on conditions you can live with, you fight the charge from home, with your job, your family, and your reputation largely intact. Denied bail, you fight from a remand institution — months at a time, in pre-trial conditions that change the calculus of every decision that follows.

Young persons aged 12 to 17 are prosecuted under the Youth Criminal Justice Act in dedicated youth courts, with procedural protections, sentencing principles, and privacy provisions that differ markedly from adult court. Done right, a youth file rarely follows a young person into adulthood — done wrong, it does.

Regulatory and quasi-criminal proceedings — under the various regulatory statutes and before professional licensing tribunals — carry consequences that often rival a criminal conviction: licence loss, employment termination, business closure, and reputational damage.

Driving offences under the Criminal Code — distinct from impaired driving — include dangerous operation, fail to remain at the scene, criminal negligence, and street racing. Each carries the same criminal-record consequences as any other Criminal Code conviction, plus licence implications under provincial law.

Human trafficking prosecutions under sections 279.01 through 279.04 of the Criminal Code carry some of the highest penalties in Canadian law, including mandatory minimum sentences for many offences. They are investigated by dedicated police units, prosecuted by specialized Crowns, and frequently charged alongside sexual offences and assault.

Gaming and betting offences under the Criminal Code — keeping a common gaming or betting house, bookmaking, and related allegations — are typically the product of lengthy police investigations involving surveillance, search warrants, and financial analysis. As with drug and fraud files, the defence often begins with the warrant.