2 years
Hybrid offence with a 2-year maximum. Creates inadmissibility under IRPA s.36(2). Obstructing a peace officer is relatively minor but still bars foreign nationals from entering Canada.
Resisting or obstructing a police or public officer who is doing their job. The ceiling is 2 years, which keeps it below serious criminality, so it counts as ordinary criminality. Minor as it looks on paper, it is still enough to make a foreign national inadmissible.
Every one who (a) resists or wilfully obstructs a public officer or peace officer in the execution of his duty or any person lawfully acting in aid of such an officer, (b) omits, without reasonable excuse, to assist a public officer or peace officer in the execution of his duty in arresting a person or in preserving the peace, after having reasonable notice that he is required to do so, or (c) resists or wilfully obstructs any person in the lawful execution of a process against lands or goods or in making a lawful distress or seizure, is guilty of (d) an indictable offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or (e) an offence punishable on summary conviction.