14 years (indictable) / 2 years less a day (summary)
Invitation to sexual touching is a hybrid offence with a 14-year indictable maximum, deemed indictable under IRPA s.36(3)(a). The 14-year maximum makes it serious criminality under s.36(1)(a), with no deemed rehabilitation available.
152 Every person who, for a sexual purpose, invites, counsels or incites a person under the age of 16 years to touch, directly or indirectly, with a part of the body or with an object, the body of any person, including the body of the person who so invites, counsels or incites and the body of the person under the age of 16 years, (a) is guilty of an indictable offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than 14 years and to a minimum punishment of imprisonment for a term of one year; or (b) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction and is liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than two years less a day and to a minimum punishment of imprisonment for a term of 90 days.