This crime states that it is illegal to force another person to remain in one location through the use of threats, coercion or physical actions. Similar to kidnapping, a conviction for forcible confinement carries serious penalties. You could face up to 10 years in prison.

What is the punishment for forcible confinement in Canada?

279(2) Every one who, without lawful authority, confines, imprisons or forcibly seizes another person is guilty of (a) an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years; or (b) an offence punishable on summary conviction and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding eighteen ...

What is forced confinement mean?

Forcible confinement is the intentional forcible imprisonment or seizing of another person, for a significant period of time, without that person's consent and without lawful authority.