Ms. Lisa Hitch at the Citizenship and Immigration Committee

On March 31st, 2015. See this statement in context.

March 31st, 2015 / 9:50 a.m.

Senior Counsel, Family, Children and Youth Sector, Department of Justice

I should add that this minimum age is a capacity issue that travels with the child. If the child is ordinarily resident in Canada or a Canadian citizen, the minimum age for marriage would apply regardless of where in the world the child is married.

There are also some anecdotal reports of Canadian children being married as young as 12 for girls and 14 for boys, but none below that common law age in the last couple of decades.

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