Mandatory Reporting

Federal Mandatory Reporting

When Bill C-22, An Act Respecting the Mandatory Reporting of Internet Child Pornography by Persons who Provide an Internet Service, came into force on December 8, 2011, the Canadian Centre for Child Protection (C3P) through Cybertip.ca was named the designated reporting entity under section 2. This federal legislation requires all persons who provide an internet service to report any incident of internet child pornography.

If you are a provider of an internet service and you have been advised, in the course of providing that service, of an IP address or a URL where child pornography may be available to the public, you may submit a report to Cybertip.ca by clicking here. If the URL/IP address in question is located on your network, please report this information to your local law enforcement agency.
Legislation in Manitoba

In April 2009, Manitoba became the first province in Canada to proclaim the mandatory reporting of child pornography. The Child and Family Services Act was amended to include child pornography in the definition of child abuse. Under this legislation, any individual within Manitoba who sees something they believe to be child pornography is required by law to report it to Cybertip.ca.

Mandatory Reporting of Child Pornography in Manitoba
In 2016, under The Intimate Image Protection Act, C3P through Cybertip.ca was named the designated agency to receive and respond to victims of the non-consensual distribution of an intimate image.

Manitoba's Intimate Image Protection Act

Child sexual abuse material is any material that has been created or is used for a sexual purpose. It can be an image, a video, an audio recording, a drawing, or a written description that sexualizes a child in some manner. It often involves real children being sexually abused or posed in a sexualized way. Children of all ages, from infants and toddlers to school-age children to teens, can be depicted in child sexual abuse material.

Certain extreme forms of child sexual abuse material are legally termed "child pornography" and are criminalized. In Canada, this includes visual material that either shows a child engaged in explicit sexual activity or that has, as its dominant characteristic and for a sexual purpose, the depiction of a sexual organ or the anal region of a person under 18.

Mandatory Reporting

Federal Mandatory Reporting

Legislation in Manitoba

Mandatory Reporting of Child Pornography in Manitoba

Manitoba's Intimate Image Protection Act