What are the various ages of consent across different continents and their countries?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Age_of_Consent.png

Hope that helps! Not sure how accurate it is though, I could have sworn the age of consent in Canada is 18.

There is a full list of countries here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_consent

I thought in Canada the age of consent is 14 if both parties are within 2 yrs of each other, and 18 if the other person is an adult. I can't remember for sure....
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by wingdust is no longer on answerbag on February 12th, 2010
Oh, here you go:

Canada's age of consent raised by 2 years
Last Updated: Thursday, May 1, 2008 | 2:29 PM ET Comments267Recommend305CBC News
It is now illegal for adults in Canada to have sex with a partner under the age of 16, one of the new provisions of the Tories' violent crime law that came into effect on Thursday.

The Tackling Violent Crime Act raises the legal age of sexual consent in Canada to 16 from 14, the first time it has been raised since 1892.

But the law includes a "close-in-age exception," meaning 14- and 15-year-olds can have sex with someone who is less than five years older.

The Tories said they raised the age, in part, to deal with internet predators. The new law puts Canada's age of consent in line with those in Britain, Australia and most of the United States.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/05/01/crime-bill.html#ixzz0fMifTv8C
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by wingdust is no longer on answerbag on February 12th, 2010
The above comment came from this website:
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/05/01/crime-bill.html
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