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===Canada===
In [[Canada]], ''ex post facto'' criminal laws are constitutionally prohibited by [[Section 11 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms|
The Canada [[sex offender registry]], which went into effect on December 15, 2004, is somewhat retroactive. When the registry was created, all offenders who were on the [[Ontario]] sex offender registry, which was created in 2001, were required to register on the national registry. In addition, sex offenders in all provinces who were serving a sentence (whether imprisoned or on probation or parole) on December 15, 2004, were required to register, regardless of when their offense and conviction occurred. However, the registry was not retroactive to anybody who had completed their sentence by late 2004 and was not on the Ontario registry.<ref name="macleans.ca">{{cite web |url=https://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/a-national-embarrassment/ |title=There's a problem with Canada's sex offender registry - Macleans.ca |website=macleans.ca}}</ref> Canadian courts have never ruled on the somewhat retroactive nature of the sex offender registry, since this seems to have never been challenged.
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