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Is it legal to listen to the police radio in Canada?

Is it legal to listen to the police radio in Canada? In Toronto/York Region specifically?

Public Comments

1. No, it is not illegal to listen to a Police scanner. It is illegal to use the information for criminal purposes (ie having a portable scanner during the commission of an offence) or to interfere with the transmissions. We actually get some useful information from ``scannerland`` on occasion (that is someone calling dispatch with information related to a call they heard on the scanner)
2. i would believe so
3. It`s perfectly legal in Canada . It`s illegal to scan police calls while in your vehicle though !
4. i kno tow truck drivers do it to find the accidents