Explore our verified collection of weird laws from around the world
REPEALED! It was illegal to make, print, publish, distribute, sell, or possess "a crime comic"—defined as a magazine that "exclusively or substantially comprises matter depicting pictorially the commission of crimes, real or fictitious."
REPEALED! A municipal bylaw prohibited the sale of stoves and ovens on Wednesdays within Vancouver city limits from 1947 to 1986.
REPEALED! A historical bylaw prohibited "throwing of any stone, snowball or other missile" in public areas.
REPEALED! Canada completely banned margarine from 1879-1948. After the Supreme Court struck down the federal ban, provinces prohibited yellow-colored margarine to protect dairy farmers. Quebec was the last holdout until 2008.
REPEALED 2018! It was an offense to "pretend to exercise or use any kind of witchcraft, sorcery, enchantment or conjuration." This anti-fraud provision was repealed by Bill C-51.
