What is the standard of review for a sentence that is clearly unfit for appeal?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from Toronto Quality Motors v. Registrar, Motor Vehicle Dealers Act, 2022 ONSC 645 (CanLII):

In the criminal law context, case law in relation to a similar appellate standard of review describes the threshold for appellate intervention as a requirement to show that a sentence is: “demonstrably unfit”, “clearly unreasonable”, “clearly or manifestly excessive”, “clearly excessive or inadequate”, or representing a “substantial and marked departure” from penalties in similar cases. This high threshold also applies in the administrative law context. To be clearly unfit, a penalty or disposition must be disproportionate or fall outside the range of penalties for similar offences in similar circumstances. A fit penalty is guided by an assessment of the facts of the particular case and the penalties imposed in other cases involving similar infractions and circumstances: College of Physicians and Surgeons v. Peirovy, 2018 ONCA 420 at paras. 56-57.

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