From the bill [1]:

[…] It amends the Criminal Code to, among other things, […] (g) criminalize the distribution of visual representations of bestiality; […] [1.3]

(3.‍1) Every person commits an offence who knowingly publishes, distributes, transmits, sells, makes available or advertises any visual representation that is or is likely to be mistaken for a photographic, film, video or other visual recording of a person committing bestiality. [1.1]

(3.‍4) Every person who commits an offence under subsection (3.‍1)

(a) is guilty of an indictable offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than five years; or

(b) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction. [1.2]

For context, from the Criminal Code:

(7) In this section, bestiality means any contact, for a sexual purpose, with an animal. [3]

The Department of Justice’s rationale is that it is “online sextortion” [2], and that it is known to be used to manipulate children for sexual purposes [2].

References
  1. Type: Document. Title: “Protecting Victims Act”. Publisher: “Parliament of Canada”. Published: 2025-12-09. Accessed: 2025-12-09T22:48Z. URI: https://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/45-1/bill/C-16/first-reading.
    1. Type: Text. Location: §“Criminal Code”>§“Amendments to the Act”>§“Representation of bestiality”
    2. Type: Text. Location: §“Criminal Code”>§“Amendments to the Act”>§“Punishment — representation of bestiality”
    3. Type: Text. Location: §“Summary”>§“(g)”
  2. Type: Article. Title: “Canada overhauls Criminal Code to protect victims and keep kids safe from predators”. Publisher: “Department of Justice Canada”. Published: 2025-12-09. Accessed: 2025-12-09T22:46Z. URI: https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2025/12/canada-overhauls-criminal-code-to-protect-victims-and-keep-kids-safe-from-predators.html.
    • Type: Text. Location: §“Keep our kids safe from predators”>§“Crack down on online sextortion”.

      […] This legislation proposes stronger measures to address online sexploitation and child luring, including by criminalizing threatening to distribute child sexual abuse and exploitation material and distributing bestiality depictions, which are known to be used to manipulate children for sexual purposes. […]

  3. Type: Document (PDF). Title: “Criminal Code”. Publisher: “Government of Canada”. Published: 2025-11-20. Accessed: 2025-12-09T22:44Z. URI: https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/PDF/C-46.pdf.
    • Type: Text. Location: §160>§7 (“Definition of bestiality”)
      • Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works
        4·
        1 day ago

        I’m aware. My comment was a joke, but to be serious about it, murrsuit sex / porn is exceedingly niche, in no small part because, yeah, that shit is really fucking expensive. And, consequently, really expensive fucking.

        Even within the furry community as a whole, only 10% report it being a sexual kink. And cartoon furry porn vastly outweighs photographic (There is some venn diagram split here, granted, since some people who don’t identify as furries still enjoy furry porn, but it’s not exactly a huge one). So, yes, you are technically correct, it does exist, but we’re talking about a subset of a subset of a subset.