Courts in some provinces have ruled women can legally expose their breasts. In 1996, the Ontario Court of Appeal ruled a lower court erred in finding a woman guilty of committing an indecent act after she walked on a city street and sat on her porch with her breasts exposed. 'No one who was offended was forced to continue looking at her,' the judgment reads. 'Her conduct did not constitute an indecent act.'
That sentiment was echoed by a B.C. judge, who noted that 'nude sunbathing is not of sufficient moral turpitude to support a charge for doing an indecent act.'