Legal age to leave teen home alone for 2 weeks in Ontario?

Question

can a 17 year old legally stay home alone for 2 weeks in ontario while parents are on a trip?

Answer 1

Weather it's a law or not, it's really how the parents view this.

Are the parents trusting the child?

Answer 2

legally yes, BUT you need to ask yourself

is he/she:

trust able

responsible

if these are met then you need to law out the laws of the house

e.g no parties (chance are he/she is going to throw one)

also ask next door to monitor if they are safe and not breaking the laws of the house (you might want to give a key to them)

such as a party

X

Answer 3

this occurs all the time, responsible teens an irresponsible teens, so yes.