How old is too old to go trick-or-treating? It turns out, some people have some very strong opinions on the matter.
Not long ago, for example, city counselors in the province of New Brunswick introduced a new law that bans teens over 16 years old from trick-or-treating and anyone over 16 caught knocking on doors looking for candy, or wearing a "facial disguise" after curfew, could be forced to pay a $200 fine.
Some people, however, believe it’s more than acceptable for teens to get dressed up and ask for candy well past the age of 12.
Accoding to a study by Angus Reid, 40% of millennials say that children shouldn’t hang up their pillowcases and stop trick-or-treating until their at least 15 years or older.
Here are a few more key findings from the study:
The number of Canadians saying trick or treating is just as safe now as it was 10 years ago has increased to a majority (52%) from 21 per cent in 1989 to 34 per cent in 1999.
Parents of young children are just as likely in 2017 (75%) to say their kids will go out to trick or treat as they were in 1999 (74%).
Older Canadians, those over 55 years of age, are much more likely to have stopped trick or treating by age 12 (45%), while one-in-four Millennials (25%) say they continued going out in search of candy until they were 15 or older.
