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Originally Posted by WhiteTiger
It is. A 'home invasion' requires a person to be the target, not property. Thus, if someone breaks into your house looking for your stuff, it's a break and enter. If they break into your house looking for YOU (or the person who lived there before you) it's a home invasion.
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I will disagree slightly, there is no such thing as a home invasion in Canadian law, a burglary is where your house is robbed when you are unaware of it, you are out or asleep, in the garden etc, a 'home invasion' is legally either a robbery or an assault (or both) that is where you are present and their is an impliction of threat in the interaction 'give me your wallet or I will....' is a robbery, kicking in the front door and taking your TV, even if you run away out the backdoor and are unharmed is still a robbery, kicking in your door, stabbing you and taking your TV is a robbery and an assault, if they break into your house and beat you up but dont take anything it is an assault