Section 48 of the Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms protects every aged and every handicapped person against exploitation. After receiving little attention for some time, the legislation is now widely discussed, especially in its relationship with the Civil Code of Québec. Several authors have questioned the interactions between these two laws, some from the standpoint of human rights and freedoms, and others with a focus on civil law. According to the authors of this paper, the division between these two approaches is caused essentially by factors that are more symbolic than legal. The purpose here is, as a result, to present our understanding of the consistency of Quebec’s Charter and Civil Code with respect to the legal protection of aged persons. This is an updated approach based on jurisprudence from the last 30 years, an open-plan study of several protection mechanisms in the Civil Code, and a foray into comparative law.