Cases in adult criminal court, by provinces and Yukon territory
2003
Canada1
Total all decisions
Guilty
Acquitted
Stay
Other
number of cases
Total cases
445,650
257,127
13,921
158,555
16,047
Total Criminal code
393,786
229,953
13,009
138,590
12,234
Crimes of violence
118,692
57,562
7,364
48,594
5,172
Homicide
529
143
14
186
186
Attempted murder
418
54
14
238
112
Robbery
5,892
3,189
127
2,064
512
Sexual assault
4,476
1,722
332
1,949
473
Other sexual offences
2,416
887
189
1,034
306
Major assaults
26,580
13,007
1,665
10,778
1,130
Common assaults
49,206
25,607
2,374
20,240
985
Uttering threats
22,170
10,126
2,176
8,857
1,011
Criminal harassment
3,759
1,757
285
1,553
164
Other crimes against persons
3,246
1,070
188
1,695
293
Property crimes
103,822
64,192
1,278
35,427
2,925
Theft
40,629
26,777
320
12,783
749
Breaking and entering
13,350
8,791
238
3,745
576
Fraud
19,211
11,577
190
6,615
829
Mischief
11,232
6,716
231
4,116
169
Possession of stolen goods
18,180
9,672
269
7,709
530
Other property crimes
1,220
659
30
459
72
Administration of justice
81,640
50,041
1,037
28,945
1,617
Other Criminal code offences
30,211
16,799
549
11,306
1,557
Criminal code offences (traffic offences)
59,421
41,359
2,781
14,318
963
Impaired driving
49,282
34,265
2,611
11,692
714
Other Criminal Code traffic offences
10,139
7,094
170
2,626
249
Other Federal Statute Total
51,864
27,174
912
19,965
3,813
Drug possession
15,822
6,174
45
8,302
1,301
Drug trafficking
15,985
6,944
193
7,708
1,140
Youth Criminal Justice Act
1,257
765
7
470
15
Residual federal statutes
18,800
13,291
667
3,485
1,357
Note: Adult Criminal Court Survey data are not reported by Manitoba, Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
Source: Statistics Canada,
CANSIM, table 252-0015
and product no. 85-002-X.
Last modified: 2004-12-10.
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