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Cases in adult criminal court, by provinces and Yukon territory

   2003
Ontario Total all decisions Guilty Acquitted Stay Other
   number of cases
Total cases 196,198 102,178 1,120 86,812 6,088
Total Criminal code 175,215 93,880 1,092 76,191 4,052
  Crimes of violence 54,990 26,149 576 26,443 1,822
    Homicide 251 27 0 115 109
    Attempted murder 221 20 1 130 70
    Robbery 2,415 1,092 6 1,066 251
    Sexual assault 2,187 738 53 1,102 294
    Other sexual offences 1,106 275 31 591 209
    Major assaults 12,609 6,038 166 5,959 446
    Common assaults 23,927 12,670 197 10,891 169
    Uttering threats 8,836 3,941 92 4,690 113
    Criminal harassment 1,986 925 12 1,011 38
    Other crimes against persons 1,452 423 18 888 123
  Property crimes 44,948 24,790 100 19,224 834
    Theft 17,826 10,309 32 7,321 164
    Breaking and entering 4,916 3,024 12 1,731 149
    Fraud 8,635 4,836 21 3,458 320
    Mischief 4,630 2,524 13 2,060 33
    Possession of stolen goods 8,407 3,850 19 4,396 142
    Other property crimes 534 247 3 258 26
  Administration of justice 40,444 22,824 77 17,023 520
  Other Criminal code offences 13,848 6,402 57 6,708 681
  Criminal code offences (traffic offences) 20,985 13,715 282 6,793 195
    Impaired driving 16,912 11,172 260 5,364 116
    Other Criminal Code traffic offences 4,073 2,543 22 1,429 79
Other Federal Statute Total 20,983 8,298 28 10,621 2,036
  Drug possession 9,405 2,733 9 5,457 1,206
  Drug trafficking 7,827 3,226 15 3,899 687
  Youth Criminal Justice Act 551 321 2 222 6
  Residual federal statutes 3,200 2,018 2 1,043 137
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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