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Sentenced cases and outcomes in adult criminal court
| |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002r |
2003 |
| |
number of prison sentences |
| Total cases |
74,309 |
74,941 |
86,399 |
88,990 |
83,077 |
| Total Criminal Code |
68,713 |
69,494 |
80,197 |
82,624 |
77,326 |
| Crimes of violence |
17,045 |
17,491 |
20,352 |
20,803 |
18,736 |
| Homicide |
89 |
100 |
142 |
129 |
105 |
| Attempted murder |
50 |
36 |
38 |
69 |
35 |
| Robbery |
1,847 |
1,757 |
2,188 |
2,192 |
2,173 |
| Sexual assault |
969 |
766 |
939 |
876 |
738 |
| Other sexual offences |
482 |
480 |
466 |
436 |
398 |
| Major assaults |
4,819 |
5,036 |
5,704 |
6,037 |
5,387 |
| Common assaults |
5,227 |
5,516 |
6,254 |
6,398 |
5,615 |
| Uttering threats |
2,865 |
2,999 |
3,615 |
3,661 |
3,327 |
| Criminal harassment |
343 |
399 |
508 |
502 |
497 |
| Other crimes against persons |
354 |
402 |
498 |
503 |
461 |
| Property crimes |
20,843 |
19,859 |
23,659 |
24,447 |
23,601 |
| Theft |
7,224 |
6,901 |
9,099 |
9,477 |
9,405 |
| Breaking and entering |
5,106 |
4,659 |
4,920 |
5,021 |
4,795 |
| Fraud |
3,505 |
3,495 |
3,789 |
3,898 |
3,641 |
| Mischief |
1,041 |
1,100 |
1,328 |
1,368 |
1,207 |
| Possession of stolen goods |
3,767 |
3,536 |
4,345 |
4,467 |
4,343 |
| Other property crimes |
200 |
168 |
178 |
216 |
210 |
| Administration of justice |
17,806 |
19,600 |
22,708 |
24,049 |
23,075 |
| Other Criminal Code offences |
4,533 |
4,456 |
5,003 |
5,213 |
4,736 |
| Criminal Code offences (traffic offences) |
8,486 |
8,088 |
8,475 |
8,112 |
7,178 |
| Impaired driving |
5,249 |
5,035 |
5,143 |
4,950 |
4,167 |
| Other Criminal Code traffic offences |
3,237 |
3,053 |
3,332 |
3,162 |
3,011 |
| Other federal statute total |
5,596 |
5,447 |
6,202 |
6,366 |
5,751 |
| Drug possession |
945 |
945 |
1,182 |
1,193 |
1,104 |
| Drug trafficking |
2,214 |
2,227 |
2,841 |
3,011 |
2,520 |
| Youth Criminal Justice Act |
426 |
458 |
507 |
480 |
253 |
| Residual federal statutes |
2,011 |
1,817 |
1,672 |
1,682 |
1,874 |
Note:
- Adult Criminal Court Survey data are not reported by Manitoba and Nunavut. The Northwest Territories last participated in the survey in 1999/00.
- ACCS data for 2002/03 were revised due to a data processing error. Revisions primarily affected the 2002/03 case count for Quebec. |
| Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, table 252-0021 and Catalogue no. 85-002-X. |
| Last modified: 2004-12-10. |
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