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Median charge processing times, adult criminal and youth court, Canada, 2008/2009 to 2017/2018

number of days 85 90 95 100 105 110 115 120 125 2008/2009 2010/2011 2012/2013 2014/2015 2016/2017 Adult criminal courtAdult criminal court Youth courtYouth court
Note(s):
Charge lengths are calculated based on the number of days it takes to complete a charge, from first appearance to final decision, or first sentence in the case of guilty charges. The median is the point at which half of all charges had longer charge lengths and half had shorter charge lengths.
Source(s):
Integrated Criminal Court Survey (3312).

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Median charge processing times, adult criminal and youth court, Canada, 2008/2009 to 2017/2018, number of days
  Adult criminal court Youth court
2008/2009 112 97
2009/2010 109 92
2010/2011 108 92
2011/2012 109 89
2012/2013 109 93
2013/2014 109 95
2014/2015 111 95
2015/2016 110 99
2016/2017 120 106
2017/2018 119 113
Note(s):
Charge lengths are calculated based on the number of days it takes to complete a charge, from first appearance to final decision, or first sentence in the case of guilty charges. The median is the point at which half of all charges had longer charge lengths and half had shorter charge lengths.
Source(s):
Integrated Criminal Court Survey (3312).
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