Chart 1
Completed cases related to human trafficking in adult criminal courts in Canada, 2008/2009 to 2017/2018
Note(s):
New human trafficking legislation was introduced in Canada in 2005/2006. However, the first court case involving a human trafficking offence under this new legislation was completed in Canada in 2008/2009. Includes Criminal Code charges and cases only. Does not include human trafficking offences under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. A case is one or more charges against an accused person or company that were processed by the courts at the same time and received a final decision. Data exclude information from superior courts in Prince Edward Island, Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan as well as municipal courts in Quebec due to the unavailability of data.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Integrated Criminal Court Survey (3312).
Chart description
This is a line chart.
| number | |
|---|---|
| 2008/2009 | 2 |
| 2009/2010 | 13 |
| 2010/2011 | 30 |
| 2011/2012 | 21 |
| 2012/2013 | 28 |
| 2013/2014 | 45 |
| 2014/2015 | 82 |
| 2015/2016 | 103 |
| 2016/2017 | 129 |
| 2017/2018 | 129 |
Note(s):
New human trafficking legislation was introduced in Canada in 2005/2006. However, the first court case involving a human trafficking offence under this new legislation was completed in Canada in 2008/2009. Includes Criminal Code charges and cases only. Does not include human trafficking offences under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. A case is one or more charges against an accused person or company that were processed by the courts at the same time and received a final decision. Data exclude information from superior courts in Prince Edward Island, Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan as well as municipal courts in Quebec due to the unavailability of data.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Integrated Criminal Court Survey (3312).
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