Chart 3
Accused persons in police-reported incidents of human trafficking, by gender and age group, Canada, 2013 to 2023

Under 18¹ 18 to 24 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 and older 0 10 20 30 40 50 % Female accusedFemale accused Male accusedMale accused Total accused²Total accused²
1.
Includes accused persons aged 12 to 17.
2.
Includes accused persons whose gender was unknown.
Note(s):
Excludes those with unknown age and those where age was greater than 110 due to possible instances of miscoding of unknown age within this age category. Given that small counts of accused persons identified as "gender diverse" may exist, the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey data available to the public has been recoded to assign these counts to either "female" or "male" in order to ensure the protection of confidentiality and privacy.
Source(s):
Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, Trend Database (3302).

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This is a bar clustered chart.

Accused persons in police-reported incidents of human trafficking, by gender and age group, Canada, 2013 to 2023, %
  Female accused Male accused Total accused²
Under 18¹ 10.86 2.35 3.90
18 to 24 44.89 37.60 38.89
25 to 34 24.63 38.73 36.18
35 to 44 13.78 12.70 12.88
45 and older 5.85 8.63 8.16
1.
Includes accused persons aged 12 to 17.
2.
Includes accused persons whose gender was unknown.
Note(s):
Excludes those with unknown age and those where age was greater than 110 due to possible instances of miscoding of unknown age within this age category. Given that small counts of accused persons identified as "gender diverse" may exist, the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey data available to the public has been recoded to assign these counts to either "female" or "male" in order to ensure the protection of confidentiality and privacy.
Source(s):
Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, Trend Database (3302).
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