Table 1 
Police-reported incidents of human trafficking, by statute and province or territory, 2013 to 2023 

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Police-reported incidents of human trafficking, by statute and province or territory, 2013 to 2023
Criminal Code – Human trafficking incidents reported in 2023Immigration and Refugee Protection Act – Human trafficking incidents reported in 2023Total – Human trafficking incidents reported in 2023Total – Human trafficking incidents reported in 2023Criminal Code – Human trafficking incidents reported from 2013 to 2023Immigration and Refugee Protection Act – Human trafficking incidents reported from 2013 to 2023Total – Human trafficking incidents reported from 2013 to 2023Total – Human trafficking incidents reported from 2013 to 2023
  numbernumbernumber rate numbernumbernumber average annual rate1
Canada 439 131 570 1.4 3,286 1,257 4,543 1.1
Newfoundland and Labrador 6 2 8 1.5 14 6 20 0.3
Prince Edward Island 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
Nova Scotia 55 12 67 6.3 292 112 404 3.7
New Brunswick 11 0 11 1.3 42 5 47 0.5
Quebec 34 4 38 0.4 386 31 417 0.5
Ontario 240 91 331 2.1 1,934 980 2,914 1.8
Manitoba 1 0 1 0.1 40 3 43 0.3
Saskatchewan 10 12 22 1.8 94 35 129 1.0
Alberta 39 9 48 1.0 234 73 307 0.6
British Columbia 42 1 43 0.8 238 11 249 0.4
Yukon 0 0 0 0.0 8 0 8 1.7
Northwest Territories 1 0 1 2.2 2 0 2 0.4
Nunavut 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 2 0.5
Note(s):
This table is based on aggregate data, and counts are based on the most serious violation in a criminal incident. Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. Populations are based upon July 1 estimates from Statistics Canada, Centre for Demography. The Uniform Crime Reporting Survey was amended in 2011 to allow police services to report the specific offence of human trafficking under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. Once the specific violation code was introduced, a small number of incidents that took place prior to this amendment were reported.
Source(s):
Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (3302).

Table note 1

This rate is the average of the annual rates from 2013 to 2023.
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