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Fraud and extortion, police-reported rates, Canada, 2010 to 2024

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rate per 100,000 population 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 Total fraudTotal fraud General fraudGeneral fraud Identity fraudIdentity fraud Identity theftIdentity theft ExtortionExtortion
Note(s):
As of 2010, reporting requirements for total fraud include separate violations for fraud, identity theft and identity fraud, which, combined, make up total fraud. Prior to 2010, different types of fraud were reported simply as fraud, therefore fraud data are only presented from 2010. Additionally, for the Montréal Police Service, the number of incidents of fraud and identity fraud is undercounted for the year 2024 because of a data transmission issue. This impacted provincial and national rates of police-reported fraud. It is anticipated that corrections will be applied to the revised 2024 data during the scheduled release in 2026. Therefore, the information on all fraud types (fraud, identity fraud and identity theft) presented here excludes the Montréal Police Service, and may not match information published elsewhere, for example, in online data tables. Populations are based on July 1 estimates from Statistics Canada, Centre for Demography.
Source(s):
Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (3302).

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Fraud and extortion, police-reported rates, Canada, 2010 to 2024, rate per 100,000 population
  Total fraud General fraud Identity fraud Identity theft Extortion
2010 256 238 15 2 5
2011 248 224 19 4 4
2012 250 223 22 5 5
2013 255 225 24 6 7
2014 261 227 27 6 8
2015 300 264 29 7 9
2016 347 303 34 9 9
2017 353 309 35 9 9
2018 400 352 37 10 13
2019 436 379 44 12 11
2020 436 363 54 19 15
2021 437 363 55 19 18
2022 455 388 49 18 26
2023 498 436 49 14 35
2024 500 436 50 14 32
Note(s):
As of 2010, reporting requirements for total fraud include separate violations for fraud, identity theft and identity fraud, which, combined, make up total fraud. Prior to 2010, different types of fraud were reported simply as fraud, therefore fraud data are only presented from 2010. Additionally, for the Montréal Police Service, the number of incidents of fraud and identity fraud is undercounted for the year 2024 because of a data transmission issue. This impacted provincial and national rates of police-reported fraud. It is anticipated that corrections will be applied to the revised 2024 data during the scheduled release in 2026. Therefore, the information on all fraud types (fraud, identity fraud and identity theft) presented here excludes the Montréal Police Service, and may not match information published elsewhere, for example, in online data tables. Populations are based on July 1 estimates from Statistics Canada, Centre for Demography.
Source(s):
Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (3302).
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