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  • 1. Criminal court outcomes of Black accused persons in Canada, 2016/2017 to 2022/2023
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X202600100003
    Description: Using linked data from the Census of Population and the Integrated Criminal Court Survey, this article examines court decisions, sentencing outcomes, case lengths and selected sociodemographic characteristics of Black adult accused persons in Canadian criminal courts. Where relevant, comparisons by type of offence, fiscal year and province or territory are made. The analysis focuses on adult criminal court cases completed between 2016/2017 and 2022/2023.
    Release date: 2026-03-24
  • 2. Criminal court outcomes of Black accused persons in Canada
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202608340911
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2026-03-24
  • 3. Trends in reconvictions among adults sentenced to provincial custody or community supervision 2015/2016 to 2020/2021
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202605040529
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2026-02-19
  • 4. Trafficking in persons in Canada, 2024
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X202500100008
    Description: This Juristat article examines trends and characteristics in human trafficking incidents that were reported by police in Canada from 2014 to 2024. Data are also presented to examine decisions and outcomes of human trafficking cases completed in the adult criminal courts between 2013/2014 and 2023/2024.
    Release date: 2025-12-08
  • 5. Disparities in decision and sentencing outcomes between Indigenous accused and White accused in adult criminal court, 2016/2017 to 2020/2021
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X202500100001
    Description: This Juristat article examines the extent to which adult criminal court outcomes differ between Indigenous people and White people accused of criminal offences in Canada from 2016/2017 to 2020/2021. Differences in decision and sentencing outcomes are examined overtime and broken down by gender, age, province/region, type of offence, and criminal history. Additionally, results are presented separately for First Nations people, Métis, and Inuit accused. This study uses linked data from the Integrated Criminal Court Survey (ICCS) and the 2016 Census of Population.
    Release date: 2025-05-06
  • 6. Disparities in decision and sentencing outcomes between Indigenous accused and White accused in adult criminal court 2016/2017 to 2020/2021
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202512637006
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2025-05-06
  • 7. Online child sexual exploitation incidents in Canada: From the police to criminal courts
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2025022
    Description: Using a data file linking police-reported data from the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey with court data from the Integrated Criminal Court Survey, this infographic is a visual representation of how online child sexual exploitation incidents reported by police between 2014 and 2021 proceeded through the criminal justice process. Physical assault incidents involving victims aged 17 years and younger are used as a benchmark for comparison.
    Release date: 2025-03-11
  • 8. Online child sexual exploitation: Criminal justice outcomes of police-reported incidents in Canada, 2014 to 2021
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X202500100003
    Description: Online child sexual exploitation captures a wide range of criminal offences involving victims aged 17 years and younger, including luring, invitation to sexual touching, and non-consensual distribution of intimate images, as well as online child pornography (including child pornography generated using artificial intelligence).

    Using a data file linking police-reported data from the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey to court data from the Integrated Criminal Court Survey, this Juristat article explores how online child sexual exploitation incidents progress through the criminal justice system, from police to courts. More specifically, the article examines the criminal justice outcomes (i.e., charges laid, decisions made in relation to these charges and, where possible, sentencing outcomes) of online child sexual exploitation incidents reported by police between 2014 and 2021 that resulted in a completed court case between fiscal years 2013/2014 and 2022/2023.
    Release date: 2025-03-11
  • 9. Criminal justice outcomes of sexual assault in Canada, 2015 to 2019
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X202400100007
    Description: This Juristat article provides updated information on how incidents of sexual assault proceed through the criminal justice system, from police to courts. It also focuses on the characteristics of these incidents, victims, and accused persons that are associated with different outcomes at various stages of the process.
    Release date: 2024-11-06
  • 10. Online child sexual exploitation: A statistical profile of police-reported incidents in Canada, 2014 to 2022
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X202400100003
    Description: Using data from the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey and the Integrated Criminal Courts Survey, this Juristat article expands on previous analysis and explores the prevalence and nature of police-reported incidents of online child sexual exploitation in Canada between 2014 and 2022. This article examines the types of incidents reported to police, including both online sexual offences against children and child pornography offences, as well as characteristics of victims and accused persons.

    An analysis of court data is presented, examining the types of charges processed in Canadian courts related to sexual offences against children that were likely facilitated online. Characteristics of adults and youth accused are also presented, along with the outcome of the charges laid against them.
    Release date: 2024-03-12
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  • 1. Integrated Criminal Court Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3312
    Description: The objective of the Integrated Criminal Court Survey (ICCS) is to develop and maintain a national database of statistical information on appearances, charges, and cases in youth courts and adult criminal courts. The survey is intended to be a census of pending and completed federal statute charges heard in provincial-territorial and superior courts in Canada. Appeal courts, federal courts (e.g., Tax Court of Canada) and the Supreme Court of Canada are not covered by the survey.

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