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  • 1. Adult criminal courts, number of cases and charges by type of decision
    Table: 35-10-0027-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Adult criminal courts, charges and cases by offence, age and sex of accused and type of decision, Canada, provinces, territories, ten jurisdictions and eight jurisdictions, five years of data.
    Release date: 2023-09-27
  • 2. Adult criminal courts, cases by length of elapsed time
    Table: 35-10-0028-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Adult criminal courts, type of case by offence, age and sex of accused and length of elapsed time, Canada, provinces, territories, ten jurisdictions and eight jurisdictions, five years of data.
    Release date: 2023-09-27
  • 3. Adult criminal courts, cases by median elapsed time in days
    Table: 35-10-0029-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Adult criminal courts, type of case by offence, age and sex of accused and median elapsed time in days, Canada, provinces, territories, ten jurisdictions and eight jurisdictions, five years of data.
    Release date: 2023-09-27
  • 4. Adult criminal courts, guilty cases by type of sentence
    Table: 35-10-0030-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Adult criminal courts, type of guilty finding by offence, age and sex of accused and type of sentence, Canada, provinces, territories, ten jurisdictions and eight jurisdictions, five years of data.
    Release date: 2023-09-27
  • 5. Adult criminal courts, guilty cases by most serious sentence
    Table: 35-10-0031-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Adult criminal courts, type of guilty finding by offence, age and sex of accused and most serious sentence, Canada, provinces, territories, ten jurisdictions and eight jurisdictions, five years of data.
    Release date: 2023-09-27
  • 6. Adult criminal courts, guilty cases by length of custody
    Table: 35-10-0032-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Adult criminal courts, type of guilty finding by offence, age and sex of accused and length of custody, Canada, provinces, territories, ten jurisdictions and eight jurisdictions, five years of data.
    Release date: 2023-09-27
  • 7. Adult criminal courts, guilty cases by mean and median length of custody
    Table: 35-10-0033-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Adult criminal courts, type of guilty finding by offence and mean and median length of custody, Canada, provinces, territories, ten jurisdictions and eight jurisdictions, five years of data.
    Release date: 2023-09-27
  • 8. Adult criminal courts, guilty cases by length of probation
    Table: 35-10-0034-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Adult criminal courts, type of guilty finding by offence, age and sex of accused and length of probation, Canada, provinces, territories, ten jurisdictions and eight jurisdictions, five years of data.
    Release date: 2023-09-27
  • 9. Adult criminal courts, guilty cases by mean and median length of probation
    Table: 35-10-0035-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Adult criminal courts, type of guilty finding by offence and mean and median length of probation, Canada, provinces, territories, ten jurisdictions and eight jurisdictions, five years of data.
    Release date: 2023-09-27
  • 10. Adult criminal courts, guilty cases by amount of fine
    Table: 35-10-0036-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Adult criminal courts, type of guilty finding by offence, age and sex of accused and amount of fine, Canada, provinces, territories, ten jurisdictions and eight jurisdictions, five years of data.
    Release date: 2023-09-27
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  • 1. Adult criminal courts, number of cases and charges by type of decision
    Table: 35-10-0027-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Adult criminal courts, charges and cases by offence, age and sex of accused and type of decision, Canada, provinces, territories, ten jurisdictions and eight jurisdictions, five years of data.
    Release date: 2023-09-27
  • 2. Adult criminal courts, cases by length of elapsed time
    Table: 35-10-0028-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Adult criminal courts, type of case by offence, age and sex of accused and length of elapsed time, Canada, provinces, territories, ten jurisdictions and eight jurisdictions, five years of data.
    Release date: 2023-09-27
  • 3. Adult criminal courts, cases by median elapsed time in days
    Table: 35-10-0029-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Adult criminal courts, type of case by offence, age and sex of accused and median elapsed time in days, Canada, provinces, territories, ten jurisdictions and eight jurisdictions, five years of data.
    Release date: 2023-09-27
  • 4. Adult criminal courts, guilty cases by type of sentence
    Table: 35-10-0030-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Adult criminal courts, type of guilty finding by offence, age and sex of accused and type of sentence, Canada, provinces, territories, ten jurisdictions and eight jurisdictions, five years of data.
    Release date: 2023-09-27
  • 5. Adult criminal courts, guilty cases by most serious sentence
    Table: 35-10-0031-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Adult criminal courts, type of guilty finding by offence, age and sex of accused and most serious sentence, Canada, provinces, territories, ten jurisdictions and eight jurisdictions, five years of data.
    Release date: 2023-09-27
  • 6. Adult criminal courts, guilty cases by length of custody
    Table: 35-10-0032-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Adult criminal courts, type of guilty finding by offence, age and sex of accused and length of custody, Canada, provinces, territories, ten jurisdictions and eight jurisdictions, five years of data.
    Release date: 2023-09-27
  • 7. Adult criminal courts, guilty cases by mean and median length of custody
    Table: 35-10-0033-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Adult criminal courts, type of guilty finding by offence and mean and median length of custody, Canada, provinces, territories, ten jurisdictions and eight jurisdictions, five years of data.
    Release date: 2023-09-27
  • 8. Adult criminal courts, guilty cases by length of probation
    Table: 35-10-0034-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Adult criminal courts, type of guilty finding by offence, age and sex of accused and length of probation, Canada, provinces, territories, ten jurisdictions and eight jurisdictions, five years of data.
    Release date: 2023-09-27
  • 9. Adult criminal courts, guilty cases by mean and median length of probation
    Table: 35-10-0035-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Adult criminal courts, type of guilty finding by offence and mean and median length of probation, Canada, provinces, territories, ten jurisdictions and eight jurisdictions, five years of data.
    Release date: 2023-09-27
  • 10. Adult criminal courts, guilty cases by amount of fine
    Table: 35-10-0036-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Adult criminal courts, type of guilty finding by offence, age and sex of accused and amount of fine, Canada, provinces, territories, ten jurisdictions and eight jurisdictions, five years of data.
    Release date: 2023-09-27
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  • 1. Adult criminal court statistics in Canada, 2011-2012 Archived
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X201300111804
    Geography: Province or territory
    Description:

    This Juristat examines the number and types of cases completed in adult criminal courts on an annual basis. Characteristics of the accused, case decisions, types of sentences imposed and case completion times are also explored. Data are presented at both the national and provincial/territorial levels.

    Release date: 2013-06-13
  • 2. Adult criminal court statistics in Canada, 2010-2011 Archived
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X201200111646
    Geography: Province or territory
    Description:

    This Juristat article presents information on adult criminal court cases at both the national and provincial/territorial levels. In addition to exploring the number and types of cases completed in Canada's adult criminal courts, this report includes information on the characteristics of accused adults, case decisions or outcomes, sentencing details and case processing length.

    Release date: 2012-05-28
  • 3. Adult criminal court statistics, 2008-2009 Archived
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X201000211293
    Geography: Province or territory
    Description:

    This article summarizes data from provincial and territorial adult criminal courts across Canada that provided data to the Integrated Criminal Court Survey for the 2008/2009 fiscal year. Information is presented on the characteristics of accused persons and their court cases as well as criminal court case outcomes (i.e., decisions and sentencing details). Additionally, a section on case processing presents some characteristics of lengthier criminal court cases.

    Release date: 2010-07-28
  • 4. Court Careers of a Canadian Birth Cohort Archived
    Articles and reports: 85-561-M2005006
    Geography: Province or territory
    Description:

    This is the first quasi-national Canadian study of the criminal careers of a birth cohort. It uses linked data from the Youth Court Survey and Adult Criminal Court Survey to describe the court careers up to the 22nd birthday of Canadians born in 1979/80. The study includes six provinces - Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Ontario, Saskatchewan, and Alberta - accounting for approximately 78% of the population of Canada.

    Eighteen per 100 members of the cohort were referred to court for a criminal offence allegedly committed before their 22nd birthday. Thirteen were found guilty of at least one offence, and ten received a sentence which put them under the supervision of correctional or probation authorities. The peak age of referral to court is 18 years. On average, between the ages of 12 and 21 inclusive, alleged offenders were referred to court in connection with 3.1 criminal incidents' or 2.4, if administrative offences are excluded. Just over half of alleged offenders had only one incident in their court career. Seventeen percent of alleged offenders were classified as chronic offenders, who were responsible for 58% of all alleged criminal incidents.

    Individuals whose contact with the court system begins later in adolescence tend to be involved in fewer criminal incidents. The lengths of court careers vary widely, but the mean and median lengths are 20 months and 13 months respectively. Age-specific annual rates of alleged offending are similar for accused males and females, and peak at 15 years of age. There is no particular tendency to escalation, de-escalation, or stability in the seriousness of repeated court referrals: all three patterns occur frequently. Thirty-seven percent of individuals with multiple court referrals have adolescent-limited careers (i.e. no incidents after the 18th birthday which resulted in court referral), 43% have adult-onset careers (no incidents before the 18th birthday), and 20% are persistent offenders (with incidents both as youths and as adults). The latter have many more criminal incidents in their careers and are much more likely than the others to have been referred to court for an offence against the person; however, the incidents in their careers are not more serious on average, and they are not more likely to have had an early onset of contact with the court system.

    The file from which these results were derived could support much more detailed analyses of the topics which are touched on by this report, as well as other topics which have not been addressed, such as the timing of incidents during the career, the processing of cases through the courts, the sequence of case outcomes and sentences, and the interactions between sentencing and future offending, including the impact on careers of incapacitation. As additional years of court data become available, future research should follow court careers past the 22nd birthday. This will result in a more complete picture of the court careers of chronic, persistent offenders, as well as a more thorough investigation of the court careers of "adult-onset " offenders, who had no contact with the court system during adolescence.

    Release date: 2005-12-09
  • 5. Sentencing in Adult Criminal Courts, 1999-2000 Archived
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X20010108396
    Geography: Province or territory
    Description:

    This series of reports provides detailed statistics and analysis on a variety of topics and issues concerning Canada's justice system. The Juristat, Sentencing in Adult Criminal Courts, 1999/00, summarizes trends from provincial/territorial courts across Canada, which provided data to the Adult Criminal Court Survey (ACCS). In this Juristat, information is presented on the characteristics of convicted cases, conviction rates, sentencing trends and related issues. As well, statistics are presented for a five-year period (1995/96 through 1999/00).

    Release date: 2001-12-06
  • 6. Sentencing in adult provincial courts Archived
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X19970018225
    Geography: Province or territory
    Description:

    The purpose of this document is to provide a picture of the most recent sentencing trends in Canadian adult provincial courts. Several issues can be explored using the aggregate statistics found in this data base. First, what percentage of all convictions result in a sentence of imprisonment? Many commissions of inquiry as well as the federal government have noted the need to develop more alternatives to imprisonment, in order to reduce Canada's reliance on incarceration as a sanction. Second, what kinds of sanctions are associated with various offences? Third, are sentences proportional in their severity to the seriousness of the crimes for which they are imposed? The principle of proportionality in the use of punishment lies at the heart of the sentencing system in Canada. The recently enacted sentencing reform Bill, declared that "A sentence must be proportionate to the gravity of the offence and the degree of responsibility of the offender". Fourth, what kinds of offences attract non-custodial sanctions such as probation and fines?

    Release date: 1997-02-11
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