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  • 1. 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
  • 2. Incident-based crime statistics, by detailed violations, Canada, provinces, territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Canadian Forces Military Police
    Table: 35-10-0177-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Incident-based crime statistics (actual incidents, rate per 100,000 population, percentage change in rate, unfounded incidents, percent unfounded, total cleared, cleared by charge, cleared otherwise, persons charged, adults charged, youth charged / not charged), by detailed violations (violent, property, traffic, drugs, other Federal Statutes), Canada, provinces, territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Canadian Forces Military Police, 1998 to 2022.
    Release date: 2023-07-27
  • 3. Number of homicide victims and persons accused of homicide, by age group and sex, inactive Archived
    Table: 35-10-0070-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    Number of homicide victims and persons accused of homicide, by age group (total all ages; 0 to 11 years; 12 to 17 years; 18 to 24 years; 25 to 29 years; 30 to 39 years; 40 to 49 years; 50 to 59 years; 60 years and over; age unknown) and sex (both sexes; male; female; sex unknown), Canada, 1974 to 2017.

    Release date: 2018-11-21
  • 4. Police personnel and selected crime statistics
    Table: 35-10-0076-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Data on police personnel (police officers by gender, civilian and other personnel), police-civilian ratio, police officers and authorized strength per 100,000 population, authorized police officer strength and selected crime statistics. Data is provided for Canada, provinces, territories and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) headquarters, training academy depot division and forensic labs, 1986 to 2023.
    Release date: 2024-03-26
  • 5. One day snapshot of women and accompanying children (number, percent) residing in residential facilities for victims of abuse compared with individuals living in Canada, by selected characteristics
    Table: 35-10-0054-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: One day snapshot of women and accompanying children (number, percent) residing in residential facilities for victims of abuse compared with individuals living in Canada, by selected characteristics, Canada, Province or territory, reference year.
    Release date: 2024-04-10
  • 6. One day snapshot of women and accompanying children (number, percent, rate per 100,000) residing in residential facilities for victims of abuse, by age group
    Table: 35-10-0055-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: One day snapshot of women and accompanying children (number, percent, rate per 100,000) residing in residential facilities for victims of abuse, by age group, Canada, region, reference year.
    Release date: 2024-04-10
  • 7. Online child sexual exploitation and abuse: Criminal justice pathways of police-reported incidents in Canada, 2014 to 2020
    Stats in brief: 85-005-X202300100001
    Description: Online child sexual exploitation and abuse encompasses a broad range of behaviors, including those related to child sexual abuse material, sexting materials, sextortion, grooming and luring, live child sexual abuse streaming and made-to-order content. Building on a previously published article focusing on the prevalence, trends and characteristics of police-reported online child sexual exploitation and abuse in Canada, the current article focuses on the pathways of these incidents through the justice system. Using linked data from the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey and the Integrated Criminal Court Survey, the current article examines criminal justice outcomes of online child sexual exploitation and abuse incidents that were reported to police between 2014 and 2020, focusing on how incidents progressed to court, and their court outcomes.
    Release date: 2023-03-09
  • 8. Police-reported crime statistics in Canada, 2019
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X202000100010
    Description:

    This annual Juristat article presents findings from the 2019 Uniform Crime Reporting Survey and the 2019 Homicide Survey. It examines trends in the volume and seriousness of police-reported crime for both violent and non-violent offences at the national, provincial/territorial and census metropolitan area levels. Specific violations, such as homicide, sexual assault, fraud, shoplifting and breaking and entering are examined, as well as trends in youth accused of crime.

    Release date: 2020-10-29
  • 9. Police-reported hate crime in Canada, 2019
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X202100100002
    Description:

    This Juristat article examines the nature and extent of police-reported hate crime in Canada. Key topics include motivations for hate crime (e.g., race/ethnicity, religion, and sexual orientation), types of offences, geographical comparisons, and victim/accused characteristics. The article uses data from the Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey which gathers data from police records. 

    Release date: 2021-03-29
  • 10. Victimization of men and boys in Canada, 2021
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X202300100001
    Description: This Juristat article examines police-reported data on men and boys' experiences with violent victimization in Canada. Some self-reported data are also presented. Overall, it provides information on rates of victimization, and the characteristics of incidents, victims and accused persons.
    Release date: 2023-01-12
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  • 31. Youth courts, guilty cases by most serious sentence
    Table: 35-10-0042-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Youth 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
  • 32. Youth courts, guilty cases by length of custody
    Table: 35-10-0043-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Youth 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
  • 33. Youth courts, guilty cases by length of probation
    Table: 35-10-0045-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Youth 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
  • 34. Youth courts, guilty cases by amount of fine
    Table: 35-10-0047-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Youth 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
  • 35. 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
  • 36. 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
  • 37. 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
  • 38. 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
  • 39. Number of victims of solved homicides, by type of accused-victim relationship
    Table: 35-10-0073-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Number of victims of solved homicides, by type of accused-victim relationship, Canada, 1974 to 2022.
    Release date: 2023-07-27
  • 40. 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
Analysis (256)

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  • 1. Online child sexual exploitation and abuse: Criminal justice pathways of police-reported incidents in Canada, 2014 to 2020
    Stats in brief: 85-005-X202300100001
    Description: Online child sexual exploitation and abuse encompasses a broad range of behaviors, including those related to child sexual abuse material, sexting materials, sextortion, grooming and luring, live child sexual abuse streaming and made-to-order content. Building on a previously published article focusing on the prevalence, trends and characteristics of police-reported online child sexual exploitation and abuse in Canada, the current article focuses on the pathways of these incidents through the justice system. Using linked data from the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey and the Integrated Criminal Court Survey, the current article examines criminal justice outcomes of online child sexual exploitation and abuse incidents that were reported to police between 2014 and 2020, focusing on how incidents progressed to court, and their court outcomes.
    Release date: 2023-03-09
  • 2. Police-reported crime statistics in Canada, 2019
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X202000100010
    Description:

    This annual Juristat article presents findings from the 2019 Uniform Crime Reporting Survey and the 2019 Homicide Survey. It examines trends in the volume and seriousness of police-reported crime for both violent and non-violent offences at the national, provincial/territorial and census metropolitan area levels. Specific violations, such as homicide, sexual assault, fraud, shoplifting and breaking and entering are examined, as well as trends in youth accused of crime.

    Release date: 2020-10-29
  • 3. Police-reported hate crime in Canada, 2019
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X202100100002
    Description:

    This Juristat article examines the nature and extent of police-reported hate crime in Canada. Key topics include motivations for hate crime (e.g., race/ethnicity, religion, and sexual orientation), types of offences, geographical comparisons, and victim/accused characteristics. The article uses data from the Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey which gathers data from police records. 

    Release date: 2021-03-29
  • 4. Victimization of men and boys in Canada, 2021
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X202300100001
    Description: This Juristat article examines police-reported data on men and boys' experiences with violent victimization in Canada. Some self-reported data are also presented. Overall, it provides information on rates of victimization, and the characteristics of incidents, victims and accused persons.
    Release date: 2023-01-12
  • 5. Family violence in Canada: A statistical profile, 2019
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X202100100001
    Description:

    This Juristat article examines family violence in Canada. It includes a section on police-reported family violence overall, and sections that focus on family violence against children and youth, intimate partner violence and family violence against seniors.

    Release date: 2021-03-02
  • 6. Court outcomes associated with the gender-related homicide of women and girls in Canada, 2009/2010 to 2020/2021
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X202300100007
    Description: This Juristat article expands on previous analysis of gender-related homicides in Canada by analyzing court case characteristics and outcomes of gender-related homicides of women and girls over a 13-year period (2009 to 2021). Using linked data from the Homicide Survey, the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, and the Integrated Criminal Courts Survey, it examines multiple stages of the court process (i.e., charge, conviction, sentencing) to determine if court outcomes of gender-related homicides differ from non-gender-related homicides of women and girls or those with a male victim. In addition, potentially near-lethal forms of gender-related violence, namely attempted murder and aggravated assaults, are explored to broaden the scope of the analysis.
    Release date: 2023-10-27
  • 7. Canadian residential facilities for victims of abuse, 2020/2021
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X202200100006
    Description: This article uses data from the 2020/2021 cycle of the Survey of Residential Facilities for Victims of Abuse to examine the characteristics of facilities in Canada that are primarily mandated to serve victims of abuse (defined as ongoing Victimization). The article outlines the profile of residents served by the facilities, the types of services offered and operational information including revenues, expenses, admissions, length of stay and challenges faced. Information regarding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on these facilities are also presented.
    Release date: 2022-04-12
  • 8. Shelters for victims of abuse with ties to Indigenous communities or organizations in Canada, 2020/2021
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X202200100014
    Description: This Juristat article presents information on Indigenous (First Nations, Métis and Inuit) shelters in Canada that are primarily mandated to serve victims of abuse. The article outlines the profile of residents served by the shelters, the types of services offered and operational information including revenues, expenditures, admissions, length of stay and challenges faced. Information regarding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on these shelters are also presented.
    Release date: 2022-09-16
  • 9. Online child sexual exploitation and abuse in Canada: A statistical profile of police-reported incidents and court charges, 2014 to 2020
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X202200100008
    Description:

    Online child sexual exploitation and abuse encompasses a wide range of behaviours, situations, and things, and bestrides criminal thresholds and geographical boundaries. With technological advancements and the proliferation of smart devices in recent years, the current prevalence of this crime in Canada is not known. Using data from the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey and the Integrated Criminal Court Survey, this article aims to shed light on the extent and nature of online child sexual exploitation and abuse that come to the attention of Canadian authorities. The article examines the types of incidents reported to police, including child pornography, and the characteristics of victims and accused persons identified in connection with these incidents.

    Further, 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. Some characteristics of adults and youth accused are presented, along with the outcome of the charges laid against them, including sentencing information for those who were found guilty.

    Release date: 2022-05-12
  • 10. Police-reported crime statistics in Canada, 2021
    Articles and reports: 85-002-X202200100013
    Description:

    This annual Juristat article presents findings from the 2021 Uniform Crime Reporting Survey. It examines trends in the volume and seriousness of police-reported crime for both violent and non-violent offences at the national, provincial/territorial and census metropolitan area levels. Specific violations, such as homicide, sexual assault, fraud and breaking and entering are examined, as well as trends in youth accused of crime.

    Release date: 2022-08-02
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Reference (3) ((3 results))

  • 1. Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs Canada (FJA)
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5366
    Description: Data from the Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs Canada will be used to create an indicator for the Gender Results Framework. The purpose is to present the gender distribution of federally appointed judges in federal, provincial and territorial courts.
  • 2. Violence Against Women Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3896
    Description: This one-time-only survey examines the safety of women both inside and outside the home - perceptions of fear, sexual harassment, sexual violence, physical violence and threats by strangers, dates/boyfriends, other known men, husbands and common-law partners.
  • 3. Survey on Sexual Misconduct at Work
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5290
    Description: The purpose of the Survey on Sexual Misconduct at Work (SSMW) is to obtain an accurate picture of the nature, extent, and impact of: inappropriate sexual behaviours; discriminatory behaviours based on sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity; and sexual victimization within Canadian work-related settings.

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