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  • Articles and reports: 85-002-X202600100010
    Description: This Juristat article presents an analysis of the nature and prevalence of mass casualty events, which are intentional acts of violence where four or more victims sustained some level of physical injury or were killed as part of the same incident. Using police-reported data from the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, characteristics of incidents, victims and accused persons are discussed. Throughout this article, information about overall violent crime reported by police—where a victim record was provided—is also provided for comparison.
    Release date: 2026-06-18

  • Articles and reports: 85-002-X202600100004
    Description: This Juristat article focuses on overall patterns of violence in the 12 months preceding the 2025 Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces, with a particular attention to the relationship between gender and the type, nature, severity, and prevalence of violence. This analysis serves as a general overview of experiences of physical and sexual violence and unwanted behaviours in Canada, presenting key findings and highlighting changes since 2018.
    Release date: 2026-03-31

  • Articles and reports: 85-002-X202600100001
    Description: Using data from the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey and the Integrated Criminal Court Survey, this article examines the most recent trends in crimes related to the sex trade in Canada. Incident, accused and victim characteristics are examined, as are court case outcomes. Findings are primarily presented using two five-year periods of data to highlight trend similarities and differences between the period that immediately followed 2014 legislative changes (2015 to 2019) and more recent years (2020 to 2024).
    Release date: 2026-02-10

  • Articles and reports: 75-006-X202500300003
    Description: Using data from the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, this study examines police-reported drug offences in Canada over time, including possession, trafficking, importation and exportation, production, and other crimes. It also discusses clearance status trends and characteristics of persons accused of drug crime.
    Release date: 2025-10-29

  • Articles and reports: 75-006-X202500100011
    Description: This comparative analysis of crime trends in Canada and United States uses police-reported data from the Uniform Crime Reporting programs in both countries, focusing on trends from 1998 to 2023. In doing so, this study provides a better understanding of the similarities and differences in patterns in police-reported crime for the two neighbouring countries over time, as well as insight into the characteristics of crimes in Canada and the United States (e.g., use of firearms in violent crime).
    Release date: 2025-10-08

  • Articles and reports: 75-006-X202500100012
    Description: Using data from the Uniform Crime Reporting programs in Canada and the United States, this study examines the prevalence of police-reported crime for specific regions within each country and how these patterns may vary between the two countries. Besides examining broader geographic regions, it also compares police-reported crime at more specific levels of geography, namely between urban and rural areas, as well as across the largest metropolitan areas.
    Release date: 2025-10-08

  • Articles and reports: 85-002-X202500100005
    Description: This Juristat article focuses on the characteristics of rural areas and the crimes that came to the attention of police in 2023. Using data from the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, incidents, victims, and accused persons are explored, with differences between rural and urban areas highlighted. In addition, variation between rural areas is also examined, with comparisons made between provinces, and between northern and southern regions within the provinces.
    Release date: 2025-04-29

  • Articles and reports: 85-002-X202500100002
    Description: This Juristat article examines the nature and prevalence of firearm-related violent crime in Canada. Recent trends in firearm-related violent crime are presented at the national, provincial/territorial and census metropolitan area levels, as well as for urban and rural regions.
    Release date: 2025-02-25

  • 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

  • Stats in brief: 11-627-M2024051
    Description: This infographic provides information on how incidents of sexual assault proceed through the criminal justice system, from police to courts.
    Release date: 2024-11-06
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  • Stats in brief: 11-627-M2024051
    Description: This infographic provides information on how incidents of sexual assault proceed through the criminal justice system, from police to courts.
    Release date: 2024-11-06

  • Stats in brief: 85-005-X202200100002
    Description:

    This Juristat Bulletin-Quick Fact examines the nature and prevalence of firearm-related violent crime in Canada. Recent trends in firearm-related violent crime are presented at the national, provincial/territorial and census metropolitan area levels as well as for urban and rural regions. Using data from the Uniform Crime Reporting and Homicide Surveys, this article provides information on violent crime involving firearms in Canada including an examination of the types of firearms (such as handguns, rifles, or shotguns) which are most commonly involved in firearm-related violent crime.

    Release date: 2022-12-12

  • Stats in brief: 85-005-X202200100001
    Description:

    This Juristat Bulletin-Quick Fact examines human trafficking incidents that were reported to police between 2011 and 2021. Information on rates of victimization - and characteristics of victims and accused persons - is presented.

    Release date: 2022-12-06

  • Stats in brief: 11-627-M2022034
    Description:

    This infographic discusses human trafficking incidents that were reported to police between 2010 and 2020.

    Release date: 2022-06-09

  • Stats in brief: 45-28-0001202000100046
    Description:

    Using data from a recent crowdsourcing initiative, this article examines the perceptions of personal safety from crime among visible minority groups in Canada since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. This study also looks at their perceptions of incidents of harassment or attacks on the basis of race, ethnic origin, or skin colour in their neighbourhood.

    Release date: 2020-07-08

  • Stats in brief: 11-627-M2020045
    Description: This infographic examines the perceptions of personal safety and perceived changes in incidents related to harassment or attacks based on race, ethnic origin, or skin colour among visible minority groups in Canada since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Release date: 2020-07-08

  • Stats in brief: 11-627-M2020025
    Description:

    This infographic profiles human trafficking incidents that came to the attention of Canadian police between 2009 and 2018.

    Release date: 2020-06-23

  • Stats in brief: 85-005-X201900100001
    Description: This Juristat Bulletin-Quick Fact examines Canadian's perceptions of and attitudes towards gender-based violence, gender equality, and gender expression.
    Release date: 2019-12-09

  • Stats in brief: 11-627-M2019084
    Description:

    This infographic examines Canadians' perceptions related to gender-based violence and gender equality, using data from the Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces.

    Release date: 2019-12-09

  • Stats in brief: 11-627-M2019083
    Description: This infographic presents results from the Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces, focusing on Canadians' experiences of unwanted sexual behaviours in public and online.
    Release date: 2019-12-05
Articles and reports (35)

Articles and reports (35) (0 to 10 of 35 results)

  • Articles and reports: 85-002-X202600100010
    Description: This Juristat article presents an analysis of the nature and prevalence of mass casualty events, which are intentional acts of violence where four or more victims sustained some level of physical injury or were killed as part of the same incident. Using police-reported data from the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, characteristics of incidents, victims and accused persons are discussed. Throughout this article, information about overall violent crime reported by police—where a victim record was provided—is also provided for comparison.
    Release date: 2026-06-18

  • Articles and reports: 85-002-X202600100004
    Description: This Juristat article focuses on overall patterns of violence in the 12 months preceding the 2025 Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces, with a particular attention to the relationship between gender and the type, nature, severity, and prevalence of violence. This analysis serves as a general overview of experiences of physical and sexual violence and unwanted behaviours in Canada, presenting key findings and highlighting changes since 2018.
    Release date: 2026-03-31

  • Articles and reports: 85-002-X202600100001
    Description: Using data from the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey and the Integrated Criminal Court Survey, this article examines the most recent trends in crimes related to the sex trade in Canada. Incident, accused and victim characteristics are examined, as are court case outcomes. Findings are primarily presented using two five-year periods of data to highlight trend similarities and differences between the period that immediately followed 2014 legislative changes (2015 to 2019) and more recent years (2020 to 2024).
    Release date: 2026-02-10

  • Articles and reports: 75-006-X202500300003
    Description: Using data from the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, this study examines police-reported drug offences in Canada over time, including possession, trafficking, importation and exportation, production, and other crimes. It also discusses clearance status trends and characteristics of persons accused of drug crime.
    Release date: 2025-10-29

  • Articles and reports: 75-006-X202500100011
    Description: This comparative analysis of crime trends in Canada and United States uses police-reported data from the Uniform Crime Reporting programs in both countries, focusing on trends from 1998 to 2023. In doing so, this study provides a better understanding of the similarities and differences in patterns in police-reported crime for the two neighbouring countries over time, as well as insight into the characteristics of crimes in Canada and the United States (e.g., use of firearms in violent crime).
    Release date: 2025-10-08

  • Articles and reports: 75-006-X202500100012
    Description: Using data from the Uniform Crime Reporting programs in Canada and the United States, this study examines the prevalence of police-reported crime for specific regions within each country and how these patterns may vary between the two countries. Besides examining broader geographic regions, it also compares police-reported crime at more specific levels of geography, namely between urban and rural areas, as well as across the largest metropolitan areas.
    Release date: 2025-10-08

  • Articles and reports: 85-002-X202500100005
    Description: This Juristat article focuses on the characteristics of rural areas and the crimes that came to the attention of police in 2023. Using data from the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, incidents, victims, and accused persons are explored, with differences between rural and urban areas highlighted. In addition, variation between rural areas is also examined, with comparisons made between provinces, and between northern and southern regions within the provinces.
    Release date: 2025-04-29

  • Articles and reports: 85-002-X202500100002
    Description: This Juristat article examines the nature and prevalence of firearm-related violent crime in Canada. Recent trends in firearm-related violent crime are presented at the national, provincial/territorial and census metropolitan area levels, as well as for urban and rural regions.
    Release date: 2025-02-25

  • 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

  • Articles and reports: 85-002-X202400100006
    Description: This Juristat article explores recent trends in police-reported sexual assault and other selected types of violent crime, following the implementation of changes to the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey in 2018. Analysis includes a focus on clearance status and victim, accused person and incident characteristics, comparing results from 2017 to the years that followed the changes.
    Release date: 2024-04-26