Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goals Report, 2020
Goal 16, Peace, Justice and Strong Institution

Release date: October 20, 2020
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Sustainable Development Goals: Goal 16, Peace, Justice and Strong Institution

Description: Sustainable Development Goals: Goal 16, Peace, Justice and Strong Institution

In 2018, over 2 million criminal code incidents were reported by police, while the severity of crime had fallen 17% from 2008.

Note: The Crime Severity Index measures the volume and severity of police-reported crime in Canada.

Sources: Statistics Canada, table 35-10-0177-01 and Police-reported crime statistics in Canada.

In 2018, there were 1,798 incidents of police-reported hate crimes

  • 43% were motivated by a hatred of race or ethnicity
  • 36% were motivated by a hatred of religion
  • 10% were motivated by a hatred of sexual orientation

Source: Statistics Canada, table 35-10-0066-01.

In 2014, 38% of women and 64% of men felt very safe walking alone in their neighborhood after dark.

Source: Statistics Canada, Canadians’ perceptions of personal safety and crime, 2014.

Criminal code incidents in 2018


Table 1
Table summary
This table displays the results of Table 1. The information is grouped by Incidents (appearing as row headers), Number of incidents (appearing as column headers).
Incidents Number of incidents
Breaking and entering 159,812
Uttering threats 66,508
Criminal harassment 19,576
Robbery 22,450
Assault 240,449
Theft of motor vehicle 86,132
Identity theft 3,745
Mischief 258,965
Fraud 145,248
Homicide 651
Sexual assault 28,741

Source: Statistics Canada, table 35-10-0177-01.

In 2018, almost one-third of all police-reported violence happened between intimate partners


Table 2
Table summary
This table displays the results of Table 2. The information is grouped by Victim (appearing as row headers), Female victims and Male victims (appearing as column headers).
Victim Female victims Male victims
Current spouse 23,795 6,517
Former spouse 9,503 2,570
Current boyfriend or girlfriend 28,070 7,179
Former boyfriend or girlfriend 16,410 3,849

Source: Statistics Canada, Family violence in Canada: A statistical profile, 2018.

Community Spotlight

Peacebuilders Canada is a non-profit organization that is committed to transforming the youth justice system to be support and empowering. Peacebuilders has diverted over 1,100 young people from across the City of Toronto out of the criminal justice system before trial and having all their charges withdrawn. Peacebuilders schools have seen an 80% reduction in student suspension rates through the use of restorative practices to change the way the education system addresses student misbehavior and conflict.

Source: Peacebuilders Canada



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