Table 3
Youth accused of Criminal Code offences (excluding traffic), charged and cleared by means other than formal charges, Canada, provinces and territories, 2006

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  Total youth charged Total youth cleared otherwise1 Total youth accused Accused youth charged Accused youth cleared otherwise1
number percentage
Canada2 73,941 103,924 177,865 42 58
Newfoundland and Labrador 1,227 2,161 3,388 36 64
Prince Edward Island 347 761 1,108 31 69
Nova Scotia 2,716 5,271 7,987 34 66
New Brunswick 1,833 2,974 4,807 38 62
Quebec 9,099 12,789 21,888 42 58
Ontario 28,531 32,085 60,616 47 53
Manitoba 5,115 6,269 11,384 45 55
Saskatchewan 8,230 9,498 17,728 46 54
Alberta 9,763 14,512 24,275 40 60
British Columbia 6,093 14,829 20,922 29 71
Yukon 180 509 689 26 74
Northwest Territories 497 1,376 1,873 27 73
Nunavut 310 890 1,200 26 74
  1. An incident is "cleared otherwise" when police have identified at least one accused and there is sufficient evidence to lay a charge in connection with the incident, but the accused is processed by other means. In the case of youth, this could include formal measures such as Crown caution or extrajudicial sanctions, or informal measures such as a police warning or diversion to a community program. Processing by other means could refer to the committal to a mental hospital and death of accused.
  2. The administration of the youth justice system is the responsibility of the provinces and territories. Thus, it is important to note that jurisdictional differences in youth crime are, in part, a reflection of the differences in the administration of youth justice across Canada.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.