Table 4
Cases heard in youth court by offence category and age of accused, Canada, 2006/2007

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Offence category Total cases Age of accused
12 13 14 15 16 17 Other1
number number percent number percent number percent number percent number percent number percent number percent
Total offences 56,463 1,356 2.4 3,442 6.1 7,248 12.8 11,722 20.8 14,851 26.3 16,677 29.5 1,167 2.1
Crimes against the person 15,126 594 3.9 1,272 8.4 2,224 14.7 3,196 21.1 3,723 24.6 3,916 25.9 201 1.3
Crimes against property 21,279 576 2.7 1,451 6.8 3,121 14.7 4,783 22.5 5,541 26.0 5,608 26.4 199 0.9
Administration of justice 4,945 51 1.0 218 4.4 559 11.3 997 20.2 1,377 27.8 1,557 31.5 186 3.8
Other Criminal Code offences 4,471 81 1.8 202 4.5 486 10.9 853 19.1 1,170 26.2 1,401 31.3 278 6.2
Criminal Code traffic 1,086 5 0.5 16 1.5 41 3.8 94 8.7 280 25.8 641 59.0 9 0.8
Other federal statute offences 9,556 49 0.5 283 3.0 817 8.5 1,799 18.8 2,760 28.9 3,554 37.2 294 3.1
  1. Other age group includes cases where the accused was older than 17 at the time of the offence (i.e., YCJA sections 136 to 139 and YOA sections 26, 50) or the age was unknown.
Notes: Due to rounding, percentages may not add to 100. Age of accused is at the time of offence.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Youth Court Survey.