Table 1
Charges and cases in adult criminal court, Canada, 2006/2007
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Offence category |
Total charges |
Total cases |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
|
number |
percentage |
number |
percentage |
|
|
Total offences |
1,079,062 |
100.0 |
372,084 |
100.0 |
|
Criminal Code total |
963,345 |
89.0 |
327,975 |
88.0 |
|
Crimes against the person |
215,046 |
20.0 |
91,386 |
25.0 |
|
Homicide |
483 |
0.1 |
288 |
0.1 |
|
Attempted murder |
589 |
0.1 |
223 |
0.1 |
|
Robbery |
10,090 |
0.9 |
4,208 |
1.1 |
|
Sexual assault |
8,439 |
0.8 |
3,090 |
0.8 |
|
Other sexual offences |
4,652 |
0.4 |
1,477 |
0.4 |
|
Major assault |
44,957 |
4.2 |
19,351 |
5.2 |
|
Common assault |
84,965 |
7.9 |
40,957 |
11.0 |
|
Uttering threats |
44,667 |
4.1 |
16,273 |
4.4 |
|
Criminal harassment |
7,690 |
0.7 |
2,902 |
0.8 |
|
Other crimes against the person |
8,514 |
0.8 |
2,617 |
0.7 |
|
Crimes against property |
263,541 |
24.0 |
89,354 |
24.0 |
|
Theft |
80,138 |
7.4 |
37,054 |
10.0 |
|
Break and enter |
28,680 |
2.7 |
11,579 |
3.1 |
|
Fraud |
63,237 |
5.9 |
14,837 |
4.0 |
|
Mischief |
36,051 |
3.3 |
12,198 |
3.3 |
|
Possess stolen property |
53,187 |
4.9 |
12,940 |
3.5 |
|
Other property crimes |
2,248 |
0.2 |
746 |
0.2 |
|
Administration of justice |
257,112 |
24.0 |
64,927 |
17.0 |
|
Fail to appear |
23,377 |
2.2 |
5,051 |
1.4 |
|
Breach of probation |
90,675 |
8.4 |
27,186 |
7.3 |
|
Unlawfully at large |
5,827 |
0.5 |
2,459 |
0.7 |
|
Fail to comply with order |
131,018 |
12.1 |
27,708 |
7.5 |
|
Other administration of justice |
6,215 |
0.6 |
2,523 |
0.7 |
|
Other Criminal Code |
110,358 |
10.0 |
30,827 |
8.0 |
|
Weapons |
36,325 |
3.4 |
8,739 |
2.3 |
|
Prostitution |
3,616 |
0.3 |
1,970 |
0.5 |
|
Disturbing the peace |
6,207 |
0.6 |
2,171 |
0.6 |
|
Residual Criminal Code |
64,210 |
6.0 |
17,947 |
4.8 |
|
Criminal Code traffic |
117,288 |
11.0 |
51,481 |
14.0 |
|
Impaired driving |
95,503 |
8.9 |
41,233 |
11.1 |
|
Other Criminal Code traffic |
21,785 |
2.0 |
10,248 |
2.8 |
|
Other federal statute total |
115,717 |
11.0 |
44,109 |
12.0 |
|
Drug possession |
35,001 |
3.2 |
13,919 |
3.7 |
|
Drug trafficking |
26,910 |
2.5 |
10,959 |
2.9 |
|
Youth Criminal Justice Act/Young Offenders Act |
5,325 |
0.5 |
1,131 |
0.3 |
|
Residual federal statutes |
48,481 |
4.5 |
18,100 |
4.9 |
|
Note: Due to rounding, percentages may not add to 100. In Quebec, most drug offences are recorded under residual federal statutes, resulting in an undercount of drug possession and drug trafficking cases and an overcount of residual federal statute cases. Coverage for Adult Criminal Court Survey data as of 2006/2007 is estimated at 98% of adult court caseload. |
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