Table 3
Elapsed time to complete a case in adult criminal court, Canada, 2006/2007

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Jurisdiction

Total cases

Mean

Median

Elapsed time (in days) from first to last court appearance

One day

Greater than one day to 4 months

Greater than 4 months to 8 months

Greater than 8 months to 12 months

Greater than 12 months

number

days

number

percent

number

percent

number

percent

number

percent

number

percent

Total

372,084

237

122

37,782

10.2 160,920

43.2

75,809

20.4

46,482

12.5

51,091

13.7

Newfoundland and Labrador

4,765

208

119

834

17.5

1,720

36.1

1,010

21.2

614

12.9

587

12.3

Prince Edward Island

1,332

62

29

422

31.7

736

55.3

131

9.8

32

2.4

11

0.8

Nova Scotia

11,685

197

121

1,958

16.8

4,271

36.6

2,604

22.3

1,563

13.4

1,289

11.0

New Brunswick

7,533

165

78

1,596

21.2

3,329

44.2

1,518

20.2

558

7.4

532

7.1

Quebec

66,819

294

183

7,622

11.4

20,286

30.4

13,483

20.2

9,484

14.2

15,944

23.9

Ontario

147,424

232

120

10,726

7.3

68,438

46.4

30,545

20.7

19,718

13.4

17,997

12.2

Manitoba

16,230

223

129

2,113

13.0

6,322

39.0

3,028

18.7

1,854

11.4

2,913

17.9

Saskatchewan

17,390

189

92

3,295

18.9

7,615

43.8

3,179

18.3

1,524

8.8

1,777

10.2

Alberta

51,144

270

109

4,370

8.5

24,883

48.7

11,814

23.1

5,301

10.4

4,776

9.3

British Columbia

44,289

190

107

4,171

9.4

21,406

48.3

7,960

18.0

5,619

12.7

5,133

11.6

Yukon

898

133

95

93

10.4

520

57.9

184

20.5

74

8.2

27

3.0

Northwest Territories

1,053

67

29

369

35.0

553

52.5

103

9.8

17

1.6

11

1.0

Nunavut

1,522

129

76

213

14.0

841

55.3

250

16.4

124

8.1

94

6.2

Note: Due to rounding, percentages may not add to 100. The mean is the average value of the number of days from the first to last court appearance. The median represents the mid-point in the sorted dataset, where exactly half the dataset are above and half below the mid-point. Information from Quebec's municipal courts (which account for approximately 20% of federal statute charges in that province) are not yet collected. Information from Quebec's municipal courts (which account for approximately 20% of federal statute charges in that province) are not yet collected. Mean and median elapsed time includes cases completed in superior courts (except for in Quebec, Ontario and Saskatchewan). Coverage for Adult Criminal Court Survey data as of 2006/2007 is estimated at 98% of adult court caseload.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.