Table 4
Cases by decision, adult criminal court, Canada, 2006/2007

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Jurisdiction

Total cases

Decision

Found guilty

Stay/withdrawn

Acquittal

Other

number

number

percent

number

percent

number   

 percent

number

percent

Total

372,084

242,988

65

109,863

30

13,480

4

5,753

2

Newfoundland and Labrador

4,765

3,650

77

1,052

22

19

0

44

1

Prince Edward Island

1,332

927

70

392

29

9

1

4

0

Nova Scotia

11,685

7,637

65

3,591

31

352

3

105

1

New Brunswick

7,533

6,063

80

1,219

16

172

2

79

1

Quebec

66,819

48,475

73

6,502

10

10,091

15

1,751

3

Ontario

147,424

87,196

59

56,991

39

1,024

1

2,213

2

Manitoba

16,230

10,031

62

6,103

38

92

1

4

0

Saskatchewan

17,390

11,955

69

5,200

30

147

1

88

1

Alberta

51,144

33,411

65

16,141

32

609

1

983

2

British Columbia

44,289

31,273

71

11,706

26

904

2

406

1

Yukon

898

563

63

295

33

12

1

28

3

Northwest Territories

1,053

781

74

252

24

14

1

6

1

Nunavut

1,522

1,026

67

419

28

35

2

42

3

0 true zero or a value rounded to zero

Note: Due to rounding, percentages may not add to 100. Found guilty decisions include absolute and conditional discharges. In Newfoundland and Labrador, the terms 'acquittal'and 'dismissed' are used interchangeably. Also, in some jurisdictions, the number of acquittals may be over-reported due to administrative practices. Stay/withdrawn includes cases stayed, withdrawn, dismissed and discharged at preliminary inquiry. Other decisions includes final decisions of found not criminally responsible, waived in province/ territory, or waived out of province/territory. This category also includes mistrials, the court's acceptance of a special plea (e.g. autrefois acquit), cases which raised Charter arguments or cases where the accused was found unfit to stand trial. In jurisdictions not providing superior court data (i.e., Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan), the other decision category includes charges having a committal for trial in superior court as the decision on the final appearance in provincial court. Information from Quebec's municipal courts (which account for approximately 20% of federal statute charges in that province) are not yet collected. 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.