Table 2
Police-reported drug offences, by type of offence, Canada, 1977 to 2007
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Year | Total drug offences | Possession | Trafficking | Production, importation and exportation | ||||
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number | rate1 | number | rate1 | number | rate1 | number | rate1 | |
1977 | 65,938 | 277.9 | 54,130 | 228.1 | 10,816 | 45.6 | 992 | 4.2 |
1978 | 60,747 | 253.5 | 48,325 | 201.7 | 11,088 | 46.3 | 1,334 | 5.6 |
1979 | 64,923 | 268.3 | 51,279 | 211.9 | 12,522 | 51.7 | 1,122 | 4.6 |
1980 | 74,196 | 302.6 | 58,459 | 238.5 | 14,566 | 59.4 | 1,171 | 4.8 |
1981 | 75,104 | 302.6 | 58,838 | 237.1 | 15,183 | 61.2 | 1,083 | 4.4 |
1982 | 64,636 | 257.3 | 47,190 | 187.9 | 15,912 | 63.4 | 1,534 | 6.1 |
1983 | 54,847 | 216.2 | 39,230 | 154.6 | 13,792 | 54.4 | 1,825 | 7.2 |
1984 | 54,950 | 214.6 | 41,386 | 161.6 | 11,979 | 46.8 | 1,585 | 6.2 |
1985 | 57,205 | 221.4 | 42,039 | 162.7 | 13,639 | 52.8 | 1,527 | 5.9 |
1986 | 56,251 | 215.5 | 39,596 | 151.7 | 14,941 | 57.2 | 1,714 | 6.6 |
1987 | 61,658 | 233.1 | 41,182 | 155.7 | 18,411 | 69.6 | 2,065 | 7.8 |
1988 | 59,430 | 221.8 | 39,322 | 146.7 | 18,118 | 67.6 | 1,990 | 7.4 |
1989 | 66,961 | 245.4 | 43,053 | 157.8 | 21,590 | 79.1 | 2,318 | 8.5 |
1990 | 60,645 | 219.0 | 38,187 | 137.9 | 20,268 | 73.2 | 2,190 | 7.9 |
1991 | 57,093 | 203.7 | 32,221 | 114.9 | 21,818 | 77.8 | 3,054 | 10.9 |
1992 | 58,881 | 207.6 | 33,786 | 119.1 | 20,708 | 73.0 | 4,387 | 15.5 |
1993 | 56,817 | 198.1 | 34,170 | 119.1 | 18,672 | 65.1 | 3,975 | 13.9 |
1994 | 60,153 | 207.4 | 37,704 | 130.0 | 17,874 | 61.6 | 4,575 | 15.8 |
1995 | 61,613 | 210.3 | 38,560 | 131.6 | 17,394 | 59.4 | 5,659 | 19.3 |
1996 | 65,729 | 222.0 | 41,726 | 140.9 | 17,913 | 60.5 | 6,090 | 20.6 |
1997 | 66,593 | 222.7 | 41,297 | 138.1 | 17,299 | 57.8 | 7,997 | 26.7 |
1998 | 70,921 | 235.2 | 43,514 | 144.3 | 17,809 | 59.1 | 9,598 | 31.8 |
1999 | 80,142 | 263.6 | 48,590 | 159.8 | 20,145 | 66.3 | 11,407 | 37.5 |
2000 | 88,091 | 287.0 | 54,815 | 178.6 | 21,616 | 70.4 | 11,660 | 38.0 |
2001 | 89,395 | 288.2 | 57,852 | 186.5 | 20,173 | 65.0 | 11,370 | 36.7 |
2002 | 92,781 | 295.7 | 60,615 | 193.2 | 20,414 | 65.1 | 11,752 | 37.5 |
2003 | 86,791 | 274.0 | 53,280 | 168.2 | 21,233 | 67.0 | 12,278 | 38.8 |
2004 | 97,630 | 305.1 | 63,155 | 197.4 | 22,680 | 70.9 | 11,795 | 36.9 |
2005 | 93,664 | 289.9 | 60,966 | 188.7 | 22,982 | 71.1 | 9,716 | 30.1 |
2006 | 96,175 | 294.6 | 63,822 | 195.5 | 23,203 | 71.1 | 9,150 | 28.0 |
2007 | 100,675 | 305.3 | 68,029 | 206.3 | 23,479 | 71.2 | 9,167 | 27.8 |
1. Rates are calculated per 100,000 population. Population estimates are from Statistics Canada, Demography Division. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Aggregate Uniform Crime Reporting Survey. |
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