Table 5
Selected violations, Canada and the provinces and territories, 2008
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| Province and territory | Population | Homicide | Attempted murder | Sexual assault (levels 1, 2 and 3) |
Assault (levels 2 and 3) |
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| number | number | rate | percent change 2007 to 2008 | number | rate | percent change 2007 to 2008 | number | rate | percent change 2007 to 2008 | number | rate | percent change 2007 to 2008 | |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 507,895 | 5 | 1.0 | 66 | 0 | 0.0 | -100 | 410 | 81 | -1 | 742 | 146 | 4 |
| Prince Edward Island | 139,818 | 2 | 1.4 | … | 1 | 0.7 | -1 | 78 | 56 | 3 | 107 | 77 | -3 |
| Nova Scotia | 938,310 | 12 | 1.3 | -8 | 28 | 3.0 | 7 | 678 | 72 | -4 | 1,585 | 169 | -1 |
| New Brunswick | 747,302 | 3 | 0.4 | -63 | 7 | 0.9 | 40 | 572 | 77 | 13 | 1,118 | 150 | 18 |
| Quebec | 7,750,504 | 92 | 1.2 | 1 | 165 | 2.1 | -23 | 4,370 | 56 | 4 | 11,504 | 148 | 2 |
| Ontario | 12,928,996 | 176 | 1.4 | -14 | 272 | 2.1 | -5 | 7,369 | 57 | 0 | 16,052 | 124 | -5 |
| Manitoba | 1,207,959 | 54 | 4.5 | -13 | 36 | 3.0 | -13 | 1,305 | 108 | 3 | 4,300 | 356 | 0 |
| Saskatchewan | 1,015,985 | 30 | 3.0 | -2 | 32 | 3.1 | -23 | 1,177 | 116 | -7 | 4,278 | 421 | -7 |
| Alberta | 3,585,142 | 110 | 3.1 | 22 | 76 | 2.1 | 16 | 2,408 | 67 | 3 | 7,573 | 211 | -1 |
| British Columbia | 4,381,603 | 117 | 2.7 | 31 | 99 | 2.3 | -11 | 2,680 | 61 | -12 | 9,537 | 218 | -3 |
| Yukon | 33,144 | 3 | 9.1 | 47 | 1 | 3.0 | … | 50 | 151 | -17 | 170 | 513 | -16 |
| Northwest Territories | 43,283 | 3 | 6.9 | 51 | 0 | 0.0 | -100 | 176 | 407 | -17 | 437 | 1,010 | 9 |
| Nunavut | 31,448 | 4 | 12.7 | -43 | 6 | 19.1 | -1 | 210 | 668 | -2 | 402 | 1,278 | 9 |
| Canada | 33,311,389 | 611 | 1.8 | 2 | 723 | 2.2 | -10 | 21,483 | 64 | -1 | 57,805 | 174 | -2 |
| Province and territory | Assault (level 1) |
Robbery | Break and enter | Motor vehicle theft | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | rate | percent change 2007 to 2008 | number | rate | percent change 2007 to 2008 | number | rate | percent change 2007 to 2008 | number | rate | percent change 2007 to 2008 | |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 3,414 | 672 | -1 | 139 | 27 | -14 | 2,805 | 552 | -23 | 433 | 85 | -29 |
| Prince Edward Island | 663 | 474 | -7 | 23 | 16 | 42 | 806 | 576 | 12 | 165 | 118 | -2 |
| Nova Scotia | 6,462 | 689 | -3 | 575 | 61 | -16 | 5,071 | 540 | -18 | 1,577 | 168 | -16 |
| New Brunswick | 4,679 | 626 | 6 | 210 | 28 | -9 | 3,816 | 511 | -1 | 1,283 | 172 | -5 |
| Quebec | 31,184 | 402 | 3 | 6,974 | 90 | -4 | 56,098 | 724 | -7 | 31,091 | 401 | -15 |
| Ontario | 53,121 | 411 | -3 | 11,920 | 92 | -5 | 57,727 | 446 | -9 | 30,722 | 238 | -12 |
| Manitoba | 10,191 | 844 | 1 | 1,907 | 158 | -22 | 10,024 | 830 | -20 | 9,013 | 746 | -39 |
| Saskatchewan | 12,233 | 1,204 | -2 | 1,305 | 128 | -18 | 9,884 | 973 | -15 | 5,534 | 545 | -1 |
| Alberta | 24,363 | 680 | 1 | 3,783 | 106 | -4 | 23,052 | 643 | -11 | 21,968 | 613 | -8 |
| British Columbia | 29,266 | 668 | -8 | 5,391 | 123 | -4 | 38,715 | 884 | -13 | 22,829 | 521 | -17 |
| Yukon | 668 | 2,015 | -3 | 15 | 45 | -8 | 253 | 763 | -29 | 170 | 513 | 24 |
| Northwest Territories | 2,122 | 4,903 | -9 | 23 | 53 | -11 | 851 | 1,966 | -4 | 317 | 732 | 6 |
| Nunavut | 1,730 | 5,501 | 9 | 16 | 51 | 22 | 653 | 2,076 | 9 | 169 | 537 | -20 |
| Canada | 180,096 | 541 | -2 | 32,281 | 97 | -7 | 209,755 | 630 | -10 | 125,271 | 376 | -15 |
| Province and territory | Cannabis | Cocaine | Other drugs1 | Impaired driving2 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | rate | percent change 2007 to 2008 | number | rate | percent change 2007 to 2008 | number | rate | percent change 2007 to 2008 | number | rate | percent change 2007 to 2008 | |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 782 | 154 | 24 | 135 | 27 | -6 | 133 | 26 | 41 | 1,546 | 304 | 9 |
| Prince Edward Island | 122 | 87 | 2 | 25 | 18 | -50 | 51 | 36 | 33 | 603 | 431 | -2 |
| Nova Scotia | 1,985 | 212 | 9 | 391 | 42 | 13 | 431 | 46 | 22 | 2,522 | 269 | -2 |
| New Brunswick | 1,206 | 161 | -7 | 275 | 37 | 6 | 323 | 43 | -6 | 2,651 | 355 | 23 |
| Quebec | 14,404 | 186 | 1 | 2,281 | 29 | -2 | 3,812 | 49 | -3 | 16,244 | 210 | -1 |
| Ontario | 19,801 | 153 | 5 | 7,019 | 54 | -8 | 4,664 | 36 | -6 | 18,720 | 145 | 3 |
| Manitoba | 1,652 | 137 | 11 | 854 | 71 | 4 | 314 | 26 | 15 | 3,346 | 277 | 8 |
| Saskatchewan | 2,075 | 204 | 2 | 515 | 51 | -2 | 437 | 43 | 10 | 6,805 | 670 | 22 |
| Alberta | 5,672 | 158 | 11 | 3,046 | 85 | -12 | 1,031 | 29 | 5 | 16,567 | 462 | 14 |
| British Columbia | 16,774 | 383 | -3 | 6,864 | 157 | -10 | 3,984 | 91 | -3 | 14,239 | 325 | -2 |
| Yukon | 120 | 362 | -10 | 63 | 190 | -14 | 29 | 87 | 14 | 363 | 1,095 | -5 |
| Northwest Territories | 300 | 693 | -2 | 111 | 256 | -4 | 54 | 125 | 36 | 896 | 2,070 | 26 |
| Nunavut | 210 | 668 | 49 | 13 | 41 | 8 | 7 | 22 | -30 | 257 | 817 | -11 |
| Canada | 65,103 | 195 | 3 | 21,592 | 65 | -8 | 15,270 | 46 | -2 | 84,759 | 254 | 6 |
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1. Includes other drugs such as heroin, crystal meth and ecstasy. 2. Includes impaired operation of a vehicle causing death, causing bodily harm, alcohol rate over 80mg, failure or refusal to provide a breath or blood sample. Notes : Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. The population estimates come from Statistics Canada, Demography Division. Populations as of July 1st: preliminary postcensal for 2008. Percent change based on unrounded rates and are in comparison to the previous year's rate. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey. |
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