Table 1
Family court cases, selected provinces and territories, 2005/2006 to 2009/2010

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Table 1
Family court cases, selected provinces and territories, 2005/2006 to 2009/2010
Province or territory2 Year Active cases1 Total active cases
Initiated cases3 Ongoing cases4
number percent change from previous year number percent change from previous year number percent change from previous year percent of total active civil court cases
Nova Scotia 2005/2006 7,335 .. 9,015 .. 16,350 .. 40
2006/2007 6,599 -10 9,376 4 15,975 -2 40
2007/2008 6,059 -8 8,897 -5 14,956 -6 39
2008/2009 6,057 0 8,971 1 15,028 0 39
2009/2010 6,185 2 9,132 2 15,317 2 41
Ontario 2005/2006 101,972 .. 61,742 .. 163,714 .. 35
2006/2007 96,457 -5 68,137 10 164,594 1 35
2007/2008 95,961 -1 69,773 2 165,734 1 34
2008/2009 99,569 4 67,208 -4 166,777 1 33
2009/2010 102,201 3 67,407 0 169,608 2 34
Alberta5 2005/2006 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
2006/2007 22,660 .. 3,780 .. 26,440 .. ..
2007/2008 32,963 .. 20,834 .. 53,797 .. ..
2008/2009 43,806 .. 27,679 .. 71,485 .. 37
2009/2010 44,094 1 29,241 6 73,335 3 35
British Columbia 2005/2006 25,709 .. 31,052 .. 56,761 .. 34
2006/2007 24,951 -3 31,525 2 56,476 -1 35
2007/2008 25,020 0 36,897 17 61,917 10 36
2008/2009 24,896 0 45,405 23 70,301 14 37
2009/2010 25,367 2 43,165 -5 68,532 -3 36
Yukon 2005/2006 309 .. 325 .. 634 .. 39
2006/2007 299 -3 276 -15 575 -9 39
2007/2008 297 -1 303 10 600 4 41
2008/2009 269 -9 297 -2 566 -6 41
2009/2010 306 14 284 -4 590 4 42
Northwest Territories6 2005/2006 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
2006/2007 514 .. 603 .. 1,117 .. 52
2007/2008 463 -10 560 -7 1,023 -8 49
2008/2009 473 2 594 6 1,067 4 52
2009/2010 446 -6 578 -3 1,024 -4 50
Nunavut 2005/2006 466 .. 184 .. 650 .. 71
2006/2007 550 18 274 49 824 27 72
2007/2008 565 3 150 -45 715 -13 72
2008/2009 558 -1 212 41 770 8 77
2009/2010 668 20 177 -17 845 10 76
Total5, 6 2005/2006 135,791 .. 102,318 .. 238,109 .. 35
2006/2007 152,030 .. 113,971 .. 266,001 .. 38
2007/2008 161,328 .. 137,414 .. 298,742 .. 37
2008/2009 175,628 .. 150,366 .. 325,994 .. 35
2009/2010 179,267 2 149,984 0 329,251 1 35
.. not available for a specific reference period
1. Refers to family court cases that had activity or were initiated during the year.
2. Excludes data from Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Quebec, Manitoba and Saskatchewan due to the unavailability of data.
3. Refers to cases newly started during the year.
4. Refers to cases continuing from a previous year.
5. In 2006/2007, data for Alberta represented provincial level family cases only. In 2007/2008, data for Alberta represented provincial level family cases as well as superior court level family cases for the final 6 months of the year.
6. Data for the Northwest Territories are not available prior to 2006/2007.
Source: Statistics Canada, Civil Court Survey.
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