Table 4
Cases completed in adult criminal court, by type of offence and decision, Canada, 2010/2011

Table 4
Cases completed in adult criminal court, by type of offence and decision, Canada, 2010/2011
Type of offenceNote 1 GuiltyNote 2 Stayed/ WithdrawnNote 3 Acquitted OtherNote 4 Total cases
number % number % number % number % number %
Violent offences 48,358 52 37,568 40 5,943 6 1,478 2 93,347 100
Homicide 133 47 126 45 7 2 15 5 281 100
Attempted murder 26 17 105 68 4 3 19 12 154 100
Robbery 2,682 65 1,271 31 113 3 52 1 4,118 100
Sexual assault 1,680 42 1,860 47 369 9 80 2 3,989 100
Other sexual offencesNote 5 1,564 68 600 26 79 3 43 2 2,286 100
Major assaultNote 6 11,411 55 7,879 38 1,356 6 283 1 20,929 100
Common assault 18,644 50 16,677 44 1,835 5 448 1 37,604 100
Uttering threats 9,198 52 6,452 37 1,662 9 340 2 17,652 100
Criminal harassment 1,678 52 1,236 38 219 7 106 3 3,239 100
Other violent offences 1,342 43 1,362 44 299 10 92 3 3,095 100
Property offences 58,043 60 36,035 37 1,556 2 933 1 96,567 100
TheftNote 7 26,210 62 15,684 37 374 1 298 1 42,566 100
Break and enter 7,797 69 2,868 26 420 4 159 1 11,244 100
Fraud 8,906 62 5,115 35 183 1 247 2 14,451 100
Mischief 8,174 56 6,067 41 334 2 116 1 14,691 100
Possess stolen property 5,686 48 5,867 50 199 2 91 1 11,843 100
Other property offences 1,270 72 434 24 46 3 22 1 1,772 100
Administration of justice offences 59,776 71 22,369 26 1,435 2 1,117 1 84,697 100
Fail to appear 2,335 47 2,570 52 13 0 65 1 4,983 100
Breach of probation 24,610 79 5,761 18 508 2 278 1 31,157 100
Unlawfully at large 2,107 83 372 15 40 2 12 0 2,531 100
Fail to comply with order 24,571 66 11,343 30 704 2 629 2 37,247 100
Other administration of justice offences 6,153 70 2,323 26 170 2 133 2 8,779 100
Other Criminal Code offences 10,677 57 7,215 39 540 3 207 1 18,639 100
Weapon offences 6,128 63 3,233 33 316 3 99 1 9,776 100
Prostitution 422 27 1,134 72 19 1 5 0 1,580 100
Disturbing the peace 1,052 60 691 39 14 1 7 0 1,764 100
Residual Criminal Code offences 3,075 56 2,157 39 191 3 96 2 5,519 100
Total Criminal Code (excluding traffic) 176,854 60 103,187 35 9,474 3 3,735 1 293,250 100
Criminal Code traffic offences 49,115 83 8,225 14 1,617 3 495 1 59,452 100
Impaired driving 40,144 84 6,124 13 1,404 3 361 1 48,033 100
Other Criminal Code traffic offences 8,971 79 2,101 18 213 2 134 1 11,419 100
Total Criminal Code offences 225,969 64 111,412 32 11,091 3 4,230 1 352,702 100
Other federal statute offences 31,451 63 17,025 34 1,209 2 593 1 50,278 100
Drug possession 7,533 46 8,727 53 32 0 71 0 16,363 100
Other drug offencesNote 8 6,644 53 5,593 45 120 1 100 1 12,457 100
Youth Criminal Justice Act 1,067 72 394 27 2 0 10 1 1,473 100
Residual federal statute offences 16,207 81 2,311 12 1,055 5 412 2 19,985 100
Total 257,420 64 128,437 32 12,300 3 4,823 1 402,980 100
1. Cases that involve more than one charge are represented by the most serious offence.
2. Guilty findings include guilty of the offence, of an included offence, of an attempt of the offence, or of an attempt of an included offence. Also includes cases where an absolute or conditional discharge has been imposed.
3. Includes stays, withdrawals, dismissals and discharges at preliminary inquiry as well as court referrals to alternative or extrajudicial measures and restorative justice programs.
4. Includes final decisions of found not criminally responsible and waived in or out of province or territory. Also includes any order where a conviction was not recorded, the court's acceptance of a special plea, cases that raise Charter arguments and cases where the accused was found unfit to stand trial.
5. Includes, for example, sexual interference, invitation to sexual touching, child pornography, luring a child via a computer and sexual exploitation.
6. Includes, for example, assault with a weapon (level 2) and aggravated assault (level 3).
7. Includes, for example, theft over and under $5,000 as well as taking a motor vehicle without consent.
8. Includes drug trafficking, production, importing and exporting.
Note: A case is one or more charges against an accused person or company that were processed by the courts at the same time and received a final disposition. In total, data represent approximately 95% of the national adult criminal court caseload. Excludes information from superior courts in Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan as well as municipal courts in Quebec due to the unavailability of data.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Integrated Criminal Court Survey.
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