Table 8
Police-reported youth crime for selected offences, by province and territory, 2011
| Province and territory |
HomicideNote 1 | RobberyNote 2 | Major assault (levels 2 and 3) | Total violent crimeNote 3 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | rate | rate | percent change in rate 2010 to 2011 | rate | percent change in rate 2010 to 2011 | rate | percent change in rate 2010 to 2011 | |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 1 | 3.0 | 12 | Note …: not applicable | 253 | 24 | 2,032 | -4 |
| Prince Edward Island | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | Note …: not applicable | 135 | 116 | 1,477 | -9 |
| Nova Scotia | 2 | 3.1 | 170 | 23 | 311 | 4 | 2,649 | -4 |
| New Brunswick | 1 | 2.0 | 39 | 86 | 223 | -3 | 2,183 | -17 |
| Quebec | 1 | 0.2 | 128 | -1 | 239 | -2 | 1,662 | 2 |
| Ontario | 11 | 1.1 | 215 | 2 | 178 | -4 | 1,549 | -3 |
| Manitoba | 14 | 13.9 | 304 | -14 | 607 | -8 | 3,160 | -12 |
| Saskatchewan | 6 | 7.2 | 194 | -24 | 558 | -13 | 3,404 | -12 |
| Alberta | 7 | 2.6 | 110 | -4 | 259 | -7 | 1,793 | -10 |
| British Columbia | 3 | 1.0 | 115 | -18 | 185 | -5 | 1,217 | -6 |
| Yukon | 0 | 0.0 | 41 | Note …: not applicable | 535 | 50 | 4,071 | -13 |
| Northwest Territories | 0 | 0.0 | 82 | Note …: not applicable | 1,196 | 14 | 7,418 | -3 |
| Nunavut | 0 | 0.0 | 49 | Note …: not applicable | 939 | -11 | 5,882 | -27 |
| Canada | 46 | 1.9 | 165 | -4 | 240 | -4 | 1,756 | -5 |
| … not applicable 1. Due to the variability in small numbers, percent changes in the rates of youth accused of homicide are not calculated. 2. Due to the variability in small numbers, for some jurisdictions percent changes in the rates of youth accused of robbery are not calculated. 3. Crime rates are based upon Criminal Code incidents (excluding traffic offences). See Table 4 for a list of offences included in the total violent crime, total property crime and total crime categories. Note: Refers to the number of youth (12 to 17) years of age who were either charged (or recommended for charging) by police or diverted from the formal criminal justice system through the use of warnings, cautions, referrals to community programs, etc. Counts are based upon the most serious violation in the incident. One incident may involve multiple violations. Provincial and territorial data for specific types of youth crime are available (in most cases) beginning in 1977. Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 youth population (12 to 17 years). Percent change based on unrounded rates. Populations based upon July 1st estimates from Statistics Canada, Demography Division. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey. |
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| Province and territory |
Break and enter | Motor vehicle theft | Total property crimeNote 3 | Total crime (youth crime rate)Note 3 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rate | percent change in rate 2010 to 2011 | rate | percent change in rate 2010 to 2011 | rate | percent change in rate 2010 to 2011 | rate | percent change in rate 2010 to 2011 | |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 572 | -10 | 167 | -15 | 3,345 | -4 | 6,327 | -5 |
| Prince Edward Island | 486 | -1 | 171 | 28 | 3,286 | -16 | 5,303 | -13 |
| Nova Scotia | 516 | -17 | 193 | 32 | 4,470 | -6 | 8,985 | -2 |
| New Brunswick | 427 | -25 | 170 | -27 | 3,037 | -31 | 6,445 | -22 |
| Quebec | 288 | -10 | 99 | -13 | 1,815 | -11 | 3,800 | -6 |
| Ontario | 242 | -13 | 79 | 0 | 2,253 | -13 | 4,561 | -9 |
| Manitoba | 726 | -23 | 232 | -19 | 3,641 | -24 | 9,330 | -14 |
| Saskatchewan | 1,506 | 1 | 596 | 17 | 8,874 | -4 | 16,997 | -4 |
| Alberta | 295 | -32 | 186 | 0 | 3,532 | -16 | 6,918 | -13 |
| British Columbia | 217 | -10 | 61 | -1 | 2,315 | -18 | 4,623 | -15 |
| Yukon | 452 | -65 | 576 | -27 | 8,758 | -19 | 18,133 | -20 |
| Northwest Territories | 3,370 | -26 | 815 | -41 | 18,342 | -21 | 36,168 | -15 |
| Nunavut | 3,361 | -32 | 1,384 | -33 | 13,767 | -20 | 25,235 | -24 |
| Canada | 345 | -15 | 127 | -4 | 2,735 | -14 | 5,564 | -10 |
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… not applicable 3. Crime rates are based upon Criminal Code incidents (excluding traffic offences). See Table 4 for a list of offences included in the total violent crime, total property crime and total crime categories. Note: Refers to the number of youth (12 to 17) years of age who were either charged (or recommended for charging) by police or diverted from the formal criminal justice system through the use of warnings, cautions, referrals to community programs, etc. Counts are based upon the most serious violation in the incident. One incident may involve multiple violations. Provincial and territorial data for specific types of youth crime are available (in most cases) beginning in 1977. Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 youth population (12 to 17 years). Percent change based on unrounded rates. Populations based upon July 1st estimates from Statistics Canada, Demography Division. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey. |
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