Table 2
Police-reported impaired driving incidents, by province and territory, 2011

Table 2
Police-reported impaired driving incidents, by province and territory, 2011
Table summary
 This table displays the results of police-reported impaired driving incidents. The information is grouped by province and territory (appearing as row headers), alcohol-impaired, drug-impaired, total - impaired driving, percent change in rate from 2001 to 2011, failure to comply or provide breath or blood sample, impaired operation of a vehicle, impaired driving causing bodily harm and impaired driving causing death, calculated using number and rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province and territory Alcohol-impaired Drug-impairedNote 1 Total - impaired driving Percent change in rate from 2001 to 2011
Failure to comply or provide breath or blood sample Impaired operation of a vehicle Impaired driving causing bodily harm Impaired driving causing death
number number number rate
Newfoundland and Labrador 41 1,721 15 1 71 1,849 362 69
Prince Edward Island 12 690 5 1 11 719 493 23
Nova Scotia 92 2,861 22 5 117 3,097 328 16
New Brunswick 143 1,978 18 6 88 2,233 296 -9
Quebec 113 16,056 349 25 277 16,820 211 -18
Ontario 1,070 15,808 97 22 329 17,326 130 -28
Manitoba 108 3,778 56 14 75 4,031 322 7
Saskatchewan 113 6,915 80 13 108 7,229 683 2
Alberta 560 15,838 95 17 491 17,001 450 4
British Columbia 1,172 17,281 70 14 298 18,835 412 49
Yukon 9 309 5 1 3 327 943 1
Northwest Territories 4 619 3 0 13 639 1,463 58
Nunavut 1 159 6 0 5 171 513 16
Canada 3,438 84,013 821 119 1,886 90,277 262 -2
1. Includes drug-related failure or refusal to provide a blood sample, impaired operation of a vehicle, impaired driving causing bodily harm and impaired driving causing death.
Note: Counts are based upon the most serious violation in an incident. One incident may involve multiple violations. Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population (all ages) 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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