Table 5
Profile of active custody/access cases, by selected province and territory, 2011/2012

Table 5
Profile of active custody/access cases, by selected province and territory, 2011/2012
Table summary
This table displays the results of profile of active custody/access cases. The information is grouped by type of case characteristic (appearing as row headers), n.s., n.b., ont., alta., b.c., y.t., n.w.t., nvt. and total, calculated using number, percent, percent and number units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of case characteristic N.S. N.B. Ont. Alta. B.C. Y.T. N.W.T. Nvt. Total
number
Number of custody/access cases 2,524 2,411 31,010 20,672 23,052 148 192 87 80,096
  percent
Custody/access cases as percentage of total family caseload 18 41 19 27 36 27 21 11 25
Percentage of custody/access cases with single issue (no other child or family issues reported) 0 15 0 58 3 0 5 0 16
  number
Activity in first year (new cases)Note 1  
Number of new custody/access cases 703 1,184 11,389 11,114 6,253 48 105 46 30,842
  percent
Percentage with disposition in first yearNote 2 65 52 100 88 52 100 21 65 83
  number
Average number of documents filed in first year 8.3 3.0 11.9 3.0 7.1 12.4 8.9 15.0 7.3
Average number of dispositions in first year 1.0 0.7 6.8 1.8 3.0 1.9 0.2 1.7 3.8
Average weeks to first disposition (in first year) 11.6 10.6 5.6 6.1 9.3 8.3 13.3 9.7 6.5
Note 1.

New cases include cases initiated at any time between April 2011 and March 2012. Information on activity will therefore be influenced by cases initiated close to the year end.

Note 2.

Dispositions in Ontario include outcomes from mandatory information programs (sessions that provide parties with information about separation and divorce and family law issues, as well as the legal process and alternatives to litigation) implemented across all court locations beginning in June 2010 and completed as of September 2011. This has an impact on data for 2011/2012. These outcomes were included as “other dispositions” which comprised 4% of total dispositions (in the first year) in 2010/2011 and 14% in 2011/2012 for custody/access cases. For 2011/2012, the average number of dispositions in the first year without “other dispositions” would be 5.8 instead of 6.8, and the average weeks to first disposition (in the first year) would be 7.4 instead of 5.6.

Note: Information on the presence of other issues (child or family related) may differ by jurisdiction as a result of administrative practices involving data collection. Information for New Brunswick does not include data for courts in Moncton, which represent approximately 25% of the cases in the Family Division for New Brunswick.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Civil Court Survey.
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