Table 2
Cases completed in youth court, by province and territory, 2010/2011 and 2011/2012

Table 2
Cases completed in youth court, by province and territory, 2010/2011 and 2011/2012
Table summary
This table displays the results of cases completed in youth court. The information is grouped by province or territory (appearing as row headers), 2010/2011, 2011/2012, percent change in number of cases 2010/2011 to 2011/2012 (%) and difference in median length of cases 2010/2011 to 2011/2012 (days), calculated using number and median length of case (days) units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province or territory 2010/2011 2011/2012 Percent change in number of cases 2010/2011 to 2011/2012 (%) Difference in median length of cases 2010/2011 to 2011/2012 (days)
numberNote 1 Median length of case (days)Note 2 numberNote 1 Median length of case (days)Note 2
Newfoundland and Labrador 608 114 587 92 -3.5 -22
Prince Edward Island 188 36 173 29 -8.0 -7
Nova Scotia 1,390 134 1,285 113 -7.6 -21
New Brunswick 1,245 66 1,066 64 -14.4 -2
Quebec 7,669 122 7,554 134 -1.5 12
Ontario 22,204 113 19,548 106 -12.0 -7
Manitoba 3,459 142 3,316 140 -4.1 -2
Saskatchewan 5,066 85 4,564 78 -9.9 -7
Alberta 7,574 124 6,789 122 -10.4 -2
British Columbia 3,477 105 2,915 107 -16.2 2
Yukon 124 147 79 127 -36.3 -20
Northwest Territories 216 67 143 64 -33.8 -3
Nunavut 274 65 210 90 -23.4 25
Canada 53,494 113 48,229 108 -9.8 -5
Note 1.

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 decision.

Note 2.

Refers to the mid-point in the number of days taken to complete a case, from first to last court appearance.

Note: There are many factors that may influence variations between jurisdictions such as Crown and police charging practices, offence distributions, and various forms of diversion programs. Therefore, comparisons between jurisdictions should be made with caution.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Integrated Criminal Court Survey.
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