Table 4
Cases completed in youth court, by type of offence and decision, Canada, 2011/2012

Table 4
Cases completed in youth court, by type of offence and decision, Canada, 2011/2012
Table summary
This table displays the results of cases completed in youth court. The information is grouped by type of offence (appearing as row headers), guilty, stayed/
withdrawn, acquitted, other and total cases, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of offenceNote 1 GuiltyNote 2 Stayed/
withdrawnNote 3		 Acquitted OtherNote 4 Total casesNote 5
number percent number percent number percent number percent number percent
Violent offences 7,345 56 5,309 41 375 3 66 1 13,095 100
Homicide 30 65 16 35 0 0 0 0 46 100
Attempted murder 4 57 2 29 0 0 1 14 7 100
Robbery 1,467 61 895 37 47 2 4 0 2,413 100
Sexual assault 458 51 353 39 86 10 8 1 905 100
Other sexual offencesNote 6 249 72 86 25 8 2 4 1 347 100
Major assaultNote 7 1,752 61 995 35 100 3 17 1 2,864 100
Common assault 2,076 52 1,864 46 67 2 19 0 4,026 100
Uttering threats 1,080 53 888 44 46 2 11 1 2,025 100
Criminal harassment 71 41 93 54 7 4 1 1 172 100
Other violent offences 158 54 117 40 14 5 1 0 290 100
Property offences 8,535 50 8,490 49 126 1 89 1 17,240 100
TheftNote 8 3,072 47 3,436 52 34 1 35 1 6,577 100
Break and enter 2,370 63 1,312 35 32 1 24 1 3,738 100
Fraud 269 52 245 47 3 1 4 1 521 100
Mischief 1,484 45 1,787 54 23 1 11 0 3,305 100
Possess stolen property 1,110 41 1,527 57 29 1 13 0 2,679 100
Other property crimes 230 55 183 44 5 1 2 0 420 100
Administration of justice offences 3,296 63 1,853 35 28 1 56 1 5,233 100
Fail to appear 110 40 161 59 0 0 1 0 272 100
Breach of probation 83 64 45 35 1 1 1 1 130 100
Unlawfully at large 300 90 32 10 0 0 3 1 335 100
Fail to comply with order 2,141 61 1,304 37 18 1 45 1 3,508 100
Other administration of justice offences 662 67 311 31 9 1 6 1 988 100
Other Criminal Code offences 1,383 57 980 40 36 1 29 1 2,428 100
Weapons offences 967 58 668 40 19 1 8 0 1,662 100
Prostitution 0 0 4 100 0 0 0 0 4 100
Disturb the peace 44 37 73 61 2 2 0 0 119 100
Residual Criminal Code 372 58 235 37 15 2 21 3 643 100
Total Criminal Code offences (excluding traffic) 20,559 54 16,632 44 565 1 240 1 37,996 100
Criminal Code traffic offences 697 83 121 14 17 2 3 0 838 100
Impaired driving 399 88 45 10 8 2 1 0 453 100
Other Criminal Code traffic offences 298 77 76 20 9 2 2 1 385 100
Total Criminal Code offences (including traffic) 21,256 55 16,753 43 582 1 243 1 38,834 100
Other federal statute offences 6,015 64 3,273 35 73 1 34 0 9,395 100
Drug possession 902 33 1,807 66 19 1 6 0 2,734 100
Other drug offencesNote 9 728 58 481 39 31 2 6 0 1,246 100
Youth Criminal Justice Act 4,341 82 944 18 23 0 18 0 5,326 100
Other federal statutes 44 49 41 46 0 0 4 4 89 100
Total offences 27,271 57 20,026 42 655 1 277 1 48,229 100
Note 1.

Cases that involve more than one charge are represented by the most serious offence.

Note 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. This category also includes cases where an absolute or conditional discharge has been imposed.

Note 3.

Includes stays, withdrawals, dismissals and discharges at preliminary inquiry as well as court referrals to alternative or extrajudicial measures and restorative justice programs.

Note 4.

Includes final decisions of found not criminally responsible and waived out of province/territory. This category also includes any order where a conviction was not recorded, the court's acceptance of a special plea, cases which raise Charter arguments and cases where the accused was found unfit to stand trial.

Note 5.

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.

Note 6.

Includes, for example, sexual interference, invitation to sexual touching, child pornography, luring a child via a computer and sexual exploitation.

Note 7.

Includes, for example, assault with a weapon (level 2) and aggravated assault (level 3).

Note 8.

Includes, for example, theft over $5,000, theft $5,000 or under, as well as motor vehicle theft

Note 9.

Includes drug trafficking, exportation and importation, and production.

Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Integrated Criminal Court Survey.
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