Table 1
Charges and cases completed in adult criminal court, Canada, 2005/2006 to 2011/2012

Table 1
Charges and cases completed in adult criminal court, Canada, 2005/2006 to 2011/2012
Table summary
This table displays the results of charges and cases completed in adult criminal court. The information is grouped by year (appearing as row headers), charges, percent change in number of charges from previous year, cases and percent change in number of cases from previous year, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Year ChargesNote 1 Percent change in number of charges from previous year CasesNote 2 Percent change in number of cases from previous year
number percent number percent
2005/2006 1,094,431 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 382,322 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
2006/2007 1,109,587 1.4 380,537 -0.5
2007/2008 1,151,509 3.8 393,193 3.3
2008/2009 1,187,324 3.1 398,697 1.4
2009/2010 1,224,191 3.1 410,051 2.8
2010/2011 1,224,787 0.0 409,957 0.0
2011/2012 1,160,307 -5.3 386,451 -5.7
.. not available for a specific reference period
Note 1.

A charge refers to a formal accusation against an accused person or company involving a federal statute offence that has been processed by the courts and received a final decision.

Note 2.

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: Data exclude information from superior courts in Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan as well as municipal courts in Quebec due to the unavailability of data.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Integrated Criminal Court Survey.
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