Table 7
Police-reported crime for selected offences, by province and territory, 2012

Table 7
Police-reported crime for selected offences, by province and territory, 2012
Table summary
This table displays the results of police-reported crime for selected offences. The information is grouped by province
or territory (appearing as row headers), homicide, attempted murder, major assault
(levels 2 and 3) and robbery, calculated using number, rate and percent change in rate 2011 to 2012 units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province
or territory		 Homicide Attempted murder Major assault
(Levels 2 and 3)Note 1		 Robbery
number rate percent change in rate 2011 to 2012Note 2 number rate percent change in rate 2011 to 2012Note 2 number rate percent change in rate 2011 to 2012 number rate percent change in rate 2011 to 2012
Newfoundland and
Labrador		 3 0.6 Note ...: not applicable 0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable 773 151 11 142 28 29
Prince Edward Island 0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable 1 0.7 Note ...: not applicable 109 75 -20 25 17 47
Nova Scotia 17 1.8 -23 34 3.6 -43 1,450 153 -4 441 46 -6
New Brunswick 6 0.8 -25 11 1.5 -31 1,003 133 0 164 22 18
Quebec 108 1.3 2 191 2.4 13 10,640 132 -6 5,783 72 -15
Ontario 162 1.2 0 263 1.9 17 14,260 106 -4 10,736 79 -8
Manitoba 52 4.1 -3 22 1.7 -34 4,540 358 0 2,130 168 -5
Saskatchewan 29 2.7 -25 27 2.5 -9 4,011 371 -2 1,036 96 -7
Alberta 85 2.2 -24 42 1.1 -18 7,046 182 0 2,675 69 -11
British Columbia 71 1.5 -19 83 1.8 4 8,183 177 -3 4,508 98 -1
Yukon 0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable 0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable 197 546 -8 11 30 -17
Northwest Territories 5 11.5 Note ...: not applicable 2 4.6 Note ...: not applicable 377 870 -17 23 53 56
Nunavut 5 14.8 Note ...: not applicable 0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable 462 1,371 23 6 18 -50
Canada 543 1.6 -10 676 1.9 0 53,051 152 -3 27,680 79 -8
Table summary
This table displays the results of police-reported crime for selected offences. The information is grouped by province
or territory (appearing as row headers), sexual assault
(levels 1, 2 and 3), sexual violations against children, break and enter and motor vehicle theft, calculated using number, rate and percent change in rate 2011 to 2012 units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province
or territory		 Sexual assault
(Levels 1, 2 and 3)		 Sexual violations against childrenNote 3 Break and enter Motor vehicle theft
number rate percent change in rate 2011 to 2012 number rate percent change in rate 2011 to 2012 number rate percent change in rate 2011 to 2012 number rate percent change in rate 2011 to 2012
Newfoundland and
Labrador		 371 72 15 80 16 1 2,792 545 -11 506 99 -15
Prince Edward Island 74 51 0 23 16 21 834 571 20 159 109 28
Nova Scotia 668 70 -5 72 8 -33 4,824 508 1 1,327 140 2
New Brunswick 498 66 -10 134 18 -4 3,630 480 7 1,143 151 -6
Quebec 3,985 49 4 1,222 15 17 46,125 573 -9 20,820 258 -8
Ontario 7,979 59 1 914 7 7 48,855 362 -5 19,047 141 -9
Manitoba 1,460 115 -1 163 13 -7 9,263 731 -1 3,725 294 -5
Saskatchewan 1,042 96 -12 241 22 0 8,532 790 -8 4,327 401 -15
Alberta 2,818 73 -2 374 10 0 19,343 499 2 13,799 356 -1
British Columbia 2,594 56 -6 684 15 -7 30,028 650 0 12,584 272 -5
Yukon 77 213 18 9 25 121 205 568 5 147 407 25
Northwest Territories 176 406 -2 17 39 8 659 1,520 -11 198 457 -7
Nunavut 179 531 -9 35 104 -33 622 1,846 14 157 466 5
Canada 21,921 63 -1 3,968 11 3 175,712 504 -4 77,939 223 -7
Table summary
This table displays the results of police-reported crime for selected offences. The information is grouped by province
or territory (appearing as row headers), impaired driving, cannabis, cocaine and other drugs, calculated using number, rate and percent change in rate 2011 to 2012 units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province
or territory		 Impaired drivingNote 4 CannabisNote 5 CocaineNote 5 Other drugsNote 5, Note 6
number rate percent change in rate 2011 to 2012 number rate percent change in rate 2011 to 2012 number rate percent change in rate 2011 to 2012 number rate percent change in rate 2011 to 2012
Newfoundland and
Labrador		 1,852 361 1 854 167 -24 211 41 -11 347 68 1
Prince Edward IslandNote 7 480 329 -33 186 127 4 40 27 38 126 86 -1
Nova Scotia 2,693 284 -13 2,378 251 -4 352 37 1 463 49 3
New Brunswick 2,176 288 -3 1,300 172 -13 274 36 14 371 49 0
Quebec 16,575 206 -2 14,825 184 -9 2,109 26 -1 4,956 62 -3
Ontario 17,169 127 -1 22,123 164 -5 5,074 38 0 5,701 42 -1
Manitoba 3,761 297 -7 1,935 153 -9 987 78 11 376 30 -5
Saskatchewan 7,834 725 7 3,449 319 -3 1,862 172 52 777 72 11
Alberta 16,156 417 -5 7,412 191 -6 2,981 77 6 1,363 35 6
British ColumbiaNote 8 14,395 311 -24 17,670 382 -10 4,350 94 -5 3,412 74 8
Yukon 388 1,075 16 124 343 -14 51 141 9 15 42 145
Northwest Territories 665 1,534 7 460 1,061 -15 103 238 -14 31 72 -7
Nunavut 339 1,006 97 387 1,148 5 6 18 99 14 42 0
Canada 84,483 242 -7 73,103 210 -8 18,400 53 4 17,952 51 1
... not applicable
Note 1.

Excludes assaults against police officers.

Note 2.

Due to the variability in small numbers, percent changes have not been calculated when the number of offences is below 5 in any given year.

Note 3.

Includes sexual interference, invitation to sexual touching, sexual exploitation, and luring a child via a computer, and (as of 2012) making sexually explicit material available to a child for the purpose of facilitating sexual offences against children/youth. The offence of “Child Pornography” includes offences under section 163.1 of the Criminal Code which makes it illegal to access, possess, make, print, or distribute child pornography. When the actual victim is not identified, this offence is reported to the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey with the most serious offence being “Child Pornography” which falls under the larger crime category of “Other Criminal Code”. In cases where an actual victim is identified, police will report the most serious offence as sexual assault, sexual exploitation or other sexual violations against children, which falls under the category of “Violent Violations”, and child pornography may be reported as a secondary violation.

Note 4.

Includes alcohol- and/or drug-impaired operation of a vehicle, alcohol-and/or drug-impaired operation of a vehicle causing death or bodily harm, failure or refusal to comply with testing for the presence of alcohol or drugs and failure or refusal to provide a breath or blood sample.

Note 5.

Includes possession, trafficking, production or distribution.

Note 6.

Includes other drugs such as heroin, crystal meth and ecstasy. Also includes precursors and equipment.

Note 7.

In 2012, Charlottetown altered the classification of calls from the public regarding impaired driving which accounts for the decrease at the municipal and provincial levels that year.

Note 8.

In 2011, the introduction of the Immediate Roadside Prohibition (IRP) in British Columbia provided an alternative method for members to proceed with penalties for impaired drivers and may account for the trends reported for 2011 and 2012.

Note: Counts are based on the most serious violation in the incident. One incident may involve multiple violations. Provincial and territorial data for specific types of crime are available, in most cases, from 1977. Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. Percentage changes are based on unrounded rates. Populations are based on July 1 estimates from Statistics Canada, Demography Division.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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