Table 2
Police-reported Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) violations, by type of substance, by province and territory, 2013

Table summary
This table displays the results of Police-reported Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) violations, by type of substance, by province and territory, 2013. The information is grouped by Province or territory (appearing as row headers), Type of substance, percent change in rate 2012 to 2013, Cannabis, Cocaine, Methamphetamines, Other CDSA and Total, calculated using number and rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province or territory Type of substance percent change in rate 2012 to 2013
Cannabis Cocaine Methamphetamines Other CDSANote 1 Total
number rate number rate number rate number rate number rate
Newfoundland and Labrador 969 184 159 30 1 0 307 58 1,436 273 0.4
Prince Edward Island 116 80 33 23 2 1 115 79 266 183 -25.5
Nova Scotia 2,224 236 350 37 6 1 479 51 3,059 325 -3.9
New Brunswick 1,213 160 211 28 65 9 291 38 1,780 235 -7.4
Quebec 15,766 193 2,121 26 1,812 22 2,876 35 22,575 277 1.6
Ontario 20,899 154 4,767 35 742 5 5,026 37 31,434 232 -5.9
Manitoba 2,217 175 959 76 22 2 406 32 3,604 285 4.9
Saskatchewan 3,242 293 1,510 136 104 9 570 51 5,426 490 -13.3
Alberta 7,507 187 2,878 72 604 15 961 24 11,950 297 -2.9
British Columbia 18,248 398 4,241 93 1,263 28 2,633 57 26,385 576 2.8
Yukon 111 302 77 210 0 0 19 52 207 564 8.2
Northwest Territories 405 930 133 305 0 0 23 53 561 1,289 -5.1
Nunavut 356 1,000 6 17 0 0 12 34 374 1,051 -11.1
Canada 73,273 208 17,445 50 4,621 13 13,718 39 109,057 310 -2.1
Note 1.

Includes heroin, ecstasy, and other controlled drugs and substances, as well as precursors and equipment.

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Note: Police-reported statistics may be affected by differences in the way police services deal with minor offences. In some instances, police or municipalities might choose to deal with some minor offences using municipal by-laws or provincial provisions rather than Criminal Code provisions. Counts are based on the most serious violation in the incident. One incident may involve multiple violations. 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 upon July 1st estimates from Statistics Canada, Demography Division.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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