Table 11
Completed drug-related cases with a decision of guilt in youth court, by selected type of sentence, type of offence, and type of drug, Canada, 2008/2009 to 2011/2012

Table summary
This table displays the results of Completed drug-related cases with a decision of guilt in youth court, by selected type of sentence, type of offence, and type of drug, Canada, 2008/2009 to 2011/2012. The information is grouped by Type of sentence (appearing as row headers), Type of offence, Possession, Supply and Total, calculated using number of cases, percent of guilty cases and median units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of sentenceNote 1 Type of offence
Possession SupplyNote 2 Total
number of cases percent of guilty cases medianNote 3 number of cases percent of guilty cases medianNote 3 number of cases percent of guilty cases medianNote 3
Guilty cases sentenced to custody
Cannabis 505 9 31 80 6 48 585 8 36
Other drugs 195 11 40 182 14 90 377 12 60
Cocaine 73 14 30 112 17 75 185 16 60
Heroin 3 21 33 2 13 267 5 17 57
Methamphetamines 12 8 40 8 8 100 20 8 62
Ecstasy 13 8 28 3 4 120 16 7 45
Other CDSANote 4 94 11 60 57 12 120 151 11 78
Total drug-related cases sentenced to custody 700 9 35 262 10 76 962 9 44
Guilty cases sentenced to fine
Cannabis 537 9 150 31 2 275 568 8 150
Other drugs 111 6 200 11 1 200 122 4 200
Cocaine 32 6 298 6 1 185 38 3 255
Heroin 1 7 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 0 0 Note ...: not applicable 1 3 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Methamphetamines 10 6 200 0 0 Note ...: not applicable 10 4 200
Ecstasy 11 7 255 1 1 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 12 5 253
Other CDSANote 4 57 7 150 4 1 175 61 5 150
Total drug-related cases sentenced to fine 648 9 150 42 2 250 690 7 170
Guilty cases sentenced to probation
Cannabis 3,422 58 360 1,060 76 365 4,482 61 360
Other drugs 1,076 63 360 1,006 76 365 2,082 69 365
Cocaine 341 64 365 495 76 365 836 71 365
Heroin 8 57 500 11 69 360 19 63 363
Methamphetamines 112 71 270 72 73 240 184 72 270
Ecstasy 94 58 270 59 78 360 153 65 360
Other CDSANote 4 521 61 360 369 77 360 890 67 360
Total drug-related cases sentenced to probation 4,498 59 360 2,066 76 365 6,564 63 365
... not applicable
x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Note 1.

Cases may involve more than one type of sentence and/or other sentences not shown, therefore, percentages do not total 100%.

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Note 2.

Cases related to drug supply include trafficking, import, export, and production of controlled drugs and substances.

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Note 3.

For guilty cases with a sentence of custody, represents the median length (in days) of sentenced custody. Custodial sentence lengths exclude time spent in custody prior to sentencing and/or the amount of credit awarded for time spent in pre-sentence custody. Also excludes cases in which the length of the custody sentence was unknown or indeterminate. For guilty cases with a sentence of fine, represents the median amount of fine (in dollars). Excludes cases where the amount of fine was unknown. For guilty cases with a sentence of probation, represents the median length (in days) of probation. Length of probation excludes cases in which the length of the probation sentence was unknown or greater than two years. The median represents the midpoint, where half of the values are above and half are below.

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Note 4.

Includes all other controlled drugs and substances. Includes precursors and equipment.

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Note: 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. Cases in this table represent a subset of completed adult criminal and youth court cases from 2008/2009 to 2011/2012. This subset includes all completed cases over this period where at least one charge was drug related and where the case was linked to police records.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Integrated Criminal Court Survey and Uniform Crime Reporting Survey linked database, 2008/2009 to 2011/2012.
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