Table 4
Completed cases in adult criminal court for cases involving violent offences, by type of decision, relationship and number of charges laid against the accused, Canada, 2005/2006 to 2010/2011

Table 4
Completed cases in adult criminal court for cases involving violent offences, by type of decision, relationship and number of charges laid against the accused, Canada, 2005/2006 to 2010/2011.
Table summary
This table displays the results of Completed cases in adult criminal court for cases involving violent offences. The information is grouped by Type of decision (appearing as row headers), Single-charge cases, Multiple-charge cases and Total cases, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of decision Single-charge cases Multiple-charge casesNote 1 Total cases
number percent number percent number percent
Intimate partner violence (IPV) casesNote 2  
GuiltyNote 3 30,202 40 77,366 74 107,568 60
AcquittedNote 4 1,565 2 1,219 1 2,784 2
Stayed or withdrawnNote 5 41,663 56 26,279 25 67,942 38
Other decisionsNote 6 1,256 2 276 0 1,532 1
Total IPV decisions 74,686 100 105,140 100 179,826 100
Non-intimate partner violence (non-IPV) casesNote 7  
GuiltyNote 3 23,949 44 63,873 76 87,822 64
AcquittedNote 4 1,419 3 1,135 1 2,554 2
Stayed or withdrawnNote 5 27,638 51 18,878 22 46,516 34
Other decisionsNote 6 887 2 467 1 1,354 1
Total non- IPV decisions 53,893 100 84,353 100 138,246 100
Total decisions 128,579 Note ...: not applicable 189,493 Note ...: not applicable 318,072 Note ...: not applicable
... not applicable
Note 1.

A case that involves more than one charge is represented by the most serious offence. Cases involving multiple offences include all charges in the case, regardless of whether they resulted in a guilty verdict.

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Note 2.

Refers to violence committed by married, separated or divorced persons, common-law partners, dating partners (current and former) and other intimate partners.

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Note 3.

Include the following decisions: 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.

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Note 4.

The accused was found not guilty of the charges brought before the court.

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Note 5.

Includes stays, withdrawals, dismissals and discharges at the pre-trial hearing as well as court referrals to alternative or extrajudicial measures and restorative justice programs. These decisions all refer to the court stopping criminal proceedings against the accused.

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Note 6.

Include the following final decisions: accused not criminally responsible and waived out of province or territory. This category also includes any order for which a conviction was not recorded, the court’s acceptance of a special plea, cases in which arguments refer to the Charter and cases in which the accused was found unfit to stand trial.

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Note 7.

Refers to violence committed by parents, children, brothers, sisters, extended family members, friends, acquaintances, business or criminal associates, authority figures, neighbours and strangers.

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Note: Includes victims who were between 15 and 89 years of age at the time of the incident. Excludes incidents for which the age or sex of the victim was unknown. Excludes incidents in which the accused was between 12 and 17 years at the time of the incident.
Source: Statistics Canada, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey-Integrated Criminal Court Survey linked database, 2005/2006 to 2010/2011.
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