Table 5
Cases completed in youth court, by type of offence and decision, Canada, 2013/2014

Table 5
Cases completed in youth court, by type of offence and decision, Canada, 2013/2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Cases completed in youth court. The information is grouped by Type of offence (appearing as row headers), Guilty, Stayed/ withdrawn, Acquitted, Other decisions and Total cases, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of offenceNote 1 GuiltyNote 2 Stayed/ withdrawnNote 3 Acquitted Other decisionsNote 4 Total cases
number percent number percent number percent number percent number percent
Violent offences 6,482 55 4,783 41 395 3 60 1 11,720 100
Homicide 21 64 11 33 0 0 1 3 33 100
Attempted murder 9 45 10 50 1 5 0 0 20 100
Robbery 1,040 55 806 42 55 3 3 0 1,904 100
Sexual assault 457 61 226 30 57 8 10 1 750 100
Other sexual offencesNote 5 407 61 211 32 45 7 4 1 667 100
Major assaultNote 6 1,478 62 835 35 71 3 12 1 2,396 100
Common assault 1,858 51 1,663 46 77 2 15 0 3,613 100
Uttering threats 987 53 791 42 77 4 12 1 1,867 100
Criminal harassment 80 42 108 56 2 1 2 1 192 100
Other crimes against persons 145 52 122 44 10 4 1 0 278 100
Property offences 6,469 48 6,735 50 108 1 58 0 13,370 100
TheftNote 7 2,083 45 2,528 54 34 1 13 0 4,658 100
Break and enter 1,890 61 1,170 38 24 1 16 1 3,100 100
Fraud 255 55 204 44 4 1 2 0 465 100
Mischief 1,067 43 1,388 56 27 1 7 0 2,489 100
Possess stolen property 971 42 1,291 56 16 1 16 1 2,294 100
Other property crimes 203 56 154 42 3 1 4 1 364 100
Administration of justice offences 2,723 63 1,518 35 28 1 21 0 4,290 100
Fail to appear 110 45 130 53 0 0 6 2 246 100
Breach of probation 74 63 41 35 0 0 2 2 117 100
Unlawfully at large 219 85 39 15 0 0 0 0 258 100
Fail to comply with order 1,776 62 1,066 37 25 1 8 0 2,875 100
Other administration of justice 544 69 242 30 3 0 5 1 794 100
Other Criminal Code offences 1,317 61 804 37 25 1 14 1 2,160 100
Weapons 856 59 573 39 17 1 5 0 1,451 100
Prostitution 3 27 8 73 0 0 0 0 11 100
Disturbing the peace 37 43 49 57 0 0 0 0 86 100
Residual Criminal Code 421 69 174 28 8 1 9 1 612 100
Criminal Code (excluding traffic) 16,991 54 13,840 44 556 2 153 0 31,540 100
Criminal Code traffic offences 494 76 135 21 15 2 2 0 646 100
Impaired driving 251 79 57 18 9 3 1 0 318 100
Other Criminal Code traffic 243 74 78 24 6 2 1 0 328 100
Total Criminal Code offences 17,485 54 13,975 43 571 2 155 0 32,186 100
Other federal statute offences 5,039 65 2,595 34 59 1 22 0 7,715 100
Drug possession 435 28 1,123 72 3 0 7 0 1,568 100
Other drug offencesNote 8 354 53 306 46 1 0 1 0 662 100
Youth Criminal Justice Act 3,086 80 729 19 14 0 12 0 3,841 100
Residual federal statutes 1,164 71 437 27 41 2 2 0 1,644 100
Total offences 22,524 56 16,570 42 630 2 177 0 39,901 100
Note 1.

Cases that involve more than one charge are represented by the most serious offence.

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Note 2.

Guilty findings include guilty of the offence, of an included offence, of an attempt of the offence, or of an attempt of an included offence. Also includes guilty pleas, and cases where an absolute or conditional discharge has been imposed.

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Note 3.

Includes stays, withdrawals, dismissals and discharges at preliminary inquiry as well as court referrals to alternative or extrajudicial measures.

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Note 4.

Includes final decisions of found not criminally responsible and waived out of province or territory. Also includes any order where a conviction was not recorded, the court's acceptance of a special plea, cases that raise Charter arguments and cases where the accused was found unfit to stand trial.

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Note 5.

Includes, for example, sexual interference, invitation to sexual touching, child pornography, luring a child via a computer and sexual exploitation.

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Note 6.

Includes, for example, assault with a weapon (level 2) and aggravated assault (level 3).

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Note 7.

Includes, for example, theft over $5,000, theft $5,000 or under, as well as motor vehicle theft.

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Note 8.

Includes drug trafficking, production, importing and exporting.

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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.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Integrated Criminal Court Survey.
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