Table 6
Guilty cases completed in adult criminal court, by type of offence and select sentence, Canada, 2013/2014

Table 6
Guilty cases completed in adult criminal court, by type of offence and select sentence, Canada, 2013/2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Guilty cases completed in adult criminal court. The information is grouped by Type of offence (appearing as row headers), Total guilty cases, Custody, Probation and Fine, calculated using number, percent, median length (days) and median amount (dollars) units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of offenceNote 1 Total guilty cases CustodyNote 2 ProbationNote 3 FineNote 4
number number percent median length (days)Note 5 number percent median length (days)Note 5 number percent median amount (dollars)Note 6
Violent offences 42,267 15,125 36 75 30,356 72 365 2,862 7 300
Homicide 137 98 72 2,190 11 8 548 3 2 1,275
Attempted murder 38 29 76 1,813 2 5 730 0 0 Note ...: not applicable
Robbery 2,005 1,630 81 365 1,030 51 730 21 1 150
Sexual assault 1,357 748 55 300 885 65 720 25 2 750
Other sexual offencesNote 7 1,984 1,325 67 180 1,353 68 730 66 3 300
Major assaultNote 8 10,188 4,853 48 90 6,620 65 365 611 6 400
Common assault 15,867 2,549 16 30 12,221 77 365 1,291 8 400
Uttering threats 8,154 2,960 36 30 6,202 76 365 724 9 250
Criminal harassment 1,470 429 29 45 1,306 89 545 63 4 350
Other violent offences 1,067 504 47 180 726 68 545 58 5 300
Property offences 48,601 19,953 41 30 28,329 58 365 6,782 14 250
TheftNote 9 22,100 9,067 41 27 12,106 55 365 3,955 18 200
Break and enter 6,534 3,897 60 120 4,231 65 540 228 3 400
Fraud 7,107 2,554 36 48 4,342 61 365 775 11 300
Mischief 6,982 1,483 21 15 4,724 68 365 1,013 15 300
Possess stolen property 4,911 2,356 48 45 2,371 48 365 752 15 400
Other property offences 967 596 62 60 555 57 450 59 6 200
Administration of justice offences 59,217 29,719 50 15 18,651 31 365 13,384 23 250
Fail to appear 2,015 846 42 7 511 25 365 611 30 150
Breach of probation 25,121 14,171 56 17 8,886 35 365 4,926 20 250
Unlawfully at large 2,147 1,873 87 15 383 18 365 154 7 200
Fail to comply with order 24,159 10,896 45 9 6,560 27 365 6,074 25 200
Other administration of justice offences 5,775 1,933 33 20 2,311 40 365 1,619 28 300
Other Criminal Code offences 9,237 3,747 41 60 4,532 49 365 1,745 19 300
Weapons 5,741 2,316 40 60 2,749 48 365 1,110 19 300
Prostitution 204 48 24 127 87 43 365 54 26 275
Disturbing the peace 831 217 26 13 362 44 360 241 29 250
Residual Criminal Code offences 2,461 1,166 47 120 1,334 54 450 340 14 300
Criminal Code (excluding traffic) 159,322 68,544 43 30 81,868 51 365 24,773 16 250
Criminal Code traffic offences 37,825 6,343 17 34 5,903 16 365 29,617 78 1,200
Impaired driving 30,092 2,783 9 33 3,324 11 365 26,714 89 1,200
Other Criminal Code traffic offences 7,733 3,560 46 45 2,579 33 365 2,903 38 1,000
Total Criminal Code offences 197,147 74,887 38 30 87,771 45 365 54,390 28 1,000
Other federal statute offences 31,181 7,877 25 90 9,859 32 365 13,165 42 250
Drug possession 6,916 758 11 10 2,258 33 365 3,363 49 300
Other drug offencesNote 10 5,368 2,438 45 210 1,571 29 365 374 7 900
Youth Criminal Justice Act 790 287 36 7 225 28 360 234 30 200
Residual federal statute offences 18,107 4,394 24 90 5,805 32 365 9,194 51 200
Total offences 228,328 82,764 36 30 97,630 43 365 67,555 30 600
... not applicable
Note 1.

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

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Note 2.

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. Length of custody data are not available from Manitoba.

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Note 3.

Excludes cases in which the length of the probation sentence was unknown or greater than three years. Length of probation data are not available from Manitoba.

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Note 4.

Excludes cases in which the amount of the fine was unknown. Amount of fine data are not available from Manitoba.

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Note 5.

The median is the point at which half of all cases had longer sentence lengths and half had shorter sentence lengths.

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Note 6.

The median is the point at which half of all cases had higher sentence amounts and half had lower sentence amounts.

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Note 7.

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 8.

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

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Note 9.

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

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Note 10

Includes drug trafficking, production, importing and exporting.

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Note: Cases may involve more than one type of sentence and/or other sentences not shown, therefore, percentages do not total 100%. 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. Data exclude information from superior courts in Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan as well as municipal courts in Quebec due to the unavailability of data.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Integrated Criminal Court Survey.
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