Table 5
Proportion of accused of crime that were male, by age group and offence, Canada, 2014

Table 5
Proportion of accused of crime that were male, by age group and offence, Canada, 2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Proportion of accused of crime that were male. The information is grouped by Type of offence (appearing as row headers), Youth aged 12 to 17, Young adults aged 18 to 24, Older adults aged 25 and older and Total adults, calculated using percent male units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of offence Youth aged 12 to 17 Young adults aged 18 to 24 Older adults aged 25 and olderNote 1 Total adultsNote 1
percent male
Total accused of Criminal Code offences (excluding traffic) 72 76 76 76
Violent crime  
Homicide and attempted murderNote 2 84 89 86 87
Sexual assault - level 3 - aggravated 100 93 86 87
Sexual assault - level 2 - weapon or bodily harm 97 91 92 92
Sexual assault - level 1 96 98 98 98
Sexual violations against children Note 3, Note 4 92 93 97 96
Assault - level 3 - aggravated 75 85 82 83
Assault - level 2 - weapon or bodily harm 77 77 76 76
Assault - level 1 (common assault) 62 70 76 75
Other assaultsNote 5 66 76 76 76
Robbery 90 88 85 86
Criminal harassment 61 75 78 78
Uttering threats 73 80 83 82
Other violent Criminal Code violationsNote 6 74 78 75 75
Total 71 76 79 78
Property crime  
Breaking and entering 88 87 86 86
Theft of motor vehicle 80 82 82 82
Theft over $5,000 (non-motor vehicle) 77 74 76 75
Theft of $5,000 or under (non-motor vehicle) 63 64 63 63
MischiefNote 7 79 77 74 75
Other property crimesNote 8 77 73 72 72
Total 73 73 70 71
Other Criminal Code offences  
Disturbing the peace 60 72 74 74
Administration of justice violationsNote 9 72 79 79 79
Other Criminal Code offencesNote 10 84 84 85 85
Total 72 78 79 79
Criminal Code traffic violations  
Impaired driving 69 80 80 80
Other Criminal Code traffic violations 85 85 84 84
Total 79 81 81 81
Drug offences  
Possession - cannabis 79 85 86 86
Trafficking, production or distribution - cannabis 86 87 81 83
Possession, trafficking, production or distribution - other drugs 75 79 80 80
Total 79 84 83 83
Other federal statute violations  
Youth Criminal Justice Act 72 83 64 83
Other federal statutes 74 77 84 83
Total 72 80 84 83
Total - all violations 73 77 77 77
Note 1.

Excludes accused where age is over 89.

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Note 2.

Includes other violations causing death such as criminal negligence causing death as well as attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder.

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Note 3.

Excludes sexual assaults against children and youth, which are reported as level 1, 2 or 3 sexual assault.

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Note 4.

Includes sexual interference, invitation to sexual touching, sexual exploitation, luring a child via a computer/agreement or arrangement, and (as of 2012) making sexually explicit material available to a child for the purpose of facilitating sexual offences against children/youth.

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Note 5.

Includes assault against a peace officer, violent firearm offences such as pointing or discharging a firearm, or using a firearm in the commission of an offence, and other assaults.

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Note 6.

Includes forcible confinement and kidnapping, abduction, extortion, threatening or harassing phone calls and other violent Criminal Code violations.

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Note 7.

Includes altering/removing/destroying a vehicle identification number.

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Note 8.

Includes possession and trafficking of stolen property, fraud, identity theft and fraud, and arson.

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Note 9.

Includes failure to comply with an order, failure to appear, breach of probation and other violations against the administration of law and justice.

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Note 10

Includes non-violent weapons offences, counterfeiting, child pornography, prostitution and other Criminal Code violations.

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Note: Excludes accused where sex is unknown.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Crime Reporting Survey.
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