Table 3
Cases completed in youth court, by type of offence, Canada, 2013/2014 and 2014/2015

Table 3
Cases completed in youth court, by type of offence, Canada, 2013/2014 and 2014/2015
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), 2013/2014, 2014/2015, Percent change in number of cases 2013/2014 to 2014/2015 and Difference in median length of cases 2013/2014 to 2014/2015, calculated using number, median length of case (days), percent and days units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of offenceNote 1 2013/2014 2014/2015 Percent change in number of cases 2013/2014 to 2014/2015 Difference in median length of cases 2013/2014 to 2014/2015
numberNote 2 median length of case (days)Note 3 numberNote 2 median length of case (days)Note 3 percent days
Violent offences 11,883 168 9,743 169 -18 1
Homicide 33 611 25 420 -24 -191
Attempted murder 20 248 22 223 10 -25
Robbery 1,936 204 1,459 206 -25 2
Sexual assault 767 258 630 260 -18 2
Other sexual offencesNote 4 682 243 655 239 -4 -4
Major assaultNote 5 2,427 164 2,074 169 -15 5
Common assault 3,637 134 2,743 134 -25 0
Uttering threats 1,897 145 1,746 141 -8 -4
Criminal harassment 197 176 174 166 -12 -11
Other crimes against persons 286 182 215 206 -25 24
Property offences 13,526 120 10,735 117 -21 -3
TheftNote 6 4,692 103 3,586 102 -24 -1
Break and enter 3,153 141 2,537 137 -20 -4
Fraud 470 118 364 120 -23 2
Mischief 2,514 115 2,096 120 -17 6
Possess stolen property 2,322 120 1,856 113 -20 -7
Other property crimes 375 155 296 147 -21 -9
Administration of justice offences 4,336 84 3,520 84 -19 0
Fail to appear 253 71 209 78 -17 7
Breach of probation 118 84 82 68 -31 -16
Unlawfully at large 262 8 215 5 -18 -3
Fail to comply with order 2,902 92 2,309 90 -20 -2
Other administration of justice 801 92 705 98 -12 6
Other Criminal Code offences 2,193 148 2,014 146 -8 -2
Weapons 1,463 148 1,372 141 -6 -7
Prostitution 11 174 16 172 45 -2
Disturbing the peace 86 103 61 92 -29 -11
Residual Criminal Code 633 157 565 157 -11 0
Criminal Code (excluding traffic) 31,938 131 26,012 132 -19 1
Criminal Code traffic offences 656 120 541 97 -18 -23
Impaired driving 321 116 242 64 -25 -52
Other Criminal Code traffic 335 122 299 120 -11 -2
Total Criminal Code offences 32,594 131 26,553 131 -19 0
Other federal statute offences 7,780 70 6,282 67 -19 -3
Drug possessionNote 7 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 1,761 99 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
Other drug offencesNote 7, Note 8 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 903 148 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
Youth Criminal Justice Act 3,870 42 3,450 41 -11 -1
Residual federal statutesNote 7 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 168 39 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
Total offences 40,374 120 32,835 120 -19 0
.. not available for a specific reference period
Note 1.

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

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Note 2.

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.

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Note 3.

Case lengths are calculated based on the number of days it takes to complete a case, from first appearance to final decision. The median is the point at which half of all cases had longer case lengths and half had shorter case lengths.

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Note 4.

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 5.

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

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Note 6.

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

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Note 7.

Detailed counts for cases involving 'drug possession', 'other drug offences', and 'residual federal statutes' are unavailable for 2013/2014. However, counts for these offence types are included in the overall totals for 'other federal statute offences'.

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Note 8.

Includes drug trafficking, production, importing and exporting.

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