Table 2
Cases completed in adult criminal court, by province and territory, 2013/2014 and 2014/2015

Table 2
Cases completed in adult criminal court, by province and territory, 2013/2014 and 2014/2015
Table summary
This table displays the results of Cases completed in adult criminal court. The information is grouped by Province/territory (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).
Province/territory 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
number median length of case (days)Table 2 Note 1 number median length of case (days)Table 2 Note 1 percent days
Canada 379,057 127 328,028 121 -13 -6
Newfoundland and Labrador 5,183 148 4,839 143 -7 -5
Prince Edward Island 1,379 40 1,259 47 -9 7
Nova Scotia 11,550 155 10,899 163 -6 8
New Brunswick 7,404 105 6,657 106 -10 1
Quebec 77,294 237 57,941 239 -25 2
Ontario 135,324 99 123,072 104 -9 5
Manitoba 19,494 162 18,095 151 -7 -11
Saskatchewan 23,337 73 22,767 77 -2 4
Alberta 56,831 127 44,829 107 -21 -20
British Columbia 36,763 113 33,930 105 -8 -8
Yukon 991 92 910 103 -8 11
Northwest Territories 1,627 68 1,317 61 -19 -7
Nunavut 1,880 66 1,513 71 -20 5
Note 1.

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. Excludes cases in which the case length was unknown.

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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. Data exclude information from superior courts in Prince Edward Island, Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan as well as municipal courts in Quebec due to the unavailability of data. There are many factors that may influence variations between jurisdictions, therefore, comparisons should be made with caution.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Integrated Criminal Court Survey.
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