Table 11
Analysis case selection for selected sexual violations against children

Table 11
Analysis case selection for selected sexual violations against children
Table summary
This table displays the results of Analysis case selection for selected sexual violations against children. The information is grouped by Case selection (appearing as row headers), Selected sexual violations against children, Pre-2005 and Post-2005, calculated using number of cases units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Case selection Selected sexual violations against children
Pre-2005 Post-2005
number of cases
Total cases based on year of offenceTable 11 Note 1 7,118 5,676
Selected cases for analysisTable 11 Note 2 2,048 1,279
Summary 939 489
Indictable 961 649
Unknown (excluded) 148 141
Note 1

Cases completed between April 1, 2000 and March 31, 2015.

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Note 2

Pre-2005 selected cases: Case completed between April 1, 2000 and the enactment of the 2005 mandatory minimum penalties (November 1, 2005). Offence date between April 1, 2000 and September 30, 2002. Post-2005 selected cases: Case completed between November 1, 2005 and June 3, 2011. Date of offence between November 1, 2005 and legislation changing age of consent for sexual violations (May 1, 2008). See "Methodology and data quality" for a description of case selection for the different time periods pre- and post- legislation.

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Note: Includes sexual interference (s. 151), invitation to sexual touching (s. 152), and sexual exploitation (s. 153). 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. Cases that involve more than one charge are represented by the most serious offence. Cases selected from adult criminal courts cases where case completion is between April 1, 2000 and March 31, 2015 for ten jurisdictions (excluding Manitoba, Northwest Territories and Nunavut) based on survey coverage. Data exclude information from superior courts in Prince Edward Island, Ontario, 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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