Table 12
Analysis case selection for child pornography

Table 12
Analysis case selection for child pornography
Table summary
This table displays the results of Analysis case selection for child pornography. The information is grouped by Case selection (appearing as row headers), Making or distributing child pornography, Possessing or accessing child pornography, Pre-2005 and Post-2005, calculated using number of cases units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Case selection Making or distributing child pornographyTable 12 Note 1 Possessing or accessing child pornographyTable 12 Note 2
Pre-2005 Post-2005 Pre-2005 Post-2005
number of cases
Total cases based on year of offenceTable 12 Note 3 239 496 1,103 1,881
Selected cases for analysisTable 12 Note 4 116 244 603 1,078
Summary 26 55 184 358
Indictable 51 110 254 437
Unknown 39 79 165 283
Case selection Pre-2012 Post-2012 Pre-2012 Post-2012
number of cases
Total cases based on year of offenceTable 12 Note 3 496 130 1,881 378
Selected cases for analysisTable 12 Note 5 136 129 323 377
Summary 26 39 103 147
Indictable 73 64 140 141
Unknown 37 26 80 89
Note 1

Includes child pornography offences of making (163.1 (2)) and of distributing (s. 163.1 (3)) child pornography.

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Note 2

Includes child pornography offences of possession (s. 163.1 (4)) and accessing (s. 163.1 (4.1)) child pornography.

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Note 3

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

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Note 4

Pre-2005 selected cases: Date of offence and case completed between April 1, 2000 and the enactment of the 2005 mandatory minimum penalties (November 1, 2005). Post-2005 selected cases: Date of offence and case completed between November 1, 2005 and June 3, 2011. 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 5

Pre-2012 selected cases: Date of offence and case completed between December 19, 2009 and August 9, 2012. Post-2012 selected cases: Date of offence and case completed between August 9, 2012 (enactment of amended mandatory minimum penalties) and March 31, 2015 (latest case end for court data). 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: 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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