Table 5
Charges completed in adult criminal provincial court, by trial, type of offence, Canada, 2015/2016
Type of offence | No trial | TrialTable 5 Note 1 | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
numberTable 5 Note 2 | median length of charge (days)Table 5 Note 3 | numberTable 5 Note 2 | median length of charge (days)Table 5 Note 3 | |
Violent offences | 128,555 | 99 | 85,341 | 263 |
Homicide | 201 | 151 | 41 | 363 |
Attempted murder | 356 | 146 | 150 | 295 |
Robbery | 5,153 | 134 | 2,279 | 297 |
Sexual assault | 4,592 | 167 | 3,496 | 368 |
Other sexual offencesTable 5 Note 4 | 6,949 | 196 | 4,549 | 409 |
Major assaultTable 5 Note 5 | 26,899 | 104 | 18,100 | 268 |
Common assault | 50,312 | 87 | 31,595 | 240 |
Uttering threats | 24,100 | 81 | 17,559 | 246 |
Criminal harassment | 4,548 | 92 | 3,890 | 277 |
Other violent offences | 5,445 | 108 | 3,682 | 266 |
Property offences | 191,048 | 81 | 63,024 | 263 |
TheftTable 5 Note 6 | 63,320 | 60 | 15,116 | 244 |
Break and enter | 17,371 | 98 | 7,544 | 252 |
Fraud | 35,725 | 116 | 14,628 | 325 |
Mischief | 28,606 | 78 | 11,295 | 236 |
Possess stolen property | 39,743 | 85 | 12,242 | 259 |
Other property offences | 6,283 | 85 | 2,199 | 267 |
Administration of justice offences | 282,889 | 44 | 68,112 | 204 |
Fail to appear | 19,646 | 49 | 2,046 | 210 |
Breach of probation | 92,278 | 38 | 26,551 | 189 |
Unlawfully at large | 8,414 | 6 | 1,402 | 163 |
Fail to comply with order | 144,234 | 48 | 30,936 | 205 |
Other administration of justice offences | 18,317 | 59 | 7,177 | 261 |
Other Criminal Code offences | 47,382 | 107 | 21,555 | 294 |
Weapons | 35,246 | 118 | 16,635 | 286 |
Prostitution | 509 | 169 | 353 | 461 |
Disturbing the peace | 3,526 | 45 | 850 | 225 |
Residual Criminal Code offences | 8,101 | 101 | 3,717 | 338 |
Criminal Code (excluding traffic) | 649,874 | 68 | 238,032 | 247 |
Criminal Code traffic offences | 63,276 | 46 | 38,677 | 310 |
Impaired driving | 48,904 | 36 | 31,524 | 318 |
Other Criminal Code traffic offences | 14,372 | 87 | 7,153 | 281 |
Total Criminal Code offences | 713,150 | 65 | 276,709 | 255 |
Other federal statute offences | 75,668 | 80 | 42,027 | 315 |
Drug possession | 31,059 | 78 | 7,750 | 273 |
Other drug offencesTable 5 Note 7 | 17,162 | 151 | 7,299 | 329 |
Youth Criminal Justice Act | 4,930 | 56 | 566 | 201 |
Residual federal statute offences | 22,517 | 29 | 26,412 | 337 |
Total offences | 788,818 | 66 | 318,736 | 262 |
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Integrated Criminal Court Survey. |
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