Table 9
Charges completed in adult criminal provincial court, under and over presumptive ceiling, by province and territory, 2014/2015 and 2015/2016

Table 9
Charges completed in adult criminal provincial court, under and over presumptive ceiling, by province and territory, 2014/2015 and 2015/2016
Table summary
This table displays the results of Charges completed in adult criminal provincial court. The information is grouped by Province/Territory (appearing as row headers), 2014/2015, 2015/2016, Percent change in number of under presumptive ceiling charges , Percent change in number of over presumptive ceiling charges , Under presumptive ceiling and Over presumptive ceiling, calculated using number units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province/Territory 2014/2015 2015/2016 Percent change in number of under presumptive ceiling charges Percent change in number of over presumptive ceiling charges
Under presumptive ceiling Over presumptive ceilingTable 9 Note 1 Under presumptive ceiling Over presumptive ceilingTable 9 Note 1
number
Canada 993,622 70,713 1,039,852 67,702 5 -4
Newfoundland and Labrador 17,366 1,162 15,882 1,174 -9 1
Prince Edward Island 3,254 5 2,886 5 -11 0
Nova Scotia 35,361 3,105 35,679 2,666 1 -14
New Brunswick 17,071 620 17,313 713 1 15
Quebec 159,498 34,051 155,191 31,793 -3 -7
Ontario 378,677 15,738 375,338 16,108 -1 2
Manitoba 65,275 4,554 63,000 4,418 -3 -3
Saskatchewan 72,588 2,936 75,357 2,181 4 -26
Alberta 141,091 5,805 189,315 5,958 34 3
British Columbia 91,299 2,393 98,354 2,407 8 1
Yukon 3,290 101 3,479 78 6 -23
Northwest Territories 4,067 196 3,330 106 -18 -46
Nunavut 4,785 47 4,728 95 -1 102
Note 1

In provincial court, charges completed in more than 18 months (without a preliminary inquiry) or more than 30 months (with a preliminary inquiry) are over the presumptive ceiling.

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Note: Charge lengths are calculated based on the number of days it takes to complete a charge, from first appearance to final decision. A charge refers to a formal accusation against an accused person or company involving a federal statute offence that has been processed by the courts and received a final decision. Data excludes information from 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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