Table 2
Police-reported incidents of sexual assault, by clearance status and province or territory, 2016 and 2017

Table 2
Police-reported incidents of sexual assault, by clearance status and province or territory, 2016 and 2017
Table summary
This table displays the results of Police-reported incidents of sexual assault. The information is grouped by Province or territory (appearing as row headers), Reported, Unfounded, Founded and Cleared, calculated using number, percent and rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province or territory Reported Unfounded Founded ClearedTable 2 Note 1
number number percent number rateTable 2 Note 2 number percent
Newfoundland and Labrador
2016 347 42 12.1 305 57.5 108 35.4
2017 387 46 11.9 341 64.5 115 33.7
Prince Edward Island
2016 103 31 30.1 72 48.2 35 48.6
2017 99 24 24.2 75 49.3 36 48.0
Nova Scotia
2016 809 175 21.6 634 66.8 314 49.5
2017 903 151 16.7 752 78.8 295 39.2
New Brunswick
2016 559 123 22.0 436 57.6 286 65.6
2017 655 134 20.5 521 68.6 302 58.0
Quebec
2016 5,201 757 14.6 4,444 53.4 2,923 65.8
2017 5,978 580 9.7 5,398 64.3 3,027 56.1
Ontario
2016 9,813 2,200 22.4 7,613 54.5 4,298 56.5
2017 10,392 1,498 14.4 8,894 62.7 4,947 55.6
Manitoba
2016 1,701 276 16.2 1,425 108.1 801 56.2
2017 1,675 228 13.6 1,447 108.1 823 56.9
Saskatchewan
2016 1,367 179 13.1 1,188 103.4 551 46.4
2017 1,313 164 12.5 1,149 98.7 618 53.8
Alberta
2016 3,355 589 17.6 2,766 65.3 1,262 45.6
2017 3,470 477 13.7 2,993 69.8 1,299 43.4
British Columbia
2016 2,837 525 18.5 2,312 48.6 1,263 54.6
2017 3,190 482 15.1 2,708 56.2 1,381 51.0
Yukon
2016 97 15 15.5 82 215.3 48 58.5
2017 84 15 17.9 69 179.4 41 59.4
Northwest Territories
2016 174 35 20.1 139 311.5 94 67.6
2017 203 34 16.7 169 379.6 111 65.7
Nunavut
2016 194 31 16.0 163 438.4 126 77.3
2017 202 46 22.8 156 410.6 130 83.3
Canada
2016 26,557 4,978 18.7 21,579 59.5 12,109 56.1
2017 28,551 3,879 13.6 24,672 67.2 13,125 53.2
Note 1

The clearance rate reflects the total number of incidents cleared (by charge, or otherwise) during the year divided by the total number of incidents during the year. Since the process of solving crime is often time-consuming, a criminal incident may be solved months or even years after it was reported to police and recorded by the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey. Therefore, it is possible for the number of incidents cleared in a year to be greater than the total number of "actual" incidents that year, and thus for the clearance rate to exceed 100%.

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Note 2

Rate per 100,000 population.

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Note: Data for unfounded incidents are available for 2017 even though inconsistencies in reporting may still exist. Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. Percentage changes are based on unrounded rates. Populations are based upon July 1st estimates from Statistics Canada, Demography Division.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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