Table 3
Police-reported incidents of physical assault, by clearance status and province or territory, 2016 and 2017

Table 3
Police-reported incidents of physical assault, by clearance status and province or territory, 2016 and 2017
Table summary
This table displays the results of Police-reported incidents of physical 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 3 Note 1
number number percent number rateTable 3 Note 2 number percent
Newfoundland and Labrador
2016 4,486 816 18.2 3,670 692.1 2,355 64.2
2017 4,376 730 16.7 3,646 689.5 2,401 65.9
Prince Edward Island
2016 919 323 35.1 596 398.7 458 76.8
2017 916 217 23.7 699 459.8 527 75.4
Nova Scotia
2016 7,211 1,868 25.9 5,343 563.2 4,504 84.3
2017 7,088 1,359 19.2 5,729 600.6 4,543 79.3
New Brunswick
2016 5,974 1,201 20.1 4,773 630.2 3,229 67.7
2017 5,969 1,032 17.3 4,937 649.9 3,132 63.4
Quebec
2016 44,980 1,757 3.9 43,223 519.4 35,066 81.1
2017 45,808 1,544 3.4 44,264 527.3 35,773 80.8
Ontario
2016 65,925 6,011 9.1 59,914 428.7 46,699 77.9
2017 67,830 5,313 7.8 62,517 440.5 47,708 76.3
Manitoba
2016 18,697 2,710 14.5 15,987 1,212.9 13,266 83.0
2017 18,535 2,037 11.0 16,498 1,232.9 13,644 82.7
Saskatchewan
2016 17,104 2,225 13.0 14,879 1,295.4 11,308 76.0
2017 16,692 1,694 10.1 14,998 1,288.6 11,413 76.1
Alberta
2016 36,958 5,749 15.6 31,209 736.7 23,986 76.9
2017 36,390 4,511 12.4 31,879 743.8 22,954 72.0
British Columbia
2016 31,420 3,343 10.6 28,077 590.1 19,663 70.0
2017 30,617 2,929 9.6 27,688 574.8 19,086 68.9
Yukon
2016 1,218 237 19.5 981 2,575.7 776 79.1
2017 1,085 186 17.1 899 2,337.6 732 81.4
Northwest Territories
2016 3,228 864 26.8 2,364 5,298.4 1,921 81.3
2017 3,159 547 17.3 2,612 5,867.0 2,140 81.9
Nunavut
2016 2,477 490 19.8 1,987 5,344.7 1,837 92.5
2017 2,482 420 16.9 2,062 5,426.9 1,835 89.0
Canada
2016 240,597 27,594 11.5 213,003 587.4 165,068 77.5
2017 240,947 22,519 9.3 218,428 595.0 165,888 75.9
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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