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Table 2
Completed cases by type of decision, adult criminal and youth courts, Canada, 2007/2008 and 2016/2017

Table 2
Completed cases by type of decision, adult criminal and youth courts, Canada, 2007/2008 and 2016/2017
Table summary
This table displays the results of Completed cases by type of decision. The information is grouped by Decision type (appearing as row headers), Adult, Youth, 2007/2008 and 2016/2017, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Decision type	Adult				Youth
	2007/2008		2016/2017		2007/2008		2016/2017
	number	percent	number	percent	number	percent	number	percent
Guilty^{Table 2 Note 1}	255,487	65	226,231	63	35,168	60	15,621	54
Acquitted	12,592	3	14,539	4	713	1	451	2
Stay^{Table 2 Note 2}	35,687	9	36,160	10	10,066	17	5,967	20
Withdrawn^{Table 2 Note 3}	84,425	21	77,137	22	12,440	21	6,953	24
Other decisions^{Table 2 Note 4}	5,002	1	3,575	1	323	1	180	1
Total cases	393,193	100	357,642	100	58,710	100	29,172	100
Note 1 Guilty findings include guilty of the offence, of an included offence, of an attempt of the offence, or of an attempt of an included offence. Also includes guilty pleas, and cases where an absolute or conditional discharge has been imposed. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Includes stays as well as court referrals to alternative or extrajudicial measures and restorative justice programs. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 Includes withdrawals, dismissals and discharges at preliminary inquiry. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 Includes final decisions of found not criminally responsible and waived out of province or territory. Also includes any order where a conviction was not recorded, the court's acceptance of a special plea, cases that raise Charter arguments and cases where the accused was found unfit to stand trial. Return to note 4 referrer 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. Data exclude information from superior courts in Prince Edward Island, Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan as well as municipal courts in Quebec due to the unavailability of data. Cases that involve more than one charge are represented by the most serious offence. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Integrated Criminal Court Survey.

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Date modified:: 2019-01-24