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Table 4
Police-reported crime for selected drug offences, by province or territory, 2018

Table 4
Police-reported crime for selected drug offences, by province or territory, 2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Police-reported crime for selected drug offences. The information is grouped by Province or territory (appearing as row headers), Total Cannabis, Cannabis - Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA), Cannabis - Cannabis Act and Cocaine, calculated using number, rate and percent change in rate 2017 to 2018 units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province or territory	Total Cannabis^{Table 4 Note 1}			Cannabis - Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA)^{Table 4 Note 3}			Cannabis - Cannabis Act^{Table 4 Note 4}			Cocaine^{Table 4 Note 5}
Province or territory	number	rate	percent change in rate 2017 to 2018^{Table 4 Note 2}	number	rate	percent change in rate 2017 to 2018^{Table 4 Note 2}	number	rate	percent change in rate 2017 to 2018^{Table 4 Note 2}	number	rate	percent change in rate 2017 to 2018^{Table 4 Note 2}
Newfoundland and Labrador	443	84	-28	425	81	-30	18	3	Note ...: not applicable	229	44	21
Prince Edward Island	107	70	-28	105	69	-29	2	1	Note ...: not applicable	45	29	58
Nova Scotia	1,071	112	-39	1,027	107	-41	44	5	Note ...: not applicable	524	55	5
New Brunswick	813	105	-28	788	102	-30	25	3	Note ...: not applicable	224	29	19
Quebec	11,009	131	-28	10,419	124	-32	590	7	Note ...: not applicable	2,600	31	12
Ontario	10,092	70	-26	9,700	68	-29	392	3	Note ...: not applicable	4,035	28	-4
Manitoba	692	51	-39	660	49	-42	32	2	Note ...: not applicable	881	65	12
Saskatchewan	930	80	-35	899	77	-37	31	3	Note ...: not applicable	685	59	-9
Alberta	2,738	64	-38	2,682	62	-39	56	1	Note ...: not applicable	2,185	51	-6
British Columbia	7,727	155	-26	7,484	150	-28	243	5	Note ...: not applicable	2,697	54	1
Yukon	54	133	-32	51	126	-36	3	7	Note ...: not applicable	90	222	-11
Northwest Territories	124	278	-39	114	256	-44	10	22	Note ...: not applicable	128	287	-14
Nunavut	95	247	-29	87	227	-35	8	21	Note ...: not applicable	2	5	Note ...: not applicable
Canada	35,895	97	-29	34,441	93	-32	1,454	4	Note ...: not applicable	14,325	39	1

Table 4 continued
Police-reported crime for selected drug offences, by province or territory, 2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Police-reported crime for selected drug offences. The information is grouped by Province or territory (appearing as row headers), Methamphetamine, Ecstasy, Opioids and Heroin, calculated using number, rate and percent change in rate 2017 to 2018 units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province or territory	Methamphetamine^{Table 4 Note 5}			Ecstasy^{Table 4 Note 5}			Opioids^{Table 4 Note 5}^{Table 4 Note 6}			Heroin^{Table 4 Note 5}
Province or territory	number	rate	percent change in rate 2017 to 2018^{Table 4 Note 2}	number	rate	percent change in rate 2017 to 2018^{Table 4 Note 2}	number	rate	percent change in rate 2017 to 2018^{Table 4 Note 2}	number	rate	percent change in rate 2017 to 2018^{Table 4 Note 2}
Newfoundland and Labrador	2	0^sNote: value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded	Note ...: not applicable	3	1	Note ...: not applicable	15	3	Note ...: not applicable	2	0^sNote: value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded	Note ...: not applicable
Prince Edward Island	19	12	107	3	2	Note ...: not applicable	7	5	Note ...: not applicable	0	0	Note ...: not applicable
Nova Scotia	43	4	77	8	1	-1	30	3	Note ...: not applicable	4	0^sNote: value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded	Note ...: not applicable
New Brunswick	271	35	75	14	2	0^sNote: value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded	26	3	Note ...: not applicable	7	1	-78
Quebec	3,336	40	10	908	11	222	53	1	Note ...: not applicable	230	3	105
Ontario	2,386	17	18	75	1	-14	739	5	Note ...: not applicable	873	6	7
Manitoba^{Table 4 Note 7}	649	48	19	5	0	Note ...: not applicable	36	3	Note ...: not applicable	19	1	213
Saskatchewan	849	73	25	3	0	Note ...: not applicable	53	5	Note ...: not applicable	29	2	6
Alberta	3,226	75	12	42	1	15	491	11	Note ...: not applicable	532	12	29
British Columbia	2,819	56	4	125	3	13	1,034	21	Note ...: not applicable	1,636	33	-14
Yukon	1	2	Note ...: not applicable	0	0	Note ...: not applicable	4	10	Note ...: not applicable	5	12	Note ...: not applicable
Northwest Territories	1	2	Note ...: not applicable	0	0	Note ...: not applicable	1	2	Note ...: not applicable	0	0	Note ...: not applicable
Nunavut	1	3	Note ...: not applicable	1	3	Note ...: not applicable	1	3	Note ...: not applicable	0	0	Note ...: not applicable
Canada	13,603	37	13	1,187	3	116	2,490	7	Note ...: not applicable	3,337	9	0

Table 4 continued
Police-reported crime for selected drug offences, by province or territory, 2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Police-reported crime for selected drug offences. The information is grouped by Province or territory (appearing as row headers), Other drugs and Total drugs, calculated using number, rate and percent change in rate 2017 to 2018 units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province or territory	Other drugs^{Table 4 Note 5}^{Table 4 Note 6}^{Table 4 Note 8}			Total drugs
Province or territory	number	rate	percent change in rate 2017 to 2018^{Table 4 Note 2}	number	rate	percent change in rate 2017 to 2018^{Table 4 Note 2}
Newfoundland and Labrador	189	36	Note ...: not applicable	883	168	-12
Prince Edward Island	33	22	Note ...: not applicable	214	140	-8
Nova Scotia	317	33	Note ...: not applicable	1,997	208	-26
New Brunswick	239	31	Note ...: not applicable	1,594	207	-11
Quebec	4,932	59	Note ...: not applicable	23,068	275	-9
Ontario	2,737	19	Note ...: not applicable	20,937	146	-14
Manitoba	286	21	Note ...: not applicable	2,568	190	-11
Saskatchewan	303	26	Note ...: not applicable	2,852	245	-15
Alberta	1,366	32	Note ...: not applicable	10,580	246	-9
British Columbia	2,209	44	Note ...: not applicable	18,247	366	-10
Yukon	12	30	Note ...: not applicable	166	410	-17
Northwest Territories	18	40	Note ...: not applicable	272	611	-29
Nunavut	5	13	Note ...: not applicable	105	273	-29
Canada	12,646	34	Note ...: not applicable	83,483	225	-11
... not applicable 0^s value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded Note 1 Includes all possession, trafficking, production or import/export cannabis-related offences under the CDSA legislation prior to the coming into force of the Cannabis Act on October 17, 2018, as well as all cannabis-related offences under the Cannabis Act. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Due to the variability in small numbers, percent changes have not been calculated when the number of offences is below five in any given year. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 Includes possession, trafficking, production or import/export. As a result of the coming into force of the Cannabis Act on October 17, 2018, all prior cannabis-related legislation under the CDSA has been replaced with the Cannabis Act. In 2018, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in Montréal amended their practices for reporting incidents of importation/exportation of drug offences to better align with the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) survey in an effort to report consistent and accurate data. This may have contributed to increases in these offences. However, if it is assumed that there were no changes in these counts from 2017 to 2018, there would still be a national increase in importation/exportation offences in 2018. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 The Cannabis Act came into force October 17, 2018, therefore there is no percentage change from 2017 to 2018. Includes all offences under the Cannabis Act. Return to note 4 referrer Note 5 Includes possession, trafficking, production and importation/exportation. In 2018, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in Montréal amended their practices for reporting incidents of importation/exportation of drug offences to better align with the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) survey in an effort to report consistent and accurate data. This has contributed to increases in these offences. However, if it is assumed that there were no changes in these counts reported by the Montréal RCMP from 2017 to 2018, there would still be a national increase in importation/exportation offences in 2018 for all drug types except in the case of the "other" drugs category, where it would still show a decrease in these offences. Return to note 5 referrer Note 6 In November 2017, the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey began counting violations involving opioids (other than heroin) under their own unique violation codes. Prior to this, violations involving opioids (including fentanyl) were counted within the category of "other drugs"; therefore, the percentage change from 2017 to 2018 for violations involving opioids or "other drugs" are not shown. Return to note 6 referrer Note 7 In 2018, Winnipeg Police Service began counting violations involving methamphetamines (e.g., crystal meth) under the specific UCR methamphetamine violations. Prior to this, violations involving methamphetamines were counted under the category of “other Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA)”; consequently, Winnipeg Police Service has provided an estimate of the actual number of incidents for methamphetamine violations and other CDSA violations in 2017. Data should therefore be used with caution. Return to note 7 referrer Note 8 Includes all other drugs listed under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA), such as prescription drugs, barbiturates, LSD, and "drugs used to facilitate sexual assault." Trafficking and production of other drugs includes the possession, production, sale or importation of anything (such as precursors) with the knowledge that it will be used in the production or trafficking of a controlled substance (as defined in section 2(1) of the CDSA). Return to note 8 referrer Note: Police-reported statistics may be affected by differences in the way police services deal with offences. In some instances, police or municipalities might choose to deal with some offences using municipal bylaws or provincial provisions rather than Criminal Code provisions. Counts are based on the most serious violation in the incident. One incident may involve multiple violations. Data for specific types of crime are available, in most cases, from 1977. Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. Percent 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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