Table 1
Age of cases in adult criminal court, by province and territory, 2017/2018


Table 1
Age of cases in adult criminal court, by province and territory, 2017/2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Age of cases in adult criminal court. The information is grouped by Province/Territory (appearing as row headers), 1 month or less, Greater than 1 month to 3 months, Greater than 3 months to 6 months, Greater than 6 months to 12 months, Greater than 12 months to 18 months, Greater than 18 months to 30 months and Greater than 30 months (appearing as column headers).
Province/Territory 1 month or less Greater than 1 month to 3 months Greater than 3 months to 6 months Greater than 6 months to 12 months Greater than 12 months to 18 months Greater than 18 months to 30 months Greater than 30 months
percentage of casesTable 1 Note 1
Canada 14 22 24 24 9 5 2
Newfoundland and Labrador 12 20 23 26 10 6 2
Prince Edward Island 29 33 19 14 4 1 1
Nova Scotia 12 21 23 25 9 6 3
New Brunswick 14 22 24 24 8 4 4
Ontario 14 22 23 24 9 5 2
Manitoba 12 21 23 26 10 6 3
Saskatchewan 15 24 28 24 6 2 1
Alberta 14 22 24 22 8 6 4
British Columbia 16 24 24 23 8 4 2
Yukon 13 24 27 25 8 3 0
Northwest Territories 20 33 24 16 5 2 1
Nunavut 18 28 24 20 6 3 2
Note 1

The age of open cases is the length of time (in days) that court cases have been open, on an average day in the year. The age of open cases is expressed as the proportion of cases that had been open for a given amount of time (e.g. less than 6 months).

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Note: Canada excluding Quebec. Data exclude information from superior courts in Prince Edward Island, Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan due to the unavailability of data.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Integrated Criminal Court Survey Workload Time Series Database, 2017/2018.
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