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Table 4
Police-reported crime for selected drug offences, by province or territory, 2019

Table 4
Police-reported crime for selected drug offences, by province or territory, 2019
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, Cocaine, Methamphetamine and Ecstasy, calculated using number, rate and percent change in rate 2018 to 2019 units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province or territory	Total Cannabis^{Table 4 Note 1}^{Table 4 Note 2}^{Table 4 Note 3}			Cocaine^{Table 4 Note 6}			Methamphetamine^{Table 4 Note 6}			Ecstasy^{Table 4 Note 6}
Province or territory	number	rate	percent change in rate 2018 to 2019^{Table 4 Note 4}	number	rate	percent change in rate 2018 to 2019^{Table 4 Note 4}	number	rate	percent change in rate 2018 to 2019^{Table 4 Note 4}	number	rate	percent change in rate 2018 to 2019^{Table 4 Note 4}
Newfoundland and Labrador	103	20	-77	469	90	106	5	1	Note ...: not applicable	0	0	Note ...: not applicable
Prince Edward Island	10	6	-91	49	31	7	20	13	-15	1	1	Note ...: not applicable
Nova Scotia	209	22	-81	440	45	-18	53	5	22	6	1	-26
New Brunswick	169	22	-80	294	38	23	327	42	16	20	3	17
Quebec^{Table 4 Note 5}	8,857	104	-21	2,481	29	-7	2,814	33	-16	379	4	-59
Ontario	3,019	21	-71	4,067	28	-1	2,572	18	5	58	Note 0^svalue rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded	-22
Manitoba	154	11	-78	895	65	-1	747	55	13	6	Note 0^svalue rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded	-1
Saskatchewan	158	13	-83	725	62	4	1,059	90	22	6	1	Note ...: not applicable
Alberta	356	8	-87	1,940	44	-14	3,659	84	10	44	1	8
British Columbia	3,778	74	-54	3,481	69	20	3,186	63	5	141	3	-10
Yukon	10	24	-82	201	492	120	1	2	Note ...: not applicable	0	0	Note ...: not applicable
Northwest Territories	29	65	-77	268	598	99	0	0	Note ...: not applicable	5	11	Note ...: not applicable
Nunavut	16	41	-83	12	31	Note ...: not applicable	3	8	Note ...: not applicable	1	3	Note ...: not applicable
Canada	16,868	45	-55	15,322	41	3	14,446	38	3	667	2	-46

Table 4
Police-reported crime for selected drug offences, by province or territory, 2019
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), Opioids, Heroin, Other drugs and Total drugs, calculated using number, rate and percent change in rate 2018 to 2019 units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province or territory	Opioids^{Table 4 Note 6}			Heroin^{Table 4 Note 6}			Other drugs^{Table 4 Note 6}^{Table 4 Note 7}			Total drugs^{Table 4 Note 6}
Province or territory	number	rate	percent change in rate 2018 to 2019^{Table 4 Note 4}	number	rate	percent change in rate 2018 to 2019^{Table 4 Note 4}	number	rate	percent change in rate 2018 to 2019^{Table 4 Note 4}	number	rate	percent change in rate 2018 to 2019^{Table 4 Note 4}
Newfoundland and Labrador	34	7	128	2	Note 0^svalue rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded	Note ...: not applicable	235	45	21	848	163	-4
Prince Edward Island	8	5	12	2	1	Note ...: not applicable	52	33	59	142	90	-37
Nova Scotia	35	4	12	3	Note 0^svalue rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded	Note ...: not applicable	349	36	10	1,095	113	-46
New Brunswick	34	4	16	11	1	21	336	43	38	1,191	153	-28
Quebec	38	Note 0^svalue rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded	-26	165	2	-29	4,427	52	-10	19,161	226	-18
Ontario	1,105	8	45	842	6	-6	2,728	19	-4	14,391	99	-33
Manitoba	38	3	1	24	2	19	272	20	-7	2,136	156	-18
Saskatchewan	45	4	-17	18	2	-43	360	31	17	2,371	202	-18
Alberta	509	12	34	418	10	-16	1,553	36	9	8,479	194	-21
British Columbia	1,917	38	64	1,699	34	Note 0^svalue rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded	5,499	108	134	19,701	388	1
Yukon	2	5	Note ...: not applicable	6	15	19	23	56	76	243	595	44
Northwest Territories	1	2	Note ...: not applicable	0	0	Note ...: not applicable	42	94	134	345	770	24
Nunavut	0	0	Note ...: not applicable	0	0	Note ...: not applicable	5	13	-2	37	95	-65
Canada	3,766	10	48	3,190	8	-6	15,881	42	22	70,140	187	-19
... 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 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. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 The Cannabis Act came into force October 17, 2018, therefore there is no percentage change from 2018 to 2019. Includes all offences under the Cannabis Act. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 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 4 referrer Note 5 The Montréal census metropolitan area in Quebec accounted for 56% of all importation or exportation offences reported under the Cannabis Act (6,323 of the 11,193 offences reported nationally). The high proportion of offences was attributed to cannabis seizures conducted by the Canada Border Services Agency in Montréal that were thought to be related to possible misunderstanding by the public related to the purchase and delivery of cannabis from outside of Canada under the new legislation. Return to note 5 referrer Note 6 Includes possession, trafficking, production and importation/exportation. Return to note 6 referrer Note 7 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 7 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 1^st estimates from Statistics Canada, Centre for Demography. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.

Date modified:: 2020-10-29