Table 2
Police-reported crime related to the sex trade, by province or territory, 2010 to 2019


Table 2
Police-reported crime related to the sex trade, by province or territory, 2010 to 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Police-reported crime related to the sex trade. The information is grouped by Province and territory (appearing as row headers), 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014, calculated using number and rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province and territory 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
number rate number rate number rate number rate number rate
Newfoundland and Labrador 23 4.4 12 2.3 22 4.2 22 4.2 8 1.5
Prince Edward Island 0 0.0 4 2.8 2 1.4 1 0.7 2 1.4
Nova Scotia 68 7.2 42 4.4 26 2.8 55 5.8 62 6.6
New Brunswick 47 6.2 44 5.8 70 9.2 71 9.4 26 3.4
Quebec 359 4.5 365 4.6 313 3.9 214 2.6 113 1.4
Ontario 943 7.2 520 3.9 470 3.5 452 3.3 265 1.9
Manitoba 100 8.2 156 12.6 148 11.8 96 7.6 59 4.6
Saskatchewan 198 18.8 239 22.4 202 18.6 271 24.6 86 7.7
Alberta 550 14.7 396 10.5 272 7.0 433 10.9 200 4.9
British Columbia 609 13.6 530 11.8 470 10.3 321 6.9 186 4.0
Yukon 0 0.0 1 2.8 0 0.0 2 5.5 2 5.4
Northwest Territories 7 16.2 5 11.5 3 6.9 2 4.6 2 4.6
Nunavut 0 0.0 1 2.9 1 2.9 1 2.8 3 8.3
Canada 2,904 8.5 2,315 6.7 1,999 5.8 1,941 5.5 1,014 2.9
Province and territory 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019Table 2 Note 1
number rate number rate number rate number rate number rate
Newfoundland and Labrador 2 0.4 4 0.8 12 2.3 6 1.1 8 1.5
Prince Edward Island 1 0.7 2 1.4 2 1.3 0 0.0 0 0.0
Nova Scotia 41 4.4 58 6.2 24 2.5 31 3.2 30 3.1
New Brunswick 11 1.4 34 4.5 67 8.7 77 10.0 137 17.6
Quebec 94 1.1 136 1.7 211 2.5 230 2.7 286 3.4
Ontario 155 1.1 208 1.5 218 1.5 182 1.3 185 1.3
Manitoba 85 6.6 81 6.2 133 10.0 149 11.0 138 10.1
Saskatchewan 112 10.0 116 10.2 105 9.1 95 8.2 91 7.7
Alberta 154 3.7 194 4.6 381 9.0 251 5.8 218 5.0
British Columbia 107 2.2 113 2.3 84 1.7 133 2.7 193 3.8
Yukon 2 5.3 2 5.2 1 2.5 1 2.5 5 12.2
Northwest Territories 1 2.3 3 6.7 2 4.5 2 4.4 4 8.9
Nunavut 0 0.0 1 2.7 0 0.0 2 5.2 3 7.7
Canada 765 2.1 952 2.6 1,240 3.4 1,159 3.1 1,298 3.5
0 true zero or a value rounded to zero
Note 1

Part of the increase in incidents of prostitution-related crime in some jurisdictions in 2019 may be attributed to the implementation of the new reporting standards for classifying incidents (see Text box 2).

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Note: Differences in police-reported reporting of prostitution-related crime can be influenced by differences in police enforcement and reporting practices in different jurisdictions. This may explain some of the difference between provinces and territories. One incident may involve multiple violations. Counts are based on the most serious violation in the incident. Excludes sections 210 and 211 of the Criminal Code related to bawdy-houses. See Text box 1 for information on the specific violations examined in this article. Bill C-36, the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act (PCEPA) came into force in December, 2014. As such, a small number of incidents under the new laws were reported in that year. In addition, information is presented by the year of reporting: as such, incidents that occurred under the previous legislation (prior to 2015) but that were not reported until 2015 or later are included in the post-PCEPA period. Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. Populations are based upon July 1st estimates from Statistics Canada, Centre for Demography.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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