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Table 2
Police-reported impaired driving incidents, by substance causing impairment, type of offence and province or territory, 2019

Table 2
Police-reported impaired driving incidents, by substance causing impairment, type of offence and province or territory, 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Police-reported impaired driving incidents. The information is grouped by Province or territory (appearing as row headers), Alcohol-impaired, Impaired by a combination of alcohol and drugs, Drug-impaired, Impaired by an unspecified substance, Total impaired driving, Causing death or bodily harm, Impaired driving and Failure to comply, calculated using number units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province or territory	Alcohol-impaired				Impaired by a combination of alcohol and drugs				Drug-impaired				Impaired by an unspecified substance
	Total impaired driving	Causing death or bodily harm	Impaired operation	Failure to comply^{Table 2 Note 1}	Total impaired driving	Causing death or bodily harm	Impaired operation	Failure to comply^{Table 2 Note 1}	Total impaired driving	Causing death or bodily harm	Impaired operation	Failure to comply^{Table 2 Note 1}^{Table 2 Note 2}	Total impaired driving	Causing death or bodily harm	Impaired operation	Failure to comply^{Table 2 Note 1}
	number
Newfoundland and Labrador	1,780	9	1,712	59	129	0	123	6	271	0	269	2	65	0	64	1
Prince Edward Island	841	4	824	13	95	0	95	0	76	0	76	0	0	0	0	0
Nova Scotia	3,129	16	3,040	73	168	0	164	4	304	1	298	5	78	1	74	3
New Brunswick	2,454	13	2,337	104	105	1	101	3	283	1	276	6	5	0	5	0
Quebec	12,778	164	11,951	663	581	15	549	17	1,461	13	1,419	29	80	0	74	6
Ontario	11,844	46	11,425	373	1,562	3	1,511	48	854	9	824	21	922	25	512	385
Manitoba	3,893	36	3,707	150	155	0	150	5	180	2	175	3	11	1	6	4
Saskatchewan	5,627	52	5,425	150	370	1	352	17	322	4	313	5	9	0	7	2
Alberta	12,665	52	11,726	887	510	0	494	16	974	2	917	55	79	2	70	7
British Columbia	15,064	55	13,870	1,139	831	4	801	26	1,641	8	1,616	17	535	0	532	3
Yukon	799	2	779	18	9	0	8	1	37	0	37	0	0	0	0	0
Northwest Territories	1,308	3	1,290	15	59	0	59	0	40	0	40	0	0	0	0	0
Nunavut	636	4	629	3	44	0	43	1	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
Canada	72,818	456	68,715	3,647	4,618	24	4,450	144	6,453	40	6,270	143	1,784	29	1,344	411

Table 2 Continued
Police-reported impaired driving incidents, by substance causing impairment, type of offence and province or territory, 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Police-reported impaired driving incidents. The information is grouped by Province or territory (appearing as row headers), Alcohol-impaired, Impaired by a combination of alcohol and drugs, Drug-impaired, Impaired by an unspecified substance, Total impaired driving, Causing death or bodily harm, Impaired driving and Failure to comply, calculated using rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province or territory	Alcohol-impaired				Impaired by a combination of alcohol and drugs				Drug-impaired				Impaired by an unspecified substance
	Total impaired driving	Causing death or bodily harm	Impaired operation	Failure to comply^{Table 2 Note 1}	Total impaired driving	Causing death or bodily harm	Impaired operation	Failure to comply^{Table 2 Note 1}	Total impaired driving	Causing death or bodily harm	Impaired operation	Failure to comply^{Table 2 Note 1}^{Table 2 Note 2}	Total impaired driving	Causing death or bodily harm	Impaired operation	Failure to comply^{Table 2 Note 1}
	rate
Newfoundland and Labrador	341.3	1.7	328.3	11.3	24.7	0.0	23.6	1.2	52.0	0.0	51.6	0.4	12.5	0.0	12.3	0.2
Prince Edward Island	535.8	2.5	525.0	8.3	60.5	0.0	60.5	0.0	48.4	0.0	48.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Nova Scotia	322.1	1.6	313.0	7.5	17.3	0.0	16.9	0.4	31.3	0.1	30.7	0.5	8.0	0.1	7.6	0.3
New Brunswick	315.9	1.7	300.8	13.4	13.5	0.1	13.0	0.4	36.4	0.1	35.5	0.8	0.6	0.0	0.6	0.0
Quebec	150.6	1.9	140.8	7.8	6.8	0.2	6.5	0.2	17.2	0.2	16.7	0.3	0.9	0.0	0.9	0.1
Ontario	81.3	0.3	78.4	2.6	10.7	0.0	10.4	0.3	5.9	0.1	5.7	0.1	6.3	0.2	3.5	2.6
Manitoba	284.3	2.6	270.7	11.0	11.3	0.0	11.0	0.4	13.1	0.1	12.8	0.2	0.8	0.1	0.4	0.3
Saskatchewan	479.1	4.4	461.9	12.8	31.5	0.1	30.0	1.4	27.4	0.3	26.7	0.4	0.8	0.0	0.6	0.2
Alberta	289.7	1.2	268.2	20.3	11.7	0.0	11.3	0.4	22.3	0.0	21.0	1.3	1.8	0.0	1.6	0.2
British Columbia	297.0	1.1	273.5	22.5	16.4	0.1	15.8	0.5	32.4	0.2	31.9	0.3	10.5	0.0	10.5	0.1
Yukon	1,955.7	4.9	1,906.8	44.1	22.0	0.0	19.6	2.4	90.6	0.0	90.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Northwest Territories	2,917.9	6.7	2,877.8	33.5	131.6	0.0	131.6	0.0	89.2	0.0	89.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Nunavut	1,640.0	10.3	1,622.0	7.7	113.5	0.0	110.9	2.6	25.8	0.0	25.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Canada	193.7	1.2	182.8	9.7	12.3	0.1	11.8	0.4	17.2	0.1	16.7	0.4	4.7	0.1	3.6	1.1
Note 1 Includes failure or refusal to comply (section 320.15 of the Criminal Code). Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Includes low blood drug concentration (section 320.14[4] of the Criminal Code). Return to note 2 referrer Note: The different ways in which police services deal with traffic violations can impact police-reported statistics. Counts are based on the most serious offence in the incident. One incident can involve more than one traffic violation under the Criminal Code. Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. 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:: 2021-07-15