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Table 1
Police-reported online sexual offences against children, by type of offence and year, Canada, 2014 to 2020

Table 1
Police-reported online sexual offences against children, by type of offence and year, Canada, 2014 to 2020
Table summary
This table displays the results of Police-reported online sexual offences against children. The information is grouped by Year (appearing as row headers), Luring a child, Non-consensual distribution of intimate images, Invitation to sexual touching, Other sexual offences against children and Total online sexual offences against children, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Year	Luring a child		Non-consensual distribution of intimate images^{Table 1 Note 1}		Invitation to sexual touching		Other sexual offences against children^{Table 1 Note 2}		Total online sexual offences against children^{Table 1 Note 3}
Year	number	percent	number	percent	number	percent	number	percent	number	percent
2014	932	84	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	160	14	22	2	1,114	10
2015	851	82	32	3	109	11	43	4	1,035	10
2016	1,081	81	115	9	77	6	61	5	1,334	12
2017	1,087	73	210	14	101	7	97	6	1,495	14
2018	1,226	75	203	12	104	6	108	7	1,641	15
2019	1,394	71	317	16	121	6	121	6	1,953	18
2020	1,704	79	251	12	133	6	79	4	2,167	20
Total	8,275	77	1,128	11	805	8	531	5	10,739	100
.. not available for a specific reference period Note 1 Non-consensual distribution of intimate images became an offence in 2015 under the Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 The category “other sexual offences against children” is a catch all category that encompasses all sexual violations against children (excluding child pornography) which were facilitated by or involved the use of technology. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 Includes sexual violations against children and other sexual offences where a victim was identified as being a person younger than 18. Return to note 3 referrer Note: An incident is considered to be an online incident if it was flagged as a cybercrime. An incident is flagged as a cybercrime when the crime targets information and communication technology (ICT), or when the crime used ICT to commit the offence. ICT includes, but is not limited to, the internet, computers, servers, digital technology, digital telecommunications devices, phones and networks. Crimes committed over text and through messages using social media platforms are also considered cybercrime activity. Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding. For the years 2014 and 2015, the municipal police services of Saint John, Québec and Calgary, and the Ontario Provincial Police were excluded. For the year 2016, the municipal police services of Saint John and Calgary, and the Ontario Provincial Police were excluded. For the year 2017, the municipal police service of Saint John and the Ontario Provincial Police were excluded. For the years 2018 to 2020, the municipal police service of Saint John was excluded. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.

Date modified:: 2022-05-12