Table 1
Police-reported incidents of human trafficking, by statute and province or territory, 2010 to 2020


Table 1
Police-reported incidents of human trafficking, by statute and province or territory, 2010 to 2020
Table summary
This table displays the results of Police-reported incidents of human trafficking. The information is grouped by Province or territory (appearing as row headers), Human trafficking incidents reported in 2020, Human trafficking incidents reported in 2010 to 2020, Criminal Code, Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and Total, calculated using number, rate and average annual rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province or territory Human trafficking incidents reported in 2020 Human trafficking incidents reported in 2010 to 2020
Criminal Code Immigration and Refugee Protection Act Total Criminal Code Immigration and Refugee Protection Act Total
number rate number average annual rateTable 1 Note 1
Newfoundland and Labrador 2 0 2 0.4 5 3 8 0.1
Prince Edward Island 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
Nova Scotia 41 20 61 6.2 120 97 217 2.1
New Brunswick 0 0 0 0.0 18 3 21 0.2
Quebec 28 2 30 0.3 298 35 333 0.4
Ontario 199 137 336 2.3 1,264 674 1,938 1.2
Manitoba 0 0 0 0.0 32 2 34 0.2
Saskatchewan 19 2 21 1.8 57 14 71 0.6
Alberta 17 12 29 0.7 131 51 182 0.4
British Columbia 33 0 33 0.6 153 11 164 0.3
Yukon 3 0 3 7.1 6 0 6 1.3
Northwest Territories 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 2 0.4
Nunavut 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 1 0.3
Canada 342 173 515 1.4 2,087 890 2,977 0.7
Note 1

This rate is the average of the annual rates from 2010 to 2020.

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Note: This analysis is based on aggregate data, and counts are based on the most serious violation in a criminal incident. Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. Populations are based upon July 1 estimates from Statistics Canada, Centre for Demography. The Uniform Crime Reporting Survey was amended in 2011 to allow police services to report the specific offence of human trafficking under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. Once the specific violation code was introduced, a small number of incidents which took place prior to this date were reported.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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