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Table 13
Length of time to complete a case linked to a police-reported homicide incident, by Indigenous identity and gender of victim and type of decision, Canada, 2009/10 to 2020/21

Table 13
Length of time to complete a case linked to a police-reported homicide incident, by Indigenous identity and gender of victim and type of decision, Canada, 2009/10 to 2020/21
Table summary
This table displays the results of Length of time to complete a case linked to a police-reported homicide incident. The information is grouped by Final decision (appearing as row headers), Indigenous identity and gender of victim, Indigenous women and girls, Non-Indigenous women and girls and Men and boys, calculated using number of days to complete case units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Final decision^{Table 13 Note 4}	Indigenous identity and gender of victim
	Indigenous women and girls^{Table 13 Note 1}	Non-Indigenous women and girls^{Table 13 Note 2}	Men and boys^{Table 13 Note 3}
	number of days to complete case^{Table 13 Note 5}
Guilty
Average	607	699	575
Median	530	635	502
Not guilty^{Table 13 Note 6}
Average	437	443	426
Median	353	386	399
Total
Average	531	584	500
Median	433	489	437
Note 1 Indigenous victims are those identified by police as First Nations (Status or non-Status), Métis, Inuit, or an Indigenous identity where the Indigenous group was not known to police. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Non-Indigenous victims includes instances where police have confirmed that a victim is not identified as an Indigenous person. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 Reliable information on the Indigenous identity of men and boys who are victims of homicide is only available beginning in 2014. For that reason, all men and boys are included in one category in this table for reference. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 Final decision is based on the most serious decision for any charge in the case. A case that has more than one charge is represented by the charge with the "most serious offence" (MSO). The most serious offence is selected using the following rules. First, court decisions are considered and the charge with the "most serious decision" (MSD) is selected. Court decisions for each charge in a case are ranked from most to least serious as follows: 1) guilty, 2) guilty of a lesser offence, 3) acquitted, 4) stay of proceeding, 5) withdrawn, dismissed and discharged, 6) not criminally responsible, 7) other, and 8) transfer of court jurisdiction. Second, in cases where two or more charges result in the same MSD (e.g., guilty), Criminal Code sentences are considered. Return to note 4 referrer Note 5 Determined based on the number of days between the first appearance in court and a final decision being rendered. Return to note 5 referrer Note 6 Includes acquittals, stays, withdrawals, dismissals, discharges, and all other final decisions other than findings of guilt. Return to note 6 referrer Note: Indigenous identity is reported by the police and is determined through information found with the victim, such as Status cards, or through information supplied by the victims' families, community members, or other sources (i.e., such as band records, or forensic evidence such as genetic testing). Represents all completed cases where incidents successfully linked to at least one charge completed in adult criminal or youth courts in Canada between 2009/10 and 2020/21. Incidents may not have linked to courts data for multiple reasons, including survey coverage and time required to complete a case. See "Data sources and methodology" for more details about the linkage and methodology. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Homicide Survey and Integrated Criminal Court Survey (linked file).

Date modified:: 2023-10-04