Table 4
Clearance status of police-reported online sexual offences against children, by type of offence, Canada, 2014 to 2022


Table 4
Clearance status of police-reported online sexual offences against children, by type of offence, Canada, 2014 to 2022
Table summary
This table displays the results of Clearance status of police-reported online sexual offences against children. The information is grouped by Clearance status (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 percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Clearance status Luring a child Non-consensual distribution of intimate imagesTable 4 Note 1 Invitation to sexual touching Other sexual offences against childrenTable 4 Note 2 Total online sexual offences against childrenTable 4 Note 3
percent
Total 100 100 100 100 100
Not cleared 65 57 16 37 59
Cleared 35 43 84 63 41
Cleared by charge 75 29 96 87 74
Cleared otherwise 25 71 4 13 26
Incidents with one violation 74 74 13 44 68
Not cleared 75 59 50 68 73
Cleared 25 41 50 32 27
Cleared by charge 64 21 77 70 57
Cleared otherwise 36 79 23 30 43
Incidents with multiple violations 26 26 87 56 32
Not cleared 37 52 11 13 31
Cleared 63 48 89 87 69
Cleared by charge 87 48 97 91 88
Cleared otherwise 13 52 3 9 12
Note 1

Non-consensual distribution of intimate images became an offence in 2015 under the Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act.

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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.

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Note 3

Includes sexual violations against children and other sexual offences where a victim was identified as being a person younger than 18.

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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. An incident is considered to be cleared when a charge is laid or recommended against an accused, or when it is dealt with by other means. Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding. Prior to 2020, the number of cybercrimes is an undercount as some police services were unable to report the cybercrime indicator for all years. The data exclude the Quebec City Police in 2014 and 2015, the municipal police service of Calgary from 2014 to 2016, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) from 2014 to 2017 and both the Saint John Police Force and the Canadian Forces Military Police from 2014 to 2019. For 2022, the data exclude Dryden, a detachment of the OPP.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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