Table 6
Selected police-reported crimes, capital and non-capital police services, territories, 2023

Table 6
Selected police-reported crimes, capital and non-capital police services, territories, 2023 Table summary
This table displays the results of Selected police-reported crimes, capital and non-capital police services, territories, 2023. The information is grouped by Type of offence (appearing as row headers), Capital and Non-capital, calculated using rate and number units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of offence Capital Non-capital
number rate number rate
Note 1

Excludes sexual assaults against children and youth, which are reported as level 1, 2 or 3 sexual assault.

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Note 2

Includes sexual interference, invitation to sexual touching, sexual exploitation, luring a child via telecommunications or an agreement or arrangement, making sexually explicit material available to a child for the purpose of facilitating sexual offences against children or youth, and the offences of parent or guardian procuring sexual activity, householder permitting prohibited sexual activity, agreement or arrangement of a sexual offence against a child, and bestiality in the presence of or inciting a child (s. 160(3)). Incidents of child pornography are not included in the category of sexual violations against children.

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Note 3

This offence was amended in 2015 in the former Bill C-13 "Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act" to include all means of telecommunication, not only phone calls.

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Note 4

Includes altering/removing/destroying a vehicle identification number.

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Note 5

Because of the complexity of cyber incidents, these data likely reflect the number of active or closed investigations for the year rather than the total number of incidents reported to police. Data are based on police-reported incidents that are recorded in police services’ records management systems.

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Note 6

The offence of “child pornography” includes offences under section 163.1 of the Criminal Code which makes it illegal to access, possess, make, print, or distribute child pornography. When the actual victim is not identified, this offence is reported to the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey with the most serious offence being “child pornography,” which falls under the larger crime category of “other Criminal Code offences”. In cases where an actual victim is identified, police will report the most serious offence as sexual assault, sexual exploitation or other sexual violations against children, which fall under the category of “violent crimes,” and child pornography may be reported as a secondary violation.

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Note 7

Includes alcohol-impaired operation of a vehicle, alcohol-impaired operation of a vehicle causing death or bodily harm, failure or refusal to comply with testing for the presence of alcohol and failure or refusal to provide a breath or blood sample.

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Note 8

Includes drug-impaired operation of a vehicle, drug-impaired operation of a vehicle causing death or bodily harm, failure or refusal to comply with testing for the presence of drugs and failure or refusal to provide a breath or blood sample.

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Note: Capital refers to the police services responsible for policing Whitehorse, Yellowknife, and Iqaluit. Non-capital refers to all other communities in the territories. Excludes data from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s Canadian Police Centre for Missing and Exploited Children, and the Canadian Forces Military Police Group (CF MP Gp). Police-reported statistics may be affected by differences in the way police services deal with offences. In some instances, police or municipalities might choose to deal with some offences using municipal bylaws or provincial provisions rather than Criminal Code provisions. Counts are based on the most serious violation in the incident. One incident may involve multiple violations. Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. Populations are based upon July 1 estimates from Statistics Canada, Centre for Demography.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
Total Criminal Code (excluding traffic) – "Crime rate" 24,694 36,535 33,063 52,280
Total violent crime 4,431 6,556 8,406 13,292
Homicide 5 7 7 11
Sexual assault - level 3 (aggravated) or sexual assault - level 2 (weapon or bodily harm) 12 18 7 11
Sexual assault - level 1 206 305 338 534
Sexual violations against children Table 6 Note 1  Table 6 Note 2 64 95 193 305
Assault - level 3 - aggravated 41 61 91 144
Assault - level 2 - weapon or bodily harm 573 848 1,083 1,712
Assault - level 1 2,223 3,289 4,419 6,987
Assault against a peace officer 94 139 232 367
Other assaults 4 6 4 6
Firearms - use of, discharge, pointing 18 27 64 101
Robbery 91 135 23 36
Forcible confinement, kidnapping, or abduction 21 31 51 81
Extortion 38 56 23 36
Criminal harassment 125 185 148 234
Uttering threats 662 979 1,278 2,021
Indecent or harassing communications Table 6 Note 3 201 297 350 553
Non-consensual distribution of intimate images 28 41 31 49
Offences in relation to sexual services 5 7 4 6
Other violent Criminal Code violations 20 30 60 95
Total property crime 13,465 19,922 17,080 27,007
Breaking and entering 490 725 684 1,082
Possess stolen property 74 109 26 41
Theft of motor vehicle 273 404 287 454
Theft over $5,000 (non-motor vehicle) 39 58 29 46
Shoplifting of $5,000 or under 620 917 109 172
Theft of $5,000 or under (non-motor vehicle) 1,296 1,917 871 1,377
Fraud 434 642 263 416
Identity theft 7 10 4 6
Identity fraud 14 21 10 16
Mischief Table 6 Note 4 10,188 15,073 14,721 23,277
Arson 30 44 76 120
Total other Criminal Code offences 6,798 10,058 7,577 11,981
Weapons violations 117 173 128 202
Child pornography Table 6 Note 5  Table 6 Note 6 28 41 13 21
Disturb the peace 4,972 7,356 4,963 7,848
Administration of justice violations 1,344 1,988 1,935 3,060
Other violations 337 499 538 851
Total Criminal Code traffic violations 858 1,269 2,156 3,409
Alcohol-impaired driving Table 6 Note 7 628 929 1,790 2,830
Drug-impaired driving Table 6 Note 8 35 52 49 77
Alcohol- and drug-impaired driving 36 53 172 272
Other Criminal Code traffic violations 159 235 145 229
Total drug offences 272 402 741 1,172
Total other federal statute violations 73 108 88 139
Total - all violations 25,897 38,315 36,048 57,000
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