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suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
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true zero or value rounded to zero
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Includes online sexual offences against children and online child sexual abuse and exploitation material offences.
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Includes online sexual violations against children and other online sexual offences where the victim was identified as being aged 17 years or younger on the first recorded date of the incident.
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Other online sexual offences against children is a catch all category that encompasses all other sexual violations against children (excluding online child sexual abuse and exploitation material offences) which were facilitated by, or involved the use of, technology.
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Online child sexual abuse and exploitation material offences are cybercrime incidents involving offences under section 163.1 of the Criminal Code, which makes it illegal to make, distribute, possess or access child sexual abuse and exploitation material.
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Unsolved incidents were previously classified simply as “not cleared.” In 2018, more detailed options were added to better reflect the reasons why incidents may remain uncleared.
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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. Counts are based on the cyber violation which may not be the most serious violation in the incident. In 2024, the cyber violation was the most serious violation for 99% of online child sexual exploitation (OCSE) incidents. The data exclude Saint John Police Force. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s National Child Exploitation Crime Centre (NCECC) serves as the primary point of contact in Canada for investigations related to the sexual exploitation of children on the Internet. Working in partnership with specialized provincial Internet child exploitation policing units, police services across Canada and internationally, the NCECC forwards suspected cases of OCSE to the appropriate police of jurisdiction for investigation. Due to a substantial increase in the volume and complexity of these cases (many of which involve Generative Artificial Intelligence), many police services do not have the resources to investigate all cases forwarded by the NCECC. As a result, these data reflect the number of police-reported investigations for the year, accounting for only a subset of suspected OCSE cases within Canada. Includes a small proportion of online sexual offences against children incidents where victim age was recoded. In some incidents, the victim was aged 17 years or younger at the time of the offence, but was aged 18 years or older when the incident was reported by police. Victim age was recoded to the age of the victim on the first recorded date of the incident. Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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