Table 1
Number of Black and non-Black accused persons in adult criminal courts, Canada, 2016/2017 to 2022/2023

Table 1
Number of Black and non-Black accused persons in adult criminal courts, Canada, 2016/2017 to 2022/2023 Table summary
The information is grouped by Year (appearing as row headers), Black accused persons1, Non-Black accused persons2 and Total accused persons, calculated using number, percent , number, percent and number units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Year Black accused persons Table 1 Note 1 Non-Black accused persons Table 1 Note 2 Total accused persons
number percent number percent number
Note 1

Black accused persons include those who reported being "Black" or "Black" and "White" in the Census of Population.

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Note 2

Non-Black accused persons include those who reported being non-racialized (i.e., "White") or another racialized group other than "Black" in the Census of Population. This category also includes those who reported being Indigenous (First Nations, Métis or Inuit).

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Note: Data exclude information from superior courts in Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan as well as municipal courts in Quebec due to the unavailability of data. Superior court information for Prince Edward Island was also unavailable until 2018/2019. Data for Quebec were not available for 2021/2022 and 2022/2023. All estimates have been rounded to the nearest 10. Estimates have been rounded independently; therefore, the sum of the rounded categories may not equal the rounded total. Percent calculations are based on rounded estimates. 
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Integrated Criminal Court Survey and Census of Population linked file.
2016/2017 16,320 5.7 268,030 94.3 284,350
2017/2018 16,450 5.9 262,880 94.1 279,330
2018/2019 15,360 6.1 238,350 93.9 253,720
2019/2020 15,350 6.1 235,530 93.9 250,890
2020/2021 11,360 5.9 182,650 94.1 194,010
2021/2022 12,950 7.2 167,890 92.8 180,830
2022/2023 12,650 7.1 164,320 92.9 176,970
Total 100,450 6.2 1,519,650 93.8 1,620,100
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