Table 1
Police-reported human trafficking incidents, by province or territory, 2009 to 2019


Table 1
Police-reported human trafficking incidents, by province or territory, 2009 to 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Police-reported human trafficking incidents. The information is grouped by Province or territory (appearing as row headers), Human trafficking incidents reported in 2019 only, Total human trafficking incidents reported (2009 to 2019), Criminal Code, Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and Total, calculated using number, rate and average annual rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province or territory Human trafficking incidents reported in 2019 only Total human trafficking incidents reported (2009 to 2019)
Criminal Code Immigration and Refugee Protection Act Total Criminal Code Immigration and Refugee Protection Act Total
number rate number average annual rateTable 1 Note 1
Newfoundland and Labrador 1 0 1 0.19 3 3 6 0.10
Prince Edward Island 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
Nova Scotia 36 15 51 5.25 75 80 155 1.48
New Brunswick 7 3 10 1.29 13 4 17 0.20
Quebec 54 3 57 0.67 273 33 306 0.34
Ontario 187 129 316 2.17 1,083 541 1,624 1.06
Manitoba 2 0 2 0.15 30 2 32 0.22
Saskatchewan 4 7 11 0.94 20 16 36 0.29
Alberta 21 10 31 0.71 120 39 159 0.35
British Columbia 27 3 30 0.59 117 10 127 0.24
Yukon 2 0 2 4.90 3 0 3 0.67
Northwest Territories 0 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0.41
Nunavut 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0.26
Canada 341 170 511 1.36 1,740 728 2,468 0.62
Note 1

This rate is the average of the annual rates from 2009 to 2019.

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Note: This analysis is based on aggregate data, and counts are based on the most serious violation in a criminal incident. Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. Populations are based upon July 1st estimates from Statistics Canada, Centre for Demography. The Uniform Crime Reporting Survey was amended partway through 2011 to allow police services to report the specific offence of human trafficking under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. Once the specific violation code was introduced, a small number of incidents which took place prior to this date were reported.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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