Table 1
Police-reported incidents of human trafficking, by statute and province or territory, 2011 to 2021


Table 1
Police-reported incidents of human trafficking, by statute and province or territory, 2011 to 2021
Table summary
This table displays the results of Police-reported incidents of human trafficking. The information is grouped by Province or territory (appearing as row headers), Human trafficking incidents reported in 2021, Human trafficking incidents reported in 2011 to 2021, 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 2021 Human trafficking incidents reported in 2011 to 2021
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 0 0 0 0.0 5 3 8 0.1
Prince Edward Island 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
Nova Scotia 29 24 53 5.3 167 121 288 2.7
New Brunswick 3 0 3 0.4 21 3 24 0.3
Quebec 36 2 38 0.4 333 35 368 0.4
Ontario 182 159 341 2.3 1,442 827 2,269 1.4
Manitoba 6 1 7 0.5 38 3 41 0.3
Saskatchewan 17 4 21 1.8 75 18 93 0.7
Alberta 38 9 47 1.1 174 60 234 0.5
British Columbia 40 1 41 0.8 194 12 206 0.4
Yukon 1 0 1 2.3 7 0 7 1.5
Northwest Territories 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 2 0.4
Nunavut 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 1 0.3
Canada 352 200 552 1.4 2,459 1,082 3,541 0.9
Note 1

This rate is the average of the annual rates from 2011 to 2021.

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Note: This table 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 1 estimates from Statistics Canada, Centre for Demography. The Uniform Crime Reporting Survey was amended in 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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