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Table 1.9
Incident clearance status of spousal violence cases by province and territory, reported to a subset of police services, 2006
Incident clearance status of spousal violence cases by province and territory, reported to a subset of police services, 2006
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| Total cleared | Cleared by charge | Cleared otherwise | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Complainant declined to lay charge |
Other1 | |||
| percent | percent | |||
| Canada | 93 | 77 | 8 | 9 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 79 | 56 | 20 | 3 |
| Prince Edward Island | 99 | 79 | 11 | 9 |
| Nova Scotia | 91 | 81 | 6 | 5 |
| New Brunswick | 94 | 57 | 24 | 12 |
| Quebec | 92 | 67 | 12 | 13 |
| Ontario | 96 | 90 | 1 | 5 |
| Manitoba | 97 | 92 | 2 | 3 |
| Saskatchewan | 93 | 66 | 20 | 7 |
| Alberta | 95 | 82 | 5 | 7 |
| British Columbia | 85 | 75 | 5 | 5 |
| Yukon | 98 | 87 | 8 | 4 |
| Northwest Territories | 94 | 61 | 22 | 11 |
| Nunavut | 98 | 87 | 5 | 7 |
| 1. Other includes departmental discretion, reason beyond department control, suicide of accused, death of accused, death of witness/complainant, committal of accused to mental hospital, accused in foreign country, accused involved in other incidents, already sentenced, diversionary program. | ||||
| Notes: Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding. Excludes incidents where the sex and/or the age of the victim was unknown. Includes victims aged 15 to 98. Spousal violence refers to violence committed by legally married, common-law, separated and divorced partners. Data are not nationally representative. Based on data from 149 police services representing approximately 90% of the population of Canada in 2006. Hamilton Police Service is excluded from the analysis due to data quality of the relationship variable. Coverage of the UCR2 survey for each jurisdiction in 2006 is 100% for all the provinces and territories except: Quebec (99.4%), Ontario (98.9%), Alberta (98.7%),Manitoba (96.8%), New Brunswick (90.7%), and British Columbia (33.7%). | ||||
