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1980 |
1990 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total, Criminal Code, excluding traffic | 2,045,398 |
2,627,197 |
2,534,766 |
2,461,156 |
2,356,831 |
2,352,768 |
2,374,811 |
2,417,444 |
2,579,172 |
2,610,971 |
2,504,559 |
Total, crimes of violence | 155,863 |
269,507 |
296,890 |
296,166 |
291,327 |
302,098 |
305,186 |
303,946 |
305,667 |
302,147 |
304,274 |
Homicide | 592 |
660 |
586 |
558 |
538 |
546 |
553 |
582 |
549 |
624 |
658 |
Assault, levels 1 to 3 | .. |
190,337 |
222,397 |
223,926 |
221,348 |
233,719 |
236,957 |
235,710 |
236,802 |
234,259 |
234,729 |
Robbery | 24,581 |
28,109 |
29,587 |
28,963 |
28,740 |
27,037 |
27,284 |
26,662 |
28,437 |
27,495 |
28,669 |
Total, property crimes | 1,334,619 |
1,554,348 |
1,459,536 |
1,377,901 |
1,299,981 |
1,252,387 |
1,241,936 |
1,246,481 |
1,305,229 |
1,269,999 |
1,206,142 |
Breaking and entering | 349,694 |
379,364 |
373,316 |
350,774 |
318,054 |
293,357 |
279,461 |
275,573 |
284,925 |
275,869 |
259,521 |
Theft, motor vehicles | 93,928 |
114,082 |
177,130 |
165,920 |
161,388 |
160,315 |
168,595 |
161,912 |
174,208 |
169,977 |
160,100 |
Total, drugs | 74,196 |
60,645 |
66,593 |
70,921 |
80,142 |
88,091 |
89,395 |
92,781 |
86,791 |
97,630 |
92,255 |
Other Criminal Code1 | 554,916 |
803,342 |
778,340 |
787,089 |
765,523 |
798,283 |
827,689 |
867,017 |
968,276 |
1,038,825 |
994,143 |
Criminal Code, traffic2 | .. |
227,201 |
155,228 |
141,153 |
117,650 |
112,445 |
120,234 |
117,571 |
117,119 |
120,637 |
118,738 |
1. Other Criminal Code includes offences such as prostitution, gambling, possession of offensive weapon, missing court date, etc. | |||||||||||
2. Criminal Code traffic includes offences such as dangerous operation of a vehicle, impaired driving, etc. | |||||||||||
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, table 252-0013. |
1980 |
1990 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total, Criminal Code, excluding traffic | 8,343 |
9,484 |
8,475 |
8,161 |
7,752 |
7,666 |
7,655 |
7,706 |
8,144 |
8,165 |
7,761 |
Total, crimes of violence | 636 |
973 |
993 |
982 |
958 |
984 |
984 |
969 |
965 |
945 |
943 |
Homicide | 2.4 |
2.4 |
2.0 |
1.9 |
1.8 |
1.8 |
1.8 |
1.9 |
1.7 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
Assault, levels 1 to 3 | .. |
687 |
744 |
743 |
728 |
762 |
764 |
751 |
748 |
733 |
727 |
Robbery | 100 |
101 |
99 |
96 |
95 |
88 |
88 |
85 |
90 |
86 |
89 |
Total, property crimes | 5,444 |
5,611 |
4,880 |
4,569 |
4,276 |
4,081 |
4,004 |
3,973 |
4,121 |
3,971 |
3,737 |
Breaking and entering | 1,426 |
1,370 |
1,248 |
1,163 |
1,046 |
956 |
901 |
878 |
900 |
863 |
804 |
Theft, motor vehicles | 383 |
412 |
592 |
550 |
531 |
522 |
543 |
516 |
550 |
531 |
496 |
Total, drugs | 303 |
219 |
223 |
235 |
264 |
287 |
288 |
296 |
274 |
305 |
286 |
Other Criminal Code1 | 2,263 |
2,900 |
2,603 |
2,610 |
2,518 |
2,601 |
2,668 |
2,764 |
3,058 |
3,249 |
3,080 |
Criminal Code, traffic2 | .. |
820 |
519 |
468 |
387 |
366 |
388 |
375 |
370 |
377 |
368 |
1. Other Criminal Code includes offences such as prostitution, gambling, possession of offensive weapon, missing court date, etc. | |||||||||||
2. Criminal Code traffic includes offences such as dangerous operation of a vehicle, impaired driving, etc. | |||||||||||
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, table 252-0013. |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
|
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Total offences | |||||||
Percentage sentenced cases resulting in prison term | 43.2 |
44.3 |
43.4 |
42.9 |
42.1 |
41.5 |
41.3 |
Average length of sentence in months | 4.3 |
4.6 |
4.3 |
4.2 |
4.1 |
3.8 |
3.8 |
Total Criminal Code | |||||||
Percentage sentenced cases resulting in prison term | 43.1 |
44.2 |
43.4 |
43.0 |
42.3 |
41.7 |
41.3 |
Average length of sentence in months | 4.1 |
4.3 |
4.2 |
4.1 |
4.0 |
3.8 |
3.7 |
Crimes against the person | |||||||
Percentage sentenced cases resulting in prison term | 33.0 |
33.5 |
32.5 |
32.1 |
31.5 |
30.6 |
30.0 |
Average length of sentence in months | 7.3 |
7.8 |
7.6 |
7.5 |
7.8 |
7.2 |
7.3 |
Homicide | |||||||
Percentage sentenced cases resulting in prison term | 76.8 |
82.9 |
86.4 |
85.5 |
87.1 |
90.8 |
83.3 |
Average length of sentence in months | 124.7 |
114.2 |
122.1 |
136.1 |
130.0 |
145.5 |
135.3 |
Crimes against property | |||||||
Percentage sentenced cases resulting in prison term | 40.3 |
42.3 |
41.3 |
40.4 |
40.5 |
40.5 |
40.2 |
Average length of sentence in months | 4.6 |
4.7 |
4.5 |
4.4 |
3.9 |
3.8 |
3.7 |
Criminal Code traffic | |||||||
Percentage sentenced cases resulting in prison term | 52.4 |
55.7 |
54.8 |
54.1 |
52.7 |
52.0 |
51.4 |
Average length of sentence in months | 2.2 |
2.6 |
2.5 |
2.5 |
2.6 |
2.5 |
2.5 |
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, table 252-0021. |