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Cases in adult criminal court, by province and territory
Related tables: Crimes and offences, Criminal courts.
| 2009/2010 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N.S. | Total all decisions | Guilty | Acquitted | Stay | Other |
| number of cases | |||||
| Total cases | 13,470 | 8,717 | 249 | 4,426 | 78 |
| Total Criminal Code | 11,760 | 7,583 | 226 | 3,876 | 75 |
| Criminal Code (without traffic) | 9,675 | 5,722 | 188 | 3,703 | 62 |
| Crimes of violence | 3,381 | 1,516 | 131 | 1,720 | 14 |
| Homicide | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Attempted murder | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Robbery | 94 | 63 | 2 | 29 | 0 |
| Sexual assault | 162 | 51 | 25 | 84 | 2 |
| Other sexual offences | 95 | 57 | 7 | 29 | 2 |
| Major assaults | 662 | 324 | 23 | 310 | 5 |
| Common assaults | 1,389 | 565 | 44 | 779 | 1 |
| Uttering threats | 827 | 397 | 23 | 405 | 2 |
| Criminal harassment | 44 | 21 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| Other crimes against persons | 95 | 34 | 6 | 54 | 1 |
| Property crimes | 2,913 | 1,743 | 25 | 1,116 | 29 |
| Theft | 1,210 | 847 | 4 | 354 | 5 |
| Breaking and entering | 316 | 185 | 6 | 119 | 6 |
| Fraud | 415 | 253 | 5 | 147 | 10 |
| Mischief | 506 | 305 | 4 | 193 | 4 |
| Possession of stolen goods | 427 | 125 | 5 | 293 | 4 |
| Other property crimes | 39 | 28 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Administration of justice | 2,857 | 2,164 | 25 | 652 | 16 |
| Other Criminal Code offences | 524 | 299 | 7 | 215 | 3 |
| Criminal code offences (traffic offences) | 2,085 | 1,861 | 38 | 173 | 13 |
| Impaired driving | 1,727 | 1,560 | 33 | 123 | 11 |
| Other Criminal Code traffic offences | 358 | 301 | 5 | 50 | 2 |
| Other Federal Statute Total | 1,710 | 1,134 | 23 | 550 | 3 |
| Drug possession | 526 | 323 | 3 | 200 | 0 |
| Drug trafficking | 567 | 319 | 6 | 242 | 0 |
| Youth Criminal Justice Act | 52 | 36 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| Residual federal statutes | 565 | 456 | 14 | 93 | 2 |
| Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, table 252-0045 and Catalogue no. 85-002-X. Last modified: 2011-05-04. | |||||
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