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Court, youth cases by decision, by province and territory
Related tables: Crimes and offences, Criminal courts, Crime and justice (youth).
| 2009/2010 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | Total all decisions | Guilty | Acquitted | Stay1 | Other2 |
| number of cases | |||||
| Total offences | 56,234 | 32,452 | 657 | 33,646 | 437 |
| Total Criminal Code | 46,697 | 26,272 | 605 | 29,028 | 374 |
| Criminal Code (without traffic) | 45,612 | 25,394 | 569 | 28,826 | 365 |
| Crimes against the person | 14,633 | 8,511 | 351 | 8,129 | 108 |
| Homicide | 44 | 27 | 1 | 20 | 3 |
| Attempted murder | 26 | 9 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| Robbery | 2,496 | 1,497 | 48 | 1,199 | 16 |
| Sexual assault | 910 | 470 | 69 | 493 | 13 |
| Other sexual offences | 321 | 237 | 4 | 100 | 6 |
| Major assaults | 3,500 | 2,264 | 92 | 1,652 | 22 |
| Common assaults | 4,458 | 2,402 | 76 | 2,856 | 27 |
| Uttering threats | 2,387 | 1,344 | 47 | 1,487 | 11 |
| Criminal harassment | 171 | 81 | 5 | 122 | 6 |
| Other crimes against persons | 320 | 180 | 9 | 181 | 4 |
| Property crimes | 22,015 | 11,213 | 154 | 16,449 | 115 |
| Theft | 8,389 | 4,024 | 37 | 6,878 | 44 |
| Break and enter | 4,750 | 3,075 | 26 | 2,403 | 25 |
| Fraud | 825 | 426 | 6 | 613 | 6 |
| Mischief | 4,226 | 1,901 | 49 | 3,486 | 14 |
| Possession of stolen goods | 3,217 | 1,424 | 27 | 2,720 | 22 |
| Other property crimes | 608 | 363 | 9 | 349 | 4 |
| Administration of justice | 6,054 | 3,934 | 30 | 2,614 | 108 |
| Other Criminal Code offences | 2,910 | 1,736 | 34 | 1,634 | 34 |
| Criminal Code traffic | 1,085 | 878 | 36 | 202 | 9 |
| Impaired driving | 604 | 512 | 27 | 85 | 2 |
| Other Criminal Code traffic | 481 | 366 | 9 | 117 | 7 |
| Other federal statutes | 9,537 | 6,180 | 52 | 4,618 | 63 |
| Drug possession | 2,540 | 849 | 11 | 2,483 | 12 |
| Drug trafficking | 1,267 | 726 | 25 | 715 | 3 |
| Youth Criminal Justice Act/Young Offenders Act | 5,647 | 4,559 | 16 | 1,381 | 42 |
| Residual federal statutes | 83 | 46 | 0 | 39 | 6 |
| 1. Includes withdrawn or dismissed cases. 2. Includes transferred to adult court. Source:Statistics Canada, CANSIM, table 252-0049 and Catalogue no. 85-002-X. Last modified: 2011-05-04. | |||||
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