Table 5
Cases completed in adult criminal court, by type of offence and decision, Canada, 2013/2014

Table 5
Cases completed in adult criminal court, by type of offence and decision, Canada, 2013/2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Cases completed in adult criminal court. The information is grouped by Type of offence (appearing as row headers), Guilty, Stayed/withdrawn, Acquitted, Other decisions and Total cases, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of offenceNote 1 GuiltyNote 2 Stayed/withdrawnNote 3 Acquitted Other decisionsNote 4 Total cases
number percent number percent number percent number percent number percent
Violent offences 42,267 50 34,644 41 6,530 8 1,421 2 84,862 100
Homicide 137 53 106 41 8 3 7 3 258 100
Attempted murder 38 20 120 65 9 5 19 10 186 100
Robbery 2,005 59 1,207 36 138 4 38 1 3,388 100
Sexual assault 1,357 45 1,333 44 269 9 43 1 3,002 100
Other sexual offencesNote 5 1,984 57 1,192 34 230 7 56 2 3,462 100
Major assaultNote 6 10,188 53 7,167 37 1,577 8 300 2 19,232 100
Common assault 15,867 47 15,493 46 1,835 5 435 1 33,630 100
Uttering threats 8,154 52 5,523 35 1,811 11 322 2 15,810 100
Criminal harassment 1,470 46 1,235 39 362 11 108 3 3,175 100
Other violent offences 1,067 39 1,268 47 291 11 93 3 2,719 100
Property offences 48,601 59 31,188 38 1,667 2 731 1 82,187 100
TheftNote 7 22,100 61 13,657 38 364 1 243 1 36,364 100
Break and enter 6,534 68 2,498 26 442 5 135 1 9,609 100
Fraud 7,107 62 3,864 34 233 2 177 2 11,381 100
Mischief 6,982 54 5,631 43 336 3 92 1 13,041 100
Possess stolen property 4,911 47 5,144 50 254 2 62 1 10,371 100
Other property offences 967 68 394 28 38 3 22 2 1,421 100
Administration of justice offences 59,217 72 20,758 25 1,503 2 638 1 82,116 100
Fail to appear 2,015 46 2,316 53 14 0 44 1 4,389 100
Breach of probation 25,121 80 5,441 17 566 2 206 1 31,334 100
Unlawfully at large 2,147 83 376 14 52 2 20 1 2,595 100
Fail to comply with order 24,159 68 10,421 29 676 2 260 1 35,516 100
Other administration of justice offences 5,775 70 2,204 27 195 2 108 1 8,282 100
Other Criminal Code offences 9,237 60 5,293 35 588 4 154 1 15,272 100
Weapons 5,741 64 2,859 32 345 4 75 1 9,020 100
Prostitution 204 23 662 73 35 4 2 0 903 100
Disturbing the peace 831 63 476 36 7 1 2 0 1,316 100
Residual Criminal Code offences 2,461 61 1,296 32 201 5 75 2 4,033 100
Criminal Code (excluding traffic) 159,322 60 91,883 35 10,288 4 2,944 1 264,437 100
Criminal Code traffic offences 37,825 78 8,001 17 2,224 5 284 1 48,334 100
Impaired driving 30,092 78 6,354 16 1,996 5 193 0 38,635 100
Other Criminal Code traffic offences 7,733 80 1,647 17 228 2 91 1 9,699 100
Total Criminal Code offences 197,147 63 99,884 32 12,512 4 3,228 1 312,771 100
Other federal statute offences 31,181 65 14,641 31 1,467 3 580 1 47,869 100
Drug possession 6,916 46 7,912 53 34 0 63 0 14,925 100
Other drug offencesNote 8 5,368 53 4,540 45 108 1 84 1 10,100 100
Youth Criminal Justice Act 790 70 334 30 4 0 4 0 1,132 100
Residual federal statute offences 18,107 83 1,855 9 1,321 6 429 2 21,712 100
Total offences 228,328 63 114,525 32 13,979 4 3,808 1 360,640 100
Note 1.

Cases that involve more than one charge are represented by the most serious offence.

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Note 2.

Guilty findings include guilty of the offence, of an included offence, of an attempt of the offence, or of an attempt of an included offence. Also includes guilty pleas, and cases where an absolute or conditional discharge has been imposed.

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Note 3.

Includes stays, withdrawals, dismissals and discharges at preliminary inquiry as well as court referrals to alternative or extrajudicial measures.

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Note 4.

Includes final decisions of found not criminally responsible and waived out of province or territory. Also includes any order where a conviction was not recorded, the court's acceptance of a special plea, cases that raise Charter arguments and cases where the accused was found unfit to stand trial.

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Note 5.

Includes, for example, sexual interference, invitation to sexual touching, child pornography, luring a child via a computer and sexual exploitation.

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Note 6.

Includes, for example, assault with a weapon (level 2) and aggravated assault (level 3).

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Note 7.

Includes, for example, theft over $5,000, theft $5,000 or under, as well as motor vehicle theft.

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Note 8.

Includes drug trafficking, production, importing and exporting.

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Note: A case is one or more charges against an accused person or company that were processed by the courts at the same time and received a final decision. Data exclude information from superior courts in Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan as well as municipal courts in Quebec due to the unavailability of data.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Integrated Criminal Court Survey.
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