Cases in adult criminal court, by province and territory (Canada)

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Cases in adult criminal court, by province and territory
(Canada)

	2009/2010
Canada	Total all decisions	Guilty	Acquitted	Stay	Other
	number of cases
Total cases	403,340	262,616	13,059	122,807	4,858
Total Criminal Code	354,491	231,533	11,879	106,794	4,285
Criminal Code (without traffic)	294,823	183,204	9,778	98,021	3,820
Crimes of violence	95,345	50,219	6,274	37,385	1,467
Homicide	263	131	8	117	7
Attempted murder	193	38	18	125	12
Robbery	4,360	2,800	143	1,357	60
Sexual assault	4,008	1,723	374	1,837	74
Other sexual offences	2,023	1,429	76	500	18
Major assaults	21,549	11,883	1,553	7,816	297
Common assaults	38,276	19,434	1,855	16,537	450
Uttering threats	18,337	9,723	1,706	6,551	357
Criminal harassment	3,150	1,660	249	1,141	100
Other crimes against persons	3,186	1,398	292	1,404	92
Property crimes	96,863	61,289	1,578	33,014	982
Theft	42,010	27,408	389	13,914	299
Breaking and entering	11,422	8,042	341	2,889	150
Fraud	14,957	9,801	182	4,732	242
Mischief	14,716	8,538	396	5,668	114
Possession of stolen goods	11,822	6,106	233	5,339	144
Other property crimes	1,936	1,394	37	472	33
Administration of justice	83,530	60,455	1,316	20,604	1,155
Other Criminal Code offences	19,085	11,241	610	7,018	216
Criminal code offences (traffic offences)	59,668	48,329	2,101	8,773	465
Impaired driving	48,111	39,182	1,865	6,723	341
Other Criminal Code traffic offences	11,557	9,147	236	2,050	124
Other Federal Statute Total	48,849	31,083	1,180	16,013	573
Drug possession	15,272	7,314	32	7,851	75
Drug trafficking	12,709	6,938	154	5,527	90
Youth Criminal Justice Act	1,398	1,006	3	377	12
Residual federal statutes	19,470	15,825	991	2,258	396
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, table 252-0045 and Catalogue no. 85-002-X. Last modified: 2011-05-04.

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