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Youth crimes reported to police for selected Criminal Code offences
   2006 2005 to 2006 1997 to 2006
  Number of youth charged Number of youth cleared by means other than charging Total youth accused Youth crime rate1 % change in total youth crime rate
Homicide2 83 2 85 3 17 41
Attempted murder 69 5 74 3 -6 6
Assault: Total 14,160 16,745 30,905 1,196 3 17
Level 1 8,964 14,184 23,148 896 3 11
Level 2: Weapon 4,779 2,517 7,296 282 3 40
Level 3: Aggravated 417 44 461 18 -4 21
Other assaults 1,152 271 1,423 55 -6 13
Sexual assault (level 1, 2, 3) 1,188 963 2,151 83 -6 -8
Other sexual offences 139 164 303 12 3 1
Abduction 5 5 10 0 -10 -5
Robbery: Total 3,704 817 4,521 175 8 -2
Violent crime: Total 20,500 18,972 39,472 1,528 3 12
Breaking and entering: Total 7,434 5,399 12,833 497 -10 -47
Motor vehicle theft 3,012 2,100 5,112 198 -3 -41
Theft over $5,000 152 163 315 12 -26 -61
Theft $5,000 and under 9,164 27,805 36,969 1,431 -2 -33
Shoplifting 4,514 14,878 19,392 751 -1 -46
Other 4,650 12,927 17,577 680 -4 -7
Possession of stolen goods 4,899 2,912 7,811 302 8 9
Fraud 1,119 1,302 2,421 94 -2 -24
Property crime: Total 25,780 39,681 65,461 2,534 -3 -34
Mischief 5,681 21,374 27,055 1,047 12 46
Bail violations 11,327 1,325 12,652 490 5 33
Disturbing the peace 542 8,331 8,873 343 14 217
Offensive weapons 1,787 1,831 3,618 140 1 44
Arson 516 976 1,492 58 2 1
Other 7,808 11,434 19,242 745 7 -3
Other Criminal Code offences: Total 27,661 45,271 72,932 2,823 9 34
Criminal Code: Total (excluding traffic) 73,941 103,924 177,865 6,885 3 -6
Drug offences: Total 6,382 11,509 17,891 693 2 97
Heroin 23 10 33 1 174 -54
Cocaine 794 202 996 39 26 135
Other drugs 828 1,075 1,903 74 10 156
Cannabis 4,737 10,222 14,959 579 -1 91
1.Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 youth aged 12 to 17.
2.For 2006, the total includes one accused under the age of 12.


Youth accused of Criminal Code incidents1 by province and territory
  Youth accused2, 2006 2005 to 2006
  number rate3(youth crime rate) % change in rate
Canada 177,865 6,885 3
Newfoundland and Labrador 3,388 8,780 22
Prince Edward Island 1,108 9,403 38
Nova Scotia 7,987 11,113 17
New Brunswick 4,807 8,432 6
Quebec 21,888 3,765 -4
Ontario 60,616 5,956 1
Manitoba 11,384 11,140 14
Saskatchewan 17,728 19,939 7
Alberta 24,275 8,725 2
British Columbia 20,922 6,438 1
Yukon 689 25,547 -4
Northwest Territories 1,873 44,627 1
Nunavut 1,200 31,161 6
1.Excludes Criminal Code traffic offences.
2.Includes all youth charged with an offence and those cleared by means other than a charge.
3.Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 youth aged 12 to 17.