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Table 7.12 Adult criminal court cases, by type of sentence, 2009/2010
Table summary
This table displays the results of table 7.12 adult criminal court cases total guilty cases, prison, conditional sentence, probation, fine, restitution and other sentences, calculated using number units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Total guilty cases Prison Conditional sentence Probation Fine Restitution Other sentences
  number
Total offences 262,616 87,214 11,634 118,587 79,999 6,988 137,310
Total Criminal Code offences 231,533 78,952 9,086 108,259 66,655 6,895 123,856
Criminal Code (excluding traffic offences) 183,204 71,417 8,281 100,956 28,757 6,699 88,019
Crimes against the person 50,219 16,135 2,575 37,815 3,653 617 34,270
Homicide 131 102 3 14 4 1 87
Attempted murder 38 28 0 6 2 0 14
Robbery 2,800 2,166 132 1,420 13 64 1,620
Sexual assault 1,723 955 205 1,132 47 6 925
Other sexual offences 1,429 903 70 1,037 76 2 664
Major assaultNote 1 11,883 5,121 1,042 8,398 845 220 7,407
Common assaultNote 2 19,434 2,752 591 15,611 1,704 237 15,420
Uttering threats 9,723 3,028 367 7,651 834 61 6,076
Criminal harassment 1,660 447 85 1,504 73 14 1,293
Other crimes against the person 1,398 633 80 1,042 55 12 764
Property crimes 61,289 23,390 3,833 36,183 8,707 5,645 27,495
Theft 27,408 10,445 1,387 14,632 4,945 1,467 11,639
Break and enter 8,042 4,627 759 5,221 273 593 2,808
Fraud 9,801 3,129 1,112 6,496 1,105 1,656 4,684
Mischief 8,538 1,601 142 6,047 1,266 1,631 5,654
Possession of stolen property 6,106 2,763 315 2,985 1,030 247 2,290
Other property crimes 1,394 825 118 802 88 51 420
Administration of justice 60,455 27,679 1,442 20,945 14,158 340 20,304
Other Criminal Code offences 11,241 4,213 431 6,013 2,239 97 5,950
Criminal Code traffic offences 48,329 7,535 805 7,303 37,898 196 35,837
Impaired driving 39,182 3,580 270 4,128 34,408 84 30,198
Other Criminal Code traffic offences 9,147 3,955 535 3,175 3,490 112 5,639
Other federal statute offences 31,083 8,262 2,548 10,328 13,344 93 13,454
Drug possession 7,314 887 134 2,505 3,850 11 4,305
Drug trafficking 6,938 3,177 2,302 2,065 536 29 5,205
Youth Criminal Justice Act 1,006 265 22 385 298 21 401
Residual federal statute offences 15,825 3,933 90 5,373 8,660 32 3,543
1. Includes unlawfully causing bodily harm, discharging firearms with intent, abductions, assaults against police officers, assaults against other peace or public officers and other assaults.
2. Level 1, or common, assault includes pushing, slapping, punching and face-to-face threats; Level 2 assault is defined as assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm; Level 3, or aggravated, assault is defined as assault that wounds, maims, disfigures or endangers the life of the victim.
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 252-0046.
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