Table 2
Youth accused of selected Criminal Code incidents1,2, Canada and the provinces and territories, 2006

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Table 2a
  Violent crime
2006 population Homicide Assault -
level 1, 2, 3		 Sexual assault -
level 1, 2, 3		 Robbery
number number rate % change
in rate		 number rate % change
in rate		 number rate % change
in rate		 number rate % change
in rate
Newfoundland and Labrador 38,588 0 0 -100 572 1,482 19 29 75 0 8 21 -17
Prince Edward Island 11,783 0 0 ... 141 1,197 -3 9 76 203 2 17 ...
Nova Scotia 71,868 0 0 -100 1,413 1,966 9 55 77 -20 109 152 -10
New Brunswick 57,009 0 0 ... 841 1,475 12 57 100 -10 16 28 -38
Quebec 581,350 3 1 -77 4,914 845 1 521 90 -7 666 115 8
Ontario 1,017,727 25 2 65 10,746 1,056 -3 796 78 -13 2,405 236 8
Manitoba 102,190 18 18 99 2,267 2,218 20 111 109 25 248 243 5
Saskatchewan 88,910 3 3 -78 2,469 2,777 9 116 130 0 360 405 37
Alberta 278,229 24 9 98 3,671 1,319 8 222 80 6 338 121 -6
British Columbia 324,952 12 4 100 3,276 1,008 2 204 63 4 353 109 14
Yukon 2,697 0 0 ... 101 3,745 -2 8 297 38 7 260 623
Northwest Territories 4,197 0 0 ... 304 7,243 9 8 191 -52 2 48 -59
Nunavut 3,851 0 0 ... 190 4,934 21 15 390 48 7 182 245
Canada 2,583,351 85 3 17 30,905 1,196 3 2,151 83 -6 4,521 175 8
Table 2b
  Property crime
2006 population Breaking and entering Motor vehicle theft Theft $5,000 and under
number number rate % change in rate number rate % change in rate number rate % change in rate
Newfoundland and Labrador 38,588 426 1,104 1 97 251 10 494 1,280 12
Prince Edward Island 11,783 103 874 37 32 272 15 253 2,147 74
Nova Scotia 71,868 522 726 11 195 271 21 1,191 1,657 5
New Brunswick 57,009 386 677 0 94 165 -14 941 1,651 10
Quebec 581,350 1,975 340 -13 869 149 -14 5,015 863 -8
Ontario 1,017,727 3,786 372 -4 1,136 112 -19 14,704 1,445 5
Manitoba 102,190 986 965 -14 497 486 0 1,496 1,464 -1
Saskatchewan 88,910 1,632 1,836 -13 681 766 13 2,598 2,922 -9
Alberta 278,229 1,360 489 -14 869 312 13 4,982 1,791 -13
British Columbia 324,952 1,075 331 -13 501 154 4 4,905 1,509 -5
Yukon 2,697 69 2,558 -16 15 556 11 70 2,595 -28
Northwest Territories 4,197 281 6,695 -18 80 1,906 30 196 4,670 13
Nunavut 3,851 232 6,024 -24 46 1,194 -9 124 3,220 6
Canada 2,583,351 12,833 497 -10 5,112 198 -3 36,969 1,431 -2
Table 2c
  'Other' Criminal Code offences
2006 population Bail violations Disturbing the peace Mischief
number number rate % change in rate number rate % change in rate number rate % change in rate
Newfoundland and Labrador 38,588 187 485 9 199 516 28 851 2,205 49
Prince Edward Island 11,783 22 187 39 66 560 48 249 2,113 12
Nova Scotia 71,868 584 813 69 500 696 30 1,363 1,897 11
New Brunswick 57,009 162 284 33 227 398 4 966 1,694 17
Quebec 581,350 494 85 -7 26 4 -1 2,436 419 -3
Ontario 1,017,727 5,391 530 4 934 92 -3 6,643 653 6
Manitoba 102,190 867 848 8 864 845 36 1,733 1,696 28
Saskatchewan 88,910 2,301 2,588 7 905 1,018 34 3,831 4,309 21
Alberta 278,229 1,683 605 -12 2,024 727 16 4,771 1,715 18
British Columbia 324,952 818 252 22 2,661 819 14 3,306 1,017 6
Yukon 2,697 28 1,038 -7 108 4,004 -17 197 7,304 15
Northwest Territories 4,197 77 1,835 16 212 5,051 -12 444 10,579 11
Nunavut 3,851 38 987 10 147 3,817 -8 265 6,881 27
Canada 2,583,351 12,652 490 5 8,873 343 14 27,055 1,047 12
Table 2d
  2006 population Violent crime - total3 Property crime - total3 Other Criminal Code offences - total3 Criminal Code - total
(excluding traffic)3
number number rate % change
in rate		 number rate % change
in rate		 number rate % change
in rate		 number rate % change
in rate
Newfoundland and Labrador 38,588 625 1,620 15 1,125 2,915 9 1,638 4,245 36 3,388 8,780 22
Prince Edward Island 11,783 157 1,332 3 452 3,836 67 499 4,235 32 1,108 9,403 38
Nova Scotia 71,868 1,633 2,272 5 2,650 3,687 10 3,704 5,154 29 7,987 11,113 17
New Brunswick 57,009 958 1,680 5 1,563 2,742 1 2,286 4,010 10 4,807 8,432 6
Quebec 581,350 6,454 1,110 1 8,791 1,512 -9 6,643 1,143 0 21,888 3,765 -4
Ontario 1,017,727 14,634 1,438 -2 24,987 2,455 2 20,995 2,063 2 60,616 5,956 1
Manitoba 102,190 2,768 2,709 19 3,469 3,395 -1 5,147 5,037 22 11,384 11,140 14
Saskatchewan 88,910 3,082 3,466 10 5,616 6,316 -7 9,030 10,156 16 17,728 19,939 7
Alberta 278,229 4,423 1,590 6 8,505 3,057 -9 11,347 4,078 11 24,275 8,725 2
British Columbia 324,952 4,074 1,254 4 7,095 2,183 -7 9,753 3,001 7 20,922 6,438 1
Yukon 2,697 122 4,524 7 166 6,155 -19 401 14,868 0 689 25,547 -4
Northwest Territories 4,197 325 7,744 1 604 14,391 -3 944 22,492 3 1,873 44,627 1
Nunavut 3,851 217 5,635 24 438 11,374 -10 545 14,152 17 1,200 31,161 6
Canada 2,583,351 39,472 1,528 3 65,461 2,534 -3 72,932 2,823 9 177,865 6,885 3
Table 2e
  Drug offences
2006 population Heroin Cocaine Cannabis
number number rate % change in rate number rate % change in rate number rate % change in rate
Newfoundland and Labrador 38,588 0 0 ... 0 0 ... 73 189 -13
Prince Edward Island 11,783 0 0 ... 1 8 ... 28 238 102
Nova Scotia 71,868 0 0 -100 9 13 -30 320 445 23
New Brunswick 57,009 0 0 -100 6 11 204 240 421 20
Quebec 581,350 3 1 197 92 16 0 3,979 684 -10
Ontario 1,017,727 4 0 ... 460 45 28 6,080 597 2
Manitoba 102,190 0 0 ... 70 68 216 273 267 29
Saskatchewan 88,910 0 0 ... 26 29 65 525 590 28
Alberta 278,229 3 1 ... 171 61 16 1,194 429 19
British Columbia 324,952 23 7 155 158 49 20 2,187 673 -11
Yukon 2,697 0 0 ... 1 37 ... 13 482 347
Northwest Territories 4,197 0 0 ... 2 48 -71 39 929 -19
Nunavut 3,851 0 0 ... 0 0 ... 8 208 -1
Canada 2,583,351 33 1 174 996 39 26 14,959 579 -1
Table 2f
  2006 population Other drugs4 Drugs - total
number number rate % change in rate number rate % change in rate
Newfoundland and Labrador 38,588 13 34 -36 86 223 -18
Prince Edward Island 11,783 16 136 102 45 382 107
Nova Scotia 71,868 34 47 11 363 505 19
New Brunswick 57,009 33 58 59 279 489 25
Quebec 581,350 628 108 21 4,702 809 -7
Ontario 1,017,727 765 75 3 7,309 718 4
Manitoba 102,190 53 52 3 396 388 39
Saskatchewan 88,910 44 49 -17 595 669 24
Alberta 278,229 136 49 33 1,504 541 20
British Columbia 324,952 173 53 6 2,541 782 -8
Yukon 2,697 2 74 -31 16 593 175
Northwest Territories 4,197 6 143 -23 47 1,120 -25
Nunavut 3,851 0 0 -100 8 208 -21
Canada 2,583,351 1,903 74 10 17,891 693 2
... not applicable
  1. 'Youth accused' includes all youth charged with an offence and those cleared by means other than a charge. The administration of the youth justice system is the responsibility of the provinces and territories. Thus, it is important to note that jurisdictional differences in youth crime are, in part, a reflection of the differences in the administration of youth justice across Canada.
  2. Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 youth aged 12 to 17. The population estimates come from Statistics Canada, Demography Division.
  3. Only selected offences are shown and will therefore not add up to the total in each category.
  4. 'Other drugs' includes the categories 'restricted drugs', 'controlled drugs', as well as other drugs.
Note: Percent change based on unrounded rates and are in comparison to the previous year's rate.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.