Table 5
Drug and impaired driving incidents, Canada and the provinces/territories, 2007

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Table 5A
  Cannabis
Cannabis possession Other cannabis1 Total cannabis
number rate percent change in rate number rate percent change in rate number rate percent change in rate
Newfoundland and Labrador 424 84 33.5 200 40 17.1 624 123 27.7
Prince Edward Island 65 47 -4.8 49 35 1.6 114 82 -2.1
Nova Scotia 1,216 130 26 587 63 17.7 1,803 193 23.2
New Brunswick 859 115 1.6 417 56 -11 1,276 170 -2.9
Quebec 9,457 123 1.8 4,737 62 -7.9 14,194 184 -1.6
Ontario 14,830 116 3 3,823 30 -7.2 18,653 146 0.7
Manitoba 854 72 14.5 555 47 8.3 1,409 119 11.9
Saskatchewan 1,588 159 3.3 374 38 7.1 1,962 197 4
Alberta 3,989 115 4.1 887 26 -2 4,876 140 3
British Columbia 13,443 307 10.9 3,591 82 9.6 17,034 389 10.6
Yukon 97 313 39.6 24 77 -24.5 121 390 19.5
Northwest Territories 213 500 32.4 91 213 25.7 304 713 30.3
Nunavut 66 212 -5.2 74 238 -43.1 140 450 -29.9
Canada 47,101 143 6.1 15,409 47 -2.1 62,510 190 4
Table 5B
  Cocaine Other drugs2 Total drugs Impaired driving3
number rate percent change in rate number rate percent change in rate number rate percent change in rate number rate percent change in rate
Newfoundland and Labrador 142 28 60.7 91 18 6.6 857 169 29.4 1,389 274 25.3
Prince Edward Island 45 32 72.3 38 27 -9.9 197 142 6.6 599 432 3.5
Nova Scotia 352 38 19.8 351 38 10.8 2,506 268 20.8 2,550 273 -5.4
New Brunswick 256 34 33.2 342 46 9.5 1,874 250 3.1 2,092 279 9
Quebec 2,275 30 -4.3 3,888 50 6.5 20,357 264 -0.5 16,208 210 -1.5
Ontario 7,493 59 -0.6 4,872 38 -6.4 31,018 242 -0.8 17,846 139 -0.2
Manitoba 780 66 29.3 277 23 -19.6 2,466 208 11.8 2,993 252 3.6
Saskatchewan 508 51 7.3 381 38 6.3 2,851 286 4.9 5,431 545 4.4
Alberta 3,272 94 -1.7 944 27 -12.2 9,092 262 -0.5 14,439 416 18.7
British Columbia 7,505 171 -1.5 4,093 93 37.9 28,632 654 10.2 14,569 333 -2
Yukon 66 213 146.2 22 71 38.5 209 674 45.2 347 1,120 49.4
Northwest Territories 115 270 25.7 37 87 41.5 456 1,069 29.9 768 1,801 4.5
Nunavut 10 32 225.7 10 32 -18.6 160 514 -25.6 282 906 -0.2
Canada 22,819 69 0.9 15,346 47 6.5 100,675 305 3.6 79,513 241 3.4

0 true zero or a value rounded to zero
1. Other cannabis includes trafficking, importation and production.
2. Includes other drugs such as heroin, crystal meth and ecstasy.
3. Includes impaired operation of a vehicle causing death, causing bodily harm, alcohol rate over 80mg, failure/refusal to provide a breath/blood sample.
Note: Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. The population estimates come from Statistics Canada, Demography Division. Populations as of July 1st: preliminary postcensal for 2007. 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.