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Table 7
Youth accused 1,2 of selected Criminal Code incidents, Canada and the provinces/territories, 2007

Table 7A
	Homicide³			Attempted murder			Sexual assault(levels 1,2,3)			Assault (levels 2 and 3)
	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	0	0	…	0	0	…	31	83	3.2	123	329	3.2
Prince Edward Island	0	0	…	0	0	…	9	77	-8.9	20	172	-19
Nova Scotia	3	4.2	…	4	5.7	…	69	98	21.3	328	464	31.6
New Brunswick	0	0	…	0	0	…	64	114	10	156	278	4.1
Quebec	4	0.7	…	4	0.7	…	526	90	0.3	1,492	257	16.5
Ontario	16	1.6	…	25	2.4	…	871	85	6.3	2,629	257	1.5
Manitoba	33	32.1	…	9	8.8	…	109	106	-3.2	753	733	-0.2
Saskatchewan	16	18.2	…	5	5.7	…	118	134	2	786	892	13.4
Alberta	5	1.8	…	1	0.4	…	196	70	-14.7	994	357	3.3
British Columbia	0	0	…	1	0.3	…	170	52	-16.7	855	262	-10.3
Yukon	0	0	…	0	0	…	2	76	-77.3	27	1,020	10.4
Northwest Territories	0	0	…	0	0	…	23	548	157	56	1,335	25.1
Nunavut	0	0	…	1	26.2	…	19	498	19.2	28	734	-22
Canada	77	3	-10.5	50	1.9	-34.2	2,207	85	0.5	8,247	319	4.6

Table 7B
	Assault (level 1)			Robbery			Total violent crime			Break and enter
	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	519	1,388	18	16	43	50.2	715	1,912	16.1	350	936	-20.9
Prince Edward Island	108	927	-3.2	4	34	102.5	144	1,236	-5.9	39	335	-61.3
Nova Scotia	1,025	1,451	-9.5	113	160	5.7	1,598	2,262	-0.2	534	756	-0.8
New Brunswick	740	1,317	22.4	23	41	22.8	1,032	1,837	18.1	294	523	-23.9
Quebec	3,727	641	1.8	553	95	-17.9	6,720	1,156	3.5	1,964	338	-1.7
Ontario	7,945	776	-4	2,536	248	4.6	14,717	1,438	-0.7	3,818	373	-1
Manitoba	1,496	1,455	-2.1	248	241	-5.1	2,735	2,661	-2	1,084	1,055	4.2
Saskatchewan	1,716	1,947	4.5	363	412	-0.3	3,140	3,562	6.5	1,717	1,948	1
Alberta	2,725	978	-1.6	431	155	24.1	4,542	1,630	0.7	1,400	502	-0.4
British Columbia	2,151	660	-7.8	396	122	11.6	3,768	1,157	-7.9	1,132	347	4.5
Yukon	72	2,720	-9.1	2	76	-70.8	107	4,042	-13.8	72	2,720	3.7
Northwest Territories	229	5,460	-11.1	5	119	0.5	321	7,654	-1.9	213	5,079	-29.5
Nunavut	142	3,721	-7.5	4	105	-42.7	208	5,451	-4.3	219	5,739	-4.9
Canada	22,595	873	-1.8	4,694	181	2.5	39,747	1,537	0.4	12,836	496	-2.7

Table 7C
	Motor vehicle theft			Total property crime			Total other Criminal Code			(excluding traffic)
	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	55	147	-40.2	1,037	2,773	-8.9	1,605	4,292	0.9	3,357	8,977	0.4
Prince Edward Island	23	197	-31.5	295	2,533	-33.3	384	3,297	-21.9	823	7,066	-24.3
Nova Scotia	155	219	-20.2	2,477	3,507	-6.2	3,496	4,950	-3.8	7,571	10,719	-3.9
New Brunswick	80	142	-2.3	1,521	2,708	1.7	2,179	3,879	8.2	4,732	8,424	8
Quebec	789	136	-9.7	9,016	1,551	1.6	6,913	1,189	2.5	22,649	3,897	2.4
Ontario	1,115	109	-3.2	25,064	2,449	-1.4	21,001	2,052	-1.4	60,782	5,938	-1.2
Manitoba	425	413	-14.9	3,485	3,390	-1.3	4,926	4,792	-4.3	11,146	10,843	-2.8
Saskatchewan	563	639	-16.3	5,316	6,031	-6	9,499	10,777	6.5	17,955	20,371	2.4
Alberta	732	263	-15.3	9,114	3,270	5.9	10,604	3,805	-7.4	24,260	8,705	-1.3
British Columbia	352	108	-29.7	6,664	2,046	-6.5	8,635	2,651	-11.6	19,067	5,853	-9.1
Yukon	19	718	29.5	159	6,007	-3.8	447	16,887	14	713	26,936	4.6
Northwest Territories	81	1,931	-0.7	508	12,113	-19.4	1,153	27,492	20.3	1,982	47,258	3.4
Nunavut	75	1,965	60.1	442	11,583	2	488	12,788	-10.2	1,138	29,822	-4.7
Canada	4,464	173	-12.7	65,098	2,517	-1.7	71,330	2,757	-2.4	176,175	6,811	-1.5
… not applicable 0 true zero or a value rounded to zero 1. Figures presented here include a small number of accused under the age of 12. 2. Youth accused equals youth cleared by charge and youth cleared otherwise (e.g. extrajudicial sanctions). 3. Homicide data presented in this table include 1 accused person in 2006 and 3 accused persons in 2007 under the age of 12 years, whereas the text analysis refers to accused aged 12 to 17 years. Note: Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 youth aged 12 to 17. 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.