Table 7
Youth accused1,2 of selected Criminal Code incidents, Canada and the provinces/territories, 2007

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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.