Table 1
Forcible confinement, by province and territory, 2007

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Number of incidents1 Rate2 Percentage change in rate 1997 to 2007
Newfoundland and Labrador 33 6.5 618
Prince Edward Island 7 5.0 ...
Nova Scotia 116 12.4 953
New Brunswick 50 6.7 286
Quebec 1,237 16.1 43
Ontario 1,771 13.8 168
Manitoba 205 17.3 1,536
Saskatchewan 149 14.9 31
Alberta 528 15.2 147
British Columbia 416 9.5 144
Yukon 12 38.7 ...
Northwest Territories3 29 68.0 822
Nunavut4 42 135.0 3,521
Canada 4,595 13.9 121
1. Includes incidents of kidnapping.
2. Rates are calculated per 100,000 population. Population estimates are from Statistics Canada, Demography Division.
3. Includes Nunavut prior to 1999. As such, the percent change in the rate is calculated from 1999 to 2007.
4. Nunavut became a territory in 1999. As such, the percent change in the rate is calculated from 1999 to 2007.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Aggregate Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Survey.
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