Table 3
Police-reported cannabis offences, by type of offence, Canada, 1977 to 2007
[an error occurred while processing this directive]85-002-x[an error occurred while processing this directive]
[an error occurred while processing this directive]
Year | Total cannabis offences | Possession | Trafficking | Production | Importation and exportation | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
number | rate1 | number | rate1 | number | rate1 | number | rate1 | number | rate1 | |
1977 | 58,481 | 246.5 | 50,168 | 211.4 | 7,504 | 31.6 | 595 | 2.5 | 214 | 0.9 |
1978 | 53,378 | 222.7 | 44,604 | 186.1 | 7,634 | 31.9 | 803 | 3.4 | 337 | 1.4 |
1979 | 56,834 | 234.8 | 47,439 | 196.0 | 8,431 | 34.8 | 615 | 2.5 | 349 | 1.4 |
1980 | 64,866 | 264.6 | 53,999 | 220.3 | 9,883 | 40.3 | 668 | 2.7 | 316 | 1.3 |
1981 | 65,763 | 265.0 | 54,277 | 218.7 | 10,656 | 42.9 | 596 | 2.4 | 234 | 0.9 |
1982 | 53,658 | 213.6 | 42,030 | 167.3 | 10,521 | 41.9 | 766 | 3.0 | 341 | 1.4 |
1983 | 43,799 | 172.7 | 34,364 | 135.5 | 8,065 | 31.8 | 875 | 3.4 | 495 | 2.0 |
1984 | 43,917 | 171.5 | 35,587 | 139.0 | 7,067 | 27.6 | 710 | 2.8 | 553 | 2.2 |
1985 | 43,803 | 169.5 | 34,665 | 134.1 | 7,963 | 30.8 | 641 | 2.5 | 534 | 2.1 |
1986 | 41,514 | 159.1 | 31,766 | 121.7 | 8,645 | 33.1 | 676 | 2.6 | 427 | 1.6 |
1987 | 43,072 | 162.9 | 30,856 | 116.7 | 10,599 | 40.1 | 1,042 | 3.9 | 575 | 2.2 |
1988 | 40,030 | 149.4 | 29,266 | 109.2 | 9,203 | 34.3 | 1,115 | 4.2 | 446 | 1.7 |
1989 | 40,243 | 147.5 | 28,773 | 105.5 | 9,738 | 35.7 | 1,375 | 5.0 | 357 | 1.3 |
1990 | 38,810 | 140.1 | 27,344 | 98.7 | 9,853 | 35.6 | 1,334 | 4.8 | 279 | 1.0 |
1991 | 33,267 | 118.7 | 21,921 | 78.2 | 8,780 | 31.3 | 2,002 | 7.1 | 564 | 2.0 |
1992 | 34,993 | 123.4 | 23,178 | 81.7 | 8,074 | 28.5 | 2,938 | 10.4 | 803 | 2.8 |
1993 | 35,995 | 125.5 | 24,279 | 84.6 | 8,294 | 28.9 | 2,795 | 9.7 | 627 | 2.2 |
1994 | 40,496 | 139.6 | 28,362 | 97.8 | 8,128 | 28.0 | 3,434 | 11.8 | 572 | 2.0 |
1995 | 43,845 | 149.6 | 30,505 | 104.1 | 8,206 | 28.0 | 4,457 | 15.2 | 677 | 2.3 |
1996 | 47,234 | 159.5 | 33,238 | 112.2 | 8,420 | 28.4 | 5,034 | 17.0 | 542 | 1.8 |
1997 | 47,933 | 160.3 | 32,696 | 109.3 | 7,925 | 26.5 | 6,615 | 22.1 | 697 | 2.3 |
1998 | 50,917 | 168.8 | 34,419 | 114.1 | 7,940 | 26.3 | 7,561 | 25.1 | 997 | 3.3 |
1999 | 60,011 | 197.4 | 39,594 | 130.2 | 10,295 | 33.9 | 9,007 | 29.6 | 1,115 | 3.7 |
2000 | 66,274 | 216.0 | 45,407 | 148.0 | 10,708 | 34.9 | 9,062 | 29.5 | 1,097 | 3.6 |
2001 | 67,921 | 218.9 | 47,720 | 153.8 | 10,824 | 34.9 | 8,403 | 27.1 | 974 | 3.1 |
2002 | 69,687 | 222.1 | 49,647 | 158.2 | 10,911 | 34.8 | 8,113 | 25.9 | 1,016 | 3.2 |
2003 | 61,087 | 192.8 | 41,295 | 130.4 | 10,520 | 33.2 | 8,601 | 27.2 | 671 | 2.1 |
2004 | 67,895 | 212.2 | 47,957 | 149.9 | 10,629 | 33.2 | 8,327 | 26.0 | 982 | 3.1 |
2005 | 60,492 | 187.2 | 43,208 | 133.7 | 9,294 | 28.8 | 6,949 | 21.5 | 1,041 | 3.2 |
2006 | 59,521 | 182.3 | 43,942 | 134.6 | 8,079 | 24.7 | 6,550 | 20.1 | 950 | 2.9 |
2007 | 62,510 | 189.6 | 47,101 | 142.8 | 7,951 | 24.1 | 6,653 | 20.2 | 805 | 2.4 |
1. Rates are calculated per 100,000 population. Population estimates are from Statistics Canada, Demography Division. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Aggregate Uniform Crime Reporting Survey. |
- Date modified: