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Table 2
Youth accused of selected criminal offences, by day of the week the crime was committed, Canada, 2008

Day of week	Selected violent Criminal Code offences						Selected non-violent Criminal Code offences						Drug offences		Criminal Code offences–traffic
	Assault (level 1, 2 and 3)		Sexual assault (level 1, 2 and 3)		Robbery		Theft $5,000 or under¹		Mischief		Break and enter		Possession		Impaired driving
	Accused youth
	number	percent	number	percent	number	percent	number	percent	number	percent	number	percent	number	percent	number	percent
Monday	4,348	14	269	14	734	15	5,611	14	4,238	14	2,038	15	1,970	13	67	6
Tuesday	5,000	17	293	15	820	16	5,847	15	3,920	13	1,829	13	2,348	15	91	8
Wednesday	4,727	16	270	14	703	14	5,814	15	3,943	13	1,982	15	2,406	15	68	6
Thursday	4,725	16	355	19	726	14	6,225	16	4,034	14	1,823	13	2,663	17	84	7
Friday	4,696	16	327	17	776	15	6,401	16	4,311	14	1,844	14	3,230	21	164	14
Saturday	3,622	12	201	10	684	14	5,116	13	4,964	17	2,091	15	1,830	12	407	36
Sunday	3,079	10	201	10	588	12	3,828	10	4,391	15	1,960	14	1,159	7	257	23
Total	30,197	100	1,916	100	5,031	100	38,842	100	29,801	100	13,567	100	15,606	100	1,138	100
1. Includes shoplifting offences Note: Accused youth includes youth cleared by charge and youth cleared otherwise (e.g. application of extrajudicial measures). Includes a small number of youth under the age of 12. Based on police-reported incidents of youth crime occurring during the 12-month period from January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008, exclusively. Excludes about 1% of offences that came to the attention of police in 2008, but were committed in a calendar year other than 2008. Includes the 4% of accused youth who were under the age of 12. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.