Table 1
Family court cases, selected provinces and territories, 2005/2006 to 2009/2010
Province or territory2 | Year | Active cases1 | Total active cases | |||||
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Initiated cases3 | Ongoing cases4 | |||||||
number | percent change from previous year | number | percent change from previous year | number | percent change from previous year | percent of total active civil court cases | ||
Nova Scotia | 2005/2006 | 7,335 | .. | 9,015 | .. | 16,350 | .. | 40 |
2006/2007 | 6,599 | -10 | 9,376 | 4 | 15,975 | -2 | 40 | |
2007/2008 | 6,059 | -8 | 8,897 | -5 | 14,956 | -6 | 39 | |
2008/2009 | 6,057 | 0 | 8,971 | 1 | 15,028 | 0 | 39 | |
2009/2010 | 6,185 | 2 | 9,132 | 2 | 15,317 | 2 | 41 | |
Ontario | 2005/2006 | 101,972 | .. | 61,742 | .. | 163,714 | .. | 35 |
2006/2007 | 96,457 | -5 | 68,137 | 10 | 164,594 | 1 | 35 | |
2007/2008 | 95,961 | -1 | 69,773 | 2 | 165,734 | 1 | 34 | |
2008/2009 | 99,569 | 4 | 67,208 | -4 | 166,777 | 1 | 33 | |
2009/2010 | 102,201 | 3 | 67,407 | 0 | 169,608 | 2 | 34 | |
Alberta5 | 2005/2006 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
2006/2007 | 22,660 | .. | 3,780 | .. | 26,440 | .. | .. | |
2007/2008 | 32,963 | .. | 20,834 | .. | 53,797 | .. | .. | |
2008/2009 | 43,806 | .. | 27,679 | .. | 71,485 | .. | 37 | |
2009/2010 | 44,094 | 1 | 29,241 | 6 | 73,335 | 3 | 35 | |
British Columbia | 2005/2006 | 25,709 | .. | 31,052 | .. | 56,761 | .. | 34 |
2006/2007 | 24,951 | -3 | 31,525 | 2 | 56,476 | -1 | 35 | |
2007/2008 | 25,020 | 0 | 36,897 | 17 | 61,917 | 10 | 36 | |
2008/2009 | 24,896 | 0 | 45,405 | 23 | 70,301 | 14 | 37 | |
2009/2010 | 25,367 | 2 | 43,165 | -5 | 68,532 | -3 | 36 | |
Yukon | 2005/2006 | 309 | .. | 325 | .. | 634 | .. | 39 |
2006/2007 | 299 | -3 | 276 | -15 | 575 | -9 | 39 | |
2007/2008 | 297 | -1 | 303 | 10 | 600 | 4 | 41 | |
2008/2009 | 269 | -9 | 297 | -2 | 566 | -6 | 41 | |
2009/2010 | 306 | 14 | 284 | -4 | 590 | 4 | 42 | |
Northwest Territories6 | 2005/2006 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
2006/2007 | 514 | .. | 603 | .. | 1,117 | .. | 52 | |
2007/2008 | 463 | -10 | 560 | -7 | 1,023 | -8 | 49 | |
2008/2009 | 473 | 2 | 594 | 6 | 1,067 | 4 | 52 | |
2009/2010 | 446 | -6 | 578 | -3 | 1,024 | -4 | 50 | |
Nunavut | 2005/2006 | 466 | .. | 184 | .. | 650 | .. | 71 |
2006/2007 | 550 | 18 | 274 | 49 | 824 | 27 | 72 | |
2007/2008 | 565 | 3 | 150 | -45 | 715 | -13 | 72 | |
2008/2009 | 558 | -1 | 212 | 41 | 770 | 8 | 77 | |
2009/2010 | 668 | 20 | 177 | -17 | 845 | 10 | 76 | |
Total5, 6 | 2005/2006 | 135,791 | .. | 102,318 | .. | 238,109 | .. | 35 |
2006/2007 | 152,030 | .. | 113,971 | .. | 266,001 | .. | 38 | |
2007/2008 | 161,328 | .. | 137,414 | .. | 298,742 | .. | 37 | |
2008/2009 | 175,628 | .. | 150,366 | .. | 325,994 | .. | 35 | |
2009/2010 | 179,267 | 2 | 149,984 | 0 | 329,251 | 1 | 35 | |
.. not available for a specific reference period 1. Refers to family court cases that had activity or were initiated during the year. 2. Excludes data from Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Quebec, Manitoba and Saskatchewan due to the unavailability of data. 3. Refers to cases newly started during the year. 4. Refers to cases continuing from a previous year. 5. In 2006/2007, data for Alberta represented provincial level family cases only. In 2007/2008, data for Alberta represented provincial level family cases as well as superior court level family cases for the final 6 months of the year. 6. Data for the Northwest Territories are not available prior to 2006/2007. Source: Statistics Canada, Civil Court Survey. |
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