Table 1
Police-reported weighted clearance rate, by province and territory, 2000 to 2010

Table 1
Police-reported weighted clearance rate, by province and territory, 2000 to 2010
Province and territory 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Percent change 2000 to 2010Note 1
percent
Newfoundland and Labrador 38.0 39.5 35.3 37.1 33.2 34.6 37.2 37.1 41.1 37.9 34.3 -9.7
Prince Edward Island 36.5 30.8 27.7 30.3 26.4 30.5 39.9 37.7 36.1 35.9 38.3 4.7
Nova Scotia 33.4 33.7 34.3 35.5 30.9 32.8 36.3 41.1 42.7 40.6 38.9 16.6
New Brunswick 35.7 37.8 32.4 32.7 32.9 37.3 41.0 42.2 44.2 45.8 45.4 27.0
Quebec 31.3 32.1 31.4 32.9 33.5 33.5 33.3 33.8 34.5 35.2 36.3 16.0
Ontario 40.3 38.6 39.2 36.5 37.5 39.6 39.5 40.9 41.7 42.0 42.4 5.1
Manitoba 36.4 36.0 35.5 34.6 34.9 36.0 36.0 37.4 41.3 39.3 40.2 10.6
Saskatchewan 42.3 41.8 40.6 39.6 40.1 43.1 46.3 47.2 49.9 49.3 50.3 18.8
Alberta 40.9 40.4 38.7 37.1 36.1 35.9 38.9 37.5 39.7 41.2 42.3 3.5
British Columbia 26.6 25.7 25.4 23.6 23.1 23.0 24.7 25.0 26.3 28.3 29.6 11.3
Yukon 42.3 44.2 40.2 41.4 53.9 52.0 54.9 56.6 61.9 65.4 58.9 39.1
Northwest Territories 49.8 55.9 52.7 54.7 55.9 56.5 64.7 67.2 69.5 71.5 72.9 46.6
Nunavut 55.0 56.6 55.0 60.2 59.4 56.8 76.5 77.4 75.0 79.3 77.0 39.9
Canada 35.5 35.0 34.5 33.5 33.6 34.6 35.7 36.5 37.9 38.6 39.4 11.0
1. Percent changes are based on unrounded numbers.
Note: The weighted clearance rate is based on the same principle used to create the police-reported Crime Severity Index, whereby more serious offences are assigned a higher weight than less serious offences. Applying this concept to clearance rates means that, for example, the clearance of a homicide, robbery or break and enter receives a higher weight than the clearance of less serious offences such as minor theft, mischief and disturbing the peace.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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