Table 6
Profile of new custody/access cases, by year of initiation, selected provinces and territories, 2005/2006 to 2011/2012

Table 6
Profile of new custody/access cases, by year of initiation, selected provinces and territories, 2005/2006 to 2011/2012
Table summary
This table displays the results of profile of new custody/access cases. The information is grouped by type of case characteristic (appearing as row headers), 2005/ 2006, 2006/ 2007, 2007/ 2008, 2008/ 2009, 2009/ 2010, 2010/ 2011, 2011/ 2012, change from 2005/ 2006 to 2011/ 2012 and change from 2010/ 2011 to 2011/ 2012, calculated using number , percent and number units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of case characteristic 2005/ 2006 2006/ 2007 2007/ 2008 2008/ 2009 2009/ 2010 2010/ 2011 2011/ 2012 Change from 2005/ 2006 to 2011/ 2012 Change from 2010/ 2011 to 2011/ 2012
number percent
Number of new custody/access cases 22,041 20,999 20,963 21,978 21,794 19,099 18,439 -16 -4
  percent
Percentage of custody/access cases with single issue (no other child or family issues reported) 2 3 2 2 2 3 3 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Percentage of cases still active in the year after case initiation 71 75 78 78 77 81 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
  percent
Activity in the first year of the case  
Percentage with a disposition 82 81 80 81 81 83 82 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
  number percent
Average number of documents filed in first year 6.8 7.4 8.0 8.4 8.6 9.5 10.2 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Average number of dispositions in first year 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.9 5.3 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Average weeks to first disposition (in first year)Note 1 7.6 7.7 7.5 7.6 7.8 7.6 6.6 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
... not applicable
Note 1.

A change in the capture of disposition events in Ontario to include outcomes from mandatory information programs (sessions that provide parties with information about separation and divorce and family law issues, as well as the legal process and alternatives to litigation) may impact results toward a shorter time to first disposition for 2011/2012.

Note: Trend data include only Nova Scotia, Ontario, British Columbia, Yukon and Nunavut and may be influenced in improvements in reporting over time.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Civil Court Survey.
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