Table 1
Cases and charges completed in youth court, Canada, 1991/1992 to 2011/2012

Table 1
Cases and charges completed in youth court, Canada, 1991/1992 to 2011/2012
Table summary
This table displays the results of cases and charges completed in youth court. The information is grouped by year (appearing as row headers), total charges and total cases, calculated using number, percent change in number of charges from previous year (%) and percent change in number of cases from previous year (%) units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Year Total chargesNote 1 Total casesNote 2
number Percent change in number of charges from previous year (%) number Percent change in number of cases from previous year (%)
1991/1992 218,802 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 94,728 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
1992/1993 211,904 -3.2 90,561 -4.4
1993/1994 212,660 0.4 90,333 -0.3
1994/1995 203,723 -4.2 86,044 -4.7
1995/1996 204,546 0.4 85,882 -0.2
1996/1997 208,124 1.7 85,634 -0.3
1997/1998 214,492 3.1 86,904 1.5
1998/1999 208,246 -2.9 82,578 -5.0
1999/2000 200,434 -3.8 77,969 -5.6
2000/2001 200,571 0.1 77,859 -0.1
2001/2002 209,106 4.3 77,869 0.0
2002/2003 206,215 -1.4 76,204 -2.1
2003/2004 194,894 -5.5 64,029 -16.0
2004/2005 179,056 -8.1 57,675 -9.9
2005/2006 180,585 0.9 57,467 -0.4
2006/2007 185,409 2.7 57,482 0.0
2007/2008 191,194 3.1 58,710 2.1
2008/2009 194,142 1.5 58,968 0.4
2009/2010 189,494 -2.4 56,859 -3.6
2010/2011 181,835 -4.0 53,494 -5.9
2011/2012 166,125 -8.6 48,229 -9.8
Percent change 2001/2002 to 2011/2012 Note ...: not applicable -20.6 Note ...: not applicable -38.1
.. not available for a specific reference period
... not applicable
Note 1.

A charge refers to a formal accusation against an accused person or company involving a federal statute offence that has been processed by the courts and received a final decision.

Note 2.

A case is one or more charges against an accused person or company that were processed by the courts at the same time and received a final decision.

Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Integrated Criminal Court Survey.
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