Table 3
Cases completed in youth court, by type of offence, Canada, 2010/2011 and 2011/2012

Table 3
Cases completed in youth court, by type of offence, Canada, 2010/2011 and 2011/2012
Table summary
This table displays the results of cases completed in youth court. The information is grouped by type of offence (appearing as row headers), 2010/2011, 2011/2012, percent change in number of cases 2010/2011 to 2011/2012 (%) and difference in median length of cases 2010/2011 to 2011/2012 (days), calculated using number and median length of case (days) units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of offenceNote 1 2010/2011 2011/2012 Percent change in number of cases 2010/2011 to 2011/2012 (%) Difference in median length of cases 2010/2011 to 2011/2012 (days)
numberNote 2 Median length of case (days)Note 3 numberNote 2 Median length of case (days)Note 3
Violent offences 14,275 156 13,095 155 -8.3 -1
Homicide 45 322 46 395 2.2 73
Attempted murder 24 275 7 247 -70.8 -28
Robbery 2,605 178 2,413 182 -7.4 4
Sexual assault 965 244 905 252 -6.2 8
Other sexual offencesNote 4 341 225 347 210 1.8 -15
Major assaultNote 5 3,361 163 2,864 156 -14.8 -7
Common assault 4,208 127 4,026 126 -4.3 -1
Uttering threats 2,171 137 2,025 134 -6.7 -3
Criminal harassment 201 148 172 127 -14.4 -21
Other violent offences 354 196 290 180 -18.1 -16
Property offences 20,408 114 17,240 107 -15.5 -7
TheftNote 6 7,879 106 6,577 99 -16.5 -7
Break and enter 4,410 130 3,738 130 -15.2 0
Fraud 641 113 521 125 -18.7 12
Mischief 3,752 116 3,305 106 -11.9 -10
Possess stolen property 3,147 120 2,679 106 -14.9 -14
Other property crimes 579 157 420 151 -27.5 -6
Administration of justice offences 5,702 77 5,233 78 -8.2 1
Fail to appear 305 54 272 63 -10.8 9
Breach of probation 179 64 130 51 -27.4 -13
Unlawfully at large 426 10 335 10 -21.4 0
Fail to comply with order 3,738 85 3,508 82 -6.2 -3
Other administration of justice offences 1,054 89 988 90 -6.3 1
Other Criminal Code offences 2,709 140 2,428 134 -10.4 -6
Weapons offences 1,834 142 1,662 140 -9.4 -2
Prostitution 14 130 4 154 -71.4 24
Disturb the peace 165 106 119 85 -27.9 -21
Residual Criminal Code 696 135 643 122 -7.6 -13
Total Criminal Code offences (excluding traffic) 43,094 124 37,996 120 -11.8 -4
Criminal Code traffic offences 963 99 838 106 -13.0 7
Impaired driving 571 71 453 67 -20.7 -4
Other Criminal Code traffic offences 392 140 385 152 -1.8 12
Total Criminal Code offences (including traffic) 44,057 123 38,834 120 -11.9 -3
Other federal statute offences 9,437 64 9,395 63 -0.4 -1
Drug possession 2,560 90 2,734 92 6.8 2
Other drug offencesNote 7 1,220 148 1,246 141 2.1 -7
Youth Criminal Justice Act 5,603 42 5,326 36 -4.9 -6
Other federal statutes 54 29 89 34 64.8 5
Total offences 53,494 113 48,229 108 -9.8 -5
Note 1.

Cases that involve more than one charge are represented by the most serious offence.

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.

Note 3.

Refers to the mid-point in the number of days taken to complete a case, from first to last court appearance.

Note 4.

Includes, for example, sexual interference, invitation to sexual touching, child pornography, luring a child via a computer and sexual exploitation.

Note 5.

Includes, for example, assault with a weapon (level 2) and aggravated assault (level 3).

Note 6.

Includes, for example, theft over $5,000, theft $5,000 or under, as well as motor vehicle theft.

Note 7.

Includes drug trafficking, exportation and importation, and production.

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