Table 2
Police-reported Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) violations, by type of substance, by province and territory, 2013
Province or territory | Type of substance | percent change in rate 2012 to 2013 | |||||||||
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Cannabis | Cocaine | Methamphetamines | Other CDSANote 1 | Total | |||||||
number | rate | number | rate | number | rate | number | rate | number | rate | ||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 969 | 184 | 159 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 307 | 58 | 1,436 | 273 | 0.4 |
Prince Edward Island | 116 | 80 | 33 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 115 | 79 | 266 | 183 | -25.5 |
Nova Scotia | 2,224 | 236 | 350 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 479 | 51 | 3,059 | 325 | -3.9 |
New Brunswick | 1,213 | 160 | 211 | 28 | 65 | 9 | 291 | 38 | 1,780 | 235 | -7.4 |
Quebec | 15,766 | 193 | 2,121 | 26 | 1,812 | 22 | 2,876 | 35 | 22,575 | 277 | 1.6 |
Ontario | 20,899 | 154 | 4,767 | 35 | 742 | 5 | 5,026 | 37 | 31,434 | 232 | -5.9 |
Manitoba | 2,217 | 175 | 959 | 76 | 22 | 2 | 406 | 32 | 3,604 | 285 | 4.9 |
Saskatchewan | 3,242 | 293 | 1,510 | 136 | 104 | 9 | 570 | 51 | 5,426 | 490 | -13.3 |
Alberta | 7,507 | 187 | 2,878 | 72 | 604 | 15 | 961 | 24 | 11,950 | 297 | -2.9 |
British Columbia | 18,248 | 398 | 4,241 | 93 | 1,263 | 28 | 2,633 | 57 | 26,385 | 576 | 2.8 |
Yukon | 111 | 302 | 77 | 210 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 52 | 207 | 564 | 8.2 |
Northwest Territories | 405 | 930 | 133 | 305 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 53 | 561 | 1,289 | -5.1 |
Nunavut | 356 | 1,000 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 34 | 374 | 1,051 | -11.1 |
Canada | 73,273 | 208 | 17,445 | 50 | 4,621 | 13 | 13,718 | 39 | 109,057 | 310 | -2.1 |
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey. |
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