Table 5
Cases completed in youth court, by type of offence and decision, Canada, 2014/2015

Table 5
Cases completed in youth court, by type of offence and decision, Canada, 2014/2015
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 The information is grouped by Type of offence (appearing as row headers), Guilty, Stayed, Withdrawn, Acquitted, Other decisions and Total cases, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of offenceNote 1 GuiltyNote 2 StayedNote 3 WithdrawnNote 4 Acquitted Other decisionsNote 5 Total cases
number percent number percent number percent number percent number percent number percent
Violent offences 5,405 55 1,870 19 2,134 22 269 3 65 1 9,743 100
Homicide 15 60 2 8 3 12 1 4 4 16 25 100
Attempted murder 10 45 3 14 8 36 0 0 1 5 22 100
Robbery 801 55 125 9 489 34 35 2 9 1 1,459 100
Sexual assault 375 60 86 14 119 19 43 7 7 1 630 100
Other sexual offencesNote 6 397 61 133 20 84 13 36 5 5 1 655 100
Major assaultNote 7 1,279 62 342 16 396 19 47 2 10 0 2,074 100
Common assault 1,376 50 660 24 654 24 41 1 12 0 2,743 100
Uttering threats 955 55 436 25 299 17 45 3 11 1 1,746 100
Criminal harassment 78 45 46 26 37 21 12 7 1 1 174 100
Other crimes against persons 119 55 37 17 45 21 9 4 5 2 215 100
Property offences 5,408 50 2,870 27 2,336 22 80 1 41 0 10,735 100
TheftNote 8 1,620 45 1,071 30 853 24 24 1 18 1 3,586 100
Break and enter 1,597 63 536 21 379 15 18 1 7 0 2,537 100
Fraud 228 63 80 22 53 15 3 1 0 0 364 100
Mischief 975 47 599 29 501 24 13 1 8 0 2,096 100
Possess stolen property 821 44 507 27 503 27 18 1 7 0 1,856 100
Other property crimes 167 56 77 26 47 16 4 1 1 0 296 100
Administration of justice offences 2,214 63 508 14 766 22 15 0 17 0 3,520 100
Fail to appear 81 39 39 19 86 41 0 0 3 1 209 100
Breach of probation 49 60 11 13 21 26 0 0 1 1 82 100
Unlawfully at large 198 92 5 2 12 6 0 0 0 0 215 100
Fail to comply with order 1,398 61 344 15 544 24 13 1 10 0 2,309 100
Other administration of justice 488 69 109 15 103 15 2 0 3 0 705 100
Other Criminal Code offences 1,163 58 426 21 370 18 34 2 21 1 2,014 100
Weapons 800 58 259 19 292 21 15 1 6 0 1,372 100
Prostitution 7 44 2 13 6 38 1 6 0 0 16 100
Disturbing the peace 26 43 19 31 15 25 0 0 1 2 61 100
Residual Criminal Code 330 58 146 26 57 10 18 3 14 2 565 100
Criminal Code (excluding traffic) 14,190 55 5,674 22 5,606 22 398 2 144 1 26,012 100
Criminal Code traffic offences 434 80 30 6 61 11 15 3 1 0 541 100
Impaired driving 200 83 7 3 23 10 11 5 1 0 242 100
Other Criminal Code traffic 234 78 23 8 38 13 4 1 0 0 299 100
Total Criminal Code offences 14,624 55 5,704 21 5,667 21 413 2 145 1 26,553 100
Other federal statute offences 4,080 65 1,026 16 1,095 17 54 1 27 0 6,282 100
Drug possession 676 38 587 33 477 27 21 1 0 0 1,761 100
Other drug offencesNote 9 511 57 152 17 225 25 13 1 2 0 903 100
Youth Criminal Justice Act 2,765 80 271 8 370 11 19 1 25 1 3,450 100
Residual federal statutes 128 76 16 10 23 14 1 1 0 0 168 100
Total offences 18,704 57 6,730 20 6,762 21 467 1 172 1 32,835 100
Note 1.

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

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Note 2.

Guilty findings include guilty of the offence, of an included offence, of an attempt of the offence, or of an attempt of an included offence. Also includes guilty pleas, and cases where an absolute or conditional discharge has been imposed.

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Note 3.

Includes stays as well as court referrals to alternative or extrajudicial measures and restorative justice programs.

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Note 4.

Includes withdrawals, dismissals and discharges at preliminary inquiry.

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Note 5.

Includes final decisions of found not criminally responsible and waived out of province or territory. Also includes any order where a conviction was not recorded, the court's acceptance of a special plea, cases that raise Charter arguments and cases where the accused was found unfit to stand trial.

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Note 6.

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

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Note 7.

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

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Note 8.

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

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Note 9.

Includes drug trafficking, production, importing and exporting.

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Note: 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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