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1. Data on overall trends in violent, property and other Criminal Code offences are available beginning in 1962, however data for specific crime
types are available electronically starting in 1977. The exception to this are rates of homicide, robbery, break and enter and motor vehicle theft, which
were extracted manually from paper publications between 1962 and 1977, because they were chosen for time series modeling (see methodology
section).
Data source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
Figure source: Statistics Canada, 2005, Exploring Crime Patterns in Canada, Catalogue no. 85-561-MWE2005005.