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Statistics Canada - Government of Canada
Table A1.2
Women1 in justice-related occupations2
 
1991
1996
2001
percentage
Police officers
7
10
14
Lawyers and notaries
27
31
35
Judges
15
21
21
Paralegal and related occupations
76
79
81
Probation and parole officers
50
47
54
Correctional service officers
21
24
29
1. Refers to women aged 15 and older.
2. Based on the 1991 Standard Occupational Classification.
Data sources: Statistics Canada, catalogue numbers 89-503 and 85-225, and Censuses of Population and Housing, 1991, 1996 and 2001.
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2006, Measuring Violence Against Women: Statistical Trends, catalogue number 85-570-XWE2006001.