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Trends in sex trade-related crime, Canada, 2010 to 2019

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number of incidents 0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Total sex-trade related crimeTotal sex-trade related crime Procuring or receiving material benefit or advertising sexual services Procuring or receiving material benefit or advertising sexual services Stopping or communicating offencesStopping or communicating offences Obtaining sexual services (from an adult or a minor)Obtaining sexual services (from an adult or a minor)
Note(s):
One incident may involve multiple violations. Counts are based upon the most serious violation in the incident.
Key
dates: Ontario court rules prostitution laws unconstitutional (2010); Supreme Court Canada (AG) v. Bedford ruling (2013); PCEPA (Bill C-36) implemented (December, 2014).
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.

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Trends in sex trade-related crime, Canada, 2010 to 2019, number of incidents
  Total sex-trade related crime Procuring or receiving material benefit or advertising sexual services Stopping or communicating offences Obtaining sexual services (from an adult or a minor)
2010 2,904 240 2,608 56
2011 2,315 217 2,009 89
2012 1,999 210 1,706 83
2013 1,941 320 1,518 103
2014 1,014 228 713 72
2015 765 247 122 375
2016 952 315 187 421
2017 1,240 299 120 792
2018 1,159 312 111 707
2019 1,298 465 134 669
Note(s):
One incident may involve multiple violations. Counts are based upon the most serious violation in the incident.
Key
dates: Ontario court rules prostitution laws unconstitutional (2010); Supreme Court Canada (AG) v. Bedford ruling (2013); PCEPA (Bill C-36) implemented (December, 2014).
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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