Table 10
Youth (12 to 17 years) accused of police-reported drug offences, by province and territory, 2007
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| Province and territory | Charged | Cleared by other means1 |
Total | Percentage charged | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | rate2 | number | rate2 | number | rate2 | percent | |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 29 | 77.6 | 71 | 189.9 | 100 | 267.4 | 29.0 |
| Prince Edward Island | 14 | 120.2 | 12 | 103.0 | 26 | 223.2 | 53.8 |
| Nova Scotia | 130 | 184.1 | 220 | 311.5 | 350 | 495.5 | 37.1 |
| New Brunswick | 118 | 210.1 | 192 | 341.8 | 310 | 551.9 | 38.1 |
| Quebec | 1,665 | 286.5 | 3,253 | 559.7 | 4,918 | 846.1 | 33.9 |
| Ontario | 3,245 | 317.0 | 4,606 | 450.0 | 7,851 | 767.0 | 41.3 |
| Manitoba | 289 | 281.1 | 154 | 149.8 | 443 | 431.0 | 65.2 |
| Saskatchewan | 312 | 354.0 | 316 | 358.5 | 628 | 712.5 | 49.7 |
| Alberta | 754 | 270.5 | 669 | 240.0 | 1,423 | 510.6 | 53.0 |
| British Columbia | 556 | 170.7 | 1,972 | 605.3 | 2,528 | 776.0 | 22.0 |
| Yukon | 9 | 340.0 | 21 | 793.4 | 30 | 1,133.4 | 30.0 |
| Northwest Territories | 12 | 286.1 | 72 | 1,716.7 | 84 | 2,002.9 | 14.3 |
| Nunavut | 3 | 78.6 | 9 | 235.8 | 12 | 314.5 | 25.0 |
| Canada | 7,136 | 275.9 | 11,567 | 447.2 | 18,703 | 723.0 | 38.2 |
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1. Cleared by other means includes police discretion, referral to diversion program, etc. 2. Rates are calculated per 100,000 population. Population estimates are from Statistics Canada, Demography Division. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Aggregate Uniform Crime Reporting Survey. |
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