Table 2
Police-reported offences against the administration of justice, Canada, provinces and territories, 2004 and 2014

Table 2
Police-reported offences against the administration of justice, Canada, provinces and territories, 2004 and 2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Police-reported offences against the administration of justice. The information is grouped by Province/territory and violation (appearing as row headers), 2004, 2014 and Percent change, calculated using number, percent and rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province/territory and violation 2004 2014 Percent change
number percent rate number percent rate number rate
Canada  
Total incidentsNote 1 2,427,370 100.0 7,599.6 1,793,534 100.0 5,046.5 -26.1 -33.6
Offences against the administration of justice 165,633 6.8 518.6 171,897 9.6 483.7 3.8 -6.7
Failure to comply with conditions 81,192 3.3 254.2 97,410 5.4 274.1 20.0 7.8
Breach of probation 47,476 2.0 148.6 38,232 2.1 107.6 -19.5 -27.6
Failure to attend court 25,472 1.0 79.8 24,293 1.4 68.4 -4.6 -14.3
Other offences against the administration of law and justice (Part IV C.C.) 7,235 0.3 22.7 7,014 0.4 19.7 -3.1 -12.8
Prisoner unlawfully at large 2,851 0.1 8.9 4,072 0.2 11.5 42.8 28.3
Escape custody 1,407 0.1 4.4 876 0.0 2.5 -37.7 -44.2
Youth Criminal Justice ActNote 2 18,037 0.7 56.5 7,969 0.4 22.4 -55.8 -60.3
Newfoundland and Labrador  
Total incidentsNote 1 32,891 100.0 6,356.4 29,531 100.0 5,603.9 -10.2 -11.8
Offences against the administration of justice 2,025 6.2 391.3 2,346 7.9 445.2 15.9 13.8
Failure to comply with conditions 876 2.7 169.3 1,681 5.7 319.0 91.9 88.4
Breach of probation 792 2.4 153.1 380 1.3 72.1 -52.0 -52.9
Failure to attend court 85 0.3 16.4 101 0.3 19.2 18.8 16.7
Other offences against the administration of law and justice (Part IV C.C.) 211 0.6 40.8 132 0.4 25.1 -37.4 -38.6
Prisoner unlawfully at large 45 0.1 8.7 50 0.2 9.5 11.1 9.1
Escape custody 16 0.0 3.1 2 0.0 0.4 -87.5 -87.7
Youth Criminal Justice ActNote 2 189 0.6 36.5 73 0.2 13.9 -61.4 -62.1
Prince Edward Island  
Total incidentsNote 1 11,318 100.0 8,220.9 6,862 100.0 4,690.9 -39.4 -42.9
Offences against the administration of justice 575 5.1 417.7 365 5.3 249.5 -36.5 -40.3
Failure to comply with conditions 48 0.4 34.9 131 1.9 89.6 172.9 156.9
Breach of probation 397 3.5 288.4 111 1.6 75.9 -72.0 -73.7
Failure to attend court 9 0.1 6.5 6 0.1 4.1 -33.3 -37.3
Other offences against the administration of law and justice (Part IV C.C.) 61 0.5 44.3 27 0.4 18.5 -55.7 -58.3
Prisoner unlawfully at large 57 0.5 41.4 88 1.3 60.2 54.4 45.3
Escape custody 3 0.0 2.2 2 0.0 1.4 -33.3 -37.2
Youth Criminal Justice ActNote 2 24 0.2 17.4 23 0.3 15.7 -4.2 -9.8
Nova Scotia  
Total incidentsNote 1 81,774 100.0 8,705.1 51,391 100.0 5,451.7 -37.2 -37.4
Offences against the administration of justice 5,261 6.4 560.1 4,819 9.4 511.2 -8.4 -8.7
Failure to comply with conditions 2,112 2.6 224.8 2,713 5.3 287.8 28.5 28.0
Breach of probation 2,321 2.8 247.1 937 1.8 99.4 -59.6 -59.8
Failure to attend court 251 0.3 26.7 704 1.4 74.7 180.5 179.5
Other offences against the administration of law and justice (Part IV C.C.) 379 0.5 40.4 201 0.4 21.3 -47.0 -47.2
Prisoner unlawfully at large 164 0.2 17.5 138 0.3 14.6 -15.9 -16.2
Escape custodyNote 3 34 0.0 3.6 126 0.2 13.4 270.6 269.3
Youth Criminal Justice ActNote 2 424 0.5 45.1 129 0.3 13.7 -69.6 -69.7
New Brunswick  
Total incidentsNote 1 54,449 100.0 7,266.0 33,832 100.0 4,487.5 -37.9 -38.2
Offences against the administration of justice 3,407 6.3 454.7 2,585 7.6 342.9 -24.1 -24.6
Failure to comply with conditions 766 1.4 102.2 1,175 3.5 155.9 53.4 52.5
Breach of probation 2,004 3.7 267.4 896 2.6 118.9 -55.3 -55.6
Failure to attend court 237 0.4 31.6 347 1.0 46.0 46.4 45.5
Other offences against the administration of law and justice (Part IV C.C.) 283 0.5 37.8 105 0.3 13.9 -62.9 -63.1
Prisoner unlawfully at large 71 0.1 9.5 47 0.1 6.2 -33.8 -34.2
Escape custody 46 0.1 6.1 15 0.0 2.0 -67.4 -67.6
Youth Criminal Justice ActNote 2 366 0.7 48.8 144 0.4 19.1 -60.7 -60.9
Quebec  
Total incidentsNote 1 406,594 100.0 5,395.4 286,828 100.0 3,491.7 -29.5 -35.3
Offences against the administration of justice 24,158 5.9 320.6 29,868 10.4 363.6 23.6 13.4
Failure to comply with conditions 12,026 3.0 159.6 16,516 5.8 201.1 37.3 26.0
Breach of probation 10,140 2.5 134.6 10,410 3.6 126.7 2.7 -5.8
Failure to attend court 184 0.0 2.4 229 0.1 2.8 24.5 14.3
Other offences against the administration of law and justice (Part IV C.C.) 1,181 0.3 15.7 1,060 0.4 12.9 -10.2 -17.7
Prisoner unlawfully at large 322 0.1 4.3 1,342 0.5 16.3 316.8 282.7
Escape custody 305 0.1 4.1 311 0.1 3.8 2.0 -6.4
Youth Criminal Justice ActNote 2 1,229 0.3 16.3 1,217 0.4 14.8 -1.0 -9.2
Ontario  
Total incidentsNote 1 675,109 100.0 5,448.6 486,384 100.0 3,555.8 -28.0 -34.7
Offences against the administration of justice 51,083 7.6 412.3 46,361 9.5 338.9 -9.2 -17.8
Failure to comply with conditions 24,219 3.6 195.5 23,165 4.8 169.4 -4.4 -13.4
Breach of probation 11,104 1.6 89.6 10,506 2.2 76.8 -5.4 -14.3
Failure to attend court 13,022 1.9 105.1 9,637 2.0 70.5 -26.0 -33.0
Other offences against the administration of law and justice (Part IV C.C.) 1,897 0.3 15.3 1,653 0.3 12.1 -12.9 -21.1
Prisoner unlawfully at large 461 0.1 3.7 1,241 0.3 9.1 169.2 143.8
Escape custody 380 0.1 3.1 159 0.0 1.2 -58.2 -62.2
Youth Criminal Justice ActNote 2 6,772 1.0 54.7 1,784 0.4 13.0 -73.7 -76.1
Manitoba  
Total incidentsNote 1 149,386 100.0 12,729.2 98,899 100.0 7,714.2 -33.8 -39.4
Offences against the administration of justice 13,003 8.7 1,108.0 10,380 10.5 809.7 -20.2 -26.9
Failure to comply with conditions 8,399 5.6 715.7 6,587 6.7 513.8 -21.6 -28.2
Breach of probation 2,565 1.7 218.6 2,683 2.7 209.3 4.6 -4.2
Failure to attend court 1,198 0.8 102.1 156 0.2 12.2 -87.0 -88.1
Other offences against the administration of law and justice (Part IV C.C.) 626 0.4 53.3 864 0.9 67.4 38.0 26.3
Prisoner unlawfully at large 142 0.1 12.1 76 0.1 5.9 -46.5 -51.0
Escape custody 73 0.0 6.2 14 0.0 1.1 -80.8 -82.5
Youth Criminal Justice ActNote 2 2,512 1.7 214.1 865 0.9 67.5 -65.6 -68.5
Saskatchewan  
Total incidentsNote 1 149,328 100.0 14,971.0 118,222 100.0 10,504.8 -20.8 -29.8
Offences against the administration of justice 18,551 12.4 1,859.9 22,965 19.4 2,040.6 23.8 9.7
Failure to comply with conditions 8,792 5.9 881.5 11,852 10.0 1,053.1 34.8 19.5
Breach of probation 4,006 2.7 401.6 4,117 3.5 365.8 2.8 -8.9
Failure to attend court 4,520 3.0 453.2 6,322 5.3 561.8 39.9 24.0
Other offences against the administration of law and justice (Part IV C.C.) 476 0.3 47.7 334 0.3 29.7 -29.8 -37.8
Prisoner unlawfully at large 535 0.4 53.6 252 0.2 22.4 -52.9 -58.3
Escape custody 222 0.1 22.3 88 0.1 7.8 -60.4 -64.9
Youth Criminal Justice ActNote 2 2,708 1.8 271.5 1,785 1.5 158.6 -34.1 -41.6
Alberta  
Total incidentsNote 1 323,309 100.0 9,980.3 290,581 100.0 7,050.0 -10.1 -29.4
Offences against the administration of justice 26,508 8.2 818.3 33,102 11.4 803.1 24.9 -1.9
Failure to comply with conditions 16,345 5.1 504.6 23,366 8.0 566.9 43.0 12.4
Breach of probation 4,224 1.3 130.4 2,336 0.8 56.7 -44.7 -56.5
Failure to attend court 4,252 1.3 131.3 5,233 1.8 127.0 23.1 -3.3
Other offences against the administration of law and justice (Part IV C.C.) 718 0.2 22.2 1,437 0.5 34.9 100.1 57.3
Prisoner unlawfully at large 848 0.3 26.2 679 0.2 16.5 -19.9 -37.1
Escape custody 121 0.0 3.7 51 0.0 1.2 -57.9 -66.8
Youth Criminal Justice ActNote 2 1,590 0.5 49.1 834 0.3 20.2 -47.5 -58.8
British Columbia  
Total incidentsNote 1 506,822 100.0 12,197.4 351,912 100.0 7,598.6 -30.6 -37.7
Offences against the administration of justice 19,053 3.8 458.5 16,574 4.7 357.9 -13.0 -22.0
Failure to comply with conditions 6,644 1.3 159.9 8,759 2.5 189.1 31.8 18.3
Breach of probation 9,140 1.8 220.0 5,069 1.4 109.5 -44.5 -50.2
Failure to attend court 1,632 0.3 39.3 1,494 0.4 32.3 -8.5 -17.9
Other offences against the administration of law and justice (Part IV C.C.) 1,278 0.3 30.8 1,027 0.3 22.2 -19.6 -27.9
Prisoner unlawfully at large 175 0.0 4.2 126 0.0 2.7 -28.0 -35.4
Escape custody 184 0.0 4.4 99 0.0 2.1 -46.2 -51.7
Youth Criminal Justice ActNote 2 2,046 0.4 49.2 992 0.3 21.4 -51.5 -56.5
Yukon  
Total incidentsNote 1 7,318 100.0 23,251.7 8,733 100.0 23,919.5 19.3 2.9
Offences against the administration of justice 418 5.7 1,328.1 840 9.6 2,300.7 101.0 73.2
Failure to comply with conditions 190 2.6 603.7 523 6.0 1,432.5 175.3 137.3
Breach of probation 167 2.3 530.6 231 2.6 632.7 38.3 19.2
Failure to attend court 17 0.2 54.0 41 0.5 112.3 141.2 107.9
Other offences against the administration of law and justice (Part IV C.C.) 27 0.4 85.8 26 0.3 71.2 -3.7 -17.0
Prisoner unlawfully at large 8 0.1 25.4 16 0.2 43.8 100.0 72.4
Escape custody 9 0.1 28.6 3 0.0 8.2 -66.7 -71.3
Youth Criminal Justice ActNote 2 26 0.4 82.6 83 1.0 227.3 219.2 175.2
Northwest Territories  
Total incidentsNote 1 18,108 100.0 41,818.9 19,158 100.0 43,917.2 5.8 5.0
Offences against the administration of justice 957 5.3 2,210.1 1,068 5.6 2,448.3 11.6 10.8
Failure to comply with conditions 466 2.6 1,076.2 567 3.0 1,299.8 21.7 20.8
Breach of probation 368 2.0 849.9 382 2.0 875.7 3.8 3.0
Failure to attend court 41 0.2 94.7 18 0.1 41.3 -56.1 -56.4
Other offences against the administration of law and justice (Part IV C.C.) 59 0.3 136.3 84 0.4 192.6 42.4 41.3
Prisoner unlawfully at large 18 0.1 41.6 14 0.1 32.1 -22.2 -22.8
Escape custody 5 0.0 11.6 3 0.0 6.9 -40.0 -40.4
Youth Criminal Justice ActNote 2 135 0.7 311.8 32 0.2 73.4 -76.3 -76.5
Nunavut  
Total incidentsNote 1 10,964 100.0 36,725.4 11,201 100.0 30,616.4 2.2 -16.6
Offences against the administration of justice 634 5.8 2,123.7 624 5.6 1,705.6 -1.6 -19.7
Failure to comply with conditions 309 2.8 1,035.0 375 3.3 1,025.0 21.4 -1.0
Breach of probation 248 2.3 830.7 174 1.6 475.6 -29.8 -42.7
Failure to attend court 24 0.2 80.4 5 0.0 13.7 -79.2 -83.0
Other offences against the administration of law and justice (Part IV C.C.) 39 0.4 130.6 64 0.6 174.9 64.1 33.9
Prisoner unlawfully at large 5 0.0 16.8 3 0.0 8.2 -40.0 -51.0
Escape custody 9 0.1 30.2 3 0.0 8.2 -66.7 -72.8
Youth Criminal Justice ActNote 2 16 0.1 53.6 8 0.1 21.9 -50.0 -59.2
Note 1.

Criminal Code offences, excluding traffic offences.

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Note 2.

Data represent incidents reported under this statute by police. The Uniform Crime Reporting Survey does not collect or report individual counts of specific offences under these statutes.

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Note 3.

The increase in Escape custody is due to a change in police practices which resulted in an increase in persons being accused of this violation.

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Note: Offences against the administration of justice include: Failure to comply with conditions, escape custody, prisoner unlawfully at large, failure to attend court, breach of probation, and other offences against the administration of law and justice (Part IV C.C.). Specific Youth Criminal Justice Act violations are not included as offences against the administration of justice. Rates are calculated per 100,000 population using revised July 1st population estimates from Statistics Canada, Demography Division.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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