This product is based on case characteristics data from the Adult Criminal Court Survey. Data on disposed federal statute charges are collected by the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics (CCJS) in collaboration with provincial and territorial government departments responsible for adult criminal courts.
The tables contain data for 1994/95 to 2006/07 inclusive.

The Adult Correctional Services Survey (ACS) collects aggregate caseload and case characteristics data for custodial and non-custodial correctional services at both the federal and provincial levels. As well, the survey gathers information on resources, expenditures and personnel. Descriptive data on organizational structure and service delivery are also collected. The ACS became operational in 1979-80 and collects data from all jurisdictions.
Tables contain data for various ranges of dates within the timespan 1978 to 2008 inclusive. Please see specific tables for exact date ranges.

The Homicide Survey has collected police-reported data on homicide incidents and characteristics of the victims and accused since 1961. Whenever a homicide becomes known to the police, an office from the police department in whose jurisdiction it is committed completes a survey questionnaire. This questionnaire remained virtually unchanged from 1961 to 1990. In 1991 and 1997, in an effort to respond to changing informaiton needs, the survey was revised to add new data elements as well as to improve some existing ones.
Tables contain data for various ranges of dates within the timespan 1961 to 2006 inclusive. Please see specific tables for exact date ranges.

The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) survey was developed by Statistics Canada with the cooperation and assistance of the Canadian Association of Cheifs of Police. The UCR survey became operational in 1962. It covers crime and traffic statistics reported by all police agencies across Canada. UCR survey data reflect reported crime that has been substantiated through police investigation. The survey collects numbers of criminal incidents, and numbers of persons charged. To date, the UCR survey has thus produced a continuous 35-year historical record.

Throughout this report, the terms "crime" and "crime rate" refer to total polic-reported Criminal Code actual incidents, excluding traffic, unless noted otherwise. It is also important to note that, for incidents involving multiple offences, only the most serious offence in the incident is counted. All crime rates are based on 100,000 population unless otherwise stated.

In 1983, the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics began a major revision of the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Survey in order to collect more detailed information on the characteristics of an incident and basic data on the persons involved in an incident, both victims and accused. In 1988, two police agencies began reporting to the "Revised" UCR Survey. By 1997, 179 police agencies, representing about 48% of the national volume of reported crime, were responding to the new survey.
Tables contain data for various ranges of dates within the timespan 1977 to 2007 inclusive. Please see specific tables for exact date ranges.

This product presents statistics for criminal incidents categorised by most serious offence, and according to a Common Offences categories of crime. The Common Offence Classification Scheme is a framework which permits users to compare analytical results across the different Justice databases, and to examine data from different sectors of the justice system using a single set of offence categories. Each common offence category is constructed by aggregating individual UCR offence categories into the larger common categories.
Tables contain data for various ranges of dates within the timespan 1977 to 2000 inclusive. Please see specific tables for exact date ranges.

The Transition Home Survey is conducted as part of the federal government's Family Violence Initiative. The survey is a biennial census of all known residential facilities for abused women in Canada. The survey data includes annual admissions, a profile of facilities, the types of services provided to residents, ex-residents and non-residents and a profile of the residents and their children. Data on the characteristics of the facilities and the services dispensed during the previous 12 months and a one-day snapshot of the characteristics of women and children residing in shelters on April 17, 2000 is also included.
Tables contain data for various ranges of dates within the timespan 1998 to 2008. Please see specific tables for exact date ranges.

The Legal Aid Survey has been conducted annually since 1983-84, by the Courts Program, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics. The objective of this census survey is to provide revenue, expenditure, personnel, and caseload statistics associated with the delivery and administration of legal aid in Canada. Data are collected and presented at the aggregate provincial/territorial level.
Tables contain data for various ranges of dates within the timespan 1983 to 2006. Please see specific tables for exact date ranges.

The Police Administration Survey collects information on police personnel and expenditures from all municipal and provincial police forces in Canada, as well as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). Personnel data are available by type and personnel (Police, special constables, civilians) and gender. Expenditures are available by major financial category. Detailed RCMP expenditures are collected. including the cost-sharing of municipal and provincial policing contracts.
This table contains data for the years 1986 to 2007 inclusive.

The Youth Court Survey (YCS) is a census of Criminal Code and other Federal Statute offences heard in youth court for youths aged 12 to 17 years at the time of the offence. On each charge, data are collected which describe the nature of the offence, the court decision and the disposition, and the age and gender of the accused. Data have been available since 1984-85 for all juisdictions except Ontario and the Northwest Territories. YCS data for Ontario became available in 1991-92. Data for the Northwest Territories are not available for fiscal years 1986-87 through 1988-89.
These tables contain data for the years 1991 to 2007 inclusive.

Youth custody and community services in Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Statistics Canada. Fiscal year April 1 through March 31. For more information on the concepts, methods and quality of the data contained in this table, consult the Definitions, data sources and methods http://www.statcan.gc.ca/imdb-bmdi/3323-eng.htm . For further information, please contact the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, 19th Floor, R.H. Coats Building, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0T6 (613) 951-9023 or toll-free 1 800 387-2231 or by e-mail at ccjsccsj@statcan.gc.ca.
Tables contain data for various ranges of dates within the timespan 1997 to 2008. Please see specific tables for exact date ranges.

The Victim Services Survey has been conducted annually since 1983-84, by the Courts Program, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics. The objective of this survey is to collect information on victim service agencies that provided services directly to primary or secondary victims of crime during the 12-month reference period, as well as to provide a one-day snapshot of clientele being served on a specific date. Information on activities by criminal injuries compensation/financial benefit programs during the 12-month reference period is also collected.
Tables contain data for various ranges of dates within the timespan 2002 to 2006. Please see specific tables for exact date ranges.