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Adult criminal court decisions by province and territory

Completed adult criminal court cases (all offences) by type of decision, fiscal year: the percentage found guilty (as published) and the shares acquitted and stayed or withdrawn (derived from the case counts), with the number of cases. A case is one or more charges against one person decided together. Quebec court data are not available for recent years, so Quebec is blank and the Canada total excludes it. Newfoundland and Labrador records some acquittals as dismissals, which undercounts acquittals there.

Reference period
2024/2025
Licence
Source: Statistics Canada, Table 35-10-0027-01. Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada. Contains information licensed under the Statistics Canada Open Licence (Open Government Licence – Canada).
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Adult criminal court decisions by province and territory: Found guilty (%)12 areas ranked by Found guilty (%). Highest: Prince Edward Island (70.0); lowest: Yukon (36.0); national value 47.0.Prince Edward IslandPrince Edward Island: 70.070.0New BrunswickNew Brunswick: 66.066.0British ColumbiaBritish Columbia: 65.065.0SaskatchewanSaskatchewan: 56.056.0Newfoundland and LabradorNewfoundland and Labrador: 54.054.0Nova ScotiaNova Scotia: 51.051.0ManitobaManitoba: 49.049.0Northwest TerritoriesNorthwest Territories: 45.045.0OntarioOntario: 44.044.0AlbertaAlberta: 39.039.0NunavutNunavut: 37.037.0YukonYukon: 36.036.0National 47.0
Adult criminal court decisions by province and territory: Found guilty (%)12 areas ranked by Found guilty (%). Highest: Prince Edward Island (70.0); lowest: Yukon (36.0); national value 47.0.Prince Edward Isl…Prince Edward Island: 70.070.0New BrunswickNew Brunswick: 66.066.0British ColumbiaBritish Columbia: 65.065.0SaskatchewanSaskatchewan: 56.056.0Newfoundland and …Newfoundland and Labrador: 54.054.0Nova ScotiaNova Scotia: 51.051.0ManitobaManitoba: 49.049.0Northwest Territo…Northwest Territories: 45.045.0OntarioOntario: 44.044.0AlbertaAlberta: 39.039.0NunavutNunavut: 37.037.0YukonYukon: 36.036.0National 47.0
Found guilty (%), 2024/2025, sorted high to low. 12 areas ranked by Found guilty (%). Highest: Prince Edward Island (70.0); lowest: Yukon (36.0); national value 47.0. Not shown (no value in the source): Quebec. Full data in the table below.Source: Statistics Canada.

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Canada4750.51.2232,067
Newfoundland and Labrador5443.81.63,812
Prince Edward Island7029.40.11,355
Nova Scotia5146.22.58,346
New Brunswick6628.94.15,286
Quebec
Ontario4454.31115,439
Manitoba4950.40.515,515
Saskatchewan5642.60.918,722
Alberta3956.40.740,381
British Columbia6533.11.920,195
Yukon3661.92.1817
Northwest Territories4554.10.5867
Nunavut3759.32.51,332

Source: Statistics Canada, Table 35-10-0027-01: Adult criminal courts, number of cases and charges by type of decision. Reference period: 2024/2025.

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Source agency
Statistics Canada
Dataset
Table 35-10-0027-01
Table
Adult criminal court decisions by province and territory
Data last updated
2026-11-03
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Adult criminal court decisions by province and territory (Canada, 2024/2025). Data: Statistics Canada, Table 35-10-0027-01. Retrieved 2026-11-03 via Quadranac, https://quadranac.com/tables/ca-adult-court-decisions/