Profile and Projection of Drug Offences

In Canada

Table 3 Number of Adults Charged with a Drug Offence, Number of Drug Cases in Adult Courts and Ratio Canada and the provinces / territories, 1996-97 and 1997-98Adults charged Cases in court Ratio - Cases/adults
Jurisdiction Adults charged Cases in court Ratio - Cases/adults
1996/97 1997/98 1996/97 1997/98 1996/97 1997/98 Average
Newfoundland 450 349 385 368 0.86 1.05 0.95
Prince Edward Island 133 132 123 56 0.92 0.42 0.67
Nova Scotia 1,061 1,054 885 446 0.83 0.42 0.63
New Brunswick 760 783 NA NA NA NA NA
Quebec 8,495 7,661 9,211 6,199 1.08 0.81 0.95
Ontario 13,485 13,078 14,186 8,046 1.05 0.62 0.83
Manitoba 1,173 1,304 NA NA NA NA NA
Saskatchewan 1,309 1,125 973 483 0.74 0.43 0.59
Alberta 3,175 3,349 3,261 3,303 1.03 0.99 1.01
British Columbia 6,845 6,990 NA NA NA NA NA
Yukon 82 84 113 113 1.38 1.35 1.36
Northwest Territories 228 217 NA 90 NA 0.42 0.42
Canada 37,194 36,125 28,629 18,680 1.01 0.68 0.84

Sources: Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (UCR) and Adult Criminal Court Survey (ACCS), Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics.