Annex II – Data Tables

Table 1. Number of police-reported youth accused by accused status, offence group, and province and territory, 2010 to 2021
		2010-2012						2013-2015						2016-2018						2019-2021
Province/ Territory	Type of offence	Charged or charges recommended	Verbal warnings	Written cautions	Referrals to a community program	Referrals to an extrajudicial sanctions program	Other means^{Footnote 2 of Table 1}	Charged or charges recommended	Verbal warnings	Written cautions	Referrals to a community program	Referrals to an extrajudicial sanctions program	Other means^{Footnote 2 of Table 1}	Charged or charges recommended	Verbal warnings	Written cautions	Referrals to a community program	Referrals to an extrajudicial sanctions program	Other means^{Footnote 2 of Table 1}	Charged or charges recommended	Verbal warnings	Written cautions	Referrals to a community program	Referrals to an extrajudicial sanctions program	Other means^{Footnote 2 of Table 1}
Newfoundland and Labrador	Violent offences	908	608	43	13	74	505	837	529	21	1	63	353	814	413	27	4	68	165	675	270	26	7	72	80
	Property offences	1,253	1,467	63	20	182	602	914	964	42	16	130	294	716	827	32	38	85	178	295	389	22	4	55	98
	Drug offences	106	124	5	1	20	23	60	131	17	1	9	21	34	88	8	3	3	14	3	9	0	0	0	2
	Other offences^{Footnote 1 of Table 1}	875	345	20	3	25	175	807	335	8	0	14	84	774	281	13	2	29	59	608	149	3	2	55	38
Prince Edward Island	Violent offences	191	137	14	16	15	147	164	49	6	23	10	55	141	34	10	27	13	39	151	23	7	14	12	32
	Property offences	485	349	66	89	62	239	305	157	31	45	31	85	174	123	14	33	30	40	68	72	15	20	12	47
	Drug offences	47	37	8	9	6	20	13	25	4	11	3	6	13	25	2	1	3	1	5	0	0	0	0	0
	Other offences^{Footnote 1 of Table 1}	152	72	11	5	2	48	119	35	5	8	4	37	80	31	7	8	5	20	76	29	1	6	12	19
Nova Scotia	Violent offences	2,208	910	170	57	162	1,731	1,505	745	85	53	94	876	1,397	507	101	56	77	749	1,051	406	88	33	80	633
	Property offences	3,144	1,952	559	212	708	2,622	1,908	1,454	286	115	342	1,350	1,007	883	187	64	228	1,196	444	498	122	31	102	676
	Drug offences	465	331	80	24	136	606	284	283	68	15	51	513	131	202	20	10	32	303	19	10	5	2	7	10
	Other offences^{Footnote 1 of Table 1}	2,664	616	112	29	48	885	1,640	515	67	22	36	443	1,251	327	45	19	34	354	571	252	66	4	25	177
New Brunswick	Violent offences	1,215	514	104	73	122	941	843	414	122	99	122	260	779	322	105	65	173	213	756	220	94	24	158	195
	Property offences	2,035	1,195	243	147	401	1,204	1,182	809	209	116	362	370	674	592	142	58	270	217	376	354	99	22	155	205
	Drug offences	246	208	43	17	62	110	130	173	63	38	60	38	73	173	33	11	44	36	30	12	6	1	1	3
	Other offences^{Footnote 1 of Table 1}	1,309	213	33	19	21	377	931	225	53	22	47	118	843	182	21	18	30	71	502	75	14	3	31	57
Quebec	Violent offences	11,158	1,764	0	379	3,095	9,642	9,221	1,104	0	216	2,640	7,744	9,387	776	0	196	3,169	8,335	11,138	780	1	194	2,678	7,519
	Property offences	15,100	7,477	0	1,581	5,134	7,612	9,544	4,940	0	968	3,390	5,776	6,372	4,568	0	839	3,070	6,297	4,049	3,152	0	431	1,923	4,026
	Drug offences	5,107	3,696	0	1,566	2,964	2,411	4,129	3,029	0	1,252	2,477	1,923	2,750	2,009	0	983	1,839	1,577	1,064	123	0	19	414	194
	Other offences^{Footnote 1 of Table 1}	8,860	297	1	34	503	1,853	6,694	182	0	18	564	1,635	4,983	236	25	31	535	4,160	4,006	570	36	18	434	2,396
Ontario	Violent offences	24,345	8,975	2,882	1,266	704	7,245	16,853	6,370	1,788	1,198	563	4,265	17,818	6,491	1,908	1,417	595	4,674	14,167	4,542	1,181	1,123	697	4,192
	Property offences	27,753	20,399	7,446	5,381	2,749	12,274	17,392	14,418	3,800	4,497	1,557	8,227	12,638	12,378	3,239	3,665	1,351	7,565	6,823	5,939	1,548	1,627	915	3,903
	Drug offences	7,745	6,884	2,974	1,782	899	2,583	5,075	5,602	1,770	1,517	683	1,887	2,808	3,754	877	737	336	1,366	924	194	42	52	38	128
	Other offences^{Footnote 1 of Table 1}	22,733	3,601	1,185	259	250	2,253	14,657	2,861	721	313	190	1,651	12,452	2,288	738	304	166	1,587	6,927	1,429	466	174	162	1,251
Manitoba	Violent offences	4,950	1,159	578	40	36	2,588	3,652	1,014	413	41	17	1,955	4,208	1,007	251	27	48	2,026	3,184	776	185	40	99	1,984
	Property offences	5,650	2,808	1,041	98	152	3,291	5,222	2,116	794	74	97	2,621	3,428	1,745	421	72	103	2,582	1,711	922	310	45	59	1,856
	Drug offences	684	279	81	10	8	228	534	338	100	3	4	194	289	238	57	2	4	123	111	18	2	0	2	12
	Other offences^{Footnote 1 of Table 1}	6,430	1,034	358	15	5	1,557	5,634	911	411	10	2	1,086	5,073	1,181	208	4	18	1,000	2,457	705	131	3	10	821
Saskatchewan	Violent offences	4,128	987	251	18	73	3,262	3,593	703	194	21	30	1,852	3,604	586	183	33	26	1,570	3,054	437	137	21	23	1,099
	Property offences	11,279	3,491	753	74	476	8,590	8,760	2,273	392	72	246	4,991	5,473	1,801	460	95	225	3,325	2,143	967	230	40	146	1,982
	Drug offences	1,087	297	63	98	49	568	870	310	68	62	32	427	487	227	68	49	9	213	146	20	5	0	0	20
	Other offences^{Footnote 1 of Table 1}	14,496	755	294	6	22	2,303	13,152	679	220	8	5	1,357	10,331	664	149	9	8	1,080	5,739	453	124	8	2	780
Alberta	Violent offences	7,002	2,360	581	96	133	4,843	5,734	1,919	462	102	81	3,164	5,974	1,683	343	154	90	2,693	5,453	1,362	285	62	175	2,449
	Property offences	12,899	6,636	1,169	917	1,360	9,829	9,653	5,002	936	636	751	6,053	6,624	4,332	615	392	533	4,330	3,194	2,817	380	135	397	2,877
	Drug offences	2,160	1,243	231	134	142	843	1,746	1,486	237	133	96	605	909	836	147	43	30	438	228	42	9	0	2	32
	Other offences^{Footnote 1 of Table 1}	12,487	2,803	765	56	42	3,241	10,504	1,814	470	52	36	2,216	8,470	1,231	306	47	27	1,673	4,595	682	175	17	48	840
British Columbia	Violent offences	5,211	3,369	204	298	318	1,927	3,773	2,205	95	219	173	1,389	3,482	1,954	77	210	200	1,604	3,519	1,914	63	199	266	2,205
	Property offences	5,085	9,735	485	2,222	1,273	4,354	3,084	6,156	193	1,021	841	2,911	2,020	4,769	124	1,024	738	2,809	1,091	3,342	107	459	420	2,505
	Drug offences	1,708	4,369	295	241	193	2,378	1,245	4,188	153	159	128	1,712	671	2,210	31	82	64	1,104	185	291	11	2	9	266
	Other offences^{Footnote 1 of Table 1}	5,788	4,955	406	103	117	2,740	3,831	3,233	212	68	61	1,700	3,057	2,296	122	74	67	1,410	1,805	1,883	98	59	71	1,632
Yukon	Violent offences	130	42	14	0	5	118	108	84	13	7	5	123	118	78	12	22	14	99	87	61	16	6	9	79
	Property offences	129	180	68	17	5	259	129	224	42	20	12	303	94	232	29	29	10	157	25	120	18	18	19	116
	Drug offences	18	35	6	0	1	9	8	23	1	7	2	11	4	44	1	1	0	4	3	1	1	0	0	1
	Other offences^{Footnote 1 of Table 1}	201	132	54	5	4	241	223	264	38	3	7	480	115	233	47	33	9	175	43	120	15	0	3	88
Northwest Territories	Violent offences	233	198	27	13	16	351	184	117	38	7	16	230	175	106	18	7	8	200	168	62	24	7	13	147
	Property offences	369	602	125	61	71	1,051	225	473	139	45	53	547	231	352	80	32	22	433	60	209	42	11	23	262
	Drug offences	55	75	5	2	6	59	23	75	19	2	5	39	11	27	8	0	0	20	9	2	0	0	0	5
	Other offences^{Footnote 1 of Table 1}	504	426	69	3	5	555	242	269	60	4	3	229	241	213	45	2	5	189	92	153	24	3	6	109
Nunavut	Violent offences	341	138	24	19	11	265	219	130	30	13	6	230	175	117	29	9	10	207	245	79	33	7	9	182
	Property offences	567	456	107	94	38	625	287	506	94	98	79	461	234	366	99	70	51	440	127	215	78	31	28	322
	Drug offences	12	19	1	0	1	8	11	24	1	2	1	11	4	12	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0
	Other offences^{Footnote 1 of Table 1}	196	322	46	3	1	332	113	210	84	5	8	181	111	228	58	6	2	203	44	137	56	12	1	171
Canada	Violent offences	62,020	21,161	4,892	2,288	4,764	33,565	46,686	15,383	3,267	2,000	3,820	22,496	48,072	14,074	3,064	2,227	4,491	22,574	43,648	10,932	2,140	1,737	4,291	20,796
	Violent offences	85,748	56,747	12,125	10,913	12,611	52,552	58,605	39,492	6,958	7,723	7,891	33,989	39,685	32,968	5,442	6,411	6,716	29,569	20,406	18,996	2,971	2,874	4,254	18,875
	Drug offences	19,440	17,597	3,792	3,884	4,487	9,846	14,128	15,687	2,501	3,202	3,551	7,387	8,184	9,845	1,252	1,924	2,364	5,203	2,727	722	81	76	474	673
	Other offences^{Footnote 1 of Table 1}	76,695	15,571	3,354	540	1,045	16,560	58,547	11,533	2,349	533	977	11,217	47,781	9,391	1,784	557	935	11,981	27,465	6,637	1,209	309	860	8,379
Footnote 1 Includes other Criminal Code violations, Federal Statute violations, and Criminal Code traffic violations. Return to footnote 1 referrer Footnote 2 Includes suicide of the accused, death of the accused (not suicide), death of complainant/witness, reasons beyond control of department (policy), diplomatic immunity, the accused is committed to a mental health facility, the accused is outside of Canada and cannot be returned, victim/complainant request no further action, the accused is involved in other incidents, the accused is already sentenced, and departmental discretion. Return to footnote 2 referrer Note: Youth accused includes those aged between 12 and 17 years old. Children under the age of 12 cannot be charged with a criminal offence. Violations are based on the most serious violation on the incident. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (trend database).

Table 2. Rate of police-reported youth accused by accused status, offence group, and province and territory, 2010 to 2021
		2010-2012						2013-2015						2016-2018						2019-2021
Province/ Territory	Type of offence	Charged or charges recommended	Verbal warnings	Written cautions	Referrals to a community program	Referrals to an extrajudicial sanctions program	Other means^{Footnote 2 of Table 2}	Charged or charges recommended	Verbal warnings	Written cautions	Referrals to a community program	Referrals to an extrajudicial sanctions program	Other means^{Footnote 2 of Table 2}	Charged or charges recommended	Verbal warnings	Written cautions	Referrals to a community program	Referrals to an extrajudicial sanctions program	Other means^{Footnote 2 of Table 2}	Charged or charges recommended	Verbal warnings	Written cautions	Referrals to a community program	Referrals to an extrajudicial sanctions program	Other means^{Footnote 2 of Table 2}
Newfoundland and Labrador	Violent offences	878.1	588.0	41.6	12.6	71.6	488.4	845.5	534.4	21.2	1.0	63.6	356.6	847.7	430.1	28.1	4.2	70.8	171.8	714.9	286.0	27.5	7.4	76.3	84.7
	Property offences	1,211.8	1,418.7	60.9	19.3	176.0	582.2	923.3	973.8	42.4	16.2	131.3	297.0	745.6	861.2	33.3	39.6	88.5	185.4	312.4	412.0	23.3	4.2	58.2	103.8
	Drug offences	102.5	119.9	4.8	1.0	19.3	22.2	60.6	132.3	17.2	1.0	9.1	21.2	35.4	91.6	8.3	3.1	3.1	14.6	3.2	9.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.1
	Other offences^{Footnote 1 of Table 2}	846.2	333.6	19.3	2.9	24.2	169.2	815.2	338.4	8.1	0.0	14.1	84.9	806.0	292.6	13.5	2.1	30.2	61.4	643.9	157.8	3.2	2.1	58.2	40.2
Prince Edward Island	Violent offences	585.0	419.6	42.9	49.0	45.9	450.2	541.7	161.9	19.8	76.0	33.0	181.7	466.8	112.6	33.1	89.4	43.0	129.1	467.4	71.2	21.7	43.3	37.1	99.1
	Property offences	1,485.5	1,068.9	202.2	272.6	189.9	732.0	1,007.5	518.6	102.4	148.6	102.4	280.8	576.0	407.2	46.3	109.2	99.3	132.4	210.5	222.9	46.4	61.9	37.1	145.5
	Drug offences	144.0	113.3	24.5	27.6	18.4	61.3	42.9	82.6	13.2	36.3	9.9	19.8	43.0	82.8	6.6	3.3	9.9	3.3	15.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Other offences^{Footnote 1 of Table 2}	465.6	220.5	33.7	15.3	6.1	147.0	393.1	115.6	16.5	26.4	13.2	122.2	264.8	102.6	23.2	26.5	16.6	66.2	235.3	89.8	3.1	18.6	37.1	58.8
Nova Scotia	Violent offences	1,153.6	475.4	88.8	29.8	84.6	904.4	851.8	421.7	48.1	30.0	53.2	495.8	814.1	295.5	58.9	32.6	44.9	436.5	610.7	235.9	51.1	19.2	46.5	367.8
	Property offences	1,642.6	1,019.8	292.0	110.8	369.9	1,369.9	1,079.9	823.0	161.9	65.1	193.6	764.1	586.9	514.6	109.0	37.3	132.9	697.0	258.0	289.3	70.9	18.0	59.3	392.8
	Drug offences	242.9	172.9	41.8	12.5	71.1	316.6	160.7	160.2	38.5	8.5	28.9	290.4	76.3	117.7	11.7	5.8	18.6	176.6	11.0	5.8	2.9	1.2	4.1	5.8
	Other offences^{Footnote 1 of Table 2}	1,391.8	321.8	58.5	15.2	25.1	462.4	928.2	291.5	37.9	12.5	20.4	250.7	729.1	190.6	26.2	11.1	19.8	206.3	331.8	146.4	38.3	2.3	14.5	102.8
New Brunswick	Violent offences	862.6	364.9	73.8	51.8	86.6	668.1	638.1	313.4	92.4	74.9	92.4	196.8	601.5	248.6	81.1	50.2	133.6	164.5	575.3	167.4	71.5	18.3	120.2	148.4
	Property offences	1,444.8	848.4	172.5	104.4	284.7	854.8	894.8	612.4	158.2	87.8	274.0	280.1	520.4	457.1	109.6	44.8	208.5	167.6	286.1	269.4	75.3	16.7	117.9	156.0
	Drug offences	174.7	147.7	30.5	12.1	44.0	78.1	98.4	131.0	47.7	28.8	45.4	28.8	56.4	133.6	25.5	8.5	34.0	27.8	22.8	9.1	4.6	0.8	0.8	2.3
	Other offences^{Footnote 1 of Table 2}	929.4	151.2	23.4	13.5	14.9	267.7	704.8	170.3	40.1	16.7	35.6	89.3	650.9	140.5	16.2	13.9	23.2	54.8	382.0	57.1	10.7	2.3	23.6	43.4
Quebec	Violent offences	700.3	110.7	0.0	23.8	194.2	605.1	626.5	75.0	0.0	14.7	179.4	526.1	647.3	53.5	0.0	13.5	218.5	574.7	727.2	50.9	0.1	12.7	174.8	490.9
	Property offences	947.6	469.2	0.0	99.2	322.2	477.7	648.4	335.6	0.0	65.8	230.3	392.4	439.4	315.0	0.0	57.9	211.7	434.2	264.4	205.8	0.0	28.1	125.6	262.9
	Drug offences	320.5	232.0	0.0	98.3	186.0	151.3	280.5	205.8	0.0	85.1	168.3	130.6	189.6	138.5	0.0	67.8	126.8	108.7	69.5	8.0	0.0	1.2	27.0	12.7
	Other offences^{Footnote 1 of Table 2}	556.0	18.6	0.1	2.1	31.6	116.3	454.8	12.4	0.0	1.2	38.3	111.1	343.6	16.3	1.7	2.1	36.9	286.8	261.6	37.2	2.4	1.2	28.3	156.4
Ontario	Violent offences	824.5	304.0	97.6	42.9	23.8	245.4	601.1	227.2	63.8	42.7	20.1	152.1	635.9	231.7	68.1	50.6	21.2	166.8	499.2	160.1	41.6	39.6	24.6	147.7
	Property offences	939.9	690.8	252.2	182.2	93.1	415.7	620.3	514.2	135.5	160.4	55.5	293.4	451.0	441.8	115.6	130.8	48.2	270.0	240.4	209.3	54.6	57.3	32.2	137.5
	Drug offences	262.3	233.1	100.7	60.4	30.4	87.5	181.0	199.8	63.1	54.1	24.4	67.3	100.2	134.0	31.3	26.3	12.0	48.8	32.6	6.8	1.5	1.8	1.3	4.5
	Other offences^{Footnote 1 of Table 2}	769.9	122.0	40.1	8.8	8.5	76.3	522.8	102.0	25.7	11.2	6.8	58.9	444.4	81.7	26.3	10.8	5.9	56.6	244.1	50.4	16.4	6.1	5.7	44.1
Manitoba	Violent offences	1,682.8	394.0	196.5	13.6	12.2	879.8	1,269.8	352.6	143.6	14.3	5.9	679.8	1,457.3	348.7	86.9	9.4	16.6	701.6	1,096.7	267.3	63.7	13.8	34.1	683.4
	Property offences	1,920.7	954.6	353.9	33.3	51.7	1,118.8	1,815.8	735.8	276.1	25.7	33.7	911.4	1,187.1	604.3	145.8	24.9	35.7	894.2	589.4	317.6	106.8	15.5	20.3	639.3
	Drug offences	232.5	94.8	27.5	3.4	2.7	77.5	185.7	117.5	34.8	1.0	1.4	67.5	100.1	82.4	19.7	0.7	1.4	42.6	38.2	6.2	0.7	0.0	0.7	4.1
	Other offences^{Footnote 1 of Table 2}	2,185.9	351.5	121.7	5.1	1.7	529.3	1,959.0	316.8	142.9	3.5	0.7	377.6	1,756.8	409.0	72.0	1.4	6.2	346.3	846.3	242.8	45.1	1.0	3.4	282.8
Saskatchewan	Violent offences	1,676.4	400.8	101.9	7.3	29.6	1,324.7	1,493.0	292.1	80.6	8.7	12.5	769.5	1,468.7	238.8	74.6	13.4	10.6	639.8	1,190.9	170.4	53.4	8.2	9.0	428.5
	Property offences	4,580.3	1,417.7	305.8	30.1	193.3	3,488.3	3,639.9	944.5	162.9	29.9	102.2	2,073.8	2,230.4	733.9	187.5	38.7	91.7	1,355.0	835.7	377.1	89.7	15.6	56.9	772.9
	Drug offences	441.4	120.6	25.6	39.8	19.9	230.7	361.5	128.8	28.3	25.8	13.3	177.4	198.5	92.5	27.7	20.0	3.7	86.8	56.9	7.8	1.9	0.0	0.0	7.8
	Other offences^{Footnote 1 of Table 2}	5,886.7	306.6	119.4	2.4	8.9	935.2	5,464.9	282.1	91.4	3.3	2.1	563.9	4,210.1	270.6	60.7	3.7	3.3	440.1	2,237.9	176.6	48.4	3.1	0.8	304.2
Alberta	Violent offences	829.4	279.6	68.8	11.4	15.8	573.7	672.8	225.2	54.2	12.0	9.5	371.3	673.3	189.7	38.7	17.4	10.1	303.5	575.9	143.9	30.1	6.5	18.5	258.7
	Property offences	1,528.0	786.1	138.5	108.6	161.1	1,164.3	1,132.6	586.9	109.8	74.6	88.1	710.2	746.5	488.2	69.3	44.2	60.1	488.0	337.3	297.5	40.1	14.3	41.9	303.9
	Drug offences	255.9	147.2	27.4	15.9	16.8	99.9	204.9	174.4	27.8	15.6	11.3	71.0	102.4	94.2	16.6	4.8	3.4	49.4	24.1	4.4	1.0	0.0	0.2	3.4
	Other offences^{Footnote 1 of Table 2}	1,479.2	332.0	90.6	6.6	5.0	383.9	1,232.5	212.8	55.1	6.1	4.2	260.0	954.6	138.7	34.5	5.3	3.0	188.5	485.3	72.0	18.5	1.8	5.1	88.7
British Columbia	Violent offences	554.9	358.8	21.7	31.7	33.9	205.2	420.5	245.7	10.6	24.4	19.3	154.8	387.1	217.2	8.6	23.3	22.2	178.3	387.5	210.7	6.9	21.9	29.3	242.8
	Property offences	541.5	1,036.6	51.6	236.6	135.6	463.6	343.7	686.0	21.5	113.8	93.7	324.4	224.5	530.1	13.8	113.8	82.0	312.2	120.1	368.0	11.8	50.5	46.2	275.8
	Drug offences	181.9	465.2	31.4	25.7	20.6	253.2	138.7	466.7	17.1	17.7	14.3	190.8	74.6	245.7	3.4	9.1	7.1	122.7	20.4	32.0	1.2	0.2	1.0	29.3
	Other offences^{Footnote 1 of Table 2}	616.3	527.6	43.2	11.0	12.5	291.8	426.9	360.3	23.6	7.6	6.8	189.4	339.8	255.2	13.6	8.2	7.4	156.7	198.7	207.3	10.8	6.5	7.8	179.7
Yukon	Violent offences	1,723.2	556.7	185.6	0.0	66.3	1,564.2	1,485.1	1,155.1	178.8	96.3	68.8	1,691.4	1,588.8	1,050.2	161.6	296.2	188.5	1,333.0	1,132.2	793.9	208.2	78.1	117.1	1,028.1
	Property offences	1,710.0	2,386.0	901.4	225.3	66.3	3,433.2	1,773.9	3,080.3	577.6	275.0	165.0	4,166.7	1,265.7	3,123.7	390.5	390.5	134.6	2,113.9	325.4	1,561.7	234.3	234.3	247.3	1,509.6
	Drug offences	238.6	463.9	79.5	0.0	13.3	119.3	110.0	316.3	13.8	96.3	27.5	151.3	53.9	592.4	13.5	13.5	0.0	53.9	39.0	13.0	13.0	0.0	0.0	13.0
	Other offences^{Footnote 1 of Table 2}	2,664.4	1,749.7	715.8	66.3	53.0	3,194.6	3,066.6	3,630.4	522.6	41.3	96.3	6,600.7	1,548.4	3,137.2	632.8	444.3	121.2	2,356.3	559.6	1,561.7	195.2	0.0	39.0	1,145.2
Northwest Territories	Violent offences	2,033.0	1,727.6	235.6	113.4	139.6	3,062.6	1,810.3	1,151.1	373.9	68.9	157.4	2,262.9	1,738.4	1,052.9	178.8	69.5	79.5	1,986.7	1,617.7	597.0	231.1	67.4	125.2	1,415.5
	Property offences	3,219.6	5,252.6	1,090.7	532.2	619.5	9,170.2	2,213.7	4,653.7	1,367.6	442.7	521.4	5,381.7	2,294.6	3,496.6	794.7	317.9	218.5	4,301.2	577.8	2,012.5	404.4	105.9	221.5	2,522.9
	Drug offences	479.9	654.4	43.6	17.5	52.4	514.8	226.3	737.9	186.9	19.7	49.2	383.7	109.3	268.2	79.5	0.0	0.0	198.7	86.7	19.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	48.1
	Other offences^{Footnote 1 of Table 2}	4,397.5	3,717.0	602.0	26.2	43.6	4,842.5	2,381.0	2,646.6	590.3	39.4	29.5	2,253.0	2,394.0	2,115.8	447.0	19.9	49.7	1,877.4	885.9	1,473.3	231.1	28.9	57.8	1,049.6
Nunavut	Violent offences	2,913.8	1,179.2	205.1	162.4	94.0	2,264.4	1,905.0	1,130.8	261.0	113.1	52.2	2,000.7	1,468.7	982.0	243.4	75.5	83.9	1,737.3	1,901.3	613.1	256.1	54.3	69.8	1,412.4
	Property offences	4,844.9	3,896.4	914.3	803.2	324.7	5,340.5	2,496.5	4,401.5	817.7	852.5	687.2	4,010.1	1,963.9	3,071.8	830.9	587.5	428.0	3,692.8	985.6	1,668.5	605.3	240.6	217.3	2,498.8
	Drug offences	102.5	162.4	8.5	0.0	8.5	68.4	95.7	208.8	8.7	17.4	8.7	95.7	33.6	100.7	0.0	16.8	0.0	33.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.8	0.0
	Other offences^{Footnote 1 of Table 2}	1,674.8	2,751.4	393.1	25.6	8.5	2,836.9	983.0	1,826.7	730.7	43.5	69.6	1,574.5	931.6	1,913.6	486.8	50.4	16.8	1,703.7	341.5	1,063.2	434.6	93.1	7.8	1,327.0
Canada	Violent offences	420.8	143.6	33.2	15.5	32.3	227.7	332.5	109.6	23.3	14.2	27.2	160.2	341.9	100.1	21.8	15.8	31.9	160.6	301.8	75.6	14.8	12.0	29.7	143.8
	Property offences	581.8	385.0	82.3	74.0	85.6	356.6	417.4	281.3	49.6	55.0	56.2	242.1	282.3	234.5	38.7	45.6	47.8	210.3	141.1	131.3	20.5	19.9	29.4	130.5
	Drug offences	131.9	119.4	25.7	26.4	30.4	66.8	100.6	111.7	17.8	22.8	25.3	52.6	58.2	70.0	8.9	13.7	16.8	37.0	18.9	5.0	0.6	0.5	3.3	4.7
	Other offences^{Footnote 1 of Table 2}	520.4	105.7	22.8	3.7	7.1	112.4	417.0	82.1	16.7	3.8	7.0	79.9	339.8	66.8	12.7	4.0	6.7	85.2	189.9	45.9	8.4	2.1	5.9	57.9
Footnote 1 Includes other Criminal Code violations, Federal Statute violations, and Criminal Code traffic violations. Return to footnote 1 referrer Footnote 2 Includes suicide of the accused, death of the accused (not suicide), death of complainant/witness, reasons beyond control of department (policy), diplomatic immunity, the accused is committed to a mental health facility, the accused is outside of Canada and cannot be returned, victim/complainant request no further action, the accused is involved in other incidents, the accused is already sentenced, and departmental discretion. Return to footnote 2 referrer Note: Youth accused includes those aged between 12 and 17 years old. Children under the age of 12 cannot be charged with a criminal offence. Violations are based on the most serious violation on the incident. Rates are calculated per 100,000 population ages 12 to 17. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (trend database).

Table 3. Number and rate of police-reported youth accused by accused status, and province and territory, 2010 to 2021.
		2010		2011		2012		2013		2014		2015		2016		2017		2018		2019		2020		2021
Province/ Territory	Accused status	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate
Newfoundland and Labrador	Charged or charges recommended	1,088	3,103.7	1,045	3,035.5	1,009	2,974.6	1,000	2,997.6	770	2,337.2	848	2,594.5	817	2,524.1	797	2,488.1	724	2,289.1	731	2,321.4	509	1,617.8	341	1,083.6
	Verbal warnings	807	2,302.1	910	2,643.4	827	2,438.0	676	2,026.4	650	1,972.9	633	1,936.7	591	1,825.9	606	1,891.9	412	1,302.6	348	1,105.1	260	826.4	209	664.1
	Written cautions	59	168.3	42	122.0	30	88.4	40	119.9	28	85.0	20	61.2	34	105.0	15	46.8	31	98.0	16	50.8	13	41.3	22	69.9
	Referrals to a community program	17	48.5	10	29.0	10	29.5	5	15.0	7	21.2	6	18.4	21	64.9	16	50.0	10	31.6	4	12.7	4	12.7	5	15.9
	Referrals to an extrajudicial sanctions program	95	271.0	100	290.5	106	312.5	74	221.8	57	173.0	85	260.1	64	197.7	45	140.5	76	240.3	54	171.5	45	143.0	83	263.8
	Other means^{Footnote 1 of Table 3}	536	1,529.0	421	1,222.9	348	1,025.9	290	869.3	260	789.2	202	618.0	203	627.2	139	433.9	74	234.0	85	269.9	42	133.5	91	289.2
Prince Edward Island	Charged or charges recommended	297	2,706.9	285	2,600.6	293	2,733.7	255	2,464.0	191	1,903.3	155	1,567.4	188	1,883.8	121	1,199.4	99	976.5	152	1,450.7	81	746.6	67	610.4
	Verbal warnings	201	1,831.9	187	1,706.4	207	1,931.3	105	1,014.6	103	1,026.4	58	586.5	79	791.6	75	743.5	59	582.0	37	353.1	48	442.4	39	355.3
	Written cautions	32	291.7	31	282.9	36	335.9	15	144.9	18	179.4	13	131.5	10	100.2	14	138.8	9	88.8	7	66.8	5	46.1	11	100.2
	Referrals to a community program	31	282.5	46	419.7	42	391.9	42	405.8	14	139.5	31	313.5	19	190.4	29	287.5	21	207.1	16	152.7	11	101.4	13	118.4
	Referrals to an extrajudicial sanctions program	36	328.1	23	209.9	26	242.6	15	144.9	25	249.1	8	80.9	11	110.2	19	188.3	21	207.1	14	133.6	10	92.2	12	109.3
	Other means^{Footnote 1 of Table 3}	190	1,731.7	132	1,204.5	132	1,231.6	89	860.0	55	548.1	39	394.4	31	310.6	36	356.9	33	325.5	34	324.5	25	230.4	39	355.3
Nova Scotia	Charged or charges recommended	2,920	4,461.4	2,948	4,623.2	2,613	4,201.5	2,064	3,425.6	1,838	3,128.8	1,435	2,487.7	1,463	2,535.8	1,270	2,220.0	1,053	1,857.5	942	1,657.4	569	990.0	574	993.1
	Verbal warnings	1,034	1,579.8	1,242	1,947.8	1,533	2,464.9	1,210	2,008.2	1,025	1,744.8	762	1,321.0	746	1,293.0	704	1,230.6	469	827.3	500	879.7	301	523.7	365	631.5
	Written cautions	380	580.6	275	431.3	266	427.7	212	351.9	141	240.0	153	265.2	104	180.3	143	250.0	106	187.0	102	179.5	69	120.1	110	190.3
	Referrals to a community program	153	233.8	84	131.7	85	136.7	53	88.0	69	117.5	83	143.9	49	84.9	58	101.4	42	74.1	37	65.1	16	27.8	17	29.4
	Referrals to an extrajudicial sanctions program	392	598.9	321	503.4	341	548.3	225	373.4	170	289.4	128	221.9	169	292.9	139	243.0	63	111.1	90	158.4	75	130.5	49	84.8
	Other means^{Footnote 1 of Table 3}	2,124	3,245.2	2,087	3,273.0	1,633	2,625.7	1,228	2,038.1	920	1,566.1	1,034	1,792.6	902	1,563.4	895	1,564.5	805	1,420.0	591	1,039.8	475	826.5	430	743.9
New Brunswick	Charged or charges recommended	2,054	4,263.8	1,524	3,253.2	1,227	2,677.3	1,071	2,397.4	1,059	2,415.9	956	2,193.0	821	1,888.8	726	1,682.6	822	1,916.4	668	1,542.7	514	1,170.0	482	1,091.0
	Verbal warnings	592	1,228.9	806	1,720.5	732	1,597.2	596	1,334.1	543	1,238.7	482	1,105.7	542	1,247.0	399	924.7	328	764.7	265	612.0	254	578.2	142	321.4
	Written cautions	151	313.5	127	271.1	145	316.4	148	331.3	174	396.9	125	286.7	135	310.6	95	220.2	71	165.5	92	212.5	47	107.0	74	167.5
	Referrals to a community program	32	66.4	64	136.6	160	349.1	96	214.9	124	282.9	55	126.2	55	126.5	66	153.0	31	72.3	18	41.6	9	20.5	23	52.1
	Referrals to an extrajudicial sanctions program	256	531.4	159	339.4	191	416.8	163	364.9	194	442.6	234	536.8	184	423.3	172	398.6	161	375.4	181	418.0	88	200.3	76	172.0
	Other means^{Footnote 1 of Table 3}	1,232	2,557.4	786	1,677.8	614	1,339.8	294	658.1	265	604.5	227	520.7	177	407.2	210	486.7	150	349.7	198	457.3	139	316.4	123	278.4
Quebec	Charged or charges recommended	13,474	2,457.3	13,324	2,511.6	13,427	2,609.2	11,553	2,307.9	9,502	1,941.9	8,533	1,770.4	8,037	1,669.5	7,831	1,625.5	7,624	1,565.3	8,089	1,625.0	5,852	1,145.6	6,316	1,207.7
	Verbal warnings	4,817	878.5	4,457	840.2	3,960	769.5	3,290	657.2	2,951	603.1	3,014	625.3	2,656	551.7	2,747	570.2	2,186	448.8	1,856	372.8	1,186	232.2	1,583	302.7
	Written cautions	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	0.2	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	0.4	7	1.5	16	3.3	19	3.8	0	0.0	18	3.4
	Referrals to a community program	1,409	257.0	1,203	226.8	948	184.2	841	168.0	799	163.3	814	168.9	769	159.7	760	157.8	520	106.8	270	54.2	191	37.4	201	38.4
	Referrals to an extrajudicial sanctions program	4,088	745.5	3,882	731.8	3,726	724.1	3,245	648.2	3,014	615.9	2,812	583.4	3,072	638.1	2,823	586.0	2,718	558.0	2,604	523.1	1,833	358.8	1,012	193.5
	Other means^{Footnote 1 of Table 3}	7,571	1,380.7	7,475	1,409.1	6,472	1,257.7	6,084	1,215.4	5,605	1,145.5	5,389	1,118.1	5,974	1,240.9	7,332	1,521.9	7,063	1,450.1	6,168	1,239.1	3,744	732.9	4,223	807.5
Ontario	Charged or charges recommended	30,357	3,038.1	27,736	2,812.8	24,483	2,530.6	19,349	2,045.1	17,890	1,921.3	16,738	1,806.6	15,976	1,713.4	15,733	1,684.4	14,007	1,497.3	12,839	1,364.6	8,539	899.8	7,463	787.4
	Verbal warnings	14,042	1,405.3	13,280	1,346.8	12,537	1,295.8	10,476	1,107.2	9,804	1,052.9	8,971	968.3	8,737	937.0	9,046	968.5	7,128	762.0	5,926	629.9	3,206	337.8	2,972	313.6
	Written cautions	5,568	557.2	4,697	476.3	4,222	436.4	2,882	304.6	2,628	282.2	2,569	277.3	2,261	242.5	2,543	272.3	1,958	209.3	1,646	174.9	834	87.9	757	79.9
	Referrals to a community program	3,008	301.0	2,905	294.6	2,775	286.8	2,521	266.5	2,526	271.3	2,478	267.5	2,176	233.4	2,290	245.2	1,657	177.1	1,724	183.2	680	71.7	572	60.3
	Referrals to an extrajudicial sanctions program	1,811	181.2	1,537	155.9	1,254	129.6	1,160	122.6	1,051	112.9	782	84.4	806	86.4	787	84.3	855	91.4	794	84.4	481	50.7	537	56.7
	Other means^{Footnote 1 of Table 3}	9,377	938.5	7,888	799.9	7,090	732.8	5,075	536.4	5,147	552.8	5,808	626.9	5,426	581.9	5,222	559.1	4,544	485.7	4,028	428.1	2,753	290.1	2,693	284.1
Manitoba	Charged or charges recommended	6,256	6,346.8	5,796	5,902.7	5,662	5,813.3	5,126	5,326.1	4,663	4,881.1	5,253	5,482.2	4,687	4,848.7	4,184	4,344.8	4,127	4,308.2	3,309	3,446.3	2,365	2,440.8	1,789	1,836.7
	Verbal warnings	1,438	1,458.9	1,415	1,441.0	2,427	2,491.9	1,368	1,421.4	1,540	1,612.0	1,471	1,535.2	1,489	1,540.4	1,495	1,552.5	1,187	1,239.1	899	936.3	738	761.6	784	804.9
	Written cautions	766	777.1	549	559.1	743	762.9	655	680.6	542	567.4	521	543.7	400	413.8	275	285.6	262	273.5	202	210.4	216	222.9	210	215.6
	Referrals to a community program	41	41.6	48	48.9	74	76.0	52	54.0	35	36.6	41	42.8	48	49.7	31	32.2	26	27.1	33	34.4	25	25.8	30	30.8
	Referrals to an extrajudicial sanctions program	52	52.8	66	67.2	83	85.2	42	43.6	37	38.7	41	42.8	53	54.8	71	73.7	49	51.2	65	67.7	64	66.1	41	42.1
	Other means^{Footnote 1 of Table 3}	3,458	3,508.2	2,787	2,838.3	1,419	1,456.9	2,098	2,179.9	1,894	1,982.6	1,864	1,945.3	1,812	1,874.5	2,115	2,196.3	1,804	1,883.2	1,581	1,646.6	1,507	1,555.3	1,585	1,627.2
Saskatchewan	Charged or charges recommended	10,331	12,435.5	11,159	13,625.2	9,500	11,689.1	9,208	11,456.3	8,767	10,928.4	8,400	10,491.2	7,747	9,522.8	6,918	8,466.2	5,230	6,353.1	4,831	5,783.8	3,416	3,990.4	2,835	3,246.9
	Verbal warnings	1,935	2,329.2	1,871	2,284.5	1,724	2,121.3	1,416	1,761.7	1,274	1,588.1	1,275	1,592.4	1,206	1,482.4	1,189	1,455.1	883	1,072.6	771	923.1	514	600.4	592	678.0
	Written cautions	494	594.6	458	559.2	409	503.2	281	349.6	284	354.0	309	385.9	325	399.5	333	407.5	202	245.4	158	189.2	159	185.7	179	205.0
	Referrals to a community program	63	75.8	66	80.6	67	82.4	56	69.7	63	78.5	44	55.0	98	120.5	55	67.3	33	40.1	42	50.3	10	11.7	17	19.5
	Referrals to an extrajudicial sanctions program	259	311.8	176	214.9	185	227.6	119	148.1	100	124.7	94	117.4	119	146.3	75	91.8	74	89.9	88	105.4	45	52.6	38	43.5
	Other means^{Footnote 1 of Table 3}	5,668	6,822.6	5,029	6,140.4	4,026	4,953.7	3,239	4,029.9	2,674	3,333.3	2,714	3,389.7	2,194	2,696.9	2,302	2,817.2	1,692	2,055.3	1,522	1,822.2	1,205	1,407.6	1,154	1,321.7
Alberta	Charged or charges recommended	12,162	4,315.2	11,675	4,149.9	10,711	3,811.6	9,920	3,519.1	9,053	3,195.8	8,664	3,018.0	7,194	2,459.9	7,451	2,524.1	7,332	2,446.7	6,158	2,005.8	3,754	1,186.3	3,558	1,100.4
	Verbal warnings	4,971	1,763.8	4,137	1,470.5	3,934	1,400.0	3,729	1,322.8	3,244	1,145.2	3,248	1,131.4	2,941	1,005.7	2,834	960.0	2,307	769.8	2,059	670.7	1,306	412.7	1,538	475.6
	Written cautions	942	334.2	883	313.9	921	327.7	781	277.1	733	258.8	591	205.9	483	165.2	483	163.6	445	148.5	329	107.2	254	80.3	266	82.3
	Referrals to a community program	376	133.4	479	170.3	348	123.8	290	102.9	325	114.7	308	107.3	262	89.6	151	51.2	223	74.4	117	38.1	61	19.3	36	11.1
	Referrals to an extrajudicial sanctions program	638	226.4	575	204.4	464	165.1	414	146.9	304	107.3	246	85.7	209	71.5	259	87.7	212	70.7	187	60.9	179	56.6	256	79.2
	Other means^{Footnote 1 of Table 3}	7,287	2,585.5	5,989	2,128.8	5,480	1,950.1	4,349	1,542.8	3,943	1,391.9	3,746	1,304.9	3,171	1,084.3	3,110	1,053.5	2,853	952.0	2,367	771.0	1,728	546.1	2,103	650.4
British Columbia	Charged or charges recommended	6,919	2,180.4	5,772	1,838.5	5,101	1,657.2	4,523	1,501.5	3,711	1,246.6	3,699	1,239.5	3,260	1,086.1	3,128	1,043.0	2,842	948.7	2,764	919.2	2,034	670.1	1,802	592.9
	Verbal warnings	8,496	2,677.4	7,130	2,271.1	6,802	2,209.8	6,003	1,992.8	5,134	1,724.6	4,645	1,556.5	4,166	1,388.0	3,783	1,261.5	3,280	1,094.9	3,023	1,005.4	2,214	729.3	2,193	721.5
	Written cautions	487	153.5	441	140.5	462	150.1	281	93.3	210	70.5	162	54.3	139	46.3	107	35.7	108	36.1	108	35.9	78	25.7	93	30.6
	Referrals to a community program	1,070	337.2	922	293.7	872	283.3	601	199.5	471	158.2	395	132.4	484	161.3	521	173.7	385	128.5	330	109.7	197	64.9	192	63.2
	Referrals to an extrajudicial sanctions program	579	182.5	663	211.2	659	214.1	499	165.7	388	130.3	316	105.9	342	113.9	347	115.7	380	126.8	360	119.7	185	60.9	221	72.7
	Other means^{Footnote 1 of Table 3}	4,019	1,266.5	3,969	1,264.2	3,411	1,108.1	2,961	983.0	2,551	856.9	2,200	737.2	2,254	751.0	2,415	805.3	2,258	753.7	2,640	878.0	2,003	659.8	1,965	646.5
Yukon	Charged or charges recommended	201	7,811.9	126	5,031.9	151	6,120.8	151	6,296.9	150	6,172.8	167	6,833.1	131	5,318.7	118	4,733.3	82	3,318.5	68	2,712.4	46	1,796.2	44	1,682.0
	Verbal warnings	145	5,635.4	122	4,872.2	122	4,945.3	150	6,255.2	171	7,037.0	274	11,211.1	217	8,810.4	163	6,538.3	207	8,377.2	107	4,268.0	92	3,592.3	103	3,937.3
	Written cautions	53	2,059.9	57	2,276.4	32	1,297.1	25	1,042.5	22	905.3	47	1,923.1	57	2,314.3	27	1,083.0	5	202.3	17	678.1	19	741.9	14	535.2
	Referrals to a community program	8	310.9	9	359.4	5	202.7	9	375.3	14	576.1	14	572.8	39	1,583.4	8	320.9	38	1,537.8	9	359.0	6	234.3	9	344.0
	Referrals to an extrajudicial sanctions program	8	310.9	1	39.9	6	243.2	11	458.7	8	329.2	7	286.4	12	487.2	20	802.2	1	40.5	6	239.3	7	273.3	18	688.1
	Other means^{Footnote 1 of Table 3}	230	8,939.0	212	8,466.5	185	7,499.0	240	10,008.3	309	12,716.0	368	15,057.3	146	5,927.7	181	7,260.3	108	4,370.7	119	4,746.7	89	3,475.2	76	2,905.2
Northwest Territories	Charged or charges recommended	497	12,443.7	382	9,924.7	282	7,794.4	268	7,633.2	208	6,216.4	198	5,987.3	209	6,287.6	246	7,306.2	203	6,013.0	154	4,550.8	97	2,785.8	78	2,216.5
	Verbal warnings	579	14,496.7	364	9,457.0	358	9,895.0	327	9,313.6	337	10,071.7	270	8,164.5	222	6,678.7	233	6,920.1	243	7,197.9	177	5,230.5	162	4,652.5	87	2,472.3
	Written cautions	70	1,752.6	65	1,688.8	91	2,515.2	107	3,047.6	84	2,510.5	65	1,965.5	47	1,414.0	59	1,752.3	45	1,332.9	34	1,004.7	37	1,062.6	19	539.9
	Referrals to a community program	20	500.8	36	935.3	23	635.7	22	626.6	16	478.2	20	604.8	17	511.4	14	415.8	10	296.2	11	325.1	8	229.8	2	56.8
	Referrals to an extrajudicial sanctions program	39	976.5	30	779.4	29	801.5	18	512.7	27	806.9	32	967.6	15	451.3	7	207.9	13	385.1	8	236.4	19	545.7	15	426.3
	Other means^{Footnote 1 of Table 3}	729	18,252.4	706	18,342.4	581	16,058.6	389	11,079.5	369	11,028.1	287	8,678.6	272	8,182.9	290	8,613.0	280	8,293.8	236	6,974.0	174	4,997.1	113	3,211.1
Nunavut	Charged or charges recommended	523	13,170.5	275	7,058.5	318	8,289.9	293	7,644.1	176	4,621.8	161	4,176.4	203	5,209.1	173	4,339.1	148	3,671.5	189	4,555.3	131	3,049.3	96	2,161.7
	Verbal warnings	353	8,889.4	301	7,725.9	281	7,325.3	282	7,357.2	272	7,142.9	316	8,197.1	283	7,262.0	251	6,295.5	189	4,688.7	155	3,735.8	148	3,445.1	128	2,882.2
	Written cautions	64	1,611.7	41	1,052.4	73	1,903.0	75	1,956.7	77	2,022.1	57	1,478.6	50	1,283.0	51	1,279.2	85	2,108.7	76	1,831.8	59	1,373.4	32	720.6
	Referrals to a community program	55	1,385.0	25	641.7	36	938.5	34	887.0	49	1,286.8	35	907.9	44	1,129.1	27	677.2	16	396.9	27	650.8	6	139.7	17	382.8
	Referrals to an extrajudicial sanctions program	19	478.5	20	513.3	12	312.8	27	704.4	26	682.8	41	1,063.6	28	718.5	21	526.7	14	347.3	15	361.5	13	302.6	11	247.7
	Other means^{Footnote 1 of Table 3}	426	10,727.8	436	11,191.0	368	9,593.3	293	7,644.1	339	8,902.3	251	6,511.0	287	7,364.6	271	6,797.1	296	7,343.1	272	6,555.8	177	4,120.1	226	5,088.9
Canada	Charged or charges recommended	87,079	1,742.6	82,047	1,668.9	74,777	1,550.0	64,781	1,369.7	57,978	1,242.9	55,207	1,188.1	50,733	1,085.1	48,696	1,040.0	44,293	941.9	40,894	859.8	27,907	577.4	25,445	521.9
	Verbal warnings	39,410	788.7	36,222	736.8	35,444	734.7	29,628	626.4	27,048	579.8	25,419	547.0	23,875	510.7	23,525	502.4	18,878	401.5	16,123	339.0	10,429	215.8	10,735	220.2
	Written cautions	9,066	181.4	7,666	155.9	7,431	154.0	5,502	116.3	4,941	105.9	4,632	99.7	4,047	86.6	4,152	88.7	3,343	71.1	2,806	59.0	1,790	37.0	1,805	37.0
	Referrals to a community program	6,283	125.7	5,897	119.9	5,445	112.9	4,622	97.7	4,512	96.7	4,324	93.1	4,081	87.3	4,026	86.0	3,012	64.1	2,638	55.5	1,224	25.3	1,134	23.3
	Referrals to an extrajudicial sanctions program	8,272	165.5	7,553	153.6	7,082	146.8	6,012	127.1	5,401	115.8	4,826	103.9	5,084	108.7	4,785	102.2	4,637	98.6	4,466	93.9	3,044	63.0	2,369	48.6
	Other means^{Footnote 1 of Table 3}	42,847	857.4	37,917	771.2	31,759	658.3	26,629	563.0	24,331	521.6	24,129	519.3	22,849	488.7	24,518	523.6	21,960	467.0	19,841	417.2	14,061	290.9	14,821	304.0
Footnote 1 Includes suicide of the accused, death of the accused (not suicide), death of complainant/witness, reasons beyond control of department (policy), diplomatic immunity, the accused is committed to a mental health facility, the accused is outside of Canada and cannot be returned, victim/complainant request no further action, the accused is involved in other incidents, the accused is already sentenced, and departmental discretion. Return to footnote 1 referrer Note: Youth accused includes those aged between 12 and 17 years old. Children under the age of 12 cannot be charged with a criminal offence. Rates are calculated per 100,000 population ages 12 to 17. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (trend database).

Table 4. Number and rate of police-reported youth accused by accused status, and region, 2011 to 2021.
			2011		2012		2013		2014		2015		2016		2017		2018		2019		2020		2021
Region		Accused status	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate
Atlantic	Urban	Charged or charges recommended	3,737	4,183.6	3,267	3,702.5	2,609	3,017.9	2,544	2,906.3	2,268	2,610.5	2,187	2,471.2	1,886	2,136.3	1,754	1,994.1	1,675	1,875.7	1,099	1,210.2	925	1,011.8
		Verbal warnings	1,168	1,307.6	1,198	1,357.7	887	1,026.0	935	1,068.2	687	790.7	699	789.8	625	707.9	413	469.5	405	453.5	398	438.3	245	268.0
		Written cautions	251	281.0	236	267.5	243	281.1	188	214.8	186	214.1	149	168.4	142	160.8	128	145.5	99	110.9	57	62.8	95	103.9
		Referrals to a community program	114	127.6	172	194.9	113	130.7	137	156.5	102	117.4	61	68.9	76	86.1	50	56.8	34	38.1	16	17.6	35	38.3
		Referrals to an extrajudicial sanctions program	407	455.6	457	517.9	336	388.7	313	357.6	285	328.0	228	257.6	228	258.3	194	220.6	204	228.4	136	149.8	179	195.8
		Other means^{Footnote 1 of Table 4}	2,069	2,316.2	1,809	2,050.1	1,336	1,545.4	1,080	1,233.8	1,028	1,183.2	906	1,023.7	946	1,071.5	784	891.3	647	724.5	485	534.1	447	489.0
	Rural	Charged or charges recommended	2,065	3,097.3	1,875	2,910.5	1,781	2,864.1	1,314	2,264.4	1,126	1,976.5	1,102	2,003.3	1,028	1,897.1	944	1,768.2	818	1,549.1	574	1,085.7	550	1,040.9
		Verbal warnings	1,977	2,965.4	2,101	3,261.3	1,700	2,733.9	1,386	2,388.5	1,248	2,190.6	1,259	2,288.7	1,159	2,138.8	855	1,601.5	745	1,410.9	465	879.5	531	1,005.0
		Written cautions	224	336.0	241	374.1	172	276.6	173	298.1	125	219.4	134	243.6	125	230.7	89	166.7	118	223.5	77	145.6	130	246.0
		Referrals to a community program	90	135.0	125	194.0	83	133.5	77	132.7	73	128.1	83	150.9	93	171.6	54	101.1	41	77.6	24	45.4	34	64.3
		Referrals to an extrajudicial sanctions program	196	294.0	207	321.3	141	226.8	133	229.2	170	298.4	200	363.6	147	271.3	127	237.9	135	255.7	82	155.1	76	143.8
		Other means^{Footnote 1 of Table 4}	1,357	2,035.4	918	1,425.0	565	908.6	420	723.8	474	832.0	407	739.9	334	616.4	278	520.7	261	494.3	196	370.7	257	486.4
Quebec	Urban	Charged or charges recommended	10,955	2,512.1	11,157	2,618.2	9,677	2,317.2	8,004	1,957.0	7,211	1,781.6	6,912	1,707.4	6,641	1,636.6	6,534	1,587.8	6,771	1,607.2	4,872	1,127.0	5,295	1,196.4
		Verbal warnings	3,717	852.3	3,243	761.0	2,724	652.3	2,429	593.9	2,484	613.7	2,204	544.4	2,288	563.8	1,821	442.5	1,635	388.1	942	217.9	1,286	290.6
		Written cautions	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	0.5	0	0.0	1	0.2
		Referrals to a community program	964	221.1	778	182.6	675	161.6	638	156.0	666	164.6	650	160.6	603	148.6	413	100.4	196	46.5	135	31.2	152	34.3
		Referrals to an extrajudicial sanctions program	3,148	721.9	2,943	690.6	2,593	620.9	2,364	578.0	2,270	560.9	2,442	603.2	2,211	544.9	2,243	545.1	2,093	496.8	1,457	337.0	1,520	343.4
		Other means^{Footnote 1 of Table 4}	5,727	1,313.2	4,971	1,166.6	4,703	1,126.1	4,410	1,078.3	4,316	1,066.4	4,883	1,206.2	5,034	1,240.5	4,482	1,089.1	4,079	968.2	2,812	650.5	3,377	763.0
	Rural	Charged or charges recommended	2,369	2,509.7	2,270	2,565.8	1,876	2,261.3	1,498	1,864.6	1,322	1,711.5	1,125	1,468.9	1,190	1,566.4	1,090	1,442.5	1,318	1,722.8	980	1,248.1	1,138	1,402.7
		Verbal warnings	740	783.9	717	810.4	566	682.3	522	649.8	530	686.1	452	590.2	459	604.2	365	483.0	221	288.9	244	310.8	352	433.9
		Written cautions	0	0.0	1	1.1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	2.6	7	9.2	16	21.2	17	22.2	0	0.0	14	17.3
		Referrals to a community program	239	253.2	170	192.2	166	200.1	161	200.4	148	191.6	119	155.4	157	206.7	107	141.6	74	96.7	56	71.3	56	69.0
		Referrals to an extrajudicial sanctions program	734	777.6	783	885.0	652	785.9	650	809.1	542	701.7	630	822.6	612	805.6	475	628.6	511	667.9	376	478.9	429	528.8
		Other means^{Footnote 1 of Table 4}	1,748	1,851.8	1,501	1,696.6	1,381	1,664.7	1,195	1,487.5	1,073	1,389.1	1,091	1,424.5	2,298	3,024.8	2,581	3,415.7	2,089	2,730.6	932	1,187.0	1,206	1,486.5
Ontario	Urban	Charged or charges recommended	23,982	2,706.2	21,320	2,446.4	16,887	1,975.0	15,865	1,876.3	14,598	1,733.1	14,136	1,666.1	14,000	1,646.0	12,486	1,463.0	11,410	1,331.2	7,560	875.4	6,531	757.4
		Verbal warnings	11,791	1,330.5	11,043	1,267.1	9,234	1,079.9	8,872	1,049.3	8,071	958.2	7,939	935.7	8,357	982.6	6,547	767.1	5,546	647.0	2,955	342.2	2,733	317.0
		Written cautions	4,069	459.2	3,594	412.4	2,412	282.1	2,260	267.3	2,169	257.5	1,900	223.9	2,233	262.5	1,751	205.2	1,512	176.4	722	83.6	673	78.1
		Referrals to a community program	2,792	315.1	2,606	299.0	2,411	282.0	2,417	285.9	2,379	282.4	2,067	243.6	2,142	251.8	1,528	179.0	1,623	189.3	611	70.8	504	58.5
		Referrals to an extrajudicial sanctions program	1,305	147.3	1,053	120.8	988	115.6	851	100.6	636	75.5	557	65.6	668	78.5	682	79.9	702	81.9	394	45.6	458	53.1
		Other means^{Footnote 1 of Table 4}	6,621	747.1	5,974	685.5	4,391	513.5	4,419	522.6	5,210	618.5	4,949	583.3	4,631	544.5	4,077	477.7	3,608	420.9	2,465	285.4	2,418	280.4
	Rural	Charged or charges recommended	3,682	3,710.0	3,126	3,278.0	2,444	2,701.1	1,992	2,343.4	2,110	2,523.7	1,786	2,141.6	1,667	2,009.8	1,471	1,805.5	1,384	1,664.2	962	1,144.9	1,006	1,180.4
		Verbal warnings	1,482	1,493.3	1,464	1,535.2	1,231	1,360.5	908	1,068.2	882	1,054.9	775	929.3	679	818.6	581	713.1	380	456.9	251	298.7	285	334.4
		Written cautions	627	631.8	628	658.5	469	518.3	368	432.9	400	478.4	361	432.9	308	371.3	201	246.7	134	161.1	109	129.7	100	117.3
		Referrals to a community program	113	113.9	169	177.2	110	121.6	109	128.2	99	118.4	108	129.5	147	177.2	129	158.3	101	121.5	69	82.1	84	98.6
		Referrals to an extrajudicial sanctions program	231	232.8	197	206.6	172	190.1	191	224.7	143	171.0	245	293.8	115	138.7	173	212.3	92	110.6	87	103.5	89	104.4
		Other means	1,240	1,249.4	1,074	1,126.2	668	738.3	701	824.7	568	679.4	462	554.0	564	680.0	439	538.8	387	465.4	259	308.2	308	361.4
Prairies	Urban	Charged or charges recommended	19,266	5,833.7	17,624	5,281.0	16,670	4,961.0	15,204	4,513.4	15,314	4,478.0	13,103	3,781.3	12,834	3,669.7	12,144	3,432.1	10,281	2,841.6	6,582	1,773.8	5,805	1,532.1
		Verbal warnings	4,998	1,513.4	4,653	1,394.3	4,015	1,194.9	3,533	1,048.8	3,655	1,068.8	3,384	976.6	3,426	979.6	2,699	762.8	2,569	710.1	1,569	422.8	1,763	465.3
		Written cautions	896	271.3	729	218.4	686	204.2	651	193.3	665	194.5	513	148.0	467	133.5	410	115.9	308	85.1	274	73.8	269	71.0
		Referrals to a community program	487	147.5	381	114.2	286	85.1	344	102.1	322	94.2	317	91.5	176	50.3	221	62.5	121	33.4	56	15.1	36	9.5
		Referrals to an extrajudicial sanctions program	653	197.7	595	178.3	455	135.4	313	92.9	279	81.6	271	78.2	329	94.1	274	77.4	292	80.7	239	64.4	291	76.8
		Other means^{Footnote 1 of Table 4}	5,825	1,763.8	4,794	1,436.5	4,027	1,198.4	3,603	1,069.6	3,639	1,064.1	3,128	902.7	3,270	935.0	2,878	813.4	2,570	710.3	1,947	524.7	2,356	621.8
	Rural	Charged or charges recommended	9,291	7,100.8	8,168	6,502.1	7,538	6,171.5	7,218	5,925.3	6,931	5,746.5	6,480	5,245.6	5,684	4,617.6	4,527	3,663.2	3,998	3,214.4	2,945	2,316.2	2,647	2,047.8
		Verbal warnings	2,395	1,830.4	3,350	2,666.8	2,470	2,022.2	2,465	2,023.5	2,284	1,893.7	2,225	1,801.2	2,067	1,679.2	1,647	1,332.8	1,140	916.6	966	759.7	1,171	905.9
		Written cautions	987	754.3	1,333	1,061.1	1,024	838.4	894	733.9	746	618.5	683	552.9	618	502.1	491	397.3	377	303.1	344	270.5	398	307.9
		Referrals to a community program	106	81.0	108	86.0	112	91.7	78	64.0	63	52.2	91	73.7	61	49.6	61	49.4	71	57.1	40	31.5	56	43.3
		Referrals to an extrajudicial sanctions program	157	120.0	134	106.7	120	98.2	128	105.1	101	83.7	110	89.0	76	61.7	58	46.9	48	38.6	49	38.5	45	34.8
		Other means^{Footnote 1 of Table 4}	7,927	6,058.4	6,128	4,878.2	5,611	4,593.8	4,830	3,965.0	4,569	3,788.2	4,005	3,242.1	4,207	3,417.7	3,430	2,775.6	2,854	2,294.6	2,461	1,935.5	2,566	1,985.2
British Columbia	Urban	Charged or charges recommended	4,895	1,756.5	4,293	1,567.9	3,844	1,430.8	3,145	1,182.3	3,062	1,145.6	2,774	1,032.0	2,589	963.9	2,437	908.8	2,351	874.5	1,780	656.5	1,596	589.0
		Verbal warnings	6,195	2,223.0	5,752	2,100.8	5,048	1,879.0	4,386	1,648.9	3,859	1,443.7	3,513	1,306.9	3,221	1,199.3	2,832	1,056.1	2,535	942.9	1,810	667.5	1,850	682.8
		Written cautions	371	133.1	386	141.0	226	84.1	172	64.7	127	47.5	94	35.0	81	30.2	83	31.0	73	27.2	53	19.5	51	18.8
		Referrals to a community program	803	288.2	770	281.2	538	200.3	414	155.6	358	133.9	451	167.8	488	181.7	339	126.4	287	106.8	165	60.9	183	67.5
		Referrals to an extrajudicial sanctions program	570	204.5	499	182.2	442	164.5	339	127.4	269	100.6	310	115.3	307	114.3	359	133.9	317	117.9	142	52.4	188	69.4
		Other means^{Footnote 1 of Table 4}	3,623	1,300.1	3,048	1,113.2	2,660	990.1	2,287	859.8	1,959	732.9	1,989	740.0	2,177	810.6	1,956	729.4	2,327	865.5	1,711	631.0	1,716	633.3
	Rural	Charged or charges recommended	877	2,486.2	808	2,375.4	679	2,084.3	566	1,786.3	637	2,045.5	486	1,550.4	539	1,721.7	405	1,289.4	413	1,297.4	254	788.9	254	776.4
		Verbal warnings	935	2,650.6	1,050	3,086.9	955	2,931.5	748	2,360.7	786	2,523.9	653	2,083.1	562	1,795.1	448	1,426.3	488	1,533.0	404	1,254.8	393	1,201.2
		Written cautions	70	198.4	76	223.4	55	168.8	38	119.9	35	112.4	45	143.6	26	83.0	25	79.6	35	109.9	25	77.6	35	107.0
		Referrals to a community program	119	337.3	102	299.9	63	193.4	57	179.9	37	118.8	33	105.3	33	105.4	46	146.4	43	135.1	32	99.4	23	70.3
		Referrals to an extrajudicial sanctions program	93	263.6	160	470.4	57	175.0	49	154.6	47	150.9	32	102.1	40	127.8	21	66.9	43	135.1	43	133.6	41	125.3
		Other means^{Footnote 1 of Table 4}	346	980.9	363	1,067.2	301	924.0	264	833.2	241	773.9	265	845.4	238	760.2	302	961.4	313	983.3	292	906.9	312	953.7
Territories	Urban	Charged or charges recommended	154	4,171.2	160	4,470.5	136	3,937.5	139	4,048.9	160	4,553.2	97	2,727.0	125	3,438.8	133	3,636.9	90	2,407.7	50	1,325.2	51	1,325.0
		Verbal warnings	171	4,631.6	174	4,861.7	189	5,471.9	218	6,350.1	307	8,736.5	225	6,325.6	177	4,869.3	211	5,769.8	120	3,210.3	93	2,464.9	98	2,546.1
		Written cautions	73	1,977.2	69	1,927.9	54	1,563.4	44	1,281.7	64	1,821.3	56	1,574.4	31	852.8	15	410.2	19	508.3	17	450.6	15	389.7
		Referrals to a community program	6	162.5	4	111.8	2	57.9	7	203.9	7	199.2	32	899.6	4	110.0	27	738.3	8	214.0	2	53.0	4	103.9
		Referrals to an extrajudicial sanctions program	15	406.3	14	391.2	13	376.4	9	262.2	11	313.0	8	224.9	19	522.7	1	27.3	4	107.0	11	291.5	18	467.7
		Other means^{Footnote 1 of Table 4}	328	8,884.1	272	7,599.9	306	8,859.3	345	10,049.5	406	11,553.8	161	4,526.3	184	5,061.9	137	3,746.2	152	4,066.3	111	2,942.0	98	2,546.1
	Rural	Charged or charges recommended	629	9,592.8	591	9,318.8	576	9,160.3	395	6,421.7	366	6,007.9	446	7,279.3	412	6,632.3	300	4,822.4	321	5,093.6	224	3,386.8	170	2,499.3
		Verbal warnings	616	9,394.5	587	9,255.8	570	9,064.9	562	9,136.7	553	9,077.5	497	8,111.6	470	7,566.0	428	6,879.9	319	5,061.9	309	4,671.9	220	3,234.3
		Written cautions	90	1,372.6	127	2,002.5	153	2,433.2	139	2,259.8	105	1,723.6	98	1,599.5	106	1,706.4	120	1,929.0	108	1,713.7	98	1,481.7	50	735.1
		Referrals to a community program	64	976.1	60	946.1	63	1,001.9	72	1,170.5	62	1,017.7	68	1,109.8	45	724.4	37	594.8	39	618.9	18	272.1	25	367.5
		Referrals to an extrajudicial sanctions program	36	549.0	33	520.3	43	683.8	52	845.4	69	1,132.6	47	767.1	29	466.8	27	434.0	25	396.7	28	423.3	26	382.2
		Other means^{Footnote 1 of Table 4}	1,026	15,647.4	862	13,591.9	616	9,796.4	672	10,925.1	500	8,207.5	544	8,878.7	558	8,982.6	547	8,792.8	475	7,537.3	329	4,974.3	323	4,748.6
Canada	Urban	Charged or charges recommended	62,989	3,111.7	57,821	2,895.5	49,823	2,532.6	44,901	2,304.6	42,613	2,189.0	39,209	1,999.8	38,075	1,936.1	35,488	1,793.6	32,578	1,627.2	21,943	1,079.5	20,203	985.5
		Verbal warnings	28,040	1,385.2	26,063	1,305.1	22,097	1,123.2	20,373	1,045.7	19,063	979.2	17,964	916.2	18,094	920.1	14,523	734.0	12,810	639.8	7,767	382.1	7,975	389.0
		Written cautions	5,660	279.6	5,014	251.1	3,621	184.1	3,315	170.1	3,211	164.9	2,712	138.3	2,954	150.2	2,387	120.6	2,013	100.5	1,123	55.2	1,104	53.9
		Referrals to a community program	5,166	255.2	4,711	235.9	4,025	204.6	3,957	203.1	3,834	196.9	3,578	182.5	3,489	177.4	2,578	130.3	2,269	113.3	985	48.5	914	44.6
		Referrals to an extrajudicial sanctions program	6,098	301.3	5,561	278.5	4,827	245.4	4,189	215.0	3,750	192.6	3,816	194.6	3,762	191.3	3,753	189.7	3,612	180.4	2,379	117.0	2,654	129.5
		Other means^{Footnote 1 of Table 4}	24,193	1,195.2	20,868	1,045.0	17,423	885.7	16,144	828.6	16,558	850.6	16,016	816.9	16,242	825.9	14,314	723.5	13,383	668.4	9,531	468.9	10,412	507.9
	Rural	Charged or charges recommended	18,913	4,368.0	16,838	4,064.9	14,894	3,755.1	12,983	3,389.6	12,492	3,325.3	11,425	3,038.6	10,520	2,815.0	8,737	2,351.0	8,252	2,200.6	5,939	1,557.3	5,765	1,485.9
		Verbal warnings	8,145	1,881.1	9,269	2,237.6	7,492	1,888.9	6,591	1,720.8	6,283	1,672.5	5,861	1,558.8	5,396	1,443.9	4,324	1,163.5	3,293	878.2	2,639	692.0	2,952	760.9
		Written cautions	1,998	461.4	2,406	580.8	1,873	472.2	1,612	420.9	1,411	375.6	1,323	351.9	1,190	318.4	942	253.5	789	210.4	653	171.2	727	187.4
		Referrals to a community program	731	168.8	734	177.2	597	150.5	554	144.6	482	128.3	502	133.5	536	143.4	434	116.8	369	98.4	239	62.7	278	71.7
		Referrals to an extrajudicial sanctions program	1,447	334.2	1,514	365.5	1,185	298.8	1,203	314.1	1,072	285.4	1,264	336.2	1,019	272.7	881	237.1	854	227.7	665	174.4	706	182.0
		Other means^{Footnote 1 of Table 4}	13,644	3,151.1	10,846	2,618.3	9,142	2,304.9	8,082	2,110.1	7,425	1,976.5	6,774	1,801.6	8,199	2,193.9	7,577	2,038.8	6,379	1,701.1	4,469	1,171.8	4,972	1,281.5
Footnote 1 Includes suicide of the accused, death of the accused (not suicide), death of complainant/witness, reasons beyond control of department (policy), diplomatic immunity, the accused is committed to a mental health facility, the accused is outside of Canada and cannot be returned, victim/complainant request no further action, the accused is involved in other incidents, the accused is already sentenced, and departmental discretion. Return to footnote 1 referrer Note: Youth accused includes those between 12 and 17 years old. Children under the age of 12 cannot be charged with a criminal offence. Rates are calculated per 100,000 population ages 12 to 17. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, trend database.

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