* Data prior to the fiscal year of 2015/16 excludes Quebec.
Values include are the average number of open cases on any given day in the year. The fiscal year runs from April 1 to March 31 each year.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, statcan.gc.ca, FY 2009 to FY 2019. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
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Average daily caseload of adult criminal courts Canada 2009-2019
On any given day during the fiscal year of 2018/19, there was an average of 247,688 open court cases at adult criminal courts in Canada. This is a decrease from the average daily caseload of 252,821 in the previous fiscal year.
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