'A criminal incident may be comprised of multiple violations of the law. For the analysis of cyber-related violations, one distinct violation within the incident was identified as the 'cybercrime violation'. The cybercrime violation represents the specific criminal violation within an incident in which a computer or the internet was the target of the crime, or the instrument used to commit the crime. For the majority of incidents, the cybercrime violation and the most serious violation were the same.' Adapted from Statistics Canada, Statistics Canada, 2017 to 2022. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
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Canada: number of police-reported online fraud in Canada 2018-2023
The number of police-reported online fraud incidents in Canada increased by 4,194 incidents (+10.62 percent) in 2023 in comparison to the previous year. With 43,680 incidents, the number thereby reached its highest value in the observed period. Notably, the number continuously increased over the last years.
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