JustFacts: Overrepresentation of Black People in the Canadian Criminal Justice System

Black people are overrepresented in Canada's criminal justice system as both victims and people accused

or convicted of crime. This fact sheet presents a statistical overview of the key areas of overrepresentation

of Black people at different stages of the criminal justice system.

National disaggregated data on the racialized identity of those who come in contact with the criminal

justice system remain fairly limited and underreported. However, some information is available and

presented in the current fact sheet. The data presented are drawn from Statistics Canada’s Canadian Centre

for Justice and Community Safety Statistics (CCJCSS), the Department of Justice Canada’s Research and

Statistics Division (RSD), the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC), and the Office of the Correctional

Investigator (OCI)

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Dernière modification janvier 16, 2026, 21:00 (TU)
Créé le janvier 16, 2026, 21:00 (TU)
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