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Internal Audits 2017
The mandate of Justice Canada’s internal audit function is to help Justice Canada achieve its strategic outcomes by using a systematic and disciplined approach to assess and... -
Section 19 of the Youth Criminal Justice Act: A look at the use of...
The Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA) came into force on April 1, 2003 to assist in reducing the notably high Canadian youth custody rate. The YCJA promotes youth rehabilitation... -
Infographic: Victims of Hate Crime, 2021
An infographic that summarizes the rise and impact of hate crimes in 2021 -
Voice of the Child Programs and Services in Canada
This document presents findings from a study that was conducted to understand how children’s views are included in family law disputes in Canada, including through the use of... -
E-Binder Pocket Book - Ministerial Transition Binder - March 2025
E-Binder Pocket Book - Ministerial Transition Binder - March 2025 -
Research at a Glance: Diversion
Most Canadians believe that diversion of accused from the courts in appropriate cases should be the preferred response to at least some types of offences/situations. They also... -
Review on Official Languages (2022-2023)
Information collected through this process is used by Canadian Heritage to prepare the Annual Report on Official Languages, the Best Practices Digests for Part VII and various... -
Ministerial Briefing Binder: House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice...
Ministerial Briefing Binder: House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights – Bill C-9, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (hate propaganda, hate crime and... -
Federal Child Support Tables – Nova Scotia
The federal child support tables set out the amount of monthly child support payments for each province on the basis of the annual income of the spouse ordered to pay child... -
Justice Trends 2: Automated Justice Get the Gist of the future for...
This 2018 gist provides a focus on automation technologies and how they are expected to affect justice in the future. The six factors the first gist identified—new business... -
The Attorney General of Canada’s Directive on Civil Litigation Involving...
The Directive on Civil Litigation Involving Indigenous Peoples will guide the Government of Canada’s legal approaches, positions and decisions taken in civil litigation... -
JustFacts: Victims of Hate Crime, 2015-2021
Data in this fact sheet are from the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (UCR) and the 2019 General Social Survey on Canadians’ Safety (also known as the GSS on Victimization). The... -
Research in Brief: The Practice of Family Law in Canada: Results from...
This report highlights some key findings of the 2018 National Family Law surveys of family law professionals in Canada. The data provide insights into the experiences,... -
State of the Criminal Justice System - Annual Reports
The Department of Justice Canada created the first performance monitoring framework (“the Framework”) for Canada’s criminal justice system in 2019. The Framework identified... -
Legal Aid in Canada, 2016-2017
The Legal Aid Survey was a Canada Centre for Justice Statistics (CCJS)/Statistics Canada annual survey on revenues. Expenditures, personnel, and caseload statistics associated... -
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... -
Government Responses and Standing Committee Reports
Government Responses and Standing Committee Reports discuss reports tabled concerning justice-related issues. These responses are meant to provide greater insight into... -
JustFacts - Intimate Partner Violence
This fact sheet is based on two research publications from the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics (CCJS) published in 2015 and 2018. In the 2015 Juristat, CCJS linked... -
Identifying and responding to family violence in family law cases: Results...
This report describes key findings from Justice Canada’s 2019 national Survey of Lawyers and Quebec Notaries on Family Law and Family Violence in Canada (“the 2019 survey”). The... -
Final Report on the Review of Canada's Criminal Justice System
This comprehensive review – the first of its kind since 1982 – was intended to guide the Government in its efforts to ensure that Canada’s criminal justice system is just,...