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Just Facts - Police-reported youth crime statistics in Canada, 2023
This fact sheet summarizes the latest available data on measures of police-reported youth crime from Statistics Canada’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Survey, which collects... -
Internal Audits 2012
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... -
JustFacts - Child Support Cases, 2016-2017
The Survey of Maintenance Enforcement Programs (SMEP) is an annual survey that collects statistical and descriptive information on child and spousal support payments and cases... -
Research at a Glance: Administration of Justice Offences
Over half of Canadians indicated that administration of justice offences (AOJOs) would be better dealt with outside of the courts. Canadians also thought an accused person's... -
JustFacts - Cannabis crime statistics in Canada
These fact sheets are based on data from the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics (CCJS) Juristat Police-reported crime statistics in Canada, 2016, 2017, 2020. -
Voice of the Child Programs and Services in Canada by Province and Territory
In Canada, there are many ways to include children’s voices in family law matters such as through non-court child inclusive methods (e.g., children talking with their parents,... -
Themes from a review of Justice Canada funded projects for youth in conflict...
The Department of Justice Canada funds projects through the Youth Justice Fund that seek to help youth who are involved in the criminal justice system (CJS). The Youth Justice... -
Understanding family violence in diverse communities: What subject-matter...
This report summarizes five thought papers written by subject-matter experts to assist family law legal advisers in identifying and responding to family violence in diverse... -
Fact Sheet: Prostitution Criminal Law Reform: Bill C-36, the Protection of...
Bill C-36 the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act, received Royal Assent on November 6, 2014. Bill C-36 treats prostitution as a form of sexual exploitation that... -
Federal Child Support Tables – Northwest Territories
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... -
Ministerial Briefing Binder: Standing Senate Committee on Legal and...
Ministerial Briefing Binder: Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs – Senate Pre-Study of C-3, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Canada Labour... -
Just Facts - Results of the Online Survey on the Federal Child Support Guidelines
In 2024, Justice Canada undertook a targeted online engagement survey to gather stakeholder feedback on the Federal Child Support Guidelines and on possible changes to specific... -
JustFacts - Sexual Assault
This fact sheet is primarily based on self-reported data from the 2014 General Social Survey (GSS) on Victimization, on police-reported data from the 2018 Uniform Crime... -
JustFacts: Trends in Bail Court Across Canada
This fact sheet is based on publicly available data from a number of Justice Canada, Canadian government (federal and provincial/territorial), and academic publications released... -
Legal Aid in Canada 2022–2023
In Canada, responsibility for criminal justice is shared between the federal government for criminal law making and criminal procedure and the provincial and territorial... -
Research at a Glance: Problem-Solving Justice
Canadians are largely supportive of problem-solving approaches to crime, and most want offenders to have access to initiatives that seek to address the 'root causes' of crime... -
Canada’s Emergencies Act
The Emergencies Act, which became law in 1988, is a federal law that can be used by the federal government in the event of a national emergency. -
Internal Audits 2010
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... -
We are Justice
Welcome to We are Justice – a publication that showcases some of the interesting and diverse work of Department of Justice employees. Our Department has close to 5,000 employees... -
Canada's Court System
How Does Canada's Court System Work details the different levels of courts that exist within Canada's justice system, the means of organization of the courts and the roles each...