Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics Policing Services Program Uniform Crime Reporting Incident-Based Survey UCR Respondent Notes - 2011 and Historical - 1 Table of contents 2011 UCR Respondent Notes – General ............................................................................ 3 UCR Notes – 2011 and historical, by province and by respondent .................................... 5 NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR ............................................................................... 5 PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND ............................................................................................ 8 NOVA SCOTIA.................................................................................................................. 9 NEW BRUNSWICK ........................................................................................................ 11 QUEBEC........................................................................................................................... 14 ONTARIO......................................................................................................................... 28 MANITOBA ..................................................................................................................... 53 SASKATCHEWAN ......................................................................................................... 61 ALBERTA ........................................................................................................................ 71 BRITISH COLUMBIA ..................................................................................................... 95 YUKON .......................................................................................................................... 114 NORTH WEST TERRITORIES .................................................................................... 115 NUNAVUT ..................................................................................................................... 116 GENERAL HISTORICAL NOTES ............................................................................... 117 Notes specific to offences ................................................................................... 117 Notes specific to jurisdictions ............................................................................. 120 Notes specific to legislation ................................................................................ 121 Notes specific to populations .............................................................................. 124 Notes specific to CMA’s ..................................................................................... 125 2 2011 UCR Respondent Notes – General 1. Users of UCR2 data tables through CCJS Extranet site should be notified that UCR2 coverage changes from year to year. Indeed, the percentage of the population serviced under UCR2 structure increases, as police services convert from the aggregate version of the survey (UCR1). For example, police services using UCR2 structure serviced 98% of the Canadian population in 2008. In 2009, this percentage rose to 99%. Therefore, comparisons with previous years should be made with caution. 2. The following Police Services did not submit data in 2011; therefore their 2011 statistics were derived using data from previous years. Consequently, please use caution when comparing these data with prior years. 24063 Eagle Village Police Service 24122 Gesgapegiag Ameridian Police Service 24144 Odanak Police Service 24150 Wemotaci Police Service 24178 Obedjiwan First Nations Police Service 24195 Pikogan First Nations Police Service 35006 Anishinabek Police Service 35011 Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service 46068 Ste. Anne Police Department 48017 Lakeshore Regional Police Service 3. Generally, year-over-year comparisons should also be made with caution as many non-criminally- related factors can affect data from one year to another (openings, closures or reorganizations of police departments, redistribution of municipalities serviced among different police departments, significant population increases, etc. 4. In 2011, some police services converted to the Incident-Based Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR2) Survey. Historically, they have reported their crime data to UCR Aggregate (UCR) Survey. Therefore, caution should be used when comparing current data to 2010 or earlier years for the following police services: Blood Tribe (Standoff), Alta. (48091) 5. During the production of each year’s crime statistics, data from the previous year are revised to reflect any updates or changes that have been received from the police services. 6. Data include all incidents within the jurisdiction of each police force, including incidents such as counterfeiting currency which may have been handled by other police services. 7. Any comparison of clearance rates among police services should be made with caution. The reporting practices of some agencies could result in high levels of citizen reporting, including minor offences, to help track neighbourhood crime trends. These minor, generally less-serious offences (e.g. mischief, minor thefts) tend to be high-volume and, by their very nature, tend to have low clearance rates. Police services reporting higher levels of these minor offences will tend to have lower than average overall clearance rates. 8. In Canada, there are two primary sources of statistical information on crime: police-reported surveys and victimization surveys. Unlike police-reported data (the UCR survey), which are limited to incidents that come to their attention, victimization data are based on a telephone-administered survey, the General Social Survey (GSS), conducted every five years that asks Canadians aged 15 years and 3 older about their personal experiences of victimization and whether or not the incident was reported to police. The GSS collects information on eight crime types. Among these crime types, only four are directly comparable to the UCR: physical assault, sexual assault, break and enter, and motor vehicle theft. Overall, findings from the GSS show that reporting rates to police decreased slightly between the two most recent survey periods, from 37% in 1999 to 34% in 2004 (Gannon and Mihorean, 2005). The results also suggest that the level of reporting to police varies by offence type and region. In 2004, 34% of violent victimization incidents were reported to the police. This includes a 39% reporting rate for physical assaults, 8% for sexual assaults, and 46% for personal robberies. It is noteworthy that over half of the unreported violent incidents did not come to the attention of police because the victim felt the incident was not important enough. This suggests that the crime may have been too minor to warrant police involvement. The public rates of reporting to police were highest for the most serious types of property offences, with a reporting rate of 54% for break and enters, and 49% for motor vehicle thefts. 4 UCR Notes – 2011 and historical, by province and by respondent This section includes footnotes relating to police service and detachment openings, closures, boundary adjustments, imputation of data and any other situation of which readers should be aware when interpreting UCR data, Footnotes for 2011 are preceded by the prefix « 2011 - », or are otherwise historical. NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR Labrador (RNC Municipal), N.L. (10501) 22 LABRADOR (10501) reduced its boundaries in 2009 as DIVISION NO. 10 SUBD. E (CSD 1010042) was taken over by HOPEDALE (10777). Therefore, comparisons with previous years should be made with caution. LABRADOR (15001) jurisdiction was enlarged in 2006 by taking over part of DIVISION NO. 10 SUBD. C (CSD 1010020) and part of DIVISION NO. 10 SUBD. E (CSD 1010042). Therefore, comparisons with previous years should be made with caution. Cartwright (RCMP Rural), N.L. (10758) 22 CARTWRIGHT (10758) jurisdiction was enlarged in 2009 by taking over part of DIVISION NO. 10 SUBD. B (CSD 1010008). Therefore, comparisons with previous years should be made with caution. CARTWRIGHT (10758) reduced its boundaries in 2006 as part of DIVISION NO. 10 SUBD. B (CSD 1010008) was taken over by MARY’S HARBOUR (10775). Therefore, comparisons with previous years should be made with caution. Deer Lake District (RCMP Rural), N.L. (10765) 22 DEER LAKE DISTRICT (10765) reduced its boundaries in 2009 as DIVISION NO. 9 SUBD A (CSD 1009009), TROUT RIVER (CSD 1009010), WOODY POINT, BONNE BAY (CSD 1009011), NORRIS POINT (CSD 1009012), ROCKY HARBOUR (CSD 1009013), COW HEAD (CSD 1009016), ST. PAULS (CSD 1009020), GLENBURNIE-BIRCHY HEAD-SHOAL BROOK (CSD 1009030), SALLY’S COVE (CSD 1009037) and DIVISION NO. 9, SUBD. H (CSD 1009041) were taken over by NORTHERN PENINSULA DISTRICT (10787). Therefore, comparisons with previous years should be made with caution. DEER LAKE DISTRICT (10765) jurisdiction was enlarged in 2006 by taking over DIVISION NO. 5, SUBD A (CSD 1005001), DIVISION NO. 5, SUBD. C (CSD 1005016) and DIVISION NO. 9, SUBD. H (CSD 1009041). DEER LAKE DISTRICT (10765) also reduced its boundaries in 2006 as part of DIVISION NO. 4 SUBD D (CSD 1004016) and part of DIVISION NO. 9, SUBD. F (CSD 1009001) were taken over by BAY ST. GEORGE DISTRICT (10792) and NORTHERN PENINSULA DISTRICT (10787) respectively. Therefore, comparisons with previous years should be made with caution. Forteau (RCMP Rural), N.L. (10769) 22 FORTEAU (10769) jurisdiction was enlarged in 2009 by taking over part of DIVISION NO. 10 SUBD A (CSD 1010001). Therefore, comparisons