Victims of Crime Research Digest, Issue No. 7
Figure 1: Police-reported incidents of impaired driving causing death in Canada in 2012, by Census Metropolitan Area and Non-Census Metropolitan Area
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This Figure is a map of Canada in which each province and territory is delineated by a black border. The legend is in the upper right corner. It illustrates that there are four types of items plotted on the map. First, there is Impaired Driving Causing Death where the impairment is caused by alcohol. These incidents are plotted on the map by whether they were reported in a Census Metropolitan Area (CMA), which is represented on the map as a darkly shaded star, or in a non-CM, which is represented as a darkly shaded triangle. Incidents of Impaired Driving causing Death where the impairment was caused by drugs are broken down the same way. Those incidents that occurred in CMAs are represented on the map by a lightly shaded square. Incidents occurring in a non-CMA are represented by a lightly shaded circle. Each symbol on the map represents one incident of Impaired Driving Causing Death. The source of the information is the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey of 2012 from the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics.
There are a total of 138 incidents plotted on the map of which 134 are alcohol-related and 4 are drug-related.
In British Columbia, 18 incidents are plotted on the map of which 3 are drug-related. Four incidents occurred in a CMA while 14 occurred in a non-CMA.
In Alberta, 27 incidents are plotted on the map. Six incidents occurred in a CMA while 21 occurred in a non-CMA.
In Saskatchewan, 22 incidents are plotted on the map. Three incidents occurred in a CMA while19 occurred in a non-CMA.
In Manitoba, 17 incidents are plotted on the map. Seven incidents occurred in a CMA while 10 occurred in a non-CMA.
In Ontario, 23 incidents are plotted on the map of which one was drug-related. Twelve incidents occurred in a CMA while 11 occurred in a non-CMA.
In Quebec, 15 incidents are plotted on the map. Seven incidents occurred in a CMA w+hile 8 occurred in a non-CMA.
In New Brunswick, 8 incidents are plotted on the map. Two incidents occurred in a CMA while 6 occurred in a non-CMA.
In Nova Scotia, 3 incidents are plotted on the map each of which occurred in a non-CMA.
In Prince Edward Island, 3 incidents are plotted on the map each of which occurred in a non-CMA.
In the Yukon, one incident is plotted in a non-CMA.
In the NWT, one incident is plotted in a non-CMA.
No incidents of Impaired Driving Causing Death were reported in Newfoundland and Labrador nor in Nunavut.
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