Profile and Projection of Drug Offences

In Canada

Table 1 Drug Type by Year Canada, 1977-1998
Year	Heroine	Cocaine	Cannabis	Misc	TOTAL
1977	1,075	619	49,698	1,746	53,138
1978	1,315	714	43,342	1,289	46,660
1979	541	796	46,884	1,026	49,247
1980	541	1,192	52,599	1,258	55,590
1981	377	1,532	52,810	1,160	55,879
1982	467	1,564	37,309	1,147	40,487
1983	643	2,066	34,112	1,061	37,882
1984	430	2,843	32,086	1,146	36,505
1985	508	3,328	30,189	1,412	35,437
1986	551	4,634	28,235	1,575	34,995
1987	491	6,063	28,930	1,816	37,300
1988	591	7,896	27,626	1,564	37,677
1989	600	12,223	28,665	1,673	43,161
1990	717	9,362	28,372	1,691	40,142
1991	990	11,854	24,551	2,396	39,791
1992	1,138	12,356	24,783	2,896	41,173
1993	1,362	11,417	23,783	1,905	38,467
1994	1,276	10,831	24,056	1,829	37,992
1995	1,006	9,778	24,296	1,771	36,851
1996	1,059	9,564	25,172	1,985	37,780
1997	955	8,914	23,498	2,067	35,434
1998	1,111	9,791	24,509	2,787	38,198

Source: Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (UCR), Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics.