Profile and Projection of Drug Offences

In Canada

Table 2 Number of Drug Offence Type by Year Canada, 1977-1998
Year	Possession	Trafficking	TOTAL
1977	44,998	8,140	53,138
1978	38,748	7,912	46,660
1979	41,023	8,224	49,247
1980	46,192	9,398	55,590
1981	46,016	9,863	55,879
1982	31,666	8,821	40,487
1983	29,046	8,836	37,882
1984	28,548	7,957	36,505
1985	26,700	8,737	35,437
1986	25,577	9,418	34,995
1987	25,979	11,321	37,300
1988	26,156	11,521	37,677
1989	28,261	14,931	43,192
1990	25,798	14,344	40,142
1991	22,920	16,871	39,791
1992	23,528	17,645	41,173
1993	21,618	16,849	38,467
1994	22,304	15,688	37,992
1995	21,205	15,646	36,851
1996	21,227	16,553	37,780
1997	18,998	16,436	35,434
1998	21,200	16,998	38,198

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