Peace Bonds and Violence Against Women: A Three-Site Study of the Effect of Bill C-42 on Process, Application and Enforcement

Appendix B: (ACCS Data)

Peace Bond Charges and Cases by Decision, selected Provinces and Territories in Canada, 1994/95 to 1999/00
JURISDICTION : Québec Decision
Year Unit of Count Offence Total Charges Guilty Superior Court Other Stay/Withdrawn Acquitted
# % # % # % # % # % # %
1994/95 CHARGES TOTAL 647 100.0 92 14.2 3 0.5 357 55.2 163 25.2 32 4.9
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 810 513 100.0 8 1.6 3 0.6 356 69.4 140 27.3 6 1.2
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 811 134 100.0 84 62.7 - - 1 0.7 23 17.2 26 19.4
CASES TOTAL 531 100.0 36 6.8 2 0.4 331 62.3 144 27.1 18 3.4
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 810 480 100.0 7 1.5 2 0.4 331 69.0 135 28.1 5 1.0
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 811 51 100.0 29 56.9 - - - - 9 17.6 13 25.5
RELATED CHARGES TOTAL 116 100.0 56 48.3 1 0.9 26 22.4 19 16.4 14 12.1
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 810 33 100.0 1 3.0 1 3.0 25 75.8 5 15.2 1 3.0
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 811 83 100.0 55 66.3 - - 1 1.2 14 16.9 13 15.7
1995/96 CHARGES TOTAL 835 100.0 113 13.5 - - 507 60.7 184 22.0 31 3.7
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 810 672 100.0 10 1.5 - - 496 73.8 160 23.8 6 0.9
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 811 163 100.0 103 63.2 - - 11 6.7 24 14.7 25 15.3
CASES TOTAL 678 100.0 50 7.4 - - 456 67.3 156 23.0 16 2.4
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 810 619 100.0 10 1.6 - - 452 73.0 151 24.4 6 1.0
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 811 59 100.0 40 67.8 - - 4 6.8 5 8.5 10 16.9
RELATED CHARGES TOTAL 157 100.0 63 40.1 - - 51 32.5 28 17.8 15 9.6
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 810 53 100.0 - - - - 44 83.0 9 17.0 - -
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 811 104 100.0 63 60.6 - - 7 6.7 19 18.3 15 14.4
1996/97 CHARGES TOTAL 931 100.0 110 11.8 - - 621 66.7 153 16.4 47 5.0
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 810 760 100.0 17 2.2 - - 614 80.8 120 15.8 9 1.2
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 811 171 100.0 93 54.4 - - 7 4.1 33 19.3 38 22.2
CASES TOTAL 768 100.0 68 8.9 - - 557 72.5 113 14.7 30 3.9
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 810 681 100.0 16 2.3 - - 555 81.5 103 15.1 7 1.0
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 811 87 100.0 52 59.8 - - 2 2.3 10 11.5 23 26.4
RELATED CHARGES TOTAL 163 100.0 42 25.8 - - 64 39.3 40 24.5 17 10.4
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 810 79 100.0 1 1.3 - - 59 74.7 17 21.5 2 2.5
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 811 84 100.0 41 48.8 - - 5 6.0 23 27.4 15 17.9
1997/98 CHARGES TOTAL 1,699 100.0 176 10.4 2 0.1 1,304 76.8 149 8.8 68 4.0
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 810 1,466 100.0 44 3.0 - - 1,299 88.6 113 7.7 10 0.7
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 811 233 100.0 132 56.7 2 0.9 5 2.1 36 15.5 58 24.9
CASES TOTAL 1,459 100.0 101 6.9 - - 1,222 83.8 107 7.3 29 2.0
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 810 1,365 100.0 39 2.9 - - 1,220 89.4 99 7.3 7 0.5
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 811 94 100.0 62 66.0 - - 2 2.1 8 8.5 22 23.4
RELATED CHARGES TOTAL 240 100.0 75 31.3 2 0.8 82 34.2 42 17.5 39 16.3
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 810 101 100.0 5 5.0 - - 79 78.2 14 13.9 3 3.0
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 811 139 100.0 70 50.4 2 1.4 3 2.2 28 20.1 36 25.9
1998/99 CHARGES TOTAL 2,106 100.0 184 8.7 - - 1,299 61.7 563 26.7 60 2.8
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 810 1,835 100.0 29 1.6 - - 1,295 70.6 505 27.5 6 0.3
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 811 271 100.0 155 57.2 - - 4 1.5 58 21.4 54 19.9
CASES TOTAL 1,813 100.0 109 6.0 - - 1,215 67.0 463 25.5 26 1.4
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 810 1,692 100.0 27 1.6 - - 1,214 71.7 447 26.4 4 0.2
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 811 121 100.0 82 67.8 - - 1 0.8 16 13.2 22 18.2
RELATED CHARGES TOTAL 293 100.0 75 25.6 - - 84 28.7 100 34.1 34 11.6
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 810 143 100.0 2 1.4 - - 81 56.6 58 40.6 2 1.4
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 811 150 100.0 73 48.7 - - 3 2.0 42 28.0 32 21.3
1999/00 CHARGES TOTAL 2,540 100.0 192 7.6 - - 1,480 58.3 803 31.6 65 2.6
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 810 2,238 100.0 43 1.9 - - 1,467 65.5 714 31.9 14 0.6
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 811 302 100.0 149 49.3 - - 13 4.3 89 29.5 51 16.9
CASES TOTAL 2,154 100.0 112 5.2 - - 1,357 63.0 662 30.7 23 1.1
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 810 2,042 100.0 42 2.1 - - 1,352 66.2 642 31.4 6 0.3
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 811 112 100.0 70 62.5 - - 5 4.5 20 17.9 17 15.2
RELATED CHARGES TOTAL 386 100.0 80 20.7 - - 123 31.9 141 36.5 42 10.9
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 810 196 100.0 1 0.5 - - 115 58.7 72 36.7 8 4.1
R.S.C. 1985 C.C.C. s. 811 190 100.0 79 41.6 - - 8 4.2 69 36.3 34 17.9

Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Adult Criminal Court Survey.

.. figures not available.
- nil or zero.
-- amount too small to be expressed.

Excludes municipal courts.

"Guilty" includes conditional and absolute discharges, guilty pleas, and found guilty.
"Stay/Withdraw" includes stay of proceedings and withdrawn/dismissed/discharged at preliminary.
"Other" dispositions include acquitted on account of insanity, and waived in/out of province.