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

Graph 11.2.1 – Peace Bond Issuance Rates per 100,000 Population of Alberta and Saskatchewan and the Effect of Provincial Protection Order Legislation

Graphic 11.2.1 presents peace bond rates per 100,000 inhabitants for Alberta and Saskatchewan for the period between 1994/95 to 1999/00. The graphic also shows the year each province amended a new legislation about domestic violence (Saskatchewan February, 1st 1995 and Alberta June 1st, 1999. It is important to note that the rate decrease in each case in the year after the amendment of a domestic violence act. In Saskatchewan, the rate decrease of 7% between 1994/95 and 1995/96, but increase until the end of the period. Overall, the peace bond rate per 100,000 inhabitants went from around 47 in 1994/95 to about 64 in 1999/00. In Alberta, the peace bond rate recorded a decrease of 16% for the year following the implementation of the Protection Against Family Violence Act. But the rate is still higher in 1999/00 (around 33) than in 1994/95 (about 31).