Canada's adult criminal court data tracks charges and cases involving Black accused persons annually. Statistics Canada publishes this dataset, which includes counts by type of court decision. The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-28.
Use Cases
- Analyze racial disparities in sentencing based on case outcomes mentioned in the description
- Track annual trends in charges and case volumes for Black accused persons
- Study the relationship between charge type and court decision for a specific demographic group
Strengths
- Data is published by Statistics Canada, a national statistical agency
- Annual time-series data allows for longitudinal analysis
- Last updated on 2026-05-28
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
Provenance
- Source
- Statistics Canada
- Time Range
- Annual
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-28 12:48:39.404205
- Geography
- Canada