Figure 2.1 Percentage of Cases from Each Participating Province or Territory

Figure 2.1 presents the number and percentage of cases included in this database by province or territory of origin. The majority of cases (37.3 percent) were from Alberta, followed by 31.1 percent from Ontario, 7.2 percent from Manitoba and 6.5 percent from Nova Scotia. The number of cases from Alberta was large because both major urban centres in the province, Edmonton and Calgary, are participating. The large number of Ontario cases reflects the fact that it is the most populous jurisdiction included in the project, with three court sites participating. The jurisdictions with the fewest number of cases in the study are the Northwest Territories (146), Yukon (209) and Newfoundland (342).