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 largest number of cases was from Alberta (39.5 percent), followed by 29.6 percent from Ontario, 6.8 percent from New Brunswick 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, were participating in the project. The large number of Ontario cases reflects the fact that it was the most populous jurisdiction, with three court sites taking part. The jurisdictions with the fewest number of cases in the study were the Yukon (209), Northwest Territories (251) and Newfoundland (477).