State of the Criminal Justice System Dashboard

Black People

Black people are overrepresented in Canada’s criminal justice system, both as victims/survivors and accused/convicted persons. This outcome is directly linked to the Government of Canada’s commitment to implementing Canada’s Anti-Racism Strategy to address racism and access to justice issues. It further links to Justice Canada’s commitment to address systemic discrimination and the overrepresentation of Black people in the criminal justice system by developing Canada’s Black Justice Strategy. Ensuring that the criminal justice system identifies Black victims/survivors and accused/convicted persons is critical to knowing if there has been progress in reducing their overrepresentation. This outcome is measured by self-reported victimization, police-reported homicide, admissions to the correctional system, Dangerous Offender classifications, and use of force incidents.

Click on one of the indicators below for information on what the indicator is, why it is important, its limitations, and its geographical coverage. This will also reveal a chart with the data underlying the indicator, which can be exported to a spreadsheet if desired. Select the “measure” drop-down box to see different ways of presenting the data. Many indicators can be further broken down by clicking on other available menus.