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Justice on Target
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FacebookJustice on Target is the province's strategy to reduce delay in Ontario's criminal courts.
TARGETS
Ontario will achieve faster, focused justice by targeting 30 per cent reductions in the provincial average of days and court appearances needed to complete a criminal case. The province plans to meet its target in four years.
In 1992, it took an average of 4.3 court appearances to bring a charge to completion. By last year, this figure had more than doubled to 9.2 appearances. Over the same period, the average time needed to complete a charge has gone from 115 days to 205 days.
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Mr. Justice Bruce Durno and Senior Crown Attorney Kenneth Anthony have been appointed to lead the Justice on Target strategy.
As part of Justice on Target, two successful initiatives are being expanded: dedicated prosecution and expanded on-site legal aid.
These initiatives will help to meet the province's target of reducing the average number of days and appearances needed to complete a criminal case by 30 per cent. Additional initiatives will be announced in the coming months.
Ontario Criminal Court Statistics
Information about Ontario criminal charges and the average time and number of appearances needed bring those charges to completion dating back to the year 2000 is available on the attached map.
Care should be used when interpreting the charge-based information provided on this website. This data does not reflect crime rates or incidents within a particular community. The data tracked on this website provides charge-based information, not crime rates, individual incidents or cases. These statistics include cases where more than one charge is laid against the same person as a result of a single incident, as well as cases where several individuals are charged as a result of a single incident. Another factor to consider includes the possibility for transfer of charges before the court from another jurisdiction or community.
If you are interested in crime rates or crime rate analysis this information can be obtained by the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics. http://www.statcan.ca/bsolc/english/bsolc?catno=85F0033M
The information is broken down regionally and by individual Ontario Court of Justice courthouse.
Moving forward these statistics will be posted quarterly so that progress can be measured as Ontario moves toward the target.
Latest News
Justice on Target progress updates will be posted here regularly.
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