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Justice 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 Crown Attorney Kenneth Anthony are working with justice participants across the province as they lead the Justice on Target strategy.

An Expert Advisory Panel, including some of the best minds in the field of criminal justice, is providing advice on how to move cases through the system faster.

Action Sites

Phase 1 Action Sites, Newmarket, North York and London:

The Ontario Courts of Justice in Newmarket, North York and London were designated as "Action Sites" in the first phase of the strategy's sustained effort to move cases through the justice system faster.

Multi-disciplinary teams and local justice participants working at these sites have identified new initiatives to achieve faster and more focused justice. These initiatives are being implemented now and best practices will be shared with other courthouses across the province.

Phase 2 Action Sites, Old City Hall, Toronto, and Brampton:

Toronto's Old City Hall and Brampton court sites have been designated as Action Sites in the strategy's second phase. Expert teams will be working with all justice participants locally at Action Sites Brampton and Old City Hall in Toronto to quickly identify challenges and opportunities to reduce the provincial average of days and court appearances needed to complete a criminal case.

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 regularly so that progress can be measured as Ontario moves toward the target.

Latest News

Justice on Target progress updates will be posted here regularly.

• Second Phase Of Justice On Target Tackles Busiest Courts - Backgrounder
• Targeting Criminal Court Delay - Video
• Government Selects Three Courthouses For Next Phase Of Justice On Target Strategy
• Ontario Spearheads Commitment Among Canadian Attorneys General To Reduce Criminal Court Delay
• Thunder Bay News Release
• Expert Panel To Advise Justice On Target Strategy — The Panel
• Toronto News Release
• Kitchener-Waterloo News Release
• London News Release
• Hamilton News Release
• Ottawa News Release
• Windsor News Release
• Backgrounder
• Support for Justice on Target
• Our Justice System: Today's Challenge, Tomorrow's Opportunity

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