Ontario is moving toward 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 by June 2012.

In 1992, it took an average of 4.3 court appearances to bring a charge to completion. By 2007, this figure had more than doubled to 9.2 appearances.

Justice on Target has reversed the increasing trend in criminal court delay.

More than 360,000 court appearances have been eliminated. Ontario courts now provide more information sooner so that court appearances are more meaningful. Straightforward cases are completed faster so that the system can more effectively focus on the more serious and complex cases. Across the province, criminal courts are now consistently completing more charges than are coming into the system every year. The clearance rate for the most serious and complex charges is up 15 per cent.

Justice on Target is the proud recipient of a top 2010 IPAC/Deloitte Public Sector Leadership Award for the exciting and innovative work in criminal courts across Ontario.

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