Research in Brief - Criminal court case indicators related to the Jordan timelines, 2016/2017 to 2023/2024

This research in brief summarizes the latest available data on three case time proxy indicators related to Jordan timelines (thereafter referred to as “Jordan proxies”) from Statistics Canada’s Integrated Criminal Courts Survey (ICCS). The ICCS collects information on appearances and charges in youth courts and adult criminal courts in Canada. The three Jordan proxies examined in this Research in Brief pertain to adult criminal courts only, and include: median case time, which is the median number of calendar days from first appearance to final decision for cases requiring more than seven days to resolve; percentage of total cases potentially at risk of exceeding the Jordan timelines, based on the elapsed time between the first appearance in court and the final decision for the most serious offence (MSO; see Textbox 1) in the case; and percentage of cases potentially at risk of exceeding the Jordan timelines that were also stayed or withdrawn. Please note that offences classified under sex trade related offences—previously commonly referred to as “prostitution” offences (i.e. communicating to provide sexual services for consideration, stopping or impeding traffic for the purpose…

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Department of Justice Canada

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2026-09-10