Description for Chart 8
Median length of cases completed in adult criminal court, by province and territory, 2013/2014

The title of the graph is "Chart 8 Median length of cases completed in adult criminal court, by province and territory, 2013/2014."
This is a bar clustered chart.
This is a horizontal bar graph, so categories are on the vertical axis and values on the horizontal axis.
There are in total 13 categories in the vertical axis. The horizontal axis starts at 0 and ends at 250 with ticks every 50 points.
There are 2 series in this graph.
The horizontal axis is "median length of cases (days)."
The vertical axis is "Province and territory."
The title of series 1 is "median length of cases (days)."
The minimum value is 37 and it corresponds to "Prince Edward Island."
The maximum value is 238 and it corresponds to "Quebec1."
There is an average vertical line for Canada with a value of 123.

Data table for Chart 8
  median length of cases (days) Canada
Nunavut 66 123
Northwest Territories 63 123
Yukon 92 123
British Columbia 113 123
Alberta 127 123
Saskatchewan 71 123
Manitoba 159 123
Ontario 99 123
Quebec1 238 123
New Brunswick 104 123
Nova Scotia 155 123
Prince Edward Island 37 123
Newfoundland and Labrador 146 123
1.
The median length of case completion in Quebec may be over-estimated given that data from municipal courts, which tend to handle the least serious matters, are unavailable.
Note(s):
Case lengths are calculated based on the number of days it takes to complete a case, from first appearance to final decision. The median is the point at which half of all cases had longer case lengths and half had shorter case lengths. A case is one or more charges against an accused person or company that were processed by the courts at the same time and received a final decision. Data excludes information from superior courts in Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan as well as municipal courts in Quebec due to the unavailability of data. There are many factors that may influence variations between jurisdictions, therefore, comparisons should be made with caution.
Source(s):
 Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Integrated Criminal Court Survey.
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