Alberta Stats - Alberta Summit On Justice

Figure 15
Adult Criminal Cases by Elapsed Time from 1st Appearance to Disposition, in Alberta, 1995-96

Source: Adult Criminal Court Survey, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Statistics Canada.
For more information, see Juristat (catalogue no. 85-002) Vol. 17 no. 6, "Adult Criminal Court Statistics, 1995-96".

Two thirds of all Federal statute cases disposed of in provincial court in Alberta reached a final disposition within sixteen weeks, with only 6% of cases taking more than 1 year to reach a final disposition

10% of violent cases were disposed of within four weeks compared to 15.6% of property offences and 10.7% of Criminal Code traffic offences. In contrast, within sixteen weeks, just over one third of violent cases and one quarter of property and traffic offences were disposed of.