I have a researcher who’s looking for alcohol/drug use and crime stats at the CSD level or lower. Do the RDC files contain data at that level?
Answer
For Alcohol/Drug use alone, you might want to contact the Health Division.
For accused of criminal charges by offenders under the influence of Alcohol/Drug, I can refer you to two specific crimes:
1) Homicide: In the Juristat Homicide in Canada, 2012, there is a chapter named Alcohol and/or drug consumption common in homicide <http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-002-x/2013001/article/11882-eng.htm#a14>. It includes the following tables:
Table 1a Number of homicides, by province or territory, 1982 to 2012
Table 1b Rate of homicides, by province or territory, 1982 to 2012
Table 3 Homicides, by census metropolitan area, 2011 and 2012
Table 4 Homicides, by type of method, Canada, 2002 to 2012
Table 5 Homicides, by shootings and stabbings, by selected census metropolitan areas, 2012
Table 7 Number of gang-related homicides, by region, 2002 to 2012
Table 8 Gang-related homicides, by selected census metropolitan areas, 2012
2) Impaired Driving: In CANSIM table 252-0051 Incident-based crime statistics, by detailed violations, annual (Number), 1998 to 2012, there are several offences involving alcohol/drug use:
- Offences related to Impaired driving: Total impaired driving, Impaired operation causing death, Impaired operation (drugs) causing death, Impaired operation causing bodily harm, Impaired operation (drugs) causing bodily harm, Impaired operation of motor vehicle, vessel or aircraft, Impaired operation (drugs) vehicle, vessel, aircraft, Failure to provide breath sample, Failure to comply or refusal (drugs), Failure to provide blood sample.
- Offences related to drugs (but not “use of drug” in case you are interested): Total drug violations, Possession cannabis, Possession cocaine, Total possession other Controlled Drugs and Substances Act drugs, Heroin possession, Other Controlled Drugs and Substances Act possession, Methamphetamines (crystal meth) possession, Methylenedioxyamphetamine (ecstasy) possession, Total cannabis trafficking, production or distribution Cannabis, trafficking Cannabis, importation and exportation Cannabis, production, Total cocaine trafficking, production or distribution, Cocaine trafficking Cocaine importation and exportation, Cocaine production, Total other Controlled Drugs and Substances Act drugs, trafficking, production or distribution, Heroin trafficking, Other Controlled Drugs and Substances Act trafficking, Methamphetamines (crystal meth), trafficking, Methylenedioxyamphetamine (ecstasy) trafficking, Heroin importation and exportation, Other Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, importation and exportation, Methamphetamines (crystal meth) importation and exportation, Methylenedioxyamphetamine (ecstasy) importation and exportation, Heroin production, Other Controlled Drugs and Substances Act production, Methamphetamines (crystal meth), production, Methylenedioxyamphetamine (ecstasy) production, Precursor or equipment (crystal meth, ecstasy)
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In regards to the RDC files, the minimum level of geography available for urban areas will be the census tract (CT) and the census subdivision (CSD) is the minimum level for rural areas.
The RDC data files have geography at the CT or CSD level where CT is not available (e.g., rural areas)
1) Homicide: In the Juristat Homicide in Canada, 2012, there is a chapter named Alcohol and/or drug consumption common in homicide <http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-002-x/2013001/article/11882-eng.htm#a14>. It includes the following tables:
Table 1a Number of homicides, by province or territory, 1982 to 2012
Table 1b Rate of homicides, by province or territory, 1982 to 2012
Table 3 Homicides, by census metropolitan area, 2011 and 2012
Table 4 Homicides, by type of method, Canada, 2002 to 2012
Table 5 Homicides, by shootings and stabbings, by selected census metropolitan areas, 2012
Table 7 Number of gang-related homicides, by region, 2002 to 2012
Table 8 Gang-related homicides, by selected census metropolitan areas, 2012
2) Impaired Driving: In CANSIM table 252-0051 Incident-based crime statistics, by detailed violations, annual (Number), 1998 to 2012, there are several offences involving alcohol/drug use:
- Offences related to Impaired driving: Total impaired driving, Impaired operation causing death, Impaired operation (drugs) causing death, Impaired operation causing bodily harm, Impaired operation (drugs) causing bodily harm, Impaired operation of motor vehicle, vessel or aircraft, Impaired operation (drugs) vehicle, vessel, aircraft, Failure to provide breath sample, Failure to comply or refusal (drugs), Failure to provide blood sample.
- Offences related to drugs (but not “use of drug” in case you are interested): Total drug violations, Possession cannabis, Possession cocaine, Total possession other Controlled Drugs and Substances Act drugs, Heroin possession, Other Controlled Drugs and Substances Act possession, Methamphetamines (crystal meth) possession, Methylenedioxyamphetamine (ecstasy) possession, Total cannabis trafficking, production or distribution Cannabis, trafficking Cannabis, importation and exportation Cannabis, production, Total cocaine trafficking, production or distribution, Cocaine trafficking Cocaine importation and exportation, Cocaine production, Total other Controlled Drugs and Substances Act drugs, trafficking, production or distribution, Heroin trafficking, Other Controlled Drugs and Substances Act trafficking, Methamphetamines (crystal meth), trafficking, Methylenedioxyamphetamine (ecstasy) trafficking, Heroin importation and exportation, Other Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, importation and exportation, Methamphetamines (crystal meth) importation and exportation, Methylenedioxyamphetamine (ecstasy) importation and exportation, Heroin production, Other Controlled Drugs and Substances Act production, Methamphetamines (crystal meth), production, Methylenedioxyamphetamine (ecstasy) production, Precursor or equipment (crystal meth, ecstasy)
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In regards to the RDC files, the minimum level of geography available for urban areas will be the census tract (CT) and the census subdivision (CSD) is the minimum level for rural areas.
The RDC data files have geography at the CT or CSD level where CT is not available (e.g., rural areas)
