- In 2016, Canadian police services reported 340 incidents of human trafficking where it was the most serious violation (Chart 1).
- According to police-reported data, there were a total of 865 victims of human trafficking between 2009 and 2016. The vast majority (95%) of these victims were women.
- Females under the age of 25 years represented 70% of all victims of police-reported human trafficking (26% were less than 18 years old, and 44% were between 18 and 24 years).
- While incidents of human trafficking in Nova Scotia accounted for 6% of the incidents reported nationally over the eight-year period, the rate reported in the province in 2016 (2.1 per 100,000) was the highest recorded among the provinces and territories.
- Statistics Canada. 2018. Trafficking in persons in Canada, 2016. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/85-005-x/2018001/article/54979-eng.htm