National DNA Data Bank statistics
Issued: July 15, 2024
On this page
- Match inventory report
- National DNA Data Bank - Offender hits by case type
- DNA profiles contained in criminal indices
- DNA profiles contained in humanitarian indices
- DNA profiles contained in the crime scene index
- Convicted offender samples received
- Endorsements received since January 1, 2008
- Rejections
Match inventory report
| Total | ||
|---|---|---|
| Criminal investigations | ||
| Offender hits - Crime scene to offender | 84,029 | |
| Forensic hits - Crime scene to crime scene | 9,569 | |
| Victim hits - Matches to victims index | 15 | |
| Humanitarian investigations | ||
| Human remains hits - Putative identification | 90 | |
| Humanitarian indices hits - Investigative lead | 31 | |
| Total | 93,734 | |
National DNA Data Bank - Offender hits by case type
| Offence | Total |
|---|---|
| Murder | 5,622 |
| Sexual assault | 8,353 |
| Attempted murder | 1,695 |
| Robbery (armed) | 8,952 |
| Breaking and entering | 34,833 |
| Assault | 6,658 |
| Other | 17,916 |
| Total | 84,029 |
DNA profiles contained in criminal indices
| Type | Total |
|---|---|
| Convicted offenders index | 463,271 |
| Crime scene index | 230,428 |
| Victims index | 164 |
| Voluntary donors index | 0 |
| Total | 693,863 |
DNA profiles contained in humanitarian indices
| Type | Total |
|---|---|
| Missing persons index | 268 |
| Relatives of the missing persons index | 1,914 |
| Human remains index | 368 |
| Total | 2,550 |
DNA profiles contained in the crime scene index
| Public forensic laboratories | Total |
|---|---|
| Laboratoire de sciences judiciaires et de médecine légale in Montreal | 63,115 |
| Centre of Forensic Sciences in Toronto and Sault Ste. Marie | 91,297 |
| The RCMP National Forensic laboratories in Ottawa, Edmonton and Surrey | 76,016 |
| Total | 230,428 |
Convicted offender samples received
| Type of order | Total | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Retroactive | 5,027 | 0.98% |
| Prospective Table footnote 1 | 509,663 | 99.02% |
| Total | 514,690 | 100.00% |
| Type of offence | Total | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | 276,412 | 54.16% |
| Secondary | 233,981 | 45.84% |
| Total | 510,393 | 100.00% |
| Province or territory | Total | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Alberta | 55,455 | 10.77% |
| British Columbia | 56,122 | 10.90% |
| Manitoba | 30,850 | 5.99% |
| New Brunswick | 6,978 | 1.36% |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 6,857 | 1.33% |
| Nova Scotia | 12,553 | 2.44% |
| Northwest Territories | 2,653 | 0.52% |
| Nunavut | 2,554 | 0.50% |
| Ontario | 227,868 | 44.27% |
| Prince Edward Island | 1,402 | 0.27% |
| Quebec | 87,899 | 17.08% |
| Saskatchewan | 22,573 | 4.39% |
| Yukon | 926 | 0.18% |
| Total | 514,690 | 100.00% |
| Type of biological sample | Total | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Blood | 508,116 | 98.60% |
| Buccal | 6,214 | 1.30% |
| Hair | 360 | 0.10% |
| Total | 514,690 | 100.00% |
Endorsements received since January 1, 2008
| Type of order | Total | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Retroactive | 8 | 0.00% |
| Prospective | 233,066 | 100.00% |
| Total | 233,074 | 100.00% |
| Type of offence | Total | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | 104,763 | 45.23% |
| Secondary | 126,866 | 54.77% |
| Total | 231,629 | 100.00% |
| Province or territory | Total | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Alberta | 24,273 | 10.41% |
| British Columbia | 24,344 | 10.44% |
| Manitoba | 13,612 | 5.84% |
| New Brunswick | 1,293 | 0.55% |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 1,700 | 0.73% |
| Nova Scotia | 3,334 | 1.43% |
| Northwest Territories | 990 | 0.42% |
| Nunavut | 726 | 0.31% |
| Ontario | 133,255 | 57.17% |
| Prince Edward Island | 180 | 0.08% |
| Quebec | 22,848 | 9.80% |
| Saskatchewan | 6,204 | 2.66% |
| Yukon | 315 | 0.14% |
| Total | 233,074 | 100.00% |
Rejections
| Type of rejections | Total |
|---|---|
| Rejected samples | 8,025 |
| Rejected endorsements | 3,465 |
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