Key facts
Contents & fields
This dataset contains annual court activity statistics for British Columbia from fiscal years 2015-16 to 2024-25, aggregated by court level, division and class. Key indicators include Session Hours, Scheduled Court Appearances, New Court Cases, and Concluded Cases. Data is available in XLSX and CSV formats, with a link to a Power BI dashboard.
- Session Hours——the amount of time a matter is heard in court
- Scheduled Court Appearances——the number of occasions when cases are scheduled to be before the court (e.g., first appearance, case conference, trial, sentencing)
- New Court Cases——the number of new filings received in a court location that initiate a case, including files transferred from another registry
- Concluded Cases——the number of Provincial Court criminal cases with a final disposition recorded against all charges on an Information or ticket
Research uses
Can be used to analyze court workload trends, case processing efficiency, judicial resource allocation, and long-term patterns, supporting judicial administration and public policy research.
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Why this is hard to get on your own
When obtaining multi-year court activity data, cross-fiscal-year comparisons are often needed, but field definitions and statistical scopes may change, requiring careful metadata review.