Reports From the Public Processed in 2020
Volume of reports processed by Cybertip.ca
(For the year 2020)
| Total Reports Processed |
| 33,903 |
Excludes all Project Arachnid reports processed by Cybertip.ca
Jurisdiction of origin, report to Cybertip.ca
(For the year 2020)
| Jurisdiction | Reports |
| AB | 1,109 |
| BC | 1,371 |
| MB | 925 |
| NB | 229 |
| NL | 69 |
| NS | 723 |
| ON | 9,208 |
| PE | 42 |
| QC | 1,987 |
| SK | 383 |
| Territories | 11 |
| Canada - Province Unknown | 52 |
| Unknown | 797 |
| International | 17,071 |
Please note, the sum of the “Reports” column in the jurisdiction of origin table above is higher than the total number of reports received within the calendar year as Cybertip.ca reports may contain multiple jurisdictions of origin.
"International" includes but is not limited to reports from individuals outside of Canada concerned about the sexual exploitation of a child as well as reports of websites hosted in Canada from non-Canadian cybertip organizations.
Reports by incident type
(For the year 2020)
| Incident Type | Report |
| Child Trafficking | 46 |
| Child Sex Tourism | 48 |
| Child Prostitution | 60 |
| Agreement or Arrangement with another Person to Commit a Sexual Offence Against a Child | 130 |
| Making Sexually Explicit Material Available to a Child | 227 |
| Luring | 744 |
| Non-Consensual Distribution of Intimate Images (of an individual under 18 years of age) | 935 |
| Child Pornography | 31,713 |
When sex is known, 64% of victims reported to Cybertip.ca were female, 26% were male.
| Number of URLs Submitted in Child Sexual Abuse Material Reports |
| 37,273 |
When submitting a CSAM report to Cybertip.ca, members of the public can include multiple URLs they wish to report. These URLs can be submitted within a single report. Across the 31,713 reports of CSAM, members of public submitted 37,273 URLs in these reports.
Reports forwarded to Canadian police/child welfare agencies
(For the year 2020)
| Jurisdiction | Forwarded |
| YT | 1 |
| NT | 2 |
| NL | 14 |
| SK | 25 |
| NS | 25 |
| NB | 27 |
| MB | 96 |
| BC | 163 |
| AB | 168 |
| QC | 219 |
| ON | 444 |
| RCMP-NCECC | 2,951 |
Reports are sent to the RCMP's National Child Exploitation Crime Centre ( NCECC ) when triage shows victim/person of interest resides outside of Canada.
Statistics as of October 1, 2021