In 2023, the police in Canada received more than four thousand reports about online identity fraud. Between 2014 and 2023, this number has increased significantly, peaking in 2021. In the first measured year, the number of such reports received by the Canadian police was 838, whereas in 2021, it reached 5,265 cases.
Number of police-reported instances of online identity fraud in Canada from 2014 to 2023
The source adds the following information: "A criminal incident may be comprised of multiple violations of the law. For the analysis of cyber-related violations, one distinct violation within the incident was identified as the 'cybercrime violation'. The cybercrime violation represents the specific criminal violation within an incident in which a computer or the internet was the target of the crime, or the instrument used to commit the crime. For the majority of incidents, the cybercrime violation and the most serious violation were the same.
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StatCan. (July 25, 2024). Number of police-reported instances of online identity fraud in Canada from 2014 to 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 13, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1457331/identity-fraud-cases-canada/
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