Canada number of identity fraud cases 2022

In 2022, the police in Canada received more than 3,700 reports about online identity fraud. Between 2014 and 2022, 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 2022

Characteristic	Number of identity fraud cases
2022	3,735
2021	5,265
2020	4,782
2019	1,950
2018	1,369
2017	1,082
2016	828
2015	695
2014	838

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Release date

July 2023

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Canada

Survey time period

2014 to 2022

Supplementary notes

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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