National DNA Data Bank statistics
Wednesday, October 15, 2026
Match inventory report
| |
Total |
| Criminal investigations |
Offender hits - Crime scene to offender |
98,359 |
|---|
| Forensic hits - Crime scene to crime scene |
11,828 |
|---|
| Victim hits - Matches to victims index |
18 |
|---|
| Humanitarian investigations |
Human remains hits - Putative identification |
167 |
| Humanitarian indices hits - Investigative lead |
49 |
| Total |
110,421 |
National DNA Data Bank - Offender hits by case type
| Offence |
Total |
| Murder |
6,466 |
| Sexual assault |
9,556 |
| Attempted murder |
2,058 |
| Robbery (armed) |
10,368 |
| Breaking and entering |
38,550 |
| Assault |
7,704 |
| Other |
23,657 |
| Total |
98,359 |
DNA profiles contained in criminal indices
| Type |
Total |
| Convicted offenders index |
507,567 |
| Crime scene index |
269,468 |
| Victims index |
196 |
| Voluntary donors index |
0 |
| Total |
777,231 |
DNA profiles contained in humanitarian indices
| Type |
Total |
| Missing persons index |
387 |
| Relatives of the missing persons index |
2,613 |
| Human remains index |
477 |
| Total |
3,477 |
DNA profiles contained in the crime scene index
| Public forensic laboratories |
Total |
| Laboratoire de sciences judiciaires et de médecine légale in Montreal |
74,371 |
| Centre of Forensic Sciences in Toronto and Sault Ste. Marie |
107,974 |
| The RCMP National Forensic laboratories in Ottawa, Edmonton and Surrey |
87,123 |
| Total |
269,468 |
Convicted offender samples received
| Type of order |
Total |
Percentage |
| Retroactive |
5,027 |
0.89% |
| Prospective Table footnote 1 |
558,596 |
99.11% |
| Total |
563,623 |
100.00% |
| Type of offence |
Total |
Percentage |
| Primary |
305,497 |
54.67% |
| Secondary |
253,317 |
45.33% |
| Total |
558,814 |
100.00% |
| Province or territory |
Total |
Percentage |
| Alberta |
59,788 |
10.61% |
| British Columbia |
59,386 |
10.54% |
| Manitoba |
33,407 |
5.93% |
| New Brunswick |
7,664 |
1.36% |
| Newfoundland and Labrador |
7,176 |
1.27% |
| Nova Scotia |
13,582 |
2.41% |
| Northwest Territories |
2,778 |
0.49% |
| Nunavut |
2,632 |
0.47% |
| Ontario |
252,738 |
44.84% |
| Prince Edward Island |
1,506 |
0.27% |
| Quebec |
96,762 |
17.17% |
| Saskatchewan |
25,229 |
4.48% |
| Yukon |
975 |
0.17% |
| Total |
563,623 |
100.00% |
| Type of biological sample |
Total |
Percentage |
| Blood |
556,572 |
98.60% |
| Buccal |
6,683 |
1.30% |
| Hair |
368 |
0.10% |
| Total |
563,623 |
100.00% |
Endorsements received since January 1, 2008
| Type of order |
Total |
Percentage |
| Retroactive |
8 |
0.00% |
| Prospective |
275,948 |
100.00% |
| Total |
275,956 |
100.00% |
| Type of offence |
Total |
Percentage |
| Primary |
125,107 |
45.62% |
| Secondary |
149,135 |
54.38% |
| Total |
274,242 |
100.00% |
| Province or territory |
Total |
Percentage |
| Alberta |
27,693 |
10.04% |
| British Columbia |
26,755 |
9.70% |
| Manitoba |
16,019 |
5.80% |
| New Brunswick |
1,719 |
0.62% |
| Newfoundland and Labrador |
1,932 |
0.70% |
| Nova Scotia |
3,980 |
1.44% |
| Northwest Territories |
1,126 |
0.41% |
| Nunavut |
768 |
0.28% |
| Ontario |
160,884 |
58.30% |
| Prince Edward Island |
221 |
0.08% |
| Quebec |
26,586 |
9.63% |
| Saskatchewan |
7,922 |
2.87% |
| Yukon |
351 |
0.13% |
| Total |
275,956 |
100.00% |
Rejections
| Type of rejections |
Total |
| Rejected samples |
8,836 |
| Rejected endorsements |
4,263 |
