Our Results
Cybertip.ca is committed to reducing the victimization of children online. In addition to receiving and processing reports from the public and child sexual abuse material that is detected through Project Arachnid, the tipline also provides education resources to help keep children of all ages safe online.
Public Reporting:
- 360,000+
- 18+ million education and prevention resources distributed across Canada
- Educational page views: 26+ million
- Reports forwarded to a Canadian law enforcement agency:
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reports actioned internationally: 127,300+
- 8,400+ reports about luring/grooming
- 1,700+ reports about sextortion
- 4,200+ reports about intimate images
- Reports forwarded to child welfare: 1,000+
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Arrests executed by law enforcement in connection to a Cybertip.ca report: 580+
- Countless
Project Arachnid:
- 130+ billion images processed
- 41+ million images triggered for analyst review
- 9+ million notices sent to providers
Each month, Cybertip.ca processes 2,500+ reports.*
* Excluding activities related to Project Arachnid
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 |
| Territories | 11 |
| PE | 42 |
| NL | 69 |
| NB | 229 |
| SK | 383 |
| Unknown | 561 |
| NS | 723 |
| MB | 925 |
| AB | 1,109 |
| BC | 1,371 |
| QC | 1,536 |
| ON | 9,207 |
| International | 16,545 |
| Total Reports | 33,903 |
"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 |
Of the victims reported to Cybertip.ca, 64% were female and 26% were male; the gender for 10% was unknown.
Reports forwarded to Canadian police/child welfare agencies
(For the year 2020)
| Province | 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