'Unfounded' is not the same as 'false'. From the original article: 'True unfounded cases, which arise from malicious or mistaken reports, are rare. Between 2 per cent and 8 per cent of complaints are false reports, according to research from North America, the United Kingdom and Australia.

'National policing data, compiled and reviewed by The Globe as part of its 20-month investigation, reveal that one of every five sexual-assault allegations in Canada is dismissed as baseless and thus unfounded. The result is a national unfounded rate of 19.39 per cent – nearly twice as high as it is for physical assault (10.84 per cent), and dramatically higher than that of other types of crime.'

So studies have shown 2 to 8 per cent of complaints are false, yet almost 20 per cent are labelled unfounded by Canadian police. Either Canada is really defying the studies on false reports, or police are failing to take seriously a lot of women who have been sexually assaulted.