Table 8a
Guilty youth court cases by type of sentence and type of offence, Canada, 2006/2007

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Offence group Total guilty cases Type of sentence
Custody and supervision1 Conditional sentence Deferred custody and supervision2 Intensive support and supervision2 Attend a non-residential program2
number number percent number percent number percent number percent number percent
Total offences 34,065 5,640 16.6 27 0.1 1,080 3.2 347 1.0 213 0.6
Crimes against the person 9,164 1,591 17.4 13 0.1 422 4.6 144 1.6 43 0.5
Homicide 21 15 71.4 0 0.0 1 4.8 0 0.0 0 0.0
Attempted murder 6 5 83.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Robbery 1,355 500 36.9 1 0.1 113 8.3 38 2.8 6 0.4
Sexual assault 459 55 12.0 1 0.2 35 7.6 14 3.1 0 0.0
Other sexual offences 272 30 11.0 0 0.0 17 6.3 9 3.3 0 0.0
Major assault 2,213 429 19.4 3 0.1 117 5.3 49 2.2 18 0.8
Common assault 3,404 341 10.0 7 0.2 89 2.6 21 0.6 12 0.4
Uttering threats 1,218 164 13.5 0 0.0 34 2.8 11 0.9 6 0.5
Criminal harassment 55 7 12.7 0 0.0 4 7.3 0 0.0 0 0.0
Other crimes against persons 161 45 28.0 1 0.6 12 7.5 2 1.2 1 0.6
Crimes against property 11,793 1,607 13.6 2 0.0 292 2.5 90 0.8 65 0.6
Theft 4,078 423 10.4 1 0.0 73 1.8 31 0.8 40 1.0
Break and enter 3,364 635 18.9 0 0.0 112 3.3 32 1.0 10 0.3
Fraud 441 58 13.2 0 0.0 12 2.7 3 0.7 2 0.5
Mischief 2,029 159 7.8 1 0.0 40 2.0 5 0.2 9 0.4
Possess stolen property 1,701 306 18.0 0 0.0 53 3.1 13 0.8 4 0.2
Other property crimes 180 26 14.4 0 0.0 2 1.1 6 3.3 0 0.0
Administration of justice 3,164 849 26.8 2 0.1 61 1.9 15 0.5 24 0.8
Fail to appear 169 31 18.3 0 0.0 3 1.8 0 0.0 1 0.6
Breach of probation 108 22 20.4 0 0.0 2 1.9 0 0.0 0 0.0
Unlawfully at large 501 338 67.5 0 0.0 7 1.4 1 0.2 3 0.6
Fail to comply with order 2,128 404 19.0 2 0.1 37 1.7 11 0.5 18 0.8
Other administration of justice offences 258 54 20.9 0 0.0 12 4.7 3 1.2 2 0.8
Other Criminal Code 2,574 401 15.6 4 0.2 96 3.7 31 1.2 18 0.7
Weapons 1,068 189 17.7 1 0.1 41 3.8 18 1.7 10 0.9
Prostitution 6 2 33.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Disturbing the peace 111 0 0.0 1 0.9 2 1.8 1 0.9 0 0.0
Residual Criminal Code 1,389 210 15.1 2 0.1 53 3.8 12 0.9 8 0.6
Total Criminal Code(excluding traffic) 26,695 4,448 16.7 21 0.1 871 3.3 280 1.0 150 0.6
Criminal Code traffic 886 87 9.8 0 0.0 19 2.1 9 1.0 2 0.2
Impaired driving 464 1 0.2 0 0.0 1 0.2 0 0.0 0 0.0
Other Criminal Code traffic 422 86 20.4 0 0.0 18 4.3 9 2.1 2 0.5
Total Criminal Code 27,581 4,535 16.4 21 0.1 890 3.2 289 1.0 152 0.6
Other federal statute total 6,484 1,105 17.0 6 0.1 190 2.9 58 0.9 61 0.9
Drug possession 1,050 17 1.6 4 0.4 0 0.0 1 0.1 9 0.9
Drug trafficking 730 102 14.0 2 0.3 31 4.2 4 0.5 3 0.4
Youth Criminal Justice Act/Young Offenders Act 3,912 859 22.0 0 0.0 159 4.1 53 1.4 49 1.3
Other federal statutes 792 127 16.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
0 true zero or a value rounded to zero
  1. S. 85(1) of the YCJA specifies that the provinces and territories must provide for at least two levels of custody, however the levels are not defined (as in the YOA, which provided for open and secure levels of custody). The majority of provinces and territories no longer maintain data in their operational systems pertaining to the level of custody to which a youth was sentenced.
  2. Data on new YCJA sentences are not yet available for Saskatchewan. They are included in the Other category.

Table 8b
Guilty youth court cases by type of sentence and type of offence, Canada, 2006/2007

Offence group Type of sentence
Probation Fine Community service Other2 Reprimand1
number percent number percent number percent number percent number percent
Total offences 19,953 58.6 1,860 5.5 8,120 23.8 11,671 34.3 724 2.1
Crimes against the person 6,249 68.2 102 1.1 1,969 21.5 3,642 39.7 102 1.1
Homicide 7 33.3 0 0.0 1 4.8 8 38.1 0 0.0
Attempted murder 5 83.3 0 0.0 1 16.7 3 50.0 0 0.0
Robbery 990 73.1 3 0.2 323 23.8 738 54.5 6 0.4
Sexual assault 360 78.4 1 0.2 59 12.9 145 31.6 1 0.2
Other sexual offences 213 78.3 0 0.0 32 11.8 63 23.2 0 0.0
Major assault 1,543 69.7 30 1.4 514 23.2 922 41.7 10 0.5
Common assault 2,136 62.7 50 1.5 741 21.8 1,337 39.3 59 1.7
Uttering threats 832 68.3 12 1.0 232 19.0 331 27.2 26 2.1
Criminal harassment 38 69.1 4 7.3 17 30.9 27 49.1 0 0.0
Other crimes against persons 125 77.6 2 1.2 49 30.4 68 42.2 0 0.0
Crimes against property 7,454 63.2 370 3.1 3,243 27.5 3,859 32.7 198 1.7
Theft 2,371 58.1 191 4.7 1,145 28.1 1,423 34.9 103 2.5
Break and enter 2,461 73.2 34 1.0 975 29.0 903 26.8 12 0.4
Fraud 270 61.2 16 3.6 98 22.2 157 35.6 9 2.0
Mischief 1,169 57.6 59 2.9 553 27.3 819 40.4 42 2.1
Possess stolen property 1,053 61.9 63 3.7 422 24.8 497 29.2 30 1.8
Other property crimes 130 72.2 7 3.9 50 27.8 60 33.3 2 1.1
Administration of justice 1,371 43.3 226 7.1 505 16.0 683 21.6 193 6.1
Fail to appear 76 45.0 16 9.5 19 11.2 41 24.3 13 7.7
Breach of probation 54 50.0 12 11.1 23 21.3 17 15.7 8 7.4
Unlawfully at large 116 23.2 2 0.4 59 11.8 26 5.2 10 2.0
Fail to comply with order 972 45.7 188 8.8 355 16.7 546 25.7 157 7.4
Other administration of justice offences 153 59.3 8 3.1 49 19.0 53 20.5 5 1.9
Other Criminal Code 1,578 61.3 94 3.7 537 20.9 945 36.7 57 2.2
Weapons 686 64.2 26 2.4 208 19.5 526 49.3 17 1.6
Prostitution 2 33.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 50.0
Disturbing the peace 56 50.5 11 9.9 26 23.4 46 41.4 7 6.3
Residual Criminal Code 834 60.0 57 4.1 303 21.8 373 26.9 30 2.2
Total Criminal Code (excluding traffic) 16,652 62.4 792 3.0 6,254 23.4 9,129 34.2 550 2.1
Criminal Code traffic 378 42.7 344 38.8 146 16.5 612 69.1 2 0.2
Impaired driving 118 25.4 304 65.5 65 14.0 413 89.0 1 0.2
Other Criminal Code traffic 260 61.6 40 9.5 81 19.2 199 47.2 1 0.2
Total Criminal Code 17,030 61.7 1,136 4.1 6,400 23.2 9,741 35.3 552 2.0
Other federal statute total 2,923 45.1 724 11.2 1,720 26.5 1,930 29.8 172 2.7
Drug possession 477 45.4 161 15.3 299 28.5 628 59.8 39 3.7
Drug trafficking 543 74.4 32 4.4 241 33.0 436 59.7 3 0.4
Youth Criminal Justice Act/Young Offenders Act 1,593 40.7 444 11.3 913 23.3 822 21.0 130 3.3
Other federal statutes 310 39.1 87 11.0 267 33.7 44 5.6 0 0.0
0 true zero or a value rounded to zero
  1. Data on new YCJA sentences are not yet available for Saskatchewan. They are included in the Other category.
  2. Other sentences include absolute discharge, restitution, prohibition, seizure, forfeiture, compensation, pay purchaser, essays, apologies, counseling programs, and conditional discharge. For Saskatchewan, this category also includes deferred custody and supervision, intensive support and supervision, attend a non-residential program and reprimand.
Note: The sentence types presented are not mutually exclusive and will not add to 100.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Youth Court Survey.