Table 9
Sentences in youth courts, Canada, provinces and territories, 2006/2007

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  Total guilty cases Type of sentence
Custody and supervision1 Conditional sentence Deferred custody and supervision2 Intensive support and supervision2 Attend a non-residential program2 Probation Fine Community service Other3 Reprimand2
number number percent number percent number percent number percent number percent number percent number percent number percent number percent number percent
Canada 34,065 5,640 16.6 27 0.1 1,080 3.2 347 1.0 213 0.6 19,953 58.6 1,860 5.5 8,120 23.8 11,671 34.3 724 2.1
Newfoundland and Labrador 563 104 18.5 0 0.0 13 2.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 344 61.1 7 1.2 182 32.3 128 22.7 35 6.2
Prince Edward Island 153 26 17.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 130 85.0 13 8.5 0 0.0 28 18.3 0 0.0
Nova Scotia 1,118 153 13.7 0 0.0 87 7.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 827 74.0 47 4.2 265 23.7 226 20.2 16 1.4
New Brunswick 1,035 170 16.4 0 0.0 67 6.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 483 46.7 47 4.5 51 4.9 203 19.6 7 0.7
Quebec 4,761 498 10.5 0 0.0 93 2.0 16 0.3 31 0.7 3,177 66.7 178 3.7 2,261 47.5 1,692 35.5 29 0.6
Ontario 13,833 2,880 20.8 19 0.1 469 3.4 16 0.1 40 0.3 9,053 65.4 406 2.9 3,101 22.4 6,401 46.3 463 3.3
Manitoba 2,051 164 8.0 3 0.1 29 1.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 1,035 50.5 108 5.3 279 13.6 272 13.3 32 1.6
Saskatchewan2 2,945 498 16.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1,343 45.6 166 5.6 707 24.0 154 5.2 0 0.0
Alberta 4,496 557 12.4 0 0.0 158 3.5 11 0.2 142 3.2 2,127 47.3 707 15.7 729 16.2 1,568 34.9 96 2.1
British Columbia 2,811 525 18.7 4 0.1 160 5.7 301 10.7 0 0.0 1,227 43.6 169 6.0 542 19.3 922 32.8 46 1.6
Yukon 41 14 34.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 7.3 0 0.0 22 53.7 3 7.3 3 7.3 11 26.8 0 0.0
Northwest Territories4 131 29 22.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 69 52.7 6 4.6 0 0.0 39 29.8 0 0.0
Nunavut 127 22 17.3 1 0.8 4 3.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 116 91.3 3 2.4 0 0.0 27 21.3 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.
  3. 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.
  4. The number of custody orders have been under-reported and the number of probation orders have been over-reported by unknown amounts due to clerical procedures in the Northwest Territories. The majority of custody orders were captured as probation.
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.