Table 10
Guilty youth cases sentenced to custody, Canada, provinces and territories, 2002/2003 to 2006/2007

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  2002/2003 2003/2004 2004/2005 2005/2006 2006/2007 Percentage change in number of cases receiving2002/2003 to 2006/2007 Percentage point change in proportion of guilty cases custody receiving custody 2002/2003 to 2006/2007
Total guilty cases Guilty cases sentenced to custody Total guilty cases Guilty cases sentenced to custody Total guilty cases Guilty cases sentenced to custody Total guilty cases Guilty cases sentenced to custody Total guilty cases Guilty cases sentenced to custody
number number percent number number percent number number percent number number percent number number percent percentage
Canada 49,169 13,246 26.9 39,323 8,683 22.1 35,865 7,578 21.1 34,628 6,355 18.4 34,065 5,640 16.6 -57.4 -10.4
Newfoundland and Labrador 1,049 403 38.4 855 184 21.5 759 174 22.9 608 121 19.9 563 104 18.5 -74.2 -19.9
Prince Edward Island 185 73 39.5 117 23 19.7 94 15 16.0 129 22 17.1 153 26 17.0 -64.4 -22.5
Nova Scotia 1,341 438 32.7 1,016 150 14.8 888 117 13.2 985 112 11.4 1,118 153 13.7 -65.1 -19.0
New Brunswick 1,374 355 25.8 1,027 235 22.9 1,009 210 20.8 1,065 174 16.3 1,035 170 16.4 -52.1 -9.4
Quebec 5,824 1,236 21.2 5,330 845 15.9 5,082 777 15.3 4,936 559 11.3 4,761 498 10.5 -59.7 -10.8
Ontario 21,344 6,013 28.2 16,407 4,589 28.0 15,314 4,059 26.5 14,418 3,446 23.9 13,833 2,880 20.8 -52.1 -7.4
Manitoba 2,413 628 26.0 2,089 334 16.0 1,900 299 15.7 1,983 173 8.7 2,051 164 8.0 -73.9 -18.0
Saskatchewan 3,801 1,180 31.0 2,788 732 26.3 2,746 586 21.3 2,718 489 18.0 2,945 498 16.9 -57.8 -14.1
Alberta 6,803 1,313 19.3 5,869 752 12.8 4,587 600 13.1 4,502 554 12.3 4,496 557 12.4 -57.6 -6.9
British Columbia 4,532 1,429 31.5 3,483 767 22.0 3,070 660 21.5 2,923 622 21.3 2,811 525 18.7 -63.3 -12.9
Yukon 64 31 48.4 44 13 29.5 32 8 25.0 35 15 42.9 41 14 34.1 -54.8 -14.3
Northwest Territories1 273 107 39.2 157 30 19.1 246 40 16.3 174 34 19.5 131 29 22.1 -72.9 -17.1
Nunavut 166 40 24.1 141 29 20.6 138 33 23.9 152 34 22.4 127 22 17.3 -45.0 -6.8
  1. From 2004/2005 to 2006/2007, for the Northwest Territories, 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. The majority of custody orders were captured as probation.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Youth Court Survey.