Table 10
Guilty cases by mean and median length of probation sentence, ten provinces and territories, 2002/2003 to 2006/2007

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Offence category	2002/2003		2003/2004		2004/2005		2005/2006		2006/2007
	Mean	Median	Mean	Median	Mean	Median	Mean	Median	Mean	Median
	days
Total offences	451	365	452	365	453	365	455	365	453	365
*Criminal Code* total	452	365	451	365	454	365	454	365	453	365
Crimes against the person	483	365	482	365	486	365	484	365	482	365
Homicide	802	730	760	730	902	1,095	718	730	829	730
Attempted murder	760	730	732	730	834	1,095	867	730	991	1,095
Robbery	651	730	674	730	682	730	687	730	679	730
Sexual assault	634	540	645	720	652	730	657	730	679	730
Other sexual offences	760	730	761	730	767	730	786	730	784	730
Major assault	507	365	500	365	516	365	518	365	516	365
Common assault	410	365	407	365	412	365	410	365	409	365
Uttering threats	506	365	507	365	503	365	501	365	499	365
Criminal harassment	640	720	629	545	621	545	626	545	602	545
Other crimes against the person	599	540	611	545	601	545	618	545	608	545
Crimes against property	448	365	447	365	448	365	448	365	447	365
Theft	402	365	405	365	406	365	407	365	403	365
Break and enter	555	540	551	540	559	540	560	540	559	540
Fraud	492	365	492	365	489	365	483	365	490	365
Mischief	384	360	382	365	386	365	393	365	396	365
Possess stolen property	426	365	425	365	433	365	434	365	429	365
Other property crimes	569	540	524	365	529	365	501	365	569	540
Administration of justice	393	365	391	365	392	365	395	365	390	365
Fail to appear	318	360	334	360	320	365	346	365	335	365
Breach of probation	399	365	397	365	407	365	409	365	404	365
Unlawfully at large	375	365	393	365	408	365	387	365	394	365
Fail to comply with order	382	360	376	360	364	365	366	365	364	365
Other administration of justice	446	365	442	365	440	365	472	365	457	365
Other Criminal Code	464	365	462	365	465	365	476	365	484	365
Weapons	469	365	479	365	486	365	488	365	491	365
Prostitution	354	360	367	360	355	365	367	365	350	365
Disturbing the peace	321	360	316	360	309	365	310	363	320	365
Residual Criminal Code	489	365	482	365	484	365	497	365	507	365
*Criminal Code* traffic	390	365	397	365	409	365	411	365	413	365
Impaired driving	383	360	391	365	403	365	402	365	400	365
Other Criminal Code traffic	404	365	407	365	421	365	424	365	434	365
Other federal statute total	434	365	457	365	452	365	458	365	456	365
Drug possession	282	270	301	360	306	365	308	365	318	365
Drug trafficking	416	365	415	365	422	365	432	365	439	365
Youth Criminal Justice Act/Young Offenders Act	303	360	311	360	293	360	347	365	328	365
Residual federal statutes	541	540	541	540	552	540	555	540	549	540
Note: Excludes cases where length of prison was not known, and cases where the length was specified as indeterminant. Cases sentenced to life imprisonment were recoded to 9,125 days (25 years) for the calculation of sentence length means. Time in custody prior to sentencing is taken into consideration when imposing a sentence. The length of time in custody prior to sentencing and the extent to which it infl uences the sanction imposed are not available from the survey. In Quebec, most drug offences are recorded under residual federal statutes, resulting in an undercount of drug possession and drug trafficking cases and an overcount of residual federal statute cases. This trend analysis table does not include data from Manitoba, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut. Coverage for Adult Criminal Court Survey data for five year trend analysis (ten jurisdictions) is estimated at 90%. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.

Table 10Guilty cases by mean and median length of probation sentence, ten provinces and territories, 2002/2003 to 2006/2007

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Table 10
Guilty cases by mean and median length of probation sentence, ten provinces and territories, 2002/2003 to 2006/2007