Table 2
Composition of the adult correctional population, admissions, 1996/1997, 2001/2002 and 2005/2006

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Correctional services 1996/1997 2001/2002 2005/2006 From 2001/ 2002 to 2005/ 2006 From 1996/ 1997 to 2005/ 2006
Admis-sions Adjusted admis-sions1 % of total1 Admis-sions Adjusted admis-sions1 % of total1 Admis-sions Adjusted admis-sions1 % of total1
number % number % number % % change in adjusted admissions
Custodial supervision
Provincial/territorial custody,sentenced 108,003 107,136 32.0 83,155 81,726 24.6 78,081 77,394 22.8 -5.3 -27.8
Remand2 107,911 107,783 32.2 120,512 119,843 36.1 131,620 131,095 38.6 9.4 21.6
Other temporary detention,provincial/territorial 12,468 12,468 3.7 26,197 12,822 3.9 15,521 15,520 4.6 21.0 24.5
Total provincial/territorial custody 228,382 227,387 68.0 229,864 214,391 64.6 225,222 224,009 66.0 4.5 -1.5
Federal custody, sentenced 7,422 7,422 2.2 7,381 7,381 2.2 8,285 8,285 2.4 12.2 11.6
Total custodial supervision 235,804 234,809 70.2 237,245 221,772 66.8 233,507 232,294 68.5 4.7 -1.1
Community supervision
Probation 80,599 79,908 23.9 84,549 83,185 25.1 81,430 80,330 23.7 -3.4 0.5
Provincial parole 4,847 4,847 1.4 2,301 2,301 0.7 1,875 1,875 0.6 -18.5 -61.3
Conditional sentences 7,673 7,669 … 18,604 17,600 5.3 18,580 17,133 5.0 -2.7 …
Total provincial communitysupervision 93,119 92,424 27.6 105,454 103,086 31.0 101,885 99,338 29.3 -3.6 7.5
Community releases (CSC3) 6,987 7,389 2.2 7,162 7,162 2.2 7,654 7,654 2.3 6.9 3.6
Total community supervision 100,106 99,813 29.8 112,616 110,248 33.2 109,539 106,992 31.5 -3.0 7.2
Total correctional services 335,910 334,622 100.0 349,861 332,020 100.0 343,046 339,286 100.0 2.2 1.4
… not applicable
  1. Because of missing data for some years, all data from Prince Edward Island, Northwest Territories and Nunavut and other temporary detention data from British Columbia and conditional sentences from Manitoba, have been excluded from "Adjusted admissions" in order to make comparisons between years. The percentages of total statistics are based upon adjusted admissions.
  2. Figures for remand may include admissions for other temporary detention.
  3. This category represents movement from custody to federal conditional release and includes provincial/territorial and federal offenders on day parole and full parole and federal offenders on statutory release. Offenders released on warrant expiry and other release types are excluded. CSC denotes the Correctional Service of Canada.
Note: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Adult Correctional Services Survey.