Table 5
Characteristics of all persons involved in adult correctional services that served remand or sentenced custody with no remand, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario and Saskatchewan, 2005/2006

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  Total Remand Sentenced custody; no remand
number percentage1 number percentage1 number percentage1
Total 45,774 100.0 39,640 100.0 6,134 100.0
Jurisdiction
Newfoundland and Labrador 573 1.3 243 0.6 330 5.4
Nova Scotia 1,473 3.2 1,065 2.7 408 6.7
New Brunswick 1,992 4.4 968 2.4 1,024 16.7
Ontario 37,960 82.9 34,495 87.0 3,465 56.5
Saskatchewan 3,776 8.2 2,869 7.2 907 14.8
Sex
Male 40,302 88.1 34,799 87.8 5,503 89.9
Female 5,437 11.9 4,818 12.2 619 10.1
Unknown 35 ... 23 ... 12 ...
Aboriginal identity
Aboriginal 5,946 13.0 4,946 12.5 1,000 16.5
Non-Aboriginal 39,634 87.0 34,564 87.5 5,070 83.5
Unknown 194 ... 130 ... 64 ...
Age at first involvement admission date
Under 18 58 0.1 53 0.1 5 0.1
18 to 19 4,270 9.3 3,999 10.1 271 4.4
20 to 24 8,520 18.6 7,565 19.1 955 15.6
25 to 29 7,000 15.3 6,147 15.5 853 13.9
30 to 34 6,010 13.1 5,199 13.1 811 13.2
35 to 39 6,225 13.6 5,379 13.6 846 13.8
40 to 44 5,755 12.6 4,914 12.4 841 13.7
45 to 49 3,980 8.7 3,330 8.4 650 10.6
50 and over 3,946 8.6 3,050 7.7 896 14.6
Unknown 10 ... 4 ... 6 ...
Mean 33 ... 33 ... 36 ...
Median 32 ... 31 ... 35 ...
Marital status2
Single - never married 26,293 60.1 23,109 61.2 3,184 53.4
Married 5,803 13.3 4,993 13.2 810 13.6
Common-law 5,909 13.5 4,904 13.0 1,005 16.8
Separated/divorced 5,466 12.5 4,556 12.1 910 15.3
Widowed 253 0.6 197 0.5 56 0.9
Unknown 2,050 ... 1,881 ... 169 ...
Education completed for age 25 and over2
No formal education 31 0.1 23 0.1 8 0.2
Some primary 901 4.1 681 3.7 220 5.9
Completed primary 1,536 7.0 1,117 6.1 419 11.3
Some secondary 9,945 45.2 8,651 47.3 1,294 34.9
Completed secondary 7,465 33.9 6,024 32.9 1,441 38.9
Some post-secondary 1,098 5.0 963 5.3 135 3.6
Completed post-secondary 1,034 4.7 842 4.6 192 5.2
Unknown 11,945 ... 10,719 ... 1,226 ...
Employment status at admission2
Unemployed (but able to work) 7,835 43.3 6,212 43.1 1,623 44.1
Employed (part-time, full-time) 8,513 47.0 6,787 47.1 1,726 46.9
Not employable - disabled, medical reasons, etc. 947 5.2 811 5.6 136 3.7
Student - not employed 477 2.6 384 2.7 93 2.5
Retired - not employed 108 0.6 61 0.4 47 1.3
Other - not employed 219 1.2 165 1.1 54 1.5
Unknown 27,675 ... 25,220 ... 2,455 ...
Need indicated2,3
Substance abuse (Total number = 2,770) 2,590 93.5 1,921 93.7 669 92.9
Attitude (Total number = 2,768) 2,275 82.2 1,729 84.4 546 75.9
Family/marital (Total number = 2,770) 1,571 56.7 1,231 60.0 340 47.2
Personal/emotional (Total number = 2,770) 428 15.5 330 16.1 98 13.6
Social interaction (Total number = 2,770) 2,343 84.6 1,765 86.1 578 80.3
Employment (Total number = 2,770) 1,911 69.0 1,462 71.3 449 62.4
Number of needs indicated2,4
Zero to one 98 3.5 61 3.0 37 5.1
Two to three 696 25.1 451 22.0 245 34.1
Four 920 33.2 693 33.8 227 31.6
Five to six 1,054 38.1 844 41.2 210 29.2
Mean 4 ... 4 ... 4 ...
Median 4 ... 4 ... 4 ...
Most serious offence, first involvement5
Violent offences 16,909 36.9 15,950 40.2 959 15.6
Serious violent offences6 4,539 9.9 4,282 10.8 257 4.2
Sexual offences 1,756 3.8 1,525 3.8 231 3.8
Robbery 1,934 4.2 1,841 4.6 93 1.5
Common assault 4,017 8.8 3,781 9.5 236 3.8
Other violent offences7 4,663 10.2 4,521 11.4 142 2.3
Property offences 10,050 22.0 9,101 23.0 949 15.5
Break and enter 3,026 6.6 2,815 7.1 211 3.4
Theft and possession of property 4,326 9.5 3,817 9.6 509 8.3
Fraud 1,952 4.3 1,785 4.5 167 2.7
Other property offences 746 1.6 684 1.7 62 1.0
Offences against the Administration of Justice 6,347 13.9 5,510 13.9 837 13.6
Other Criminal Code offences (excludes traffic) 5,127 11.2 4,600 11.6 527 8.6
Criminal Code - traffic offences 2,700 5.9 1,478 3.7 1,222 19.9
Drug offences 2,928 6.4 2,566 6.5 362 5.9
Other offences8 1,713 3.7 435 1.1 1,278 20.8
... not applicable
  1. Percentage calculations exclude 'unknown'.
  2. Refers to most recent status as of the most recent involvement in correctional services.
  3. Excludes Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Ontario and includes only those cases where need assessments were performed. Need level indicated as medium or high.
  4. Excludes Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Ontario and includes only those cases in which all needs were assessed. Need is indicated as being present when the need is assessed as medium or high. Maximum number of needs is 6 and minimum is 0. For remand, number = 2,049. For sentenced custody, no remand, number = 719.
  5. Ranked using the CCJS Courts Program Seriousness Ranking, 2006.
  6. Includes homicide, attempted murder and major assault.
  7. Includes utter threats, criminal harassment, and other crimes against the person.
  8. Includes other federal statute offences, provincial/territorial offences, municipal bylaw infractions, and unknown offences.
Note: Data represent 74% of the national volume of admissions to custody and are not representative at the national level.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Integrated Correctional Services Survey.