Table 8
Characteristics of adult offenders admitted to correctional services, 2005/2006

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Jurisdiction Sentenced custody Remand Probation Conditional sentence Total Aboriginal adult population 2006
Female Aboriginal Median age1 Female Aboriginal Median age1 Female Aboriginal Median age1 Female Aboriginal Median age1
percentage number percentage number percentage number percentage number percentage
Newfoundland and Labrador2 4 14 32 4 17 30 17 .. 31 22 11 31 5
Prince Edward Island .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1
Nova Scotia2 8 9 31 8 9 30 18 4 31 14 6 31 3
New Brunswick2 11 7 31 11 9 31 19 7 31 17 9 32 3
Quebec 11 3 37 9 4 33 14 8 32 13 6 34 2
Ontario2 11 9 33 13 10 31 17 8 32 20 11 33 2
Manitoba 8 71 28 12 65 28 18 55 29 16 43 28 16
Saskatchewan2 13 79 29 8 76 28 23 65 29 17 69 29 15
Alberta 13 38 31 14 28 29 19 23 30 19 16 30 6
British Columbia 10 20 33 14 19 32 19 20 32 16 17 34 5
Yukon 11 73 31 11 72 30 21 57 32 10 59 37 25
Northwest Territories 6 89 30 5 87 29 .. .. .. .. .. .. 50
Nunavut 2 99 38 2 98 35 15 95 .. 11 97 .. 85
Provincial/territorial total 11 24 ... 12 19 ... 18 19 ... 17 20 ... ...
Federal total 6 18 32 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Total 11 24 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 4
.. not available for a specific reference period
... not applicable
0 true zero or a value rounded to zero
  1. The median age at admission is the age where, if all the people are ordered by age, half of the people are younger and half are older.
  2. For Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario and Saskatchewan, percentage calculation is based on sentence custody totals excluding intermittent sentences.
Note: Percentages exclude not stated.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Adult Correctional Services Survey; Statistics Canada, Demography Division, Census of population.