Table 9
Incarceration rates of young persons per 10,000 youth population, 1996/1997 to 2005/2006

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Jurisdiction Incarceration rate1
1996/1997 1997/1998 1998/1999 1999/2000 2000/2001 2001/2002 2002/2003 2003/2004 2004/2005 2005/2006
rate
Total2 18.0 17.2 16.6 15.4 14.4 13.5 12.6 9.0 8.2 7.5
Newfoundland and Labrador 28.1 24.0 22.9 21.4 20.6 22.1 24.2 12.8 12.7 11.3
Prince Edward Island 33.0 23.1 18.8 17.9 14.8 13.9 12.2 6.6 2.5 4.2
Nova Scotia 23.0 19.5 19.5 18.0 18.4 15.9 17.1 10.0 7.4 7.9
New Brunswick 31.1 25.6 23.2 23.5 24.1 21.5 18.0 12.6 12.7 10.9
Quebec 8.8 9.6 9.9 8.7 8.4 7.9 7.5 5.5 4.7 3.9
Ontario3 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 10.2 9.7 8.4
Manitoba 32.8 32.5 31.0 30.1 27.9 26.4 25.5 19.7 19.1 20.6
Saskatchewan 37.3 39.6 41.0 36.2 35.6 35.3 33.9 28.0 25.5 23.1
Alberta 22.3 18.9 17.8 16.4 14.4 13.5 11.9 8.3 7.5 7.1
British Columbia 13.0 12.2 11.2 10.2 8.9 7.9 6.7 4.7 4.7 4.1
Yukon 56.2 63.6 50.4 46.8 30.5 24.3 21.2 14.1 14.2 10.8
Northwest Territories4 90.2 99.1 62.3 157.0 134.1 136.0 109.6 59.2 56.2 51.3
Nunavut4 ... ... ... .. 35.4 16.8 38.0 29.2 34.1 31.6
.. not available for a specific reference period
... not applicable
1. The incarceration rate is the average daily counts of remand, secure and open custody per 10,000 youth aged 12 to 17 in the population.
2. National figures exclude Ontario and Nunavut for all reference years due to incomplete data.
3. Ontario 2003/2004 incarceration rate includes partial estimates for 12- to 15-year-olds.
4 .On April 1, 1999, the Northwest Territories was divided and the territory of Nunavut was created. Therefore, caution is advised when comparing Northwest Territories' data prior to 1999/2000 with any data reported after the creation of Nunavut. In addition, Nunavut did not report data in 1999/2000.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Corrections Key Indicator Report; Demography Division, Population Estimates.