Table 6
The number and proportion of adults admitted to sentenced custody and identified as Aboriginal, 2001/2002 and 2006/2007

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  2001/2002 2006/2007 2001/2002 2006/2007
number percent
Newfoundland and Labrador1 F 154 F 20
Prince Edward Island 19 .. 3 ..
Nova Scotia1 102 150 7 8
New Brunswick1 116 228 8 10
Quebec 266 241 2 3
Ontario1 2,777 2,452 9 10
Manitoba 2,090 2,486 69 69
Saskatchewan1 2,480 2,703 79 81
Alberta1, 2 .. 7,283 .. 35
British Columbia 1,900 2,055 21 22
Yukon 214 129 76 68
Northwest Territories 504 396 90 90
Nunavut .. .. .. ..
Total provinces and territories3 10,449 10,840 16 20
Total Federal4 .. 938 18 18
Note: Calculations for percent distribution are based on total custody admissions excluding those where the Aboriginal identity is not known.
1. Data for these respondents are from the new Integrated Correctional Services Survey and have been tabulated from microdata for the years commencing as follows: Newfoundland and Labrador, 2001/2002; Nova Scotia, 2002/2003; New Brunswick, 2002/2003; Ontario 2003/2004; Saskatchewan, 2001/2002; Alberta, 2005/2006. For these respondents, percentage calculation is based on sentenced custody totals excluding intermittent sentences. Accordingly, comparisons to data from previous years should be made with caution.
2. Alberta has been excluded due to a system change that occurred in 2005/2006 which altered the methodology by which admissions to custody were calculated.
3. Due to missing data for some years, totals and percentage calculations exclude Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Alberta and Nunavut.
4. Warrant of committal admissions only. Prior to 2005/2006, the federal jurisdictions did not supply the number of adults admitted to custody and identified as Aboriginal, only the proportion.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Adult Correctional Services Survey and Integrated Correctional Services Survey.