Table 14 Admissions to conditional sentence by most serious offence and sentence length, select jurisdictions, 2006/2007

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Length of conditional sentence on admission Total offences Criminal Code Federal statutes
Crimes of violence Property crimes Impaired driving Other Drug offences
Newfoundland and Labrador percent
3 months or less 53 65 61 0 57 18
More than 3 months to 6 months 26 22 28 56 27 20
More than 6 months to 12 months 14 8 9 33 12 36
More than 12 months and less than 18 months 5 3 2 0 4 20
18 months or more 2 2 1 11 0 7
  number
Total conditional sentence admissions 317 60 122 9 81 45
Nova Scotia percent
3 months or less 30 36 26 32 40 10
More than 3 months to 6 months 26 23 30 21 30 19
More than 6 months to 12 months 23 19 24 26 19 37
More than 12 months and less than 18 months 10 9 11 16 3 20
18 months or more 11 13 10 5 8 14
  number
Total conditional sentence admissions 656 189 183 19 172 93
New Brunswick percent
3 months or less 27 31 17 17 46 16
More than 3 months to 6 months 34 39 35 0 30 32
More than 6 months to 12 months 25 20 33 33 17 26
More than 12 months and less than 18 months 9 5 10 17 5 19
18 months or more 5 5 5 33 2 7
  number
Total conditional sentence admissions 600 210 216 6 111 57
Ontario percent
3 months or less 24 28 20 36 33 11
More than 3 months to 6 months 32 33 35 36 31 26
More than 6 months to 12 months 26 23 27 16 20 38
More than 12 months and less than 18 months 10 8 10 6 8 14
18 months or more 9 8 9 5 8 11
  number
Total conditional sentence admissions 4,896 1,310 1,312 151 1,118 1,005
Saskatchewan percent
3 months or less 10 7 9 12 16 1
More than 3 months to 6 months 37 37 39 36 43 14
More than 6 months to 12 months 34 38 33 30 25 49
More than 12 months and less than 18 months 14 13 13 15 10 27
18 months or more 6 5 7 6 6 10
  number
Total conditional sentence admissions 1,484 482 405 66 401 130
Alberta percent
3 months or less 5 6 7 0 8 1
More than 3 months to 6 months 20 23 22 25 32 8
More than 6 months to 12 months 30 28 37 35 31 25
More than 12 months and less than 18 months 22 24 22 29 17 23
18 months or more 22 20 12 11 11 42
  number
Total conditional sentence admissions 1,177 297 343 28 202 307
Total - all available jurisdictions percent
3 months or less 21 23 19 25 29 8
More than 3 months to 6 months 31 32 33 34 33 21
More than 6 months to 12 months 27 26 28 23 21 36
More than 12 months and less than 18 months 12 10 12 11 8 18
18 months or more 10 9 9 6 7 17
  number
Total conditional sentence admissions 9,130 2,548 2,581 279 2,085 1,637
Notes: Calculations for percent distribution are based on total conditional sentence admissions excluding those where most serious offence and/or sentence length is not known. Admisssions for other federal statutes and provincial and territorial and municipal offences have been excluded from this table due to small numbers.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Integrated Correctional Services Survey.