Table 11
Sentences in youth courts, Canada, provinces and territories, 2008/2009
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| Province and territory | Type of sentence | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total guilty cases | Custody and supervision1 | Conditional sentence | Deferred custody and supervision | Intensive support and supervision | Attend a non-residential program | ||||||
| number | number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | |
| Canada | 34,434 | 5,307 | 15.4 | 33 | 0.1 | 1,304 | 3.8 | 470 | 1.4 | 198 | 0.6 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 546 | 85 | 15.6 | 0 | … | 10 | 1.8 | 0 | … | 0 | … |
| Prince Edward Island | 129 | 25 | 19.4 | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … |
| Nova Scotia | 1,065 | 117 | 11.0 | 0 | … | 119 | 11.2 | 0 | … | 0 | … |
| New Brunswick | 1,039 | 127 | 12.2 | 0 | … | 114 | 11.0 | 0 | … | 0 | … |
| Quebec | 5,373 | 645 | 12.0 | 0 | … | 160 | 3.0 | 34 | 0.6 | 27 | 0.5 |
| Ontario | 13,145 | 2,671 | 20.3 | 30 | 0.2 | 526 | 4.0 | 17 | 0.1 | 44 | 0.3 |
| Manitoba | 2,209 | 138 | 6.2 | 2 | 0.1 | 33 | 1.5 | 0 | … | 0 | … |
| Saskatchewan2 | 3,042 | 495 | 16.3 | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … |
| Alberta | 4,704 | 493 | 10.5 | 0 | … | 172 | 3.7 | 34 | 0.7 | 127 | 2.7 |
| British Columbia | 2,845 | 444 | 15.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 164 | 5.8 | 385 | 13.5 | 0 | … |
| Yukon | 51 | 21 | 41.2 | 0 | … | 2 | 3.9 | 0 | … | 0 | … |
| Northwest Territories4 | 156 | 27 | 17.3 | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … | 0 | … |
| Nunavut | 130 | 19 | 14.6 | 0 | … | 4 | 3.1 | 0 | … | 0 | … |
| Province and territory | Type of sentence | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total guilty cases | Probation | Fine | Community service order | Reprimand2 | Other3 | ||||||
| number | number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | |
| Canada | 34,434 | 20,747 | 60.3 | 1,929 | 5.6 | 8,314 | 24.1 | 610 | 1.8 | 12,611 | 36.6 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 546 | 387 | 70.9 | 21 | 3.8 | 167 | 30.6 | 9 | 1.6 | 166 | 30.4 |
| Prince Edward Island | 129 | 101 | 78.3 | 18 | 14.0 | 0 | … | 0 | … | 20 | 15.5 |
| Nova Scotia | 1,065 | 688 | 64.6 | 47 | 4.4 | 261 | 24.5 | 42 | 3.9 | 273 | 25.6 |
| New Brunswick | 1,039 | 495 | 47.6 | 38 | 3.7 | 42 | 4.0 | 0 | … | 196 | 18.9 |
| Quebec | 5,373 | 3,697 | 68.8 | 236 | 4.4 | 2,629 | 48.9 | 30 | 0.6 | 2,070 | 38.5 |
| Ontario | 13,145 | 9,005 | 68.5 | 339 | 2.6 | 2,976 | 22.6 | 388 | 3.0 | 6,645 | 50.6 |
| Manitoba | 2,209 | 1,265 | 57.3 | 94 | 4.3 | 274 | 12.4 | 25 | 1.1 | 238 | 10.8 |
| Saskatchewan2 | 3,042 | 1,312 | 43.1 | 173 | 5.7 | 663 | 21.8 | 0 | … | 162 | 5.3 |
| Alberta | 4,704 | 2,337 | 49.7 | 778 | 16.5 | 815 | 17.3 | 83 | 1.8 | 1,870 | 39.8 |
| British Columbia | 2,845 | 1,228 | 43.2 | 166 | 5.8 | 481 | 16.9 | 33 | 1.2 | 892 | 31.4 |
| Yukon | 51 | 26 | 51.0 | 2 | 3.9 | 6 | 11.8 | 0 | … | 14 | 27.5 |
| Northwest Territories4 | 156 | 94 | 60.3 | 11 | 7.1 | 0 | … | 0 | … | 41 | 26.3 |
| Nunavut | 130 | 112 | 86.2 | 6 | 4.6 | 0 | … | 0 | … | 24 | 18.5 |
1.
S.85(1) of the YCJA specifies that the provinces and territories provide at least two levels of custody, however the levels are not defined (as in the YOA, which provided for open and secure levels of custody). The majority of provinces and territories no longer maintain data in their operational systems pertaining to the level of custody to which a youth was sentenced.
2. Data on new YCJA sentences are not yet available for Saskatchewan. They are included in the 'Other' category.
3. Other sentences include absolute discharge, restitution, prohibition, seizure, forfeiture, compensation, pay purchaser, essays, apologies, counselling programs, and conditional discharge. For Saskatchewan, this category also includes deferred custody and supervision, intensive support and supervision, attend a non-residential program and reprimand.
4. The number of custody orders has been under-reported and the number of probation orders have been over reported by unknown amounts due to clerical procedures in the Northwest Territories. The majority of custody orders were captured as probation.
Note: The sentence types presented are not mutually exclusive and in some cases the sentence type is unknown or not reported, therefore, the percentages will not add to 100.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Youth Court Survey.
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