Table 5
Admissions of youth to provincial and territorial correctional facilities, by type of custody, by select province and territory, 2008/2009
| Province or territory | Remand | Sentenced custody | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | percent of total custodial population1 | percent change from 2007/2008 to 2008/2009 | percent change from 2004/2005 to 2008/2009 | number | percent of total custodial population1 | percent change from 2007/2008 to 2008/2009 | percent change from 2004/2005 to 2008/2009 | |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 93 | 59 | -32 | -41 | 64 | 41 | 5 | -50 |
| Prince Edward Island | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Nova Scotia | 274 | 68 | -25 | 68 | 130 | 32 | -18 | -4 |
| New Brunswick | 324 | 65 | 3 | 18 | 176 | 35 | -1 | -34 |
| Quebec | 2,542 | 71 | -5 | -18 | 1,032 | 29 | 8 | 11 |
| Ontario | 7,932 | 86 | -10 | -5 | 1,250 | 14 | -16 | -44 |
| Manitoba | 1,831 | 84 | -3 | 18 | 338 | 16 | 7 | -11 |
| Saskatchewan2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 398 | .. | 30 | 6 |
| Alberta | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| British Columbia | 1,167 | 78 | -3 | -17 | 325 | 22 | -12 | -43 |
| Yukon | 35 | 65 | -24 | 52 | 19 | 35 | 19 | 58 |
| Northwest Territories | 45 | 50 | 0 | 15 | 45 | 50 | 61 | -15 |
| Nunavut | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Total | 14,243 | 79 | -8 | -5 | 3,777 | 21 | -3 | -25 |
| .. not available for a specific reference period 1. Excludes Provincial Director Remand. 2. The percent of the total custodial population cannot be calculated due to the unavailability of remand data for Saskatchewan. Note: Excludes Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan, Alberta and Nunavut due to the unavailability of data. Data for Alberta are currently being revised. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Youth Custody and Community Services Survey. |
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