Table 5
Cases completed in youth court, by type of offence and selected sentence, Canada, 2010/2011

Table 5
Cases completed in youth court, by type of offence and selected sentence, Canada, 2010/2011
Type of offenceNote 1 Total number of guilty cases CustodyNote 2, Note 3 Probation Community service order
numberNote 4 % Median length of sentence (days)Note 5 numberNote 6 % Median length of sentence (days)Note 6 number %
Violent offences 8,073 1,359 17 66 5,326 66 365 1,676 21
Homicide 24 11 46 795 0 0 0 0 0
Attempted murder 9 7 78 575 2 22 0 0 0
Robbery 1,504 516 34 120 1,112 74 365 392 26
Sexual assault 515 59 11 150 390 76 540 54 10
Other sexual offencesNote 7 255 31 12 120 182 71 540 24 9
Major assaultNote 8 2,059 384 19 61 1,404 68 365 412 20
Common assault 2,290 148 6 20 1,255 55 365 472 21
Uttering threats 1,159 142 12 28 776 67 360 251 22
Criminal harassment 88 11 13 24 74 84 365 25 28
Other violent offences 170 50 29 103 131 77 360 46 27
Property offences 9,784 1,162 12 40 6,232 64 365 2,649 27
TheftNote 9 3,473 336 10 30 1,995 57 360 964 28
Break and enter 2,738 418 15 60 2,021 74 365 720 26
Fraud 339 32 9 41 225 66 365 102 30
Mischief 1,686 157 9 30 987 59 365 433 26
Possess stolen property 1,260 182 14 30 779 62 365 359 28
Other property crimes 288 37 13 60 225 78 365 71 25
Administration of justice offences 3,615 799 22 20 1,646 46 365 700 19
Fail to appear 126 16 13 15 56 44 365 26 21
Breach of probation 116 11 9 4 58 50 360 27 23
Unlawfully at large 379 274 72 30 82 22 365 43 11
Fail to comply with order 2,240 350 16 15 1,048 47 365 411 18
Other administration of justice offences 754 148 20 29 402 53 365 193 26
Other Criminal Code offences 1,512 214 14 60 1,004 66 360 376 25
Weapons offences 1,044 157 15 60 692 66 365 185 18
Prostitution 6 0 0 0 4 67 318 1 17
Disturb the peace 73 0 0 0 24 33 270 18 25
Residual Criminal Code 389 57 15 60 284 73 360 172 44
Total Criminal Code (excluding
traffic)		 22,984 3,534 15 42 14,208 62 365 5,401 23
Criminal Code traffic offences 769 50 7 90 316 41 365 148 19
Impaired driving 482 6 1 150 148 31 360 86 18
Other Criminal Code traffic offences 287 44 15 89 168 59 365 62 22
Total Criminal Code (including
traffic)		 23,753 3,584 15 44 14,524 61 365 5,549 23
Other federal statute offences 6,155 1,055 17 20 2,855 46 360 1,851 30
Drug possession 876 15 2 17 388 44 360 276 32
Other drug offencesNote 10 673 60 9 60 494 73 365 225 33
Youth Criminal Justice Act 4,572 980 21 20 1,964 43 360 1,343 29
Other federal statutes 34 0 0 0 9 26 365 7 21
Total offences 29,908 4,639 16 35 17,379 58 365 7,400 25
1. Cases that involve more than one charge are counted according to the most serious offence rule.
2. S. 85(1) of the YCJA specifies that the provinces and territories must provide for 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.
3. Since custody orders under the YCJA include a mandatory period of post-custody supervision, the figures for custody include the post-custody supervision portion of the order effective April 1, 2003.
4. Excludes cases in which the length of the custody sentence was unknown.
5. Custodial sentence lengths exclude time spent in custody prior to sentencing and/or the amount of credit awarded for time spent in pre-sentence custody. Also excludes cases in which the length of the custody sentence was unknown.
6. Excludes cases in which the length of the probation sentence was unknown.
7. Includes, for example, sexual interference, invitation to sexual touching, child pornography, luring a child via a computer and sexual exploitation.
8. Includes, for example, assault with a weapon (level 2) and aggravated assault (level 3).
9. Includes, for example, theft over and under $5,000 as well as taking a motor vehicle without consent.
10. Includes drug trafficking, exportation and importation, and production.
Note: Cases may involve more than one type of sentence and/or other sentences not shown, therefore, percentages do not total 100%.A case is one or more charges against an accused person or company that were processed by the courts at the same time and received a final disposition.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Integrated Criminal Court Survey.
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