Table 6
Admissions of adults to sentenced custody, by most serious offence, province and territory, 2010/2011

Table 6
Admissions of adults to sentenced custody, by most serious offence, province and territory, 2010/2011
Table summary
 This table displays the results of admissions of adults to sentenced custody. The information is grouped by province and territory (appearing as row headers), type of offence, violent offences, property offences, impaired driving, other criminal code offences, drug offences, other federal statute offences, provincial statute offences and municipal by-law offences, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province and territory Type of offence
Violent offencesNote 1 Property offencesNote 2 Impaired driving Other Criminal Code offences Drug offences Other federal statute offences Provincial statute offences Municipal by-law offences
percent
Newfoundland and Labrador 24 21 15 29 3 5 3 0
Prince Edward Island 16 13 53 12 3 1 3 0
Nova Scotia 18 19 6 39 6 1 10 0
New Brunswick 15 27 10 31 5 1 10 0
Quebec 11 22 21 19 13 1 5 9
Ontario 22 23 3 39 7 1 6 0
Manitoba 62 17 4 12 1 3 0 0
Saskatchewan 16 17 8 49 3 0 7 0
Alberta Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
British Columbia Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
Yukon 29 11 15 39 5 0 1 0
Northwest Territories 74 6 3 15 2 0 0 0
Nunavut Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
Total 24 22 7 34 6 1 5 1
.. not available for a specific reference period
1. Includes, for example, assault, uttering threats, robbery, sexual assault, criminal harassment, forcible confinement and homicide.
2. Includes, for example, theft, break and enter, possession of stolen goods, fraud, mischief, theft of a motor vehicle and arson.
Note: Admissions that involved more than one offence are represented by the most serious offence. Excludes admissions in which the most serious offence was unknown. Figures may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Adult Correctional Services Survey.
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