Table 5
Guilty cases completed in youth court, by type of offence and selected sentence, Canada, 2011/2012

Table 5
Guilty cases completed in youth court, by type of offence and selected sentence, Canada, 2011/2012
Table summary
This table displays the results of guilty cases completed in youth court. The information is grouped by type of offence (appearing as row headers), total number of guilty cases, custody, probation and community service order, calculated using number, percent and median length of sentence (days) units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of offenceNote 1 Total number of guilty cases Custody Probation Community service order
number percent Median length of sentence (days)Note 2 number percent Median length of sentence (days)Note 3 number percent
Violent offences 7,345 1,220 17 80 4,907 67 365 1,485 20
HomicideNote 4 30 16 53 730 0 0 Note ...: not applicable 0 0
Attempted murder 4 3 75 240 3 75 365 0 0
Robbery 1,467 474 32 120 1,085 74 365 358 24
Sexual assault 458 61 13 176 355 78 540 53 12
Other sexual offencesNote 5 249 24 10 93 166 67 540 22 9
Major assaultNote 6 1,752 350 20 75 1,214 69 365 360 21
Common assault 2,076 112 5 23 1,194 58 365 403 19
Uttering threats 1,080 136 13 30 726 67 365 231 21
Criminal harassment 71 4 6 127 48 68 365 19 27
Other violent offences 158 40 25 120 116 73 365 39 25
Property offences 8,535 1,036 12 52 5,440 64 365 2,260 26
TheftNote 7 3,072 294 10 30 1,736 57 365 825 27
Break and enter 2,370 386 16 90 1,754 74 365 612 26
Fraud 269 33 12 60 183 68 365 83 31
Mischief 1,484 132 9 22 916 62 365 377 25
Possess stolen property 1,110 161 15 30 697 63 365 296 27
Other property crimes 230 30 13 74 154 67 365 67 29
Administration of justice offences 3,296 649 20 20 1,534 47 365 628 19
Fail to appear 110 7 6 7 41 37 315 27 25
Breach of probation 83 12 14 22 42 51 365 21 25
Unlawfully at large 300 202 67 20 63 21 365 38 13
Fail to comply with order 2,141 318 15 16 1,030 48 365 401 19
Other administration of justice offences 662 110 17 28 358 54 365 141 21
Other Criminal Code offences 1,383 189 14 60 914 66 365 396 29
Weapons offences 967 154 16 46 623 64 365 200 21
Prostitution 0 0 0 Note ...: not applicable 0 0 Note ...: not applicable 0 Note ...: not applicable
Disturb the peace 44 0 0 Note ...: not applicable 23 52 360 9 20
Residual Criminal Code 372 35 9 74 268 72 360 187 50
Total Criminal Code (excluding traffic) 20,559 3,094 15 50 12,795 62 365 4,769 23
Criminal Code traffic offences 697 50 7 80 298 43 365 143 21
Impaired driving 399 2 1 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 119 30 360 80 20
Other Criminal Code traffic offences 298 48 16 80 179 60 365 63 21
Total Criminal Code (including traffic) 21,256 3,144 15 51 13,093 62 365 4,912 23
Other federal statute offences 6,015 1,000 17 20 2,767 46 360 1,847 31
Drug possession 902 10 1 7 412 46 270 296 33
Other drug offencesNote 8 728 53 7 90 563 77 360 285 39
Youth Criminal Justice Act 4,341 932 21 19 1,777 41 360 1,257 29
Other federal statutes 44 5 11 60 15 34 360 9 20
Total offences 27,271 4,144 15 39 15,860 58 365 6,759 25
... not applicable
x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Note 1.

Cases that involve more than one charge are represented by the most serious offence.

Note 2.

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.

Note 3.

Excludes cases in which the length of the probation sentence was unknown or greater than three years.

Note 4.

The number of custody sentences for homicide may be under-reported due to the unavailability of information on credit for time served in pre-sentence custody.

Note 5.

Includes, for example, sexual interference, invitation to sexual touching, child pornography, luring a child via a computer and sexual exploitation.

Note 6.

Includes, for example, assault with a weapon (level 2) and aggravated assault (level 3).

Note 7.

Includes, for example, theft over $5,000, theft $5,000 or under, as well as motor vehicle theft

Note 8.

Includes drug trafficking, exportation and importation, and production.

Note: Cases may involve more than one type of sentence and/or other sentences not shown (e.g. deferred custody and supervision, fine, reprimand, intensive support and supervision, etc.), 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 decision.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Integrated Criminal Court Survey.
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