Table 8
Number of completed cases in adult criminal and youth courts by type of sentence for child sexual offences, Canada, 2009/2010 to 2011/2012

Table summary
This table displays the results of Number of completed cases in adult criminal and youth courts by type of sentence for child sexual offences. The information is grouped by Type of sentence (appearing as row headers), 2009/2010, 2010/2011 and 2011/2012, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of sentenceNote 1 2009/2010 2010/2011 2011/2012
number percent number percent number percent
Adult criminal court  
CustodyNote 2 811 80.2 900 80.5 901 80.9
Conditional sentenceNote 3 37 3.7 38 3.4 32 2.9
ProbationNote 2, Note 4 762 75.4 849 75.9 831 74.6
Fine 10 1.0 13 1.2 9 0.8
Restitution 1 0.1 2 0.2 1 0.1
OtherNote 5 402 39.8 466 41.7 472 42.4
Total guilty cases 1,011 ... 1,118 ... 1,114 ...
Youth court  
CustodyNote 2 15 7.5 20 9.4 18 8.7
Conditional sentenceNote 3 1 0.5 0 0.0 0 0.0
Deferred custody and supervisionNote 6 20 10.0 16 7.5 12 5.8
Intensive support and supervisionNote 6 6 3.0 9 4.2 9 4.4
ProbationNote 2, Note 4 144 71.6 148 69.5 138 67.0
Attend a nonresidential programNote 6 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.5
Fine 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Community service order 19 9.5 21 9.9 18 8.7
ReprimandNote 6 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
OtherNote 7 70 34.8 82 38.5 59 28.6
Total guilty cases 201 ... 213 ... 206 ...
Total guilty adult and youth cases 1,212 ... 1,331 ... 1,320 ...
... not applicable
Note 1.

Cases can have more than one sentence. Therefore, sanctions are not mutually exclusive and will not add to 100%. For all sentencing tables, data are for cases with a guilty finding only.

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Note 2.

Since 2004/2005 for the Northwest Territories, the number of custody orders have been under-reported and the number of probation orders have been over-reported by unknown amounts due to clerical procedures. The majority of custody orders were captured as probation.

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Note 3.

Quebec and the Northwest Territories do not report conditional sentencing data at this time.

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Note 4.

Probation is mandatory in cases where the accused is given a conditional discharge or a suspended sentence.

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Note 5.

Other sentences include absolute and conditional discharge, suspended sentence, community service order and prohibition order, for example.

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Note 6.

This is a new sentence under the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA) effective April 1, 2003. YCJA sentencing data became available for Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon and Nunavut in 2003/2004. These data became available in 2004/2005 for Prince Edward Island and Ontario, in 2005/2006 for Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, Manitoba, and Northwest Territories and in 2009/2010 for Saskatchewan. Caution must be used when comparing data prior to these dates. Where YCJA data are not available for a province/territory during a specific year, the YCJA sentence has been reported under "Other sentences".

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Note 7.

Other sentences include absolute discharge, restitution, prohibition, seizure, forfeiture, compensation, pay purchaser, essays, apologies, counseling programs and conditional discharge. This category also includes deferred custody and supervision, intensive support and supervision, attendance at non-residential program and reprimand where sentencing data under the YCJA are not available.

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Note: As of 2005/2006, all adult provincial and territorial courts in 10 provinces and 3 territories reported to the survey. Information from superior courts in Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan as well as municipal courts in Quebec could not be extracted from their electronic reporting systems and was therefore unavailable. The absence of data from superior courts in these five jurisdictions may have resulted in a slight underestimation of the severity of sentences since some of the most serious cases, which are likely to result in the most severe sanctions, are processed in superior courts. Child sexual offences include only the following Criminal Code offences: sexual interference (s. 151), child pornography (s. 163.1), invitation to sexual touching (s. 152), luring a child (s. 172.1), sexual exploitation (s. 153), indecent acts (s. 173(2)), procuring prostitution (s. 212), and other (which includes bestiality (s. 160 subsection 3), parent or guardian procuring sexual activity (s. 170), householder permitting sexual activity (s. 171) and corrupting children (s. 172).
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Integrated Criminal Court Survey.
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