Table 5
Operating expenditures of the adult correctional system by jurisdiction, 2013/2014

Table 5
Operating expenditures of the adult correctional system by jurisdiction, 2013/2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Operating expenditures of the adult correctional system by jurisdiction. The information is grouped by Jurisdiction (appearing as row headers), Administration and central services, Custody, Community supervision, National and Provincial Parole Board, Total , Change from 2012/2013, Average daily inmate cost in 2013/2014 and Per capita cost in 2013/2014 , calculated using thousand of dollars , percent and dollars units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Jurisdiction Administration and central services Custody Community supervision National and Provincial Parole Board TotalNote 1 Change from 2012/2013Note 2 Average daily inmate cost in 2013/2014Note 3 Per capita cost in 2013/2014Note 4
thousand of dollars percent dollars
Newfoundland and Labrador 430 27,565 4,537 ... 32,532 -5.8 263.82 61.77
Prince Edward Island 443 7,944 1,344 ... 9,731 0.0 184.23 67.00
Nova Scotia 4,545 38,826 7,867 ... 51,238 1.4 203.00 54.46
New Brunswick 1,228 27,945 3,745 ... 32,918 -1.3 182.72 43.54
Quebec 11,385 352,147 71,079 4,783 439,394 2.0 186.27 53.88
Ontario 44,594 595,941 114,124 2,394 757,053 -0.1 197.83 55.92
Manitoba 2,942 167,633 19,951 ... 190,526 6.7 193.77 150.61
Saskatchewan 6,973 96,841 15,185 ... 118,999 10.5 158.68 107.37
AlbertaNote 5 4,439 166,146 39,249 ... 209,834 16.5 Note ...: not applicable 52.13
British Columbia 9,355 176,666 53,234 ... 239,256 7.5 199.35 52.22
Yukon 640 10,570 1,764 ... 12,974 -1.0 356.38 353.52
Northwest Territories 1,350 25,074 4,107 ... 30,531 -0.9 280.10 701.26
Nunavut 5,768 26,374 2,514 ... 34,656 19.4 565.63 973.74
Provincial and territorial totalNote 6 94,092 1,719,672 338,701 7,176 2,159,641 3.9 196.10 61.43
FederalNote 7 .. 1,455,221 124,168 50,400 2,422,320 6.7 298.07 68.90
Total - all jurisdictionsNote 6 .. .. .. 57,576 4,581,961 5.3 238.00 130.32
... not applicable
Note 1.

Due to rounding, the total could be slightly different from the sum of expenditures by sector. For federal expenditures, total includes unknown operating expenditures.

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Note 2.

Excludes Alberta due to the unavailability of data for part of the period covered. The percent change is calculated in constant dollars according to the all-items Consumer Price Index for 2012 and 2013 (CANSIM table 326-0021).

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Note 3.

Average daily inmate cost is derived based on the institutional operating costs (custody) and the actual-in count (which represents persons held in custody under sentence, remand or who are otherwise legally required to be in custody and who are present at the time the count is taken) provided via the Corrections Key Indicator Report for Adults.

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Note 4.

Per capita cost is the total operating expenditures on correctional services, divided by the total population on July 1, 2013. Total operating expenditures exclude capital expenditures. Methods of calculating expenditures may differ from one jurisdiction to another. Costs may also vary according to number of offenders admitted and the length of sentences. Therefore, caution should be exercised when comparing per capita costs from one jurisdiction to another.

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Note 5.

The average count of adults were not available in Alberta for 2013/2014. As such, the average daily inmate cost in 2013/2014 cannot be calculated.

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Note 6.

The average daily inmate costs for the provincial and territorial total and the Total - all jurisdictions excludes Alberta due to the unavailability of data.

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Note 7.

Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) expenditures for 2013/2014 include CORCAN (a special operating agency of CSC). Comparisons to previous years should be made with caution.

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Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Adult Correctional Services Survey, 2013/2014.
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