Table 6
Guilty cases completed in youth court, by type of offence and select sentence, Canada, 2013/2014

Table 6
Guilty cases completed in youth court, by type of offence and select sentence, Canada, 2013/2014
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 guilty cases, Custody, Probation and Community Service Order, calculated using number, percent and median length (days) units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of offenceNote 1 Total guilty cases CustodyNote 2 ProbationNote 3 Community Service Order
number number percent median length (days) number percent median length (days) number percent
Violent offences 6,482 1,054 16 80 4,302 66 365 1,292 20
HomicideNote 4 21 17 81 1,090 4 19 730 1 5
Attempted murder 9 7 78 710 3 33 360 0 0
Robbery 1,040 359 35 120 737 71 365 235 23
Sexual assault 457 63 14 180 320 70 540 42 9
Other sexual offencesNote 5 407 33 8 180 291 71 450 73 18
Major assaultNote 6 1,478 265 18 60 997 67 365 299 20
Common assault 1,858 131 7 20 1,114 60 365 337 18
Uttering threats 987 132 13 40 670 68 360 240 24
Criminal harassment 80 9 11 24 58 73 365 21 26
Other crimes against persons 145 38 26 150 108 74 365 44 30
Property offences 6,469 743 11 45 4,141 64 360 1,757 27
TheftNote 7 2,083 212 10 30 1,201 58 360 584 28
Break and enter 1,890 266 14 90 1,387 73 365 497 26
Fraud 255 35 14 50 156 61 365 75 29
Mischief 1,067 78 7 30 612 57 365 261 24
Possess stolen property 971 128 13 40 633 65 360 280 29
Other property crimes 203 24 12 60 152 75 365 60 30
Administration of justice offences 2,723 574 21 18 1,172 43 365 485 18
Fail to appear 110 13 12 3 42 38 365 18 16
Breach of probation 74 9 12 15 30 41 365 16 22
Unlawfully at large 219 157 72 20 40 18 365 22 10
Fail to comply with order 1,776 302 17 12 779 44 365 311 18
Other administration of justice 544 93 17 20 281 52 365 118 22
Other Criminal Code offences 1,317 202 15 60 836 63 360 333 25
Weapons 856 156 18 54 511 60 365 129 15
Prostitution 3 1 33 360 3 100 180 0 0
Disturbing the peace 37 1 3 14 21 57 270 6 16
Residual Criminal Code 421 44 10 120 301 71 360 198 47
Criminal Code (excluding traffic) 16,991 2,573 15 40 10,451 62 365 3,867 23
Criminal Code traffic offences 494 47 10 80 224 45 365 89 18
Impaired driving 251 2 1 235 69 27 363 40 16
Other Criminal Code traffic 243 45 19 80 155 64 365 49 20
Total Criminal Code offences 17,485 2,620 15 42 10,675 61 365 3,956 23
Other federal statute offences 5,039 741 15 20 2,317 46 270 1,645 33
Drug possession 435 5 1 20 196 45 360 92 21
Other drug offencesNote 8 354 39 11 90 258 73 365 71 20
Youth Criminal Justice Act 3,086 657 21 16 1,161 38 270 900 29
Residual federal statutes 1,164 40 3 80 702 60 180 582 50
Total offences 22,524 3,361 15 39 12,992 58 360 5,601 25
Note 1.

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

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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 or indeterminate. Length of custody data are not available for Manitoba as of 2005/2006.

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Note 3.

Excludes cases in which the length of the probation sentence was unknown. Length of probation data are not available for Manitoba as of 2005/2006.

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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.

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Note 5.

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

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Note 6.

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

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Note 7.

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

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Note 8.

Includes drug trafficking, production, importing and exporting.

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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 decision. The median is the point at which half of all cases had longer sentence lengths and half had shorter sentence lengths.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Integrated Criminal Court Survey.
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