Table 5
Admissions of youth to correctional services, by characteristics of the person admitted and supervision program, nine jurisdictions, 2014/2015

Table 5
Admissions of youth to correctional services, by characteristics of the person admitted and supervision program, nine jurisdictions, 2014/2015
Table summary
This table displays the results of Admissions of youth to correctional services. The information is grouped by Selected characteristics (appearing as row headers), Total custody, Total community supervision and Total correctional services, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Selected characteristics Total custodyNote 1 Total community supervisionNote 2 Total correctional services
number percentNote 3 number percentNote 3 number percentNote 3
Sex  
Male 6,060 76 7,523 77 13,583 77
Female 1,949 24 2,212 23 4,161 23
Age  
12 years 77 1 54 1 131 1
13 years 263 3 289 3 552 3
14 years 838 10 846 9 1,684 9
15 years 1,538 19 1,582 16 3,120 18
16 years 2,135 27 2,265 23 4,400 25
17 years 2,629 33 2,769 28 5,398 30
18 years and older 528 7 1,933 20 2,461 14
Aboriginal identityNote 4  
Aboriginal 2,983 37 2,735 29 5,718 33
Non-Aboriginal 5,009 63 6,730 71 11,739 67
Total of nine jurisdictionsNote 5 8,009 100 9,743 100 17,752 100
Note 1.

Includes pre-trial detention, Provincial Director remand, secure and open custody.

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Note 2.

Includes community portions of custody sentences, intensive support and supervision, non-residential programs, probation, deferred custody, and other community.

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Note 3.

Percentages exclude unknowns.

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Note 4.

For all jurisdictions in 2014/2015, Aboriginal identity was not known for 2% of admissions.

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Note 5.

Includes unknowns.

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Note: Excludes Nova Scotia, Quebec, Saskatchewan and Alberta. Admissions for Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics surveys are counted each time a person begins any period of supervision in a correctional institution or in the community. These data describe and measure the flow of persons through correctional services over time. The same person may be included several times in the admission counts where he/she moves from one correctional program to another (e.g., from pre-trial detention to sentenced custody) or re-enters the system later in the same year. Admissions therefore represent the number of entries of persons during a fiscal year to pre-trial detention, sentenced custody or a community supervision program, regardless of the previous legal status. These data are administrative data. Even though surveys try to standardize the way the data are reported, limitations due to differences in jurisdictional operations can restrict uniform applications of the definitions in some situations. Therefore, caution is required when making comparisons between jurisdictions.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Youth Custody and Community Services Survey and Integrated Correctional Services Survey, 2014/2015.
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