Table 1
Average daily counts of adults in provincial/territorial custody, by type of custody and jurisdiction, 2014/2015

Table 1
Average daily counts of adults in provincial/territorial custody, by type of custody and jurisdiction, 2014/2015
Table summary
This table displays the results of Average daily counts of adults in provincial/territorial custody. The information is grouped by Province and territory (appearing as row headers), Remand and Sentenced custody, calculated using number, percent of total custody population, percent change from 2013/2014 and percent change from 2004/2005 units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province and territory Remand Sentenced custody
number percent of total custody populationTable 1 Note 1 percent change from 2013/2014Table 1 Note 2 percent change from 2004/2005 number percent of total custody populationTable 1 Note 1 percent change from 2013/2014Table 1 Note 2 percent change from 2004/2005
Newfoundland and Labrador 100 32 11 79 213 68 9 2
Prince Edward Island 17 16 -21 2 84 84 -10 67
Nova Scotia 328 68 -1 192 156 32 -9 -16
New Brunswick 147 36 8 57 261 64 -8 23
Quebec 2,353 45 -1 43 2,826 55 0 26
Ontario 4,862 65 -3 4 2,675 35 -10 -8
Manitoba 1,542 65 4 134 845 35 -5 73
Saskatchewan 664 39 9 76 1,038 61 -2 25
Alberta 2,101 67 Note ...: not applicable 109 1,056 33 Note ...: not applicable -13
British Columbia 1,361 57 9 29 1,012 43 -12 -7
Yukon 45 59 -6 37 31 41 -7 6
Northwest Territories 75 43 -20 139 99 57 -35 -50
Nunavut 55 45 -5 51 67 55 0 49
Total 13,650 57 0 39 10,364 43 -6 7
... not applicable
Note 1.

Excludes "other temporary detention", such as immigration hold, which typically accounts for less than 2% of those in custody.

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Note 2.

Excludes Alberta from total when calculating percentage change from 2013/2014 to 2014/2015 since Alberta data are not available for 2013/2014.

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Note: Additional data are available on CANSIM (Table 251-0005). Counts are based on the average number of adults in remand or sentenced custody on any given day. Figures may not add up due to rounding.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Adult Corrections Key Indicator Report.
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