Table 3
Initial entry of adults into correctional services, by type of supervision and by province, 2015/2016

Table 3
Initial entry of adults into correctional services, by type of supervision and by province, 2015/2016
Table summary
This table displays the results of Initial entry of adults into correctional services. The information is grouped by Type of correctional supervision (appearing as row headers), Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, calculated using number, percent and percent change in the number from 2014/2015 units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of correctional supervision Newfoundland and Labrador Nova Scotia New Brunswick
number percent percent change in the number from 2014/2015 number percent percent change in the number from 2014/2015 number percent percent change in the number from 2014/2015
Custody   863 47 6   2,434 51 0   2,688 67 6
Remand   534 29 26   1,770 37 -2   1,502 37 7
Sentenced custody   241 13 -15   438 9 1   905 23 8
Intermittent sentences   74 4 -17   222 5 9   83 2 -25
Other temporary detentionTable 3 Note 1   14 1 -30   4 0 Note ...: not applicable   198 5 6
Community supervision   973 53 -11   2,340 49 4   1,334 33 -4
Probation   690 38 -5   1,877 39 5   965 24 -4
Conditional sentences   283 15 -21   463 10 -1   369 9 -4
Bail supervision   Note ..: not available for a specific reference period   Note ...: not applicable   Note ...: not applicable   Note ..: not available for a specific reference period   Note ...: not applicable   Note ...: not applicable   Note ..: not available for a specific reference period   Note ...: not applicable   Note ...: not applicable
Total correctional supervision   1,836 100 -4   4,774 100 2   4,022 100 3
Type of correctional supervision Ontario British Columbia Total correctional servicesTable 3 Note 2
number percent percent change in the number from 2014/2015 number percent percent change in the number from 2014/2015 number percent percent change in the number from 2014/2015
Custody   36,124 67 0   5,365 28 8 47,474 57 1
Remand   28,516 53 1   3,345 18 9 35,667 43 2
Sentenced custody   3,405 6 -9   462 2 -12 5,451 7 -6
Intermittent sentences   2,327 4 1   214 1 17 2,920 3 1
Other temporary detentionTable 3 Note 1   1,876 3 2   1,344 7 12 3,436 4 6
Community supervision   17,940 33 -4   13,709 72 2 36,296 43 -2
Probation   15,875 29 -4   2,650 14 -3 22,057 26 -3
Conditional sentences   2,065 4 -8   533 3 -20 3,713 4 -10
Bail supervision   Note ..: not available for a specific reference period   Note ...: not applicable   Note ...: not applicable   10,526 55 5 10,526 13 5
Total correctional supervision   54,064 100 -1   19,074 100 4 83,770 100 0
.. not available for a specific reference period
... not applicable
Note 1.

Other temporary detention include persons who are being held in provincial/territorial correctional institutions for lock-ups, parole violations or suspensions, immigration holds, and those who are temporarily detained without warrants of any type.

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Note 2.

Total correctional services is based on the reporting provinces: Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario and British Columbia.

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Note: Figures may not add up due to rounding. An initial entry represents the first point at which an adult commences uninterrupted supervision within the adult correctional system. Each adult entering the system is only counted once during their period of involvement with corrections, regardless of any change in legal status.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Integrated Correctional Services Survey, 2015/2016.
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