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Table 6
Operating expenditures of the adult correctional system, by jurisdiction, 2015/2016 Table 6
Operating expenditures of the adult correctional system, by jurisdiction, 2015/2016

Table 6
Operating expenditures of the adult correctional system, by jurisdiction, 2015/2016
Table summary
This table displays the results of Operating expenditures of the adult correctional system. 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 2014/2015, Average daily inmate cost in 2015/2016 and Per capita cost in 2015/2016, calculated using thousands 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	Total^{Table 6 Note 1}	Change from 2014/2015^{Table 6 Note 2}	Average daily inmate cost in 2015/2016^{Table 6 Note 3}	Per capita cost in 2015/2016^{Table 6 Note 4}
Jurisdiction	thousands of dollars					percent	dollars
Newfoundland and Labrador	368	32,148	4,319	Note ...: not applicable	36,835	6	245	70
Prince Edward Island	444	8,407	1,380	Note ...: not applicable	10,231	3	274	70
Nova Scotia^{Table 6 Note 5}	4,540	45,081	8,260	Note ...: not applicable	57,882	19	255	61
New Brunswick	1,334	31,591	3,988	Note ...: not applicable	36,913	2	195	49
Quebec	10,716	398,438	72,595	4,690	486,439	3	214	59
Ontario	73,091	627,740	115,060	2,233	818,123	2	215	59
Manitoba	4,559	180,950	19,922	Note ...: not applicable	205,431	6	204	159
Saskatchewan	5,697	110,061	15,117	Note ...: not applicable	130,875	3	166	115
Alberta^{Table 6 Note 6}	7,999	191,447	40,162	Note ...: not applicable	239,608	32	142	57
British Columbia	12,206	196,347	55,012	Note ...: not applicable	263,565	3	202	56
Yukon	359	10,936	2,280	Note ...: not applicable	13,575	4	316	363
Northwest Territories	1,377	26,868	4,182	Note ...: not applicable	32,428	8	388	736
Nunavut	6,332	27,668	3,172	Note ...: not applicable	37,172	2	558	1,007
Provincial and territorial—total	129,021	1,887,683	345,449	6,922	2,369,076	6	203	66
Federal^{Table 6 Note 7}	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	1,363,884	137,302	46,300	2,235,401	-9	283	62
Total—all jurisdictions	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	53,222	4,604,476	-2	232	128
.. not available for a specific reference period ... 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. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2. The percentage change is calculated in constant dollars according to the all-items Consumer Price Index for 2014 and 2015 (CANSIM table 326-0021). Return to note 2 referrer 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. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4. Per capita cost is the total operating expenditures on correctional services, divided by the total population on July 1, 2014. 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. Return to note 4 referrer Note 5. In 2015/2016, Nova Scotia's average daily inmate costs increased 34%. This increase is attributed to an increase in the institutional operating costs of the opening of a new facility coupled with a lower actual-in count of persons in custody in 2015/2016. Return to note 5 referrer Note 6. As of 2015/2016, the reporting of expenditures for Alberta were amended to the current methodology used by the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics for all categories: headquarters and management, institutions, probation and community services. Previous to 2015/2016, expenditure data for Alberta excluded employer contributions, wage and contract employee costs. As a result of these exclusions and an increase in the inmate population in Alberta, expenditures and per diems (average daily inmate costs) in 2015/2016 are higher than in previous years. Comparisons to data from previous years should be made with caution. Return to note 6 referrer Note 7. Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) expenditures for 2015/2016 include CORCAN (a special operating agency of CSC). Comparisons to previous years should be made with caution. Return to note 7 referrer Note: Additional data are available on CANSIM (Table 251-0018). Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Adult Correctional Services Survey, 2015/2016.

Date modified:: 2017-03-01