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Table 5
Admissions of youth to correctional services, by characteristics of the person admitted and supervision program, nine jurisdictions, 2015/2016 Table 5
Admissions of youth to correctional services, by characteristics of the person admitted and supervision program, nine jurisdictions, 2015/2016

Table 5
Admissions of youth to correctional services, by characteristics of the person admitted and supervision program, nine jurisdictions, 2015/2016
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 custody^{Table 5 Note 1}		Total community supervision^{Table 5 Note 2}		Total correctional services
Selected characteristics	number	percent^{Table 5 Note 3}	number	percent^{Table 5 Note 3}	number	percent^{Table 5 Note 3}
Sex
Male	5,656	73	6,781	77	12,437	75
Female	2,061	27	2,040	23	4,101	25
Age
12 years	62	1	50	1	112	1
13 years	256	3	283	3	539	3
14 years	775	10	716	8	1,491	9
15 years	1,474	19	1,422	16	2,896	18
16 years	2,039	26	2,043	23	4,082	25
17 years	2,590	34	2,576	29	5,166	31
18 years and older	521	7	1,734	20	2,255	14
Aboriginal identity^{Table 5 Note 4}
Aboriginal	3,041	39	2,601	30	5,642	35
Non-Aboriginal	4,675	61	5,974	70	10,649	65
Total^{Table 5 Note 5}	7,717	100	8,828	100	16,545	100
Note 1. Includes pre-trial detention, sentenced custody and Provincial Director remand. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2. Includes probation, deferred custody and supervision, intensive support and supervision and community portions of custody sentences. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3. Percentages exclude unknowns. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4. For all jurisdictions in 2015/2016, Aboriginal identity was not known for 2% of admissions. Return to note 4 referrer Note 5. Includes unknowns. Excludes Nova Scotia, Quebec, Saskatchewan and Alberta due to unavailability of data. Return to note 5 referrer Note: 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. Additional data are available on CANSIM Tables 251-0011 and 251-0012. Figures may not add up due to rounding. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Youth Custody and Community Services Survey and Integrated Correctional Services Survey, 2015/2016.

Date modified:: 2017-03-01