Table 5
Admissions to adult custody, by sex, Aboriginal identity and jurisdiction, 2017/2018


Table 5
Admissions to adult custody, by sex, Aboriginal identity and jurisdiction, 2017/2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Admissions to adult custody. The information is grouped by Jurisdiction (appearing as row headers), Male, Aboriginal, Non-Aboriginal and Unknown Aboriginal identity, calculated using number , percent and percent change in number from 2007/2008 units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Jurisdiction Male
Aboriginal Non-Aboriginal Unknown Aboriginal identity
number percent percent change in number from 2007/2008 number percent percent change in number from 2007/2008 number percent percent change in number from 2007/2008
Newfoundland and LabradorTable 5 Note 1 359 21 15 1,329 79 7 0 0 Note ...: not applicable
Prince Edward Island 23 4 Note ...: not applicable 548 95 Note ...: not applicable 6 1 -99
Nova Scotia 214 5 -44 3,487 89 -23 201 5 279
New Brunswick 400 9 6 4,149 91 -6 3 0 -57
Quebec 1,903 5 69 38,193 95 9 0 0 Note ...: not applicable
OntarioTable 5 Note 1 6,822 11 -14 53,119 89 -36 0 0 Note ...: not applicable
Manitoba 17,066 72 60 6,500 28 5 0 0 Note ...: not applicable
Saskatchewan 8,000 73 21 2,655 24 49 332 3 66
Alberta 13,456 38 17 21,032 60 -7 469 1 Note ...: not applicable
British Columbia 7,181 31 83 16,011 69 -6 77 0 -83
Yukon 269 62 -39 166 38 19 0 0 Note ...: not applicable
Northwest Territories 846 86 23 123 12 8 20 2 186
Nunavut 875 96 30 0 0 Note ...: not applicable 40 4 33
Total—Provinces and territories 57,414 28 28 147,312 72 -17 1,148 1 -45
Federal 1,884 28 18 4,897 72 -25 0 0 Note ...: not applicable
Table 5 continued
Admissions to adult custody, by sex, Aboriginal identity and jurisdiction, 2017/2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Admissions to adult custody. The information is grouped by Jurisdiction (appearing as row headers), Female, Aboriginal, Non-Aboriginal and Unknown Aboriginal identity, calculated using number , percent and percent change in number from 2007/2008 units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Jurisdiction Female
Aboriginal Non-Aboriginal Unknown Aboriginal identity
number percent percent change in number from 2007/2008 number percent percent change in number from 2007/2008 number percent percent change in number from 2007/2008
Newfoundland and LabradorTable 5 Note 1 44 18 33 195 82 153 0 0 Note ...: not applicable
Prince Edward Island 9 9 Note ...: not applicable 93 90 Note ...: not applicable 1 1 -99
Nova Scotia 41 6 -38 573 88 15 36 6 800
New Brunswick 153 16 128 784 84 66 1 0 Note ...: not applicable
Quebec 405 8 219 4,879 92 26 0 0 Note ...: not applicable
OntarioTable 5 Note 1 1,634 18 -6 7,615 82 -33 0 0 Note ...: not applicable
Manitoba 5,214 84 139 1,011 16 35 0 0 Note ...: not applicable
Saskatchewan 1,900 82 106 396 17 277 18 1 -42
Alberta 4,158 55 46 3,236 43 17 142 2 Note ...: not applicable
British Columbia 1,239 46 40 1,460 54 -29 8 0 -89
Yukon 27 66 -56 14 34 0 0 0 Note ...: not applicable
Northwest Territories 74 88 30 8 10 100 2 2 Note ...: not applicable
Nunavut 65 97 67 0 0 Note ...: not applicable 2 3 100
Total—Provinces and territories 14,963 42 66 20,264 57 -8 210 1 -13
Federal 225 40 51 339 60 7 0 0 Note ...: not applicable
... not applicable
Note 1

In this jurisdiction, a substantial proportion of individuals were initially classified as “unknown” Aboriginal identity as a result of administrative limitations. Based on discussions with representatives of this jurisdiction, individuals with “unknown” Aboriginal identity were subsequently included for reporting purposes in the “non-Aboriginal” counts since it was believed that such a re-classification more accurately reflected the true status of this group.

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Note: Custody admissions include sentenced custody (including intermittent sentences), remand and other temporary detention. Information excludes data for which sex was unknown, which account for less than 1% of total admissions. Percentages may not add to 100% due to rounding. Additional data are available on Statistics Canada tables 35-10-0015, 35-10-0016, 35-10-0019 and 35-10-0020. An admission is counted each time a person begins any type of custody or community supervision program. The same person can be included several times in the admissions count where the individual moves from one type of legal status to another or re-enters the system in the same year.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Adult Correctional Services Survey, Integrated Correctional Services Survey and Canadian Correctional Services Survey, 2017/2018.
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