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Table 6
Operating expenditures of the adult correctional system, by jurisdiction, 2017/2018

Table 6
Operating expenditures of the adult correctional system, by jurisdiction, 2017/2018
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 boards, Other federal expenditures, Total, Percent change in total from 2016/2017, Average daily inmate cost in 2017/2018 and Per capita cost in 2017/2018 , calculated using thousand of dollars , percent and dollars units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Jurisdiction	Administration and central services	Custody	Community supervision	National and provincial parole boards	Other federal expenditures^{Table 6 Note 1}	Total^{Table 6 Note 2}	Percent change in total from 2016/2017^{Table 6 Note 3}	Average daily inmate cost in 2017/2018^{Table 6 Note 4}	Per capita cost in 2017/2018^{Table 6 Note 5}
Jurisdiction	thousands of dollars						percent	dollars
Newfoundland and Labrador	161	33,374	4,185	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	37,719	1	267	71
Prince Edward Island	510	8,778	1,436	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	10,724	1	273	71
Nova Scotia	4,895	46,428	8,200	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	59,523	3	271	62
New Brunswick	791	34,310	3,979	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	39,080	-1	199	51
Quebec	11,291	443,273	81,476	5,056	Note ...: not applicable	541,096	7	251	64
Ontario	49,195	721,269	117,330	2,819	Note ...: not applicable	890,612	6	264	63
Manitoba	3,716	187,954	24,439	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	216,108	2	215	162
Saskatchewan	6,712	119,437	21,761	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	147,910	2	176	127
Alberta	8,987	203,196	41,208	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	253,392	-1	150	59
British Columbia	15,545	243,914	56,341	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	315,800	5	255	66
Yukon	608	10,964	1,917	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	13,489	-5	507	351
Northwest Territories	1,465	28,018	4,644	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	34,128	9	435	767
Total—Provinces and territories^{Table 6 Note 6}	103,877	2,080,915	366,916	7,874	Note ...: not applicable	2,559,582	5	233	70
Federal^{Table 6 Note 7}	Note ...: not applicable	1,532,527	152,653	47,700	757,307	2,490,188	9	330	68
Total—All jurisdictions	Note ...: not applicable	3,613,442	519,570	55,574	Note ...: not applicable	5,049,770	7	268	Note ...: not applicable
... not applicable Note 1 Other federal expenditures include "Internal services" ($320,122,025) and "Correctional interventions" ($437,185,087). Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Due to rounding, the total could be slightly different from the sum of expenditures by sector. For federal expenditures, total includes unknown operating expenditure types. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 The percentage change is calculated in constant dollars according to the all-items Consumer Price Index for 2016 and 2017 (Statistics Canada table 18-10-0005). Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 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 4 referrer Note 5 Per capita cost is the total operating expenditures on correctional services, divided by the total population using revised July 1st population estimates from Statistics Canada, Demography Division. 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 5 referrer Note 6 Total excludes Nunavut due to unavailability of expenditure data. Return to note 6 referrer Note 7 Correctional Service of Canada (federal) expenditures for 2017/2018 include CORCAN (a special operating agency of Correction Services of Canada). Return to note 7 referrer Note: Additional data are available on Statistics Canada table 35-10-0013. Data for Nunavut are not available for 2017/2018. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Adult Correctional Services Survey, Adult Corrections Key Indicator Report and Canadian Correctional Services Survey, 2017/2018.

Date modified:: 2019-05-09