Table 3
Admissions to adult correctional services, by type of supervision and jurisdiction, 2018/2019


Table 3
Admissions to adult correctional services, by type of supervision and jurisdiction, 2018/2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Admissions to adult correctional services. The information is grouped by Jurisdiction (appearing as row headers), Custody, Community supervision, Total correctional services, Sentenced custody , Remand, Other temporary custody , Total, Total percent change from 2017/2018, Probation, Conditional sentences and Other, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Jurisdiction Custody Community supervision Total correctional services
Sentenced custody Remand Other temporary custodyTable 3 Note 1 Total Total percent change from 2017/2018 Probation Conditional sentences OtherTable 3 Note 2 Total Total percent change from 2017/2018 Total Total percent change from 2017/2018
number percent number percent number percent
Newfoundland and Labrador 801 838 137 1,776 -8 1,147 344 0 1,491 -15 3,267 -11
Prince Edward Island 482 284 3 769 13 835 20 179 1,034 13 1,803 13
Nova ScotiaTable 3 Note 3 1,153 3,276 266 4,695 -2 2,368 471 0 2,839 -36 7,534 -18
New Brunswick 2,492 2,557 699 5,748 5 1,625 488 164 2,277 4 8,025 5
Quebec 11,933 27,800 3,361 43,094 -5 9,744 1,603 13,285 24,632 -7 67,726 -6
Ontario 18,905 41,131 4,782 64,818 -6 25,118 3,487 745 29,350 -5 94,168 -6
Manitoba 6,605 13,925 7,611 28,141 -6 7,354 638 1,191 9,183 -8 37,324 -6
Saskatchewan 4,557 8,369 234 13,160 -1 4,686 1,465 4,128 10,279 -3 23,439 -2
AlbertaTable 3 Note 4 15,208 20,273 2,004 37,485 -15 8,402 926 22,477 31,805 2 69,290 -8
British Columbia 9,144 12,934 1,354 23,432 -10 8,066 1,650 17,504 27,220 -7 50,652 -8
Yukon 127 297 0 424 -11 237 79 657 973 -7 1,397 -8
Northwest Territories 361 670 0 1,031 -4 327 44 306 677 14 1,708 2
Nunavut 544 913 18 1,475 50 198 45 770 1,013 13 2,488 32
Total–Provinces and territoriesTable 3 Note 5 72,312 133,267 20,469 226,048 -7 70,107 11,260 61,406 142,773 -5 368,821 -6
FederalTable 3 Note 6 5,161 Note ...: not applicable 2,397 7,558 3 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 6,990 6,990 -2 14,548 1
Total–All jurisdictionsTable 3 Note 5 77,473 133,267 22,866 233,606 -7 70,107 11,260 68,396 149,763 -5 383,369 -6
... not applicable
Note 1

Other temporary detention includes 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

Other community supervision for the provinces and territories includes, for example, community service orders, provincial parole (Quebec and Ontario), fine option programs, bail supervision and restitution orders. Due to differences among jurisdictional programs, inter-jurisdictional comparisons of the data should be made with caution.

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Note 3

In 2018/2019, Nova Scotia admissions counts were compiled from a new source, the Canadian Correctional Services Survey. Some changes from previous years may be due to this transition and the methodological differences between sources. Caution should be used when making comparisons to previous years.

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Note 4

Admissions data for Alberta for 2017/2018 have been revised.

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Note 5

Admissions data for Alberta for 2017/2018 have been revised, therefore the total provincial/territorial and the total all jurisdictions figures have been revised.

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Note 6

Federal sentenced custody includes warrant of committal admissions. Revocations of conditional release are included under other temporary custody. Federal community supervision includes provincial/territorial (except Quebec and Ontario) and federal offenders on day parole, full parole or statutory release.

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Note: Additional data are available on Statistics Canada tables 35-10-0014 and 35-10-0022. 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 and Community Safety Statistics, Adult Correctional Services Survey, Integrated Correctional Services Survey and Canadian Correctional Services Survey.
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