Table 9
Admissions of youth to correctional services, by characteristics of the person admitted and type of supervision program, selected jurisdictions, 2018/2019
Selected characteristics | Total custodyTable 9 Note 1 | Total community supervisionTable 9 Note 2 | Total correctional services | |||
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number | percent of totalTable 9 Note 3 | number | percent of totalTable 9 Note 3 | number | percent of totalTable 9 Note 3 | |
Age | ||||||
12 years | 54 | 1 | 87 | 1 | 141 | 1 |
13 years | 188 | 3 | 352 | 4 | 540 | 4 |
14 years | 622 | 10 | 779 | 9 | 1,401 | 10 |
15 years | 1,112 | 18 | 1,307 | 15 | 2,419 | 17 |
16 years | 1,549 | 25 | 1,732 | 21 | 3,281 | 23 |
17 years | 2,058 | 34 | 2,344 | 28 | 4,402 | 30 |
18 years and older | 559 | 9 | 1,833 | 22 | 2,392 | 16 |
Unknown age | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Sex | ||||||
Male | 4,822 | 79 | 6,457 | 77 | 11,279 | 77 |
Female | 1,304 | 21 | 1,943 | 23 | 3,247 | 22 |
Unknown sex | 16 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 52 | 0 |
Indigenous identity | ||||||
Indigenous | 2,880 | 47 | 3,378 | 40 | 6,258 | 43 |
Non-Indigenous | 3,211 | 52 | 4,747 | 56 | 7,958 | 55 |
Unknown | 51 | 1 | 311 | 4 | 362 | 2 |
Total–All jurisdictionsTable 9 Note 4 | 6,142 | 100 | 8,436 | 100 | 14,578 | 100 |
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Youth Custody and Community Services Survey, Integrated Correctional Services Survey and Canadian Correctional Services Survey. |
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