Table 4
Criminal convictions among Indigenous adults released from provincial custody during the four years preceding release, by type of reconviction pattern group, 2016/2017

Table 4 Criminal convictions among Indigenous adults released from provincial custody during the four years preceding release, by type of reconviction pattern group, 2016/2017
Table summary
The information is grouped by Type and number of previous convictions (appearing as row headers), Low reconviction group, Primarily violent and administration of justice group, Primarily property and administration of justice group, High persistent reconviction group and Total, calculated using number, percent, number, percent, number, percent, number, percent, number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type and number of previous convictions Low reconviction group Primarily violent and administration of justice group Primarily property and administration of justice group High persistent reconviction group Total
number percent number percent number percent number percent number percent
Note 0

true zero or a value rounded to 0

Note 1

Includes drug offences, Criminal Code traffic offences, and other federal statutes (for example, the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, Customs Act, Controlled Drugs and Substances Act).

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Note 2

Individuals may be reconvicted for more than one type of offence; therefore, the sum of the percentages for the various offence categories will not equal the percentage for the 'Total offences' category.

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Note: Indigenous persons include First Nations persons, Métis and Inuit. Information on Indigenous identity is based on data from the Canadian Correctional Services Survey, and is self-reported by persons upon intake to correctional services. Includes individuals released from provincial custody between April 1, 2016 and March 31, 2017 in the provinces of Nova Scotia, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia, whose records were successfully linked to other data sources used in this study. Excludes individuals who were released from provincial custody in 2016/2017 but who died during the subsequent four years.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Correctional Services Survey, Integrated Criminal Court Survey and Canadian Vital Statistics Database - Deaths (linked file).
Violent offences  
0 convictions 1,047 46 281 20 663 40 652 30 2,643 35
1 conviction 563 25 331 24 430 26 487 22 1,811 24
2 to 4 convictions 570 25 577 42 461 28 780 35 2,388 32
5 or more convictions 93 4 194 14 88 5 282 13 657 9
Total 2,273 100 1,383 100 1,642 100 2,201 100 7,499 100
Property offences  
0 convictions 1,224 54 607 44 398 24 337 15 2,566 34
1 conviction 455 20 307 22 277 17 348 16 1,387 19
2 to 4 convictions 400 18 340 25 504 31 698 32 1,942 26
5 or more convictions 194 9 129 9 463 28 818 37 1,604 21
Total 2,273 100 1,383 100 1,642 100 2,201 100 7,499 100
Administration of justice offences  
0 convictions 585 26 115 8 144 9 86 4 930 12
1 conviction 358 16 133 10 168 10 108 5 767 10
2 to 4 convictions 659 29 438 32 505 31 489 22 2,091 28
5 or more convictions 671 30 697 50 825 50 1,518 69 3,711 50
Total 2,273 100 1,383 100 1,642 100 2,201 100 7,499 100
Other Criminal Code and federal statute offences Table 4 Note 1  
0 convictions 1,096 48 668 48 618 38 668 30 3,050 41
1 conviction 551 24 335 24 333 20 530 24 1,749 23
2 to 4 convictions 512 23 288 21 493 30 640 29 1,933 26
5 or more convictions 114 5 92 7 198 12 363 17 767 10
Total 2,273 100 1,383 100 1,642 100 2,201 100 7,499 100
Total offences Table 4 Note 2  
0 convictions 80 4 6 0 7 0 6 0 99 1
1 conviction 270 12 42 3 39 2 25 1 376 5
2 to 4 convictions 618 27 234 17 213 13 147 7 1,212 16
5 or more convictions 1,305 57 1,101 80 1,383 84 2,023 92 5,812 78
Total 2,273 100 1,383 100 1,642 100 2,201 100 7,499 100
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