Table 14
Characteristics of adult women involved in provincial and federal correctional custodial services, 2014/2015

Table 14
Characteristics of adult women involved in provincial and federal correctional custodial services, 2014/2015
Table summary
This table displays the results of Characteristics of adult women involved in provincial and federal correctional custodial services. The information is grouped by Characteristics (appearing as row headers), Provincial custody , Federal custody, Total and Female, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Characteristics Provincial custodyTable 14 Note 1 Federal custody
TotalTable 14 Note 2 Female Total Female
number percent number percent number percent number percent
Total persons 72,687 100 8,801 11 22,023 100 1,164 5
AgeTable 14 Note 3  
Younger than 18 19 0 2 0 14 0 1 0
18 to 19 3,218 4 426 5 478 2 18 2
20 to 24 12,513 17 1,682 19 3,695 17 201 17
25 to 29 13,018 18 1,656 19 4,111 19 237 20
30 to 34 11,704 16 1,490 17 3,495 16 204 18
35 to 39 9,048 13 1,121 13 2,706 12 141 12
40 to 44 7,572 10 916 10 2,422 11 132 11
45 to 49 6,427 9 728 8 1,950 9 94 8
50 and older 9,151 13 778 9 3,152 14 136 12
Unknown 17 Note ...: not applicable 2 Note ...: not applicable 0 Note ...: not applicable 0 Note ...: not applicable
Marital statusTable 14 Note 3  
Single (never married) 46,957 67 5,730 67 10,982 51 637 56
Married 6,305 9 556 7 1,807 8 100 9
Common-law 10,311 15 1,281 15 6,703 31 248 22
Separated / divorced 6,562 9 886 10 1,747 8 133 12
Widowed 434 1 118 1 252 1 30 3
Unknown 2,118 Note ...: not applicable 230 Note ...: not applicable 532 Note ...: not applicable 16 Note ...: not applicable
... not applicable
Note 1.

Provincial custody represents the most recent custodial status. It can take the form of remand, sentenced custody, or other temporary detention.

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Note 2.

Total provincial includes cases where gender is unknown.

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Note 3.

Age and marital status are as of the date the inmate was admitted to his or her most recent custodial status.

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Notes: This table displays the number of persons in custody and not the number of admissions to custody. Provincial custody includes data from Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario, Saskatchewan and British Columbia. Percentage calculations exclude "unknown."
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Integrated Correctional Services Survey.
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