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Description for Youth court statistics in Canada, 2014/2015

32,835 completed cases^{Flow Chart Note 1}(includes 120,907 charges^{Flow Chart Note 2})
- Decision
  - 18,704 Guilty^{Flow Chart Note 3}(57%)
    - Sentence^{Flow Chart Note 6}
      - 2,793 Custody (15%)
        
        40 Median length of custody^{Flow Chart Note 8}^{Flow Chart Note 10} (days)
      - 2,554 Conditional discharge (14%)
      - 758 Deferred custody and supervision (4%)
      - 251 Intensive support and supervision (1%)
      - 10,660 Probation (57%)
        
        360 Median length of probation^{Flow Chart Note 8}^{Flow Chart Note 11}(days)
      - 149 Attend a non-residential program (1%)
      - 520 Fine (3%)
        
        206.50 Median amount of fine ($)^{Flow Chart Note 9}^{Flow Chart Note 12}
      - 4,588 Community service (25%)
      - 559 Reprimand (3%)
      - 328 Restitution (2%)
      - 4,058 Other^{Flow Chart Note 7}(22%)
  - 467 Acquitted (1%)
  - 13,492 Stayed/withdrawn^{Flow Chart Note 4}(41%)
  - 172 Other^{Flow Chart Note 5}(1%)
- 120 Median length of cases (days)^{Flow Chart Note 13}

Footnote 1.

A case is one or more charges against an accused person or company that were processed by the courts at the same time and received a final decision.

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Footnote 2.

A charge refers to a formal accusation against an accused person or company involving a federal statute offence that has been processed by the courts and received a final decision.

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Footnote 3.

Guilty findings include guilty of the offence, of an included offence, of an attempt of the offence, or of an attempt of an included offence. Also includes guilty pleas, and cases where an absolute or conditional discharge has been imposed.

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Footnote 4.

Includes stays, withdrawals, dismissals and discharges at preliminary inquiry as well as court referrals to alternative or extrajudicial measures.

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Footnote 5.

Includes final decisions of found not criminally responsible and waived out of province or territory. Also includes any order where a conviction was not recorded, the court's acceptance of a special plea, cases that raise Charter arguments and cases where the accused was found unfit to stand trial.

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Footnote 6.

Cases may involve more than one type of sentence, therefore, percentages do not total 100%.

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Footnote 7.

"Other" sentences include, for example, absolute discharge, restitution, prohibition, seizure, forfeiture, compensation, and pay purchaser, as well as other court imposed conditions such as apologies and essays.

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Footnote 8.

The median is the point at which half of all cases had longer sentence lengths and half had shorter sentence lengths.

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Footnote 9.

The median is the point at which half of all cases had higher fine amounts and half had lower fine amounts.

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Footnote 10.

Custodial sentence lengths exclude time spent in custody prior to sentencing and/or the amount of credit awarded for time spent in pre-sentence custody. Excludes cases in which the length of the custody sentence was unknown or indeterminate. Length of custody data are not available for Manitoba data as of 2005/2006.

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Footnote 11.

Data exclude cases in which the length of the probation sentence was unknown. Length of probation data are not available for Manitoba data as of 2005/2006.

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Footnote 12.

Data exclude cases in which the amount of the fine was unknown. Amount of fine data are not available for Manitoba data as of 2005/2006.

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Footnote 13.

Case lengths are calculated based on the number of days it takes to complete a case, from first appearance to final decision. The median is the point at which half of all cases had longer case lengths and half had shorter case lengths.

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Note: For youth sentences, the Youth Criminal Justice Act stipulates a maximum fine of $1,000.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Integrated Criminal Court Survey.

Date modified:: 2016-09-29

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