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Table 1
Average daily count of adults in custody, 2007/2008 

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  Sentenced Remand Total actual-in count1 Adult incarceration rate
  number % change from 2006/2007 number % change from 2006/2007 number per 100,000 adults % change from 2006/2007
Newfoundland and Labrador 200 -1 80 4 280 68 1
Prince Edward Island 86 36 17 -32 107 98 14
Nova Scotia 173 -8 224 31 425 56 12
New Brunswick 244 -14 129 9 393 65 -7
Quebec 2,396 8 2,040 4 4,436 72 5
Ontario 2,928 0 5,616 4 8,798 88 1
Manitoba 489 -4 1,067 8 1,556 172 3
Saskatchewan 810 -8 553 16 1,375 181 -1
Alberta 1,006 -22 1,666 28 2,672 100 -1
British Columbia 1,228 2 1,418 8 2,668 76 3
Yukon 27 22 .. ... 70 287 33
Northwest Territories2 165 -1 79 22 246 806 5
Nunavut .. ... .. ... ... ... ...
Federal 13,304 3 ... ... 13,304 51 1
Total3 23,054 1 12,888 8 36,330 140 2
..not available for a specific reference period
...not applicable
1.Includes other temporary detention.
2.Sentence and remand counts include residents of Nunavut held under an exchange agreement.
3.Excludes Nunavut in order to make comparisons to previous years. Totals are based on unrounded counts.