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Table 1 Average daily count of adults in custody

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Average daily count of adults in custody
 2008/20092007/2008 to 2008/20092008/20092007/2008 to 2008/20092008/20092007/2008 to 2008/2009
 Sentenced custodyRemandTotal actual-in count1Adult incarceration rate
 number% changenumber% changenumberper 100,000 adults% change
Newfoundland and Labrador186-79620282680
Prince Edward Island71-181609283-15
Nova Scotia18042407449595
New Brunswick278141334431719
Quebec2,46632,021-14,486720
Ontario2,802-45,80938,85587-1
Manitoba51041,13361,6421774
Saskatchewan869757341,4531874
Alberta (correction)1,08981,79682,8851045
British Columbia1,23411,54692,809803
Yukon3113....7930310
Northwest Territories2171492162648438
Nunavut78..53..131684..
Federal13,3430....13,34351-1
Total (correction)323,307113,507437,2011411
not available for a specific reference period
Includes other temporary detention.
Sentenced and remand counts include residents of Nunavut held under an exchange agreement.
Percent changes for the "Total" category exclude data for Nunavut in order to make comparisons with 2007/2008.