Table 2
Composition of the adult correctional population, admissions, 1997/1998, 2001/2002 and 2006/2007

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  1997/1998 2001/2002 2006/2007 2001/2002 to 2006/2007 1997/1998 to 2006/2007
Admissions1 Adjusted admissions2 percentage of total2 Admissions1 Adjusted admissions2 percentage of total2 Admissions1 Adjusted admissions2 percentage of total2
number percent number percent number percent percentage change in adjusted admissions
Custodial supervision
Provincial and territorial custody, sentenced 82,722 80,280 28.4 67,991 63,537 22.0 84,897 57,626 20.4 -9.3 -28.2
Remand3 94,643 93,360 33.0 111,637 103,343 35.9 150,696 117,346 41.5 13.6 25,7
Other temporary detention,
provincial and territorial1		 8,989 8,989 3.2 26,197 20,056 7.0 16,645 8,274 2.9 -58.7 -8.0
Total provincial and territorial custody 186,354 182,629 64.6 205,825 186,936 64.9 252,238 183,246 64.7 -2.0 0.3
Federal custody, sentenced 7,342 7,342 2.6 7,381 7,381 2.6 8,631 8,631 3.0 16.9 17.6
Total custodial supervision 193,696 189,971 67.2 213,206 194,317 67.4 260,869 191,877 67.8 -1.3 1.0
Community supervision
Probation 77,947 67,862 24.0 84,549 68,528 23.8 81,644 65,682 23.2 -4.2 -3.2
Provincial parole 4,367 4,367 1.5 2,301 2,301 0.8 1,735 1,735 0.6 -24.6 -60.3
Conditional sentences 14,082 12,710 4.5 18,604 15,869 5.5 17,536 16,240 5.7 2.3 27.8
Total provincial community supervision 96,396 84,939 30.1 105,454 86,698 30.1 100,915 83,657 29.6 -3.5 -1.5
Community releases (Correctional Service of Canada4) 7,676 7,676 2.7 7,162 7,162 2.5 7,556 7,556 2.7 5.5 -1.6
Total community supervision 104,072 92,615 32.8 112,616 93,860 32.6 108,471 91,213 32.2 -2.8 -1.5
Total correctional services 297,768 282,586 100.0 325,822 288,177 100.0 369,340 283,090 100.0 -1.8 0.2
Note: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.
1. Alberta has been excluded from custodial supervision "admissions" for the years 1997/1998 and 2001/2002 due to a system change that occurred in 2005/2006, which altered the methodology by which admissions to custody were calculated. Manitoba has been excluded from "admissions" for 1997/1998 because of a system change that occurred in 1999/2000, which altered the methodology by which admissions to custody were calculated.
2. Because of missing data for some years, all data from Prince Edward Island, Northwest Territories and Nunavut, and other temporary detention data from British Columbia and New Brunswick have been excluded from "adjusted admissions" in order to make comparisons between years. The percentage of total statistics are based upon adjusted admissions. Alberta and Manitoba have also been excluded from "adjusted admissions" due to system changes that occurred in 2005/2006 and 1999/2000 respectively, which altered the methodology by which admissions to custody were calculated.
3. Figures for remand may include admissions for other temporary detention.
4. This category represents movement from custody to federal conditional release and includes provincial/territorial and federal offenders on day parole and full parole and federal offenders on statutory release. Offenders released on warrant expiry and other release types are excluded.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Adult Correctional Services Survey.