Table 4
Guilty cases by type of sentence, adult criminal court, Canada, 2008/2009

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Offence category Guilty
cases
Type of sentence
Custody Conditional sentence1 Probation Fine Restitution Other2
number number percent number percent number percent number percent number percent number percent
Total offences 260,649 89,553 34.4 11,514 4.4 117,090 44.9 78,282 30.0 7,029 2.7 132,092 50.7
Criminal Code total 228,555 80,544 35.2 8,967 3.9 106,374 46.5 64,781 28.3 6,941 3.0 118,694 51.9
Crimes against the person 50,478 16,299 32.3 2,767 5.5 37,976 75.2 3,918 7.8 641 1.3 33,337 66.0
Homicide
128 97 75.8 2 1.6 14 10.9 0 0 87 68.0
Attempted murder
36 29 80.6 0 3 8.3 1 2.8 0 16 44.4
Robbery
2,923 2,220 75.9 229 7.8 1,484 50.8 23 0.8 101 3.5 1,534 52.5
Sexual assault
1,773 956 53.9 270 15.2 1,211 68.3 46 2.6 6 0.3 829 46.8
Other sexual offences
1,401 865 61.7 75 5.4 1,031 73.6 84 6.0 2 0.1 662 47.3
Major assault
11,858 5,052 42.6 1,114 9.4 8,349 70.4 939 7.9 214 1.8 6,980 58.9
Common assault
19,372 2,822 14.6 562 2.9 15,522 80.1 1,726 8.9 224 1.2 15,174 78.3
Uttering threats
9,869 3,154 32.0 344 3.5 7,808 79.1 927 9.4 64 0.6 6,046 61.3
Criminal harassment
1,659 437 26.3 79 4.8 1,491 89.9 95 5.7 14 0.8 1,239 74.7
Other crimes against the person
1,459 667 45.7 92 6.3 1,063 72.9 77 5.3 16 1.1 770 52.8
Crimes against property 61,187 24,623 40.2 3,530 5.8 35,150 57.4 8,922 14.6 5,720 9.3 26,193 42.8
Theft
26,562 10,723 40.4 1,223 4.6 13,815 52.0 4,837 18.2 1,556 5.9 10,877 40.9
Break and enter
8,222 4,718 57.4 742 9.0 5,309 64.6 339 4.1 600 7.3 2,812 34.2
Fraud
9,790 3,338 34.1 1,007 10.3 6,349 64.9 1,131 11.6 1,591 16.3 4,398 44.9
Mischief
8,423 1,668 19.8 174 2.1 5,812 69.0 1,338 15.9 1,663 19.7 5,379 63.9
Possess stolen property
6,748 3,274 48.5 288 4.3 3,092 45.8 1,160 17.2 271 4.0 2,353 34.9
Other property crimes
1,442 902 62.6 96 6.7 773 53.6 117 8.1 39 2.7 374 25.9
Administration of justice offences 60,077 27,963 46.5 1,354 2.3 20,101 33.5 14,295 23.8 304 0.5 19,962 33.2
Fail to appear
2,634 1,087 41.3 48 1.8 680 25.8 797 30.3 10 0.4 943 35.8
Breach of probation
24,519 12,802 52.2 696 2.8 8,943 36.5 4,992 20.4 230 0.9 7,329 29.9
Unlawfully at large
2,075 1,700 81.9 19 0.9 360 17.3 136 6.6 2 0.1 286 13.8
Fail to comply with order
24,481 10,375 42.4 421 1.7 7,480 30.6 6,452 26.4 35 0.1 8,443 34.5
Other administration of justice offences
6,368 1,999 31.4 170 2.7 2,638 41.4 1,918 30.1 27 0.4 2,961 46.5
Other Criminal Code offences 11,372 4,107 36.1 438 3.9 6,152 54.1 2,429 21.4 89 0.8 5,967 52.5
Weapons offences
6,271 2,273 36.2 321 5.1 3,396 54.2 1,242 19.8 30 0.5 3,699 59.0
Prostitution
530 142 26.8 5 0.9 235 44.3 164 30.9 1 0.2 262 49.4
Disturb the peace
1,172 187 16.0 3 0.3 541 46.2 422 36.0 11 0.9 721 61.5
Other offences
3,399 1,505 44.3 109 3.2 1,980 58.3 601 17.7 47 1.4 1,285 37.8
Criminal Code traffic offences 45,441 7,552 16.6 878 1.9 6,995 15.4 35,217 77.5 187 0.4 33,235 73.1
Impaired driving
36,233 3,437 9.5 315 0.9 3,963 10.9 31,620 87.3 72 0.2 27,960 77.2
Other Criminal Code traffic offences
9,208 4,115 44.7 563 6.1 3,032 32.9 3,597 39.1 115 1.2 5,275 57.3
Other federal statute offences 32,094 9,009 28.1 2,547 7.9 10,716 33.4 13,501 42.1 88 0.3 13,398 41.7
Drug possession
8,106 1,190 14.7 122 1.5 2,634 32.5 4,208 51.9 15 0.2 4,581 56.5
Drug trafficking
7,230 3,335 46.1 2,306 31.9 2,284 31.6 568 7.9 30 0.4 5,084 70.3
Youth Criminal Justice Act and Young Offenders Act
942 300 31.8 17 1.8 338 35.9 281 29.8 4 0.4 329 34.9
Other federal statutes
15,816 4,184 26.5 102 0.6 5,460 34.5 8,444 53.4 39 0.2 3,404 21.5
1. In 2008/2009, conditional sentencing data were not available for Quebec.
2. "Other" sentences include absolute and conditional discharge, suspended sentence, community service order and prohibition order among others.
Note: The sentence types presented are not mutually exclusive and will not add to 100. Probation totals include mandatory probation for cases given a conditional discharge (C.C.C.s.730(1)) or a suspended sentence (C.C.C.s.731(1)(a)). In Quebec, most drug offences are recorded under residual federal statutes, resulting in an undercount of drug possession and drug trafficking cases and an overcount of residual federal statute cases. Coverage for Adult Criminal Court Survey data as at 2008/2009 is estimated at 95% of adult criminal court caseload.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Adult Criminal Court Survey.

 

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