Table 12
Percentage of guilty youth cases sentenced to probation, Canada, provinces and territories, 2002/2003 to 2008/2009
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| Province and territory | 2002/ 2003 | 2003/ 2004 | 2004/ 2005 | 2005/ 2006 | 2006/ 2007 | 2007/ 2008 | 2008/ 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Canada | 70.0 | 63.2 | 62.4 | 60.9 | 59.2 | 60.8 | 60.3 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 70.6 | 68.8 | 65.6 | 68.4 | 61.1 | 62.3 | 70.9 |
| Prince Edward Island | 72.4 | 74.4 | 77.7 | 87.8 | 84.9 | 87.5 | 78.3 |
| Nova Scotia | 73.2 | 72.2 | 77.4 | 74.1 | 74.2 | 72.2 | 64.6 |
| New Brunswick | 63.1 | 49.9 | 51.6 | 50.0 | 46.5 | 50.0 | 47.6 |
| Quebec | 74.0 | 69.1 | 70.8 | 65.1 | 68.5 | 69.2 | 68.8 |
| Ontario | 79.9 | 74.5 | 71.8 | 69.7 | 65.5 | 68.5 | 68.5 |
| Manitoba | 62.4 | 54.8 | 58.2 | 55.6 | 52.9 | 58.0 | 57.3 |
| Saskatchewan | 57.1 | 48.4 | 45.1 | 47.3 | 45.7 | 43.9 | 43.1 |
| Alberta | 45.4 | 40.0 | 41.7 | 45.3 | 47.4 | 48.2 | 49.7 |
| British Columbia | 70.5 | 55.2 | 50.4 | 47.4 | 44.5 | 45.6 | 43.2 |
| Yukon | 59.4 | 56.8 | 56.3 | 47.1 | 50.0 | 47.7 | 51.0 |
| Northwest Territories1 | 62.3 | 68.8 | 23.8 | 27.3 | 54.4 | 63.7 | 60.3 |
| Nunavut | 88.0 | 83.0 | 84.8 | 86.9 | 91.4 | 81.3 | 86.2 |
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1. From 2004/2005 to 2008/2009, for the Northwest Territories, the number of custody orders has been under-reported and the number of probation orders has been over-reported by unknown amounts due to clerical procedures. The majority of custody orders were captured as probation. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Youth Court Survey. |
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